The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1898-05-14
ARKANSAS SALAD.
ARKANSAS SALAD.
Methods Of the Harrison nHossa Trader
The Easiest Place In North Arkansas 10
GET Skinned In Horse Trade
The elendenln Rifles.

Harrison, Ark. May 2. Is

Nes SohSSInlnS mueh
that would be interesting to persons
contemplating investment in our
mineral lands-which will, in par
tieular instances, reccomend them
selves in the eye of the expert-but
now, when there is lull in railway
prospects, and investors are waiting
for the passing of the war chariot,
what would be the advantage in do
ing so? The option must be exer-
eised by the correspondent, who also
has IAN AK to grind" and who con-
siders it injudieious to present the
details prematurely.
Let us chat in lighter vein: We
have in Harrison, a man whose
name shall be Scroggs because it is
not his name; and he is, despite the
narrative jolly good fellow in
various unimportant qualities,
Scroggs is a "hoss trader"-one of
the renowned society of Harrison
Hoss Traders" Many cute Mis-
sourians and Arkansawyers. too,
judge this happy gang from the deep
and solemn conviction of bitter ex-
perience. Waving the name the rest
is true.
Seroggs wanted a COW cheap and
fortune favored Seroggs. A Newton
county man, moving west, sold a
good COW to a resident here, who in
turn, sold her. to a nice old farmer
living few miles out. Scroggs saw
the last purchaser coming in the dis
tance leading the cow. He told a
boy to hurry to the farmer and ask
him if it wasn't that Newton coun-
ty cow" he had bought, and to inform
him that she was reported to have
been bitten by mad dog, while in
Newton. The boy, who is generally
understood to have the ability to
skillfully follow similar instructions,
delivered the message. When the
farmer came along, Scroggs, with APP
parent unconeern, sauntered lazily up
to the procession and opened the
conversation:
well, Uncle" you ought to hear
Seroggs say Uncle" when he tries
to get next to a nice old man,
you've been buying you a cow,
have you?"
Eyes, bought her and am just
taking her home
would you sell her, Uncle?"
"Why, well, really friend, | don't
know as l ort to. They say she's
been bitten by mad dog, and l
really don't much like holdin' on to
thisrope."
"Why you didn't buy that Newton
county COW, did you, Uncle?" and
Scroggs automatically turned about
as if to depart.
eyes, l did, and l don't think it
safe to keep her."
"Well, that's too bad, Uncle; her
hides worth somethin' anyhow; I'll
give you two dollars for her"-aud
Scroggs got the COW.
Scroggs sold COW to prominent
man OF Harrison for $12; but it isn't
safe to ask the p. m. about the deal.
This COW had a stump tail-very
Shorthand was therefore dirt cheap
in the COW market. But Scroggs
knows his business. He got a nice
tail at the slaughter house and did
some splicing which was the admira-
ton of his friends and also brought
HIM degree OF popularity among
people who pray to be removed from
even the appearance of evil. He then
sold her to the man aforesaid for a
mighty good mixer The second
evening after the sale the p. m. was
in the COW lot Boosting of his pur-
chase to friend when both were
amazed to see the tail of "that-cow
I bought from Scroggs," go whizzing
over the fence in response to an unu-
sually brisk whisk at the flies. Pear
that an mixing of the foregoing hav-
ing appeared in print may reach here,
induces your correspondent to re-
mind you that to conceal his identity
is the sacred duty of the Herald
Scroggs won't care but there are
others.
Scroggs traded "hosses" with a
pious old farmer after dark, and the
latter was skinned outrageously.
That night the farmer rode ten miles
into the country and stopped with a
relative. The next morning the rela-
tive discovered that the "bargin"
was blind; couldn't eat; that the oats
all came out at the nostrils, and the
old gentleman was furious. He came