The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-08-07

YOU borned. Mrs. Dn@an:' said the.
purfeSSer. sure. an / wuz boarn in
ould Gireiand. said She, iHitatin' the
Irish brcgHc, although She could
peak United States 81 well ez a ma
tive Of Arkansaw. IN 100 pints went
down on Dollie.s side: en- when they
tic@ered 'em all u9, Dollic had won
By three pints.
"Arter the cheerin' en- congratulate
in had gone down. the purjeSSer SAID
they'd try II on Il more complicated
system They'd not try it on the
state Whayre one was horned. but IN
the states whayre he had lived. En-
aney \ could count aney state IN
which he had lived. er had been at
aney time: en-. Of course. it would be
the right thing fer him 10 count the
one thet ,ud make the most pints. 50
they chose up agin, en- tried it rhet
way. En- the surprises vuz wuSs than
afore. ef thef WIZ possible. Many q
Teller horned in .Arkansaw who nd
move into Texas in the spring Ell
then back agin to ~-Arkansaw fer the
winter, dividin' up his time about
half between them States, claimed
Texas fer his big numbers in this deal.
1t wuz rally b~evilderin' whayre some
Of the foxes had lived. Some funny
things happened, too. One Teller
made Il mistake en- said. 'Gowley,'
meanin' fer Covlcy county. Kansas.
whayre 50 many Of the foxes come
from. FelIers nd make 9 tcn-striGe
With P~erHsyiyany CT South Caring,
CT Wyoming or Texas, e. aney place
they'd been thet 'ud count up big
pints. En- when they had it all fig
gered up. Sally Won on this lea ~
I whole pintS. But it VIZ rally IN
terestin' en- educatin' en- entertainln :,
en- a mighty good scheme all aroun.
EN- about this time in the eVenln,
q leetie episode begun to be noticed
en- made things look kind OF tragic
fer q spell. Then Lem Hull. on the
first deal, happened to be a-lookln
RIGHT square at Lew Mullicks wife
(she air a real purity W0man). en-
noticed tibet she took to loOkin' at i'm,
en- a-watchin' i'm like everything,
Seemed to me tibet she never took her
ewes often i'm the rest OF the evenin.
/ thort it rather pleged Lem q leetle,
seem how she wuz a-lOCkin' ct I'm.
en- a~-starin' at i'm so. En- when he
said Ohio in the mex roun, she
eyed i'm wusS'n ever. ! noticed they
favored some aroun' the eyes, bat !
never dremp about EN- a-bein aneE
relation. fer Lem is q great Dig,
awkerd, overgroWed maverick what
needs c~urryin' en- shearin'. while shes
list one of these slim. delicate women,
We know-good. en- all thet, but made
frail en- clingin' like by mother
naytcher.
'sThen the purfesser got UP en- made
the crowd another leetle speech. ef
said tibet if we'd be patient he'd like
to try lest one more deal on Us, e.
then he'd turn US loose fer keeps. lis
perposed givin' a nice, new brier root
pipe 10 the man en- a purity new worl
box to the oman tibet had lived II
the states whose pints nd count III
the most. En- he aXed all the mei
and women tibet wanted to enter the
contest that a-aNvav to stan up-tht
men on one side en- the women on tbs
other.
"WulL. sir, thavre WIZ list II mel
on six yvomen went INTO tibet thayrt
thing. en- the contest wuz mighty spir
tied. | tell We. Some the men haf
lived in ez many ez 20 diffurnt states
on two or. three Of The women ha(
lived IN Il. lem Hull tried it, en- Lev
Nullicks' wife list sot thayre witt
hoy eyes Glued onto his features. Fl
Ion, hi1nco'f Uuz no SLOUGH at Dlayin
in This deal B~eoinnin' with New
braslv. whavre he wuz horned. n
went east through Iovay. en- Eelinoi
on Indianny. to Ohio: en- then III
come hack through Kentucky. Ten
nessee Arkansaw. Mizzoorv, Kansa:
en- the Iniun nation to OhlahomS-al
on 'e,n GOOD ~countin' states. He mad,
o54 hints: en- about thet time Mar,
Nnllicks looked ez ef she thort h,
WV = 1G-spot hero en- 'ud win on
short Then they went along, n,
feIler a-scorin' uD with Lem ontel
+hnv come TO Prairie Dog Smith. He
been all over the world mighty nigh
To heotn with New Jersey. Whayre Ii
VIZ horned. en- he come through