The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1905-06-09

WIVES NtlltOul kuOWll- Iudr WAS d ia W
agin it. Half o. you uns never laid eyes
on a railroad an wouldn't have one as
a free gift / turned of an left i'm
an went up on the main street Up
thar barber ketched me by the arm
an said ses he: Come in an le' me
cut that hair You are from Short
Pine. amt you? | axed him why he
thought so, an he said. SEES he. 'Beca' Sc
you got Short Pine hair cut What's
thatY SEES |. An he laughed at Teller
cooked up in cheer an said: It's a
cut that is made by the women our
yore way. They jest turn a saucer
upside down on the mems heads an
trim around the edges could tell
one mile. They make G nan look
like a bObtailed mule Laughter,
loud and prolonged.l
Yes. as said they are a-pokin' all
manner O. fun at US. an it's chiefly be-
case we hain't got no railroad. The
maddest | ever got on this line was
down at Filmore's store one day. A
little. slick chap come along sellin'
They was purity things on black sticks,
an | wanted one fer the wall o my
room. | was about to buy one, but |
thought I'd fust make shore that our
county was on 1t, so | axed the peddler
to pint it out to me. Well, after some
s'arch he put his knife blade on what
he called this county. but. 10 and be-
hold. it was mighty nigh kivered with
round dots about the size of flyspecks.
What's the matter with it?' axed i'm.
oh, you mean them dots ses he, an
he turned to lot of reference words in
the corner of the map. Them SEES he,
'them's put thar to indicate the amount
o. ignorance in a locality. You'll find
'em in all places away from the rail-
roads. A body kin say what they
please agin railroads. but they fetch
schools an books an enlightenment.
You've got good many specks,' SEES
he, kinder comfortin' like, but some O.
these days a railroad win shoot out
this away. an them brainy men
amongst you will git the chance God
intends to give EN- Gentlemen,
didn't buy no map. l wouldn't "a had
the thing on my wall with the specks
a-starin' me in the face. 1t w uldn't
"a done any good to scrape 'em off, fer
Their traces would "a been left. No,
friends, citizens an wellwishers, thar
amt but one scraper that will ever
rake our specks off. an that's the cow
catcher of steam engine. | say let
'er come, Some objection has been
raised on the score o. KILN cattle.
That reminds me of a story they tell
on old Burt Preston, who has farm
was always a-gittin' his stock killed SO
fast an a-puttin' in heavy claims fer
damages, until folks begun to say he
maze his Twin by buyin' scrub cattle
an sellin mashed beef to the corpora
ton. One day the road sent out a de-
tective to watch i'm. an he seed Burt
drive spindlin' yeerlin' out o. the
thicket on the track jest in time to get
1t knocked off by through freight. The
detective went back an reported, an
they waited to see what Preston nd do
By the next mail they got claim in
which Preston said the yeerlin'
weighed 500 pound an was a fine four
gallon milk COW. They threatened to
Jail i'm, an Preston agreed to with
draw his claim. But he got downheart.
ed an traded his place fer farm on
t'other railroad. an the last heerd O.
him he was at his old trade agin.
reckon that's about the way Wen be
damaged by gettin' our stock killed
That's all | got to say, gentlemen
Let's git this road an scrape our fly
specks off"
The house shook with tie applause
that greeted this speech Even the OPP
position seemed TO be wavering Only |
Bartell kept rigid countenance He
rose and in low voice invited his
group to repair with him to one of the
jury rooms. They got up and followed |
him out. AS he was about to close the
door after them he nodded to Miller.
We'll take vote on it an let you
know" he said coldly.
Hes going to talk to them" said |
Miller aloud to Wilson. Mr. DaniePs |
speech almost shook them out of their /
boots. and he saw he was losing ground.
1t looks squally."
you are right" said Wilson gloomi-
". "Our chances are very slim"
Miller caught Adele's eye and Went i
10 her.
I'm bound to say the outlook is not
so favorable" he said. IF we could
have put it to vote just after your
uncle spoke, we would have clinched
hem, but Bartell thinks his election
depends on beating us today. and, be-
ng the chief landowner, he has infiu-
ance"
ut will break my heart" said the
girl TREMENDOUSLY. Poor father and
mother! They look as If they We're on
rial for their lives. Oh, had so much
nope as we drove over here this morn
ng, but now
Il can't bear to see you take it that
way" said Miller tenderly. Il did not
intend to speak to you so soon about
mother matter. but can't put it off
You nave become very, very dear to |