The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-05-21

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I'm ln the edge on The EzoznsaIHa
now. @o Ter speak. az ! an f~~iin'
the bgacla' air az gisIla' ap sam Ap-
petite Nosaaa' Ike tho saoaatasna
/ fer = toalck- The aisSs air cool. bal
the days air ao~ warm ~nar an all
the people air rnitY clever Ter An' ole
| soldIer like me They s~em tes eu-
| SOY nay company an everything ca
| sept my ngisnezs. an that ainI noth.
Ia serious. fer sam ov the people In
these diggins air purity nigh az ugly
| az am. an that In q long story. II
| hit wuE awl told. But. az | wux say
in. they In d tew ngiy ones ap here.
an AZ they often tell me oy sum
body they know that looks Jist exaek-
| ly like me, feel At home. You
know the ole saying. Misery loves
company"
meet up with lot ov ole trends
| up here. kin-foIks. an them that air
| no kin ter me. an that liz a pleasant
| feature oy hit awl Nothin' like
meetin' up with ole trends. Hit
brings up ole times. ole memories.
both pleasant an sad.
They air many nice things ter look
| at in the mountains. clear sky. pret-
ty, trees. streams, and flowers. One
ov the prettiest trees in this seek
| shun air the white pines. They air
quite plentiful erlong the streams.
| Tall an smooth they air. an stand
| ing like grand sentinels. hit seems a
| pity ter cut them down fer lumber.
| But they make pretty white lumber
| an hit liz lighter than any other wood
that liz reasonably plentiful. SD hit
will awlways be used fer maxim
| boxes ter ship goods In frum the
manufacturing cities.
| hev heard that they ulster hev
people in this country called moon
| siners." OWN ter the fackt that they
manufactured moonshine. guess.
Hit seems that them peculiar people
| didn't like dark mites, so they got up
plan ter hev lite mites awl the time
| So hit cum erbout that they hardly
ever had any dark mites In this part
ov the country an that kept the pee
pie frum gittin' lonesome. Hit IL sed
that the moonshine manufactured In
| these diggins wuZ ov sich n nature
that hit would put a man In pow
| erful guide humor. or bring on fits
az quick aZz anything known tel
science. So hit must hev bin very
wonderful remedy. But | can't speak
frum experience an so will keep sill
ent.
met up with a feller by the name
ov Bill Moody a few days ergo an
we had long talk. | am callin' hin
Bill Moody, but that wuz not hiz rea
name. Bill liz a guide one. He liz al
smart az politician, even II h'
didn't git much schoolin'. | took {
fancy ter Bill an he didn't seem tel
dislike me- Bill hain't never bin
erway frum home very much an h
wanted ter know awl erbout every
body frum Governor Glenn down tel
Roosevelt IL reckon Governor
Glenn liz erbout the best man livin
in the country" sez Bill as a starter
Il hev hearn a heap erbout him, an
they say that he puts in the weel
: maxim speeches fer schools an pro
hibishun an breaches three sermon
on Sunday. | don't see when h
finds time ter offisiate az Governor
But, ov course, he liz Governor,
guess"
After gittin' off the above Bill
looked at me with a dozen question
marks in hiz eyes. But | wuz sil
ent. | can't speak but one language
, but | kin keep quiet in at least
. dozen different languages, so | sa
still an let Bill cool of. | felt sci
tain that he needed informashur
that he orter hev hit. But infer
mashun liz like advice, hit don't aw
ways hit the spot gist rite. Sun
. times a man liz happier IL he don
larn awl erbout everything. Bill
E a shinin' example ov that sort. II
. may live long enuff ter find that NJ
y awl that glitters in the sunshine
gold, sum ov hit IL brass. IL | al
= not powerfully bad mistaken, he wi
: find that our illustrious an o'
streperous Governor I borrowe
, them two wurds frum Webster
Dickshuary) IL a rich, rare an RAJ
specimen, an the people ov the Sta
n will sum day wish they had been
- little more careful. Ov course b
liz not very nice ter criticize peepl
, But am goin' by past experience
hev never yit knowed a man wi
,a wuz too awfully guide that did n
n turn out ter be wrong in a We
20 pinted way. Watch my predickshI
20 jist this one time. IL / amt pint
= out az a true prophet in less tn
4 ten years frum terday. I'll eat "
al termelon every day durin' the mon
r. ov August in the year 1913.
xe You see them everywhere I
a. speakin' oy dudes. toothpick she
u an sich. They invade even Il
es mountain country. An now an tn
nv you see a bicycle. They amt got
he bit ov use fer bicycle in this mou
Ill tain country. But they think tn
hev an you must let hit go at tn
ok Fiddles, banjoes, an shotguns
cd useful: they will at least make
,e- noise But bicycles an ortermobi
orter be outlawed. may run
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