St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-12-08

tract IOE cieCIKlC ixuSS IOI uXuttuk
the town. z. z. WILLIAMS,
Mayor.
w. G.. KENTzEL, Secretary.
Back Woods
Dec. I, 1900.
mr.. EdiTur:
i'm )ist as mad as can be, koz
i seen that som bloomin idjit has
been askin questins and peekIn,
and pry In into my Blznes.
What! you say how do know its
me? why who else can it be?i know
pick My teeth before people, clean
Nv nails any where, and am SO
afraid OF takIn cold that don't lift
My hat when meet Ladies IN the
street, but My grandmother, Bless
her soul, always tried to teach Me
better. you know j don't 20 to see
Her any more, bekoz she has stop.
ped keepln swee,ies for me and it i
do wear 4 Green suit, Its no recon
that i'm Green, myself. Now
Susie, Buro Bill, The Pervarikator,
Cinik, etc., hev all klamed som of
ure questins fer themselves, but j
jest feel it IN my bones that they
were all ment for me, and so i'm
goIu to tell you jest what think
of that grinnIn galoot that thinks
he is 50 smart and knows it all and
writ them, IN fact hev hearn that
there are SEVERAL gr,nln galoots
that klaim to hev writ them.
Say, don't you think 1t is awfully
funny how all the men were at the
polls election night? know Of one
that was vlsitin his best gal, one 4
miles in the kentry, one waikiki
alone2 IN the moonlight, another
that's me-with we'll jest
was goIn to let the Kat out Of the
bag, yet We all, every man Jack OF
Us, jist managed to reach the polls
at 10 o'clock, aud amt 1t queer
each one Of US whether we saw the
other Teller or not can prove A.
lie - ali - oh! what Is that
peculiar word any way, we'll! It
means when some other teller IL
your friend, and what wants to
help you out, and has not seen you
no-how, swears that you were
there even if you wernt. Say i'm
ilst plumb Wild about that as 10
Me goln to church, and AIM goln
no more, no how, I'm too good.
When woodnt let Me walk
home with her that Sunday, 1 jest
made up My mid l wood spite her
fer walkIn home from the
that Monday Evenln, you kno she
met the other Teller on the next
korner. What! how do i kno it?
we'll you kant expect Teller what
don't feed his horses enough to be
too generous (well My driver is fed
any way, but then he feeds him.
self you kno) so watched round
d seen it all.
Say to 20 back to the church. j
promised to get even with Her and
that other Teller, SO went every
time, listened to the sarmins. and
mighty good ones they were too,
sort of mad Teller feel ashamed Of
his little mean tricks aud determine
to hev another shy at beln good,
watched the gal at the music box,
say don't she sit up straight and
don't she pound hard, and that
quire, oh my! it does pull like .
team of balky horses, IS i bearn
Brother b Bill say, but TO me it
sounded more familiar, more like a
nest Of angry humble bees, several
crosscnt saws, with cricket and >
few Katie-dids thrown IN for good
measure, but any way i amt goIn
no more, 60 if you will jist look
round and see who amt there 'sthat
used to be- that's me. went to
n. y. and bought the cutest XXX
fer her, you know three is . krowd
and that's why we don't ride home
evenings, fer wont be krowded,
so now i wont give her the pearls,
but maybe the other Teller, after
he has paid that borrowed ss to
Mr.. F. will give her the saphlres
& diamonds. know he was offully
surprised when he got that PLAN &
expected answer, say Was he pleased,
wish i knowed and i am goln to
give my pearls to some one else
who viii preciate me 3 them
more.
You know there are jlst three
things that puzzle me in your last
kolumn, that some how kant eg-
splain and that don't apply 70 me
l is how in all conscience she Kiss
ed him on the front steps, now
when = gal kieses me it II generally
on the mouth, once in > while il