Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1909-01-07
SANDY FAULKNER
AND HIS FIDDLE
He Was the Original Arkansas
Traveller and Lived in Little
Rock.


al "Arkansaw Traveller, >" was born in
Georgetown, Scott county, KY,
March 3, 1903. He came to Arkansas
in 1929 and settled in Chicot county on
the Mississippi river as cotton plant
or. In 1889 Colonel Faulkner with his
father, the late Nicholas Faulkner, a
Virginian by birth, took up his resi-
dence in Little Rock, where he died
August 4, 1874, at the age of seventy
one years.
1t is we'll known throughout the
Southwest that Colonel Faulkner was
the original personator of the "Arkan-
saw Traveller" it was his pride to be
known as such. The story, it is said,
was his founded on little incident
which occurred in the campaign of
1910, when he made the tour of the
State in company with the Hon. A. H.
Sewer, Gov. Fulton, Chester Ashley
and Gov Yell. One day in the Bos-
ton Mountains the party approached a
squatter's for information of the route
and Colonel "Sandy" was made spokes-
man of the company, and it was upon
his witty responses the tune and story
were founded On the return to Lit
tie Rock grand banquet was given in
the famous "barroom" which used to
stand near the Anthony house, and
1xy1' n
play the tune and tell the story. At
terward itgrew in popularity. When
he subsequently went to New Orleans,
the fame of the "Arkansaw Traveller"
had gone ahead of him, and at ban
quet, amid blinking glasses and spark
ling toasts, he was handed violin by
the then Governor of Louisiana, and
requested to favor them with the fav
orite Arkansas tune. At the old st.
Charles Hotel special room was de-
voted to his use, bearing in gilt letters
over the door:
"AkKANSAW TRAVELLER. -
Traveller Halo, stranger,
Squatter Halo, yourself.
T.-Can get to stay all night with
you?
S.--No, sir; you can't git to
T.--Have you any spirits here?
S.-Lots Nv EN-; Sal saw one last
night by that ar oil holler gum, and it
nearly skeered her to death.
T.-You mistake my meaning Have
you any liquor?
S.-Had some yesterday, but Ole
Bose he got in and tapped all Nv it out
n the pot.
T.-You don't understand. don't
mean pot liquor. I'm wet and cold
and want some whiskey. Have you
got any2
| SO, yes; I drank the last this
morning.
Tim hungry; haven't had thing
since morning; can't you give me
something to eat
S.-Haint burned thing in the
house. Not mouthful Nv meat mol
dust NV meal here.
T.-Well, can't you give my horse
some thing to eat2
Scot nothin', to feed him on.
T.-How far is it to the next house
S.-Stranger, don't now; I've new
er been thar.
T.-Well, do you know who live
here?
ST. do.
T.-As l am so bold, then, wha
might your name beH
SIT might be Dick, and it Nigh
be Tom; but it lacks right smart "
it.
T.-Sir, will you tell me where thi
road runs TOT
, SITS never been anywhar sine
I've lived here; it's always thar whel
get up in the mornin',
T.-Weil, how far is it to where i
forks2
SIT don't fork at all; but it split
up like the devil.
T.-As l am not likely to get to an
other house tonight, can't you let m
sleep in yours; and I'll tie my horse t
tree and do without anything to ca
or drink
S.-My house leaks Thar's only on
dry spot in it, and me and Sal sleep
on it. And that thar tree is the oil
woman's persimmion; you can't tie
it, cause she don't want EN- shu
off. She lows to make beer out n ell
T.-Why don't you finish GOVERN
your house and stop the leaksl
SITS been raining all day.
T.-Well, why don't you do it i
dry weather?
SIT don't leak then.
T.-As there seems to be nothir
alive about your place but children
how do you do, anyhow?
S.-Putty well, | thank you; no
do you do yourself?
Tt mean what 10 you DO for
livingr
S.-Keep tavern and sell whisky.
T.-Well, l told you / wanted son
whiskey.
S.-Stranger, I bought a bar'l NOR
week ago. You see, me and S
went shares After we got it here '
only had bit between us, and Sal 81
didn't want tO uSe hern fnst nor n