The Southern herald., 1898-04-08

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high toned Christian gentleman,
and 10 pretty affluent circumstan-
ces too-ie he's always able 10 have
more than one suit Of clothes at a
time. He's also big hearted mag
unanimous man, and used 10 loan
ne some OF his clothes 10 wear to
see Miss Sary Jane, and also prom
isrd to give me a pig and puppy,
aud a settin Of eggs, when me-
and Sary Jane succeeds in affecting
a compromise in the case under
consideration ard consoidates and
becomes Epluribus Unum, by get
lin married, and running a two
horse farm, instead of one.
Well sirl | was beginnin 10 git
urful tired of havin TO race around
aud borry duds &c, every time l
got sparkling notions in my head
and also had some reason to be-
heve that the existing state Of af-
fairs was CROWN somewhat monot-
onous over on the Kernals side Of
the boat.
Well sir! | had been Fostering
all the merchants in the town OF
Capell for nigh about unto three
years, To let me have a suit OF
clothes Of my own-on a credit,
but somehow, while they'd always
treated me nifty nice about the
matter, they just put me off from
time to time, and just woul int do
it-all.nO how.
But | got beforehand with them
last week, Mr.. Editor, and its pas
In strange, to my mind, that the
same Modus Operandi, had not
sprung up in my resourcelul and
fertile imagination before, and this
is how it was, but you must keep
your mouth widely shut about the
matter Mr.. Editor, and never pack
around tellin all you know, no how
Well cir, l borrowed Col Root.
cutters great big black saddle horse,
named Scipio Africans, and hitch,
ed him and old Mike 10 a wagon,
that | borrowed from our black
smith, named Peter Fuller, anC
driv right into the town q
Capell as natrul as life itself, anC
as stiff and stuck up as rigor NOR
lis, for | always do feel proud Mr.
Editor, whenever Pm wearing IN,
Kernals clothes, or driving tn,
Krrnols big black horse.
f Well Sir, | told Mr.. Ed McCu,
that I'D bought old Scip from lh,
kernul, and had most paid f.
him with COWS, and that | was 90
ing to dig the Kernal big pom,
down in his pasture in the sum
mer, on the debt, and finish pay
ing for him with cotton, in tn
fall, and that | was clearing up
new ground, and otherwise in
creasins my ftcilities, preparator,
to, and in orderment to make
! big crop this year, and that
, wanted credit for hundred dol
lars, in fertilizer, general plants
tion supplies, and little cash iu
howing cotton picking &c. and tn,
I'D give him a deed Of trust on ol
q mike and the crop, but that
. couldn't give a deed on old Sci
yet, as he wasn't quite paid for.
f Well We wrangled while, "
;. did, me and Mr.. Ed, he elaine
t that my crop didn't aggregate bt
= 3 bales last year, and maintaine
d that it did agrigate 5 bales, for
e ginned them at his gin, did, an
r that his gin books, would show tn
C fact that be had me charged wit
e ginning 5 bales, and that he cnar,
n ed me just as much for ginning an
wrapping my fifth aud last bal,
# that weighed 220 lbs as he did fl
g that great big bale that weighe
e $50 lbs. Well Sir, this seemed t
4 kinder knock the black out of hi
e arguments in the premises, an
s when also stated the fact that tn
6 r. r. Co. made 10 discriminate
J. pro or contra, and charged me jui
. as much for handling each one ,
# my bales, as they charged the Ke
J. nal for handling one of his tn;
b. weighed almost as much as all fiv
Of mine put together, | think
was simply showed under Mr.. Z,
itor for he said that he guessed tbi
!. | did make 5 bales after all, an
il that he reckoned that | could con
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