The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-08-05

matches in ole Indanny when 1 wuz jist
a leetle kid But says he, but this air
a new kind of jogafy match; know it
air plum new, cause I've jist made it all
up myself says he. 1T couldent be did
aneywhayre else than in Oklahomy. eth
err, says he. Let us have it to onct! says
1, speakin' fer the crowd. En- the purfes-
ser all on US patterns agreed.
"Wul, he announced the mex day afore
books wuz let out that thapre would be
a ginyouine. original jogafy match, strict
ly pertainin' to Oklahomy, at the school
house the mex Friday evenin' at airy lamp
lightin'; en- all the scholars, en- patterns,
en- frien's wuz to come. He said il wuz
to be new-fangled sort of jogafy match,
SIGH ez could be got up uowhayre else in
the wide world than in Okahomy; en-.
says he, ever body better come, en- see the
fun en- git akwainted, en- larn somepin.
too.
Friday night the ole sod schoolhouse
wuz jam-pack full of folkes. en- a good
many on EN- had to stan up aroun' the
eiges; but it wuz a purity warm night in
December. ye know-en they got along
fust rate; en- arter he'd let 'em talk awhile.
along about 7 o'clock the purfesser called
the meetin' to order en- tolt EN- the kind
of a match he had thort out en- his great
purposs in devisin it. He said he noticed
that a good many people in Oklahomy
didn't know they're neighbors, although
they wuz alvin in SIGH a gelorious coun-
cry en- with SIGH delightful climate. The
purfesser could handle the lingo nice en-
straight, I tell We. en- never heerd a bet
ter speech in my life. He's shore got the
gift of CAB in great shape. He said tibet
many time when he wuz a-rovin en- a
roamin' aroun' in strange parts en- among
strange people, he allus forgot all about
bein lonesome. when he run up agin some
Teller tibet wuz from Eelinoi The purfes-
ser wuZ from Eelinoi, en- he allus felt like
he wuz at home when he could shake hans
with a Sucker. En- he says this here
match air not only to teach the children
whayre the different states en- territories
en- foreign countries air. but it air to teach
you all eggsackly whayre one another
come from, so ye kin hunt yer neighbors
up, en- git sociable en- friendly. I find thet
in this here school deestrict," says he,
they're air men en- women from almost
every state in the Union er out of it, SIGH
as territories, en- many on 'em from for
egn countries; en- we can larn whole
lot about them various places ez well ez
git ackwanted with each other by this
here proceeding" says he.
"Arter the purfesser had fust mentioned
the matter to me. KEEP gittin' Uneasy en-
Uneasy all the time, fer fear some Teller
wouldent want to play In the game.
have seen fellers afore now who SERIOUS
ly objected to Stain whayre they wuz
from, er even whayre they fust saw the
light of day, but l fn'ly made il up to
myself tibet no SIGH fellers lived in the
Tail-holt deestrict, en- concluded to let
things perceed. / couldent see aney real
danger ahead, en- / thort tibet the purfes-
ser had all the resks to run, anyway.
1.-The purfesser explained how the
match wuz to be conducted. He said tibet
about the easies' way he knowed wuz 10
choose up everybody in the house tibet 'ud
take part, jist ez eff they wuz a-goin' to
choose up en- epell down in the ole-fash-
toned way, en- then the fellers dom the
choosin' up 'ud keep tally on the diffrunt
pints made, en- announce the result AFTER
this wuz done onct II 'ud be tried agin, but
in a dlffrunt way, with two others
a-choosin' up. This 'ud not only afford
instruction en- amusement, but in time I'D
let ever one know whayre ever one else
wuz from, ell hep 'em to get akwainted.
THE plan of this jogafy match wuz
about ez folders: He had Arranged all
the states In the union en- all the terrific
ries out of the union in alpha betica order,
from Alasky TO Whyomelng; en- he said
tibet aney persons horned in a state would
count up ez many pints fer his side ez the
number wuz corresponding to tibet state on
the list. SO a Teller from Alasky 'ud
Whyomeing 'ud count so. En- ever TELLER
horned in aney country In Europe 'ud
count a HUNDRED, in Asia two hundred, in
Afriky one HUNDRED en- fifty. Australee
two HUNDRED en- fifty, en- so on. He had
II all figgered out in nice shape, en- the
Purfesser air shore a genius. / wush we
had i'm fer mex winters school. but we
could pay him only SIS a month, en- I ex-
pee he's a-makin' more'n tibet in real es-
tate.
"Wull. arter all the preeiminaries wuz
settled. he called out Dollie Fudges en-
Sallie Homer to choose up; en- they chose
up ever one in the house. Nary Teller
thayre axed TO be excused which wuz
shore to the great credit of Tail-holt dee
strict II wuz funny 10 watch the gals
ez they ~uz a-choosin up They both
seemed to think tibet the older a Teller
looked the more pints he would count up,
en- the way they went arter the ole foxes
wuz a caution. 1t dident take EN- long to
sort out ever body In the house. old en-
young. big en- little, male en- female. clean
down TO leetle Charley Marvin. the hump
back.
Things got so quiet We could hear the
men a-chawin theyr terbacker. ez the
gals en- the Purfesser begun to ngger UP
Abe pints. They commenced at the head