The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-08-07
Ge0graph Match
i'm Tail-EIolt District
By FREEMAN E. 7 +
0opyright. 1900, by Freeman E: M5l1er1 r-LeE II =

down in the ole-fashioned way, en-
then the fellers dom the choosin' up
nd keep tally on the diffrunt pinis
made, Ell the reSul ArtAr
this Wuz done onct it 'ud be tried
agin. but in a ditfrunt way, with two
others a-chooain' up. This nd not
only afford instruction Ell amusement.
but in time nd let ever one know
Whayre ever one else WIZ from, en-
hep EN- To get achwainted.
The plan Of this iogafy match WrZ
about ez follers: He had Arranged all
the states in the union Ell all thu ter
ritories out OF the union in alphabet
zeal order, from Alasky to Wyoming;
en- he said thet aney person horned in
a state Would count en- many pints fer
his side ez the number wuz CORE
spondin' to tibet state on the list. 50
a Teller from Alasky nd count onlv
one pint en- the feIler from Wyoming
'ud count 80. En- ever teller borned
in any country in Europe 'ud count
a numbered, in Asia two numbered, in
AfriEy one numbered en- fifty. Austra-
lee two numbered en- fifty, en- SO on.
lie had it all tigGered out in nice
shape, en- the purfesser air shore q
genius. / vush we had i'm fer mex
winters school, but we could pay
him onN SIS a month, en- ! eNpec' he's
a-ma1in' mOre'n thet IN real estate.
"Null. arter ali the Dreeliminaries
WIZ settled, he called out DolIie
Judges Ell Sallie Homer to choose up;
and they chose up ever me in the
house. Nary teller thayre aNed to be
excused. which Wuz shore to the great
credit of Tail-hOlt deestrict. 1t WIZ
funny to watch the gals ez they wuz
a-choosin' up. They both seemed ia
think thet the older q Teller locked,
the more pints he would count up, en-
the way they went arter the ole foxes
wuz q caution. 1t dident take 'em
long to sort out everybody in the
house, Old-.en young, big en- little,
male en- female, clean down 10 leetle
Charley Marvin, the hump-back.
"Ihings got so quiet ye could hear
the men a-chaWing theyr terbacker, ez
the gals en- the purfesser begun to
tigger up the pints. They commence
al the head OF each line. Sallie had
the fust cflice, en- she took ole Ben
Svale fer it.
"'Whayre wuz you horned, Mr.
Swale?' asked the purfesser. In
Nir2inny.' Ben answered; en- Sallie's
side got credit fer &c pints. en- hel
father. Who Wuz a~-stan,in' by me
whispered Whut remarkable penetrar
ton the cal had, fer one so young.
"DoIIie had taken Mrs. Swaie fer her
| fust choice: en- Mrs. Swale WIZ axed
the same question. In A~rkansaW,
she answered. en- d big laugh went up
en- Dollic got credit fer only foul
pints.
EN- so they went on. W~hipsaVvin
down the lines. en- acrost from one l.
the other. en- some amusin, things
a~-happenin' right along all the tim"
The L would say, 'indeed.' Jls1
ez ~sIIrprized like, en- q. my ez eX'
citeGIv, en- the men folks nd smile
en- keep on chawin' theyr t~erbacker
Some curious combinations come tf
the light Of the community fer the
fuss time. en- / reckon theEr owners
even. wuz considerably SURPRISED
themselves. Thayre wuz ole Joe Big
gers. with his wife en- seven Children
They wuz all on Sallie's side. en- the
way theyr birthplaces wuz scattered
all over creation WI Il g~inyuoine eye
opener. bill wuz horned in Soutf
Carlinee: his wife in Michigan, th'
oldes' gal IN Eclinoi, the oldees' boy
i'm IOway. theyr next child IN Mlz
zoorv. at which Ed Svank with hi
hospitable face seemed mighty Tucked
cole Ed wuz from MiizzooTy), the mex
child in Newbrasky. the next in Kan
sas. the mex in the Injun nation, el
the mex in O~kiahomy. Thegr WI
several families scattered aroun
soIHepin like tibet. only not quite s.
bad. i&n th2Nrc WIZ jun SWobodi
from bohemia en- Carl Schmidt I
> Germany en- SO on en- 50 forth. 4 ma
'ud be horned in Californy en- his We
-...l,.r,++ ~, tb,>trA child
rem ccthered up on all the roads be
tween the two. ! found tibet m.
n~eares' neighbor WIZ borned in Ne7
York en- his wine in Texas. The en-
on the next quarter WIZ borned /
Vermont. while his woman WIZ froI
: Floridee. En- of all the miSed-np mess
90 Won ever seed, oar GCeStrict shCrel
WIZ, when we got through. IN
} whole United States, en- disunited ten
1 ritories. en- several foreign cOuntrie:
WIZ represented by foxes with til
: proper credentials, en- ez the coHntli
l of Dints went on, we saw tibet tn
, match wuz to be just nip en- tuck {
to which Of the gals won out, fer sH7
cYal Of Us vuz a-keerln tally on tn
4 pints.
$ Tom Lipscomb wuz the last felle
Z on Saiiie's side. I'm from the IRE
state of Van Iandt.' says he; en- W
n All hnlt our breaths. fer zone Of know
ed fer shore whaTre tibet Wuz. Fer
V r,in71+a er SO we thort he WE a 10
. pjoner. but he dident nave ane
II broouc 10 his talk. But the purfesst
,..li@ved the strain in less'n a minnt
:, fer he knowed whut it wuz. "Fr
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