Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-09-28
OFF FOR TEXAS.
A Laughable Scene at the North
eastern Depot at Train lime
Yesterday.

eastern Depot at Train lime
Yesterday.
There were gathered at the n. O.
& N E. depot yesterday family Of
about sixty or seventy persons big,
little, old and young, representing
about four generations, gathered there
to see a family of kindred off for Tex
as. and the scene was not with out its
many lntere sting features.
In the first place, on a side track
near by was freight car in which
was loaded what might be termed an
"assorted cargo, ''one-half the car be-
ing taken up by couple of horses.
mule, yoke of oxen and COW and
calf. while the other half accommo-
dated the family household belong
ings, from frying pan up to bed
stead.
In this car the arrangement was to
send two of ii @ boys along. (there
| being six of them ont of the eleven
in family to take care of the stock
and the trouble was, neither of them
wanted to ride in a freight car and be
- two or three days gittin' thar an
luther boys ridin' in er pashinger
car but by much persuasion and
promise of dollar apiece every day
they were ont "Johnerthan an
l"Bill," the two oldest, consented to
go.
I And over in another direction
while all this perlaverin" was
"gwine on'' at the freight car, was
to be seen one of the girls who was
to soon depart, looking quite demure
as she stood with head hung, talking
to young man, who was evidently
her sweetheart, while about the wait
ing room were crowded the smaller
children, whose restlessness and eager
ness to go had worked the old lady, the
mother, up to a frenzy winch
caused her eyes to look green through
the spectacles she wore, all the time
each of the larger ones ever and anon
going to the door to take a peep
southward "to see if ther ir'n hors'
ware a gittin' in site.
The train being delayed added in
tensely to the desire fer her ter cum
erlong," and the old mans face all
the while wearing a perturbed look,
no doubt feeling the great responsible
llity that was upon him, and realizing
the enormity of ''pullin' up stalks
in setterlmint' where every one
knew him and where he had prosper
ed and "gwine ter er strange land
where he would have no one that he
could look in the familiar face OF.
The scene, viewed in this way was
one to arou. Sc sympathy and bring
sadness, but often amid surroundings
sublime one is made involuntarily &c
turn to those that are ridiculous, an
J while the writer stood imbued with
these thoughts, some one of the CROWD
cried out in an excited voice, Pap,
she's err cummin' fer I've dun seed
'er." and simultaneously with thI:
) announcement there came dissent
ing, soul disturbing voice from with
in saying: 81 hain't er gwine ter &c
its no use fer 'er ter cum, fer I've
J dun told yer daddy that not er stel
: am gwine, ard | hain't intel he git
| whut l axed him ter git, an this /!
) jest all NV it,.
The writer turning to see wha
effect this would have on the ole
> man, he found him excitedly fumt'
ling down in his pocket for some
g thing, AMI finally getting whatever
f 1t was and handing it to one OF hi
{ sons said, pointing in the direction
: of Orr's billiard hall, Its rite ovel
THAR somewhar, go an cum ez thel
e kears is here,'' the boy darteu off
: lighting over the iron fence back o
the station, made circuit up th'
0 hili and around the block. coming II
Y By Brookshires where on turning th'
Il corner, he saw the train moving OF
: rapidly and then the race Tor III
started, but he managed to catch ti
railing of the hind coach and RUNNING
along twenty or more steps holding j
= this way-it was leap or be left b
4 made spring and landed in sittin
s. position on the lower steps with fee
sr dragging but he finally climbed up o
) the platform where he waved back a
4 .alls WE'LL wave to the laughin
crowd, largely made mp of stres
urchins. that was left behind.
After the train turned the bend
:, the distance, the crowd eagerly watcl
es ing it to the last, an old gentleman
u the crowd remarked: Well. I'y
81 never seen yet the sense Of that be