The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1898-07-02
Ill BOOK OF CHRONICLES.
Iribulations OF Patt, o.
the House OF Henry,

sAyoth 20 Themselves, IL is well that we TAX,
account Of him who rulelh over us for SO many
years
ANA when they had communed among them
selves they said each unto the other, This mar
oi the tribe OF Catching & who hath long ruled
over us, verify, be Is tho hot stun, and again
VIII We appoint him to rule
For hath he not gone into the temple Of
Hanna and Reed and .wrestsd from the money
makers enough Of the filthy lucre to save us
from the ravages Of our ancient enemy the
MyEsysippy2
And hath he not said, What ia the law Of
my people even so shall It be my law, yea, even
unto voting for FREQ slyer7
And when the word had been sent abroad
to all the tribes, behold oil were glad aud they
maketh great gludness among themselves And
he of the tribe Of Cutch-Ings was himself tick
led almost unto death,
Now there dwelt over in the land Of War
rem which Is by the pool of Centennial, some
of the tribe Of Democracee who had long been
kickers, and who had wandered OF after
strange god named Macklawrin
And among these kicksrs was one Of the
house of Henry surnamed Patt, who had long
looked with covetuouR eyes upon the soft thing
that had fallen unto the ruler Of Delta
And he enyied him muchly, saying unto
himself, what soft snapp hath this sOn-Of-A
gum Now will go out and take 1t from him,
o Then he straghtway ioumeyed over into
tho land OF Jackson, hnd betook himself to
the star-chamber fhe ofthe tribe Of Macklaw-
rim Undetermined Anse but whose name will
Ioon be Mud.
10 And he said unto him, Anse, brigstes,
If And Ansc he said, BrigOtes,
u Then did they put their heads together and
ponder long, mud when they came forth Anse
Slappeth Patti on the back and ssyeth unto him,
Is lhic) shay, Patt, ole boy, Civ .hicl EN-
lhic) HI, for verify they thicl hath made life
misery for lhic) me, and l would 'lay en-,
damum
Il Then Patt jouneyeI over into the land Of
Lc-Flore, ana Suu-Flower, and Bolivar and
to all the other lands under the rule Of Catch
Ingsj and he did whisper treason Into the ears
Of other kickels, and they were seduced and
HE'D themselves away into the jungle where
the w0odpecker pecketh and the whongdoodle
doollelh, and they sat themselves down in u
circle, yea, as many as ten of them.
IS And they said unto themselves, and writ
It upon parchment, We, the people, do say
that this man Catch-Ings is no good, and his
clothes don't fit him, and he loyeth not the
Lord, and his feet are not matesi and have we
not one among us one who hath proven traitor
to Catch ngs and the rooster, and thereby won
our gratitude, and whose words are like unto
sweet wine, and whose smile is like unto sun
rise; and shall we not appoint Patti, he Of the
house of Henry, to rule over US hencetorth'
Then did they arise and fall upon the necks Of
each the other and swear by the great horn
spoon that it should be 80, and that they were
the people.
l6 And when they had departed the owls stole
out rom their holes and whispered softly to
each other, Rats
II And when the news went abroad, there
came unto Patti one of the name of Wright, and
he sayeth to Patti,
Is Me boy, We need me in yer business, see'
For Pm err scropper from SCrappersyllle. See
And hath not licked everything ever run nj
against, yea, did not punch de whole d-m
Yankee army before quit de boys? An dom
put up de biggest bluh wOt ever cum dOwr
de pike and swaller de hull shootin' mattel
when it comes to Il show down? see2 TAXI
me into de tribe and gimme de- promise Nv ell
livvy in de campaign fund an den III go on
an sling more nun dan ye kin find In de bot
tom nv de Ya-Zoo.
10 And Wright was taken in and snow fell OF
davs In Julv when he did not thsow mud snc
saw things that are lot in the creed of those VIII
believe in the truth But it availeth nothing
for the reople were ,lend onto Wright
% And Patti gIrIeh up his lolas and put on
gne uinent and oileth his tongue and had hi
smile uickle-plated, and then did he sally fort
to mil the wool over the ewes Of the voter
q And he aid beat the bushes and proclaim
from the hilltops and sing psalms of treason il
the valleys. with tears In his eyes he pleaded
with the tribe Of Democracee, but the vote
was M to snur and sayeth to Patt in accent
low AMI lender, Nay, nay, Pauline.
y Then came the little boiler plate sheet
TINT were subsidized by Patt and Anse, an
they lied so hard that they will never get for
riyeness And they kicked up such n stin
that it reached even unto Wesn0nR and Arkan
saw-citv.
% And because of 1t the tribes waxed wrot
md said unto themselves, Just wait until cleo
ton day and we won't do a thing to this ma
Patt
q And so the tribes were true to Catch Ing.
and would not be led away by the tales OF Pa
"a to what Tom hadn't done.
., And Il came to pass rhnt Pat saw II
handwriting on the wall, and he was sore, an
he sad unto his followers, Boys, something
cot to be did, and that p. d.q,
26 And The bows saw that Patt was on the tC
hogan, and they sent away to the great tow
ooilod Wosbirrtop forone ofthetribe Of Bale
called Inv lie irreyerent The. Roarlng- Wind
that. Rlow.th- Down. Nothing, and they wire
nmto him On Pnt Is sinking and thou mu
come quickly ere he drowneth, For 1t is
that there is the devil 10 pay out here and I
itch hot
- And BY-lee heedeth, for doth he not ha
Catcb-Ings like unto poison? So he dessrtet
hi. country while the heather called spanlar,
a., 49, rhoI, ,,,, rpor if and he useth h
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