Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1901-01-30

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'shorence to try an take feller's|
gal ffum i'm, raos' 'speshly when her!
daddy hapms.to have right smart ov,
stuff around him?
Hit wuz that erway with Miss
Rory. Ever blamed feller wuz sot
on a-ketchin' oy her, or break a a
trace a-tryin'. Folks don't of'n gie
ahead oY. yore Uncle Andy till yit; !;
an back in them days, WY Iwuz la,
shore huff trash mover, ez the felletI
sez. couldn't say Off nc. .po'try, nur.
nothln', bit I Icould maui mo- rails,
rive mo- boards an pull mo- fodder
n any man thar'bouts. An mon
that, I could outrun, >outjump, throw
down or whup any feller in our beat.
An ez fer raeselin' 'speshly, jentul-
men, ye jist orter ov a-seed me |!
Rassulp WY, sub, I'd walk fo'
miles befo' brackfus any inawnin' to
tangle up with any feller what
thought hisself some punkins in a
rassul. AM whut's still more, they
wuzn't none o 'em roosters at could
put my back agin the groun'.
"Bat lemme see, I wuz talkin'
bout courtin' 'stid ov rassulin'.
Feller allis likes to run them good
ole days through his min though,
and study bout the times befo' th'
roomatiz ketohed him.
can SO ez wuz sayin', whilse I
didn't know nuthin' bout no liter
choor, nur nothin', yit an still more,
none ov 'em could whup me or thro'
me down, an 80 my chances warn't
so slim ez ye mought er thought fer
"Quair, hain't it? Wimmin is aw-
full skeered of fghtin' an scufflin',
an yit they shine ther ize at the fell
ler what wont let no feller put his
back agin th' groun'.
"Well, 80 fn'y competishaa got
so fired warm thet to er seed the
hosses hitohed in front o th' Con'ra
house of Sunday wy you'd a
thought ther wuz q campmeetin' ur
sumthin'. Fellers thar from ever
whar, an every burned one ov 'emNa a
doin' of his tallest tu git Miss Rory.
Th' Con'l fed pow'ful well, too, he
did, and take me of !. don't b'lieye
till yit that some ov them sorry
raskuls what oughter knowed they
didn't have no chance a-tall, list
KEEP a hangin', round to git axed in
to dinner"
Saint it funny, how nigh eatin'
ov a good dinner an a-bein' in love
comes to a-bein' the same thing t?
Not edzaoly the same, mind ye, but
hez the same effect a-fetchin' oy a
crowd"
can they wuz right, I reckon, be-
kase the way chicken feathers flew
roun' that house was a cawshun, an
ever dinner wuz fitten to be ct at a
log-rollin' or co'n-shuokin'. Makes
my mouth water till chicken,
aigs, ham, turnip sallit, filters, pun
kin pie, an I don't know what-en-
ALL"
"Miss Rory couldn't han'le so
many boze at wunst, an 80 fin'ly she
made it er rule thet the fust un at
the meetin' house ov aSunday morn
in could carry her home after
preachin', ANIL swan! 'Poared like
us fellers got to gittin' thar fore
daylight, mighty nigh. The lucky
feller he'd the inside track fer the
day, an tother fellers whut went any
way, to eat up the ole mans grub,
he'd mighty nigh no showin' at Miss
Rory. They he'd to talk to Mizz
Howard bout gyardin truck, settin'
ov hens an sich, or go blunderin'
erroun' the house, talkin' to tn ole
Con-,
"Mighty nigh make preacher
cuss hisself fur some other feller TO
be swingin' ov your gyurl an you
off at the lot with tn ole man an he
shown you the brindle COW and a
AKIN ov you how to kyore,a NANCY
hog"
can fer the longest Miss Rory sot
jlst erbout ez much store by one as
the tother ov us, or leastwise she let
on 'at she did. Long to'ds tn wind
up, though, most tn tother fellers
Civ in an kinder drapped out'n the
game graj'ly, 'cause they knowed
they didn't have no shown whar /
wuz at" !.
"But thar wuz yit one feller whut
wuz in my way, an he mounted to
considerbul, too, I'm here to tell ye.
Bill johnson wuz right likely
lookin' youngster an whilse his
daddy lived on rented LAM, I'm
'bleeged to own up at he rid the
finest critter in that milishy dees-
trick. AM then. he'd travelled 'ronn,