Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1904-01-27

man who can write like him can get a
railroad pass most any time. I'm glad
Ike her I'd have 20 STAY if I didn't
l know young fellow up here who
shucked corn all last winter and saved
every cent, and, as soon "a Spring come
he hitched up four-horse team and II,
out for Berryville to get lot Of stuff for
going TO housekeeping on. When he
gets cross the ferry, he saw 10 Mister
Sandy OsbOurn, "Tll be back bout dark
and might as well pay you for the round
trip now-hov much is she:" amt saw
ing how much il were, for I wasn't there
but ! asks you, as man TO man. did YOU
ever see that young fellow get 10 Berry
vile: When he come home he explained
things, and the girl told it round as how
Henery was so mighty run down from
working that he'd been vOyaginc for his
health on the river
\ lot Of fellows was talking up Al Ell.
seas the other day and saying how much
money they had spent for pleasuring.
One Of them told about going to Wash
ington city and stopping there ten days.
and another about weeks fly he had
nad in Richmond. You fellows amt
IN IL, said the last man. Il went 10 the
Horse Show in Berrvville last August.
IL was on a Thursday" Lose vour
money betting one of them asked him.
Wasn't no betting" Get drunk
No, stayed sober; had a girl along.
Buy her jew elry:" Bought her pea-
nuts" How them" Drove pair
and crossed at Castlemans Ferry
You may he right. Mister Observer.
when you say flood will come along
and catch them bridges for certain. Ii
may, and then again it mayn't. You
can say il will and can say il won Z.
and we both is in our rights. because any
man can be prophet and the law won q
stop him. But il YOU mean that no Hood
won't catch them boats, I'm with YOU.
They are TOO burned high for me and
fresheis
You ask some questions most believe
can answer-leastways l can ask them
back, and that's mighty nigh 10 answer
ing. You say. how will the people
cross the river while the bridges are
gone, for there will be no ferries." And
1 ask you why. II the bridges is going
soon as they gets up, and keeps on going.
don't they keep their ferriess-the bridr-
Is amt going 90 hurt them none: an
they'll have 10 DO is TO keep the boats
from under them for but a short spell
after they arc first put up, SOS they
won't yet them smashed when they
drops, And IL the summer shower Is sd
light that only the approaches wash
away leaving the bridges standing. why
the boats can he run in the shade till an
aI-day rain comes 10 fetch away the
bridges. II owned one of them bos Is
and thought YOU was prophet, I'd loob
on them bridges same as awnings hung
over my place Of business.
But think they will stay where they
put them. or course I don'tknow. I
ain't good si predicting things. But il
! knowed what was coming like some
folks, wouldn't be so stingv with my
knowledge Ifyou told folks hereabouts
20 look out for that Johnstown freshe,
never heard tell OF il. or have Won
bought books and learned 10 do il since.
or. when YOU got your eyes open" like
that bull-pup that was hound pup as
my grandfather used 10 tell iO, did YOU
hnd YOU had second sight and could look
through the years like they was glass
or, don't YOU know nothing more abou,
II than the rest of Us. and are only 'spos
ings Sposing a Hood comes, and
'sposing the flood IS too big for the bridr
es, and 'sposing the bridges goes. ther
amt the bridges gone: Don't that prov,
it:' But, 'sposing it don'u There ain
no Trust yet on 'spoSing-so 'spose j
don't.
You say, Mister Observer, that "thes,
/ people meaning u Eastsiders-"wil
soon get tired of these bridges ike thr
boy with new toy engine" None @
our little boys ain'J got tired of their en-
gine>. And if we mountain folks q.
come down 10 the bank and stand ther
looking and enjoying ourselves. it ain
no harm Is il: You figure As how we i
too poor 10 get on il. I dunno. Yol
speak us poor one minute and rich IN,
next Which is wes You calls us sumac
patchers and berry -pickers, and say on,
I land amt worth tie plowing. on on,
/ page Of the mans paper. and on the mex
/ yoC tell Us We will be mighty foolish ''i
we mortgage our lands. tear down oui
frame and log houses and build large
handsome, fine houses, buy fine horses
and carriages and build fine. large barns
when the income from our lands won
hardly pay the interest on the mortgage %
Well, l dunno. We has plenty of fools
on this side and I'm not saying as how
some of them won't 10 il, now as you'v,
put il in their heads.
You say again somew here towards th,
lsSt-jiSt before the mans paper give on
-" SpoSe We jump in and have all IN,
fine things for public use we would HE,
in the county: We would bond IN,
county and Berryville TO most enor
nous sum and then go to work and bull,
a tive-million dollar courthouse l'as rn,
as any in the landl, build a fine, larg,
hotel and fine Auditor room. take a,
little Winston Hall. and tear up IN,
streets of Berryyille and put do yn Bel
gian bucks All the fine things d,
would like in the county" he would pu
/ right in Berryyille- not a blessed ston,