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VOL XVI
[Written expressly for the Herald.]
Yosemite Valley.
BY AMICUS.
“Boys, I over head father and
Judge Jones talking to-day, and
they agreed to have everything
in readiness, and to start for the
Yosemite Valley early on n-xt
Monday morning, So, if xve have
an idea of going with thorn, we
had better be making prepara
tions.”
The speaker was Rob Ryan, a
son of Cap. H, W. Ryan, of Mari
posa; a town within twenty miles
of the beautiful and picturesque
Yosemite Valley, situated on the
western slope of the Siera Nevada
mountains,
Rob Ryan had frequently heard
bis father, in company with others,
speak of a proposed visit to this
valley • and Rob, from hi st, had an
inkling to accompany the party-
He had spoken to three other
boys, hia companions and school
mates, about the fun end frolic of
the trip, and they, with hearty,
good cheer, joined in the project-
Among those to whom he had spo
ken was Josh Jones, a very prom
ising lad of IG, and Rob’s senior
bv three or four years. Up to
this time they had not intimated
to their parents their desires to ac
company the expedition, nor, in
deed, did they know that the time
of departure was so near at hand
So, in reply to Rob’s caution about
getting ready, «/osl> Jones said :
“Well, Rob. I suppose the first
thing for una to do in the order of
making preparations is to get our
fathers’ consent to accompany
them.”
“Ob, yes,” retorted Rob, “but 1
think that can be arranged easily
enough. As lor me, father prom*
ised, if I should win respectable
honors at the Academy during the
firs/ term, that I should have a real
excursion in vrcation and, boys,’
continued Rob, speakirg with
some pride, “you know I exceeded
hia most sanguine expecta/ions,
for I overheard him tell Prof. Per.
kins so, and you see the way is al
ready paved for me to obtain his
consent.”
“Well, I shall know my fate to
uight,” answered Sammio Perkins,
the Professor’s son, • “for I sbal 1
ask father before / sleep’”
All the boys agreed, before thoy
separated for the night, to ob/oin
the desired information, and be
ready to report the following morn
ing.
There were at least four boys in
Mariposa that slept but little that
night, for each of the four who had
User, planning that evening had
sought and obtained permission
from his pareuts to accompany the
pleasure seeking expedition; and
what school boy could sleep with
such a trip) iu view T
‘•1 just tell yon, boy’s,” said Sam |
mie Perkins, tho next morning,
after encli bad expressed h's good
iuck, - ‘I just tell you, that is go
ing to be a grand affair. For us
to bo allowed to gu to that cele
brated valley, and to have the priv
iloce of carrying our guns and am
munition, is an ailvatnng that is
rot a lowed every Rchol boy, and
you know boys, bowmneb that
country is noted for its good hunt
ing and fishing? So alter discuss
ing all the preliminaries, such as
suggestions to each other, concern
inggnns, ammunition, hooks, line#,
etc,, they parted, understanding
that each one was to be in perfect
readiness by Monday morning.
At last the time for startiug came .
the very morning or which the
beys were to leave the dull monot“
ony of their t wn life for a bunt- ;
iug, fishing and exploring frolicl
of one whole week, amid the moun
tain scenery, and picturesque beau
ty and grandeur, of one of the lov
liest sections of the west. The
faiberß of three of the bays, Judge
Jones, Cap. Ryan and Pi of. Per-,
kins, besides three other gentle*,
men without title, (who wete very
clever personages, nevertheless,)
were of the party making, in all
ten people who wore to accompany
the expedition*
None, however, were bnlf so ela
ted, or half so enthusiastic as the
four school boys.
Everything waft in readiness for
LAWRENCEVILLE G-A Tusday July 6 1886
a very early start, and late that
night they encamped at the head
of Yosemite Valley. Norwithstand
jug there were several wagons
along, the boys del not ride much
that day, out scoured the country
on each side of the road for some
distance, in eoaich of game of dif
ferent kinds, and which seemed
plentiful and easily taken. Conso
queutly they arrived at the camp
ing ground completely exhausted,
and soon were in “dreamland,” no
doubt dreaming of the fun and
frolic of chasing the game, and
catching fish, on the morrow. On
the next morning none were up
earlier than tho boys; end to their
astonishment, before them lay one
of the grandest scenes they bad
ever beheled. To the east and in
plain view, Alt. Dava, Jit. Ritfcir
and others reared their snow cap
ped peakes fifteen thousand feet
into the air, and while they reflect
ed a million tiny rays of the rising
sun, seemed standing sentinel over
this sublime and picturesque val
ley.
The Yosemite Valley is from
eight to ten miles long, and from
one and a ha’f to two miles wide.
Stupendous walls of granite in
closing it on all sides, rise from
three thousand to five thousand
feet above the bottom and over
which the lovliest brooks, with the
most limped and purest of waters,
fall; which are broken by numer
ouscascades; and abox’e which rises
the most beautifully spray, driven
by the morning breeze. Tbe
most celebrated of those is the
Yosemite Falls, broken bytbiee
leaps in its descent of twenty five
hundred feet, The waters that
are continually pouring into this
valley are carried off by the Merced
river, end emptied into the San
Joaquin. The four school boys
were certainly as near perfect
bliss now as one ever expects
to be in this life, for they had the
unrestrained pnvelige of wandet*
ing up and down this picturesque
valley, amidst the most lovely
mountain scenery to be found in
the Siera Nevada, urd indeed in
the west. While the brooks plays
ed over tbe crest ol the vaily, the
spray reflected hundreds of beauti
ful rainbows, and the crystal wa
ters sparkled in tbe sunlight-
Down numerous defiles the stream
lets gurgled, and the boys Dad bnt
to cast the hook into their pmre
and limped waters to catch the
trout and bream. Game abounded
on all sides, and nothing was want
ing to maketho°e four boys among
the happiest in all Chrtstondom
The night that closed their first
days' wanderings found those
same boys completely exhausted,
and very early after supper they
returned to seek “nature’s restor
er.'’
A goed night’s res/ and a splon**
did breakfast set the sportsmen,
with high spirits, upon the chasß
whilo the boys resumed their wan-,
derings, expiorings and piscatorial
exercises. Again the two parties
came in late, loaded with game
and fisli, and very lfite did they
sit around the campfire, and tell
to each other rhe delights and ex*,
citement of the chase, and the
lovely natural scenery they had
beheld during the day. Ss things
went on until the last day of tbeir
“camphunt,” and no one, neither
man nor boy, enjoyed tho camp
life bettor than Sammie Perkins.
Ido was the youngest of the four
boye, bus seemed to [end them in
all their spoits and explorations.
Indeed his power of endurance
was remarkable, for be could wan'
dtr through hi,l and dale from
morning till night, without coni'
t plaiuiDg of latigue, ami was al
i ways ready for any new enterprise
' or trip of discovery that might be
; suggested. Tho boys, to some ex
tent lad explored the valley iu
/he neighborhood of the camp,and
!on this, the last day of their stay,
they proposed to cross around the
head of the valley, and go down
jon the other side some three or
four miles, and explore the valley
in that vicinity* -4ftor an early
fcreakfas', four boys might have
j been seen with guns on their shoul
| dors,and game bags across their
backs, wending their way around
the head of the va’ley; and fore
most among thorn was Ham mie
Perkins, the little hero of the day.
Our Own Section—TV? Labor No* Its Advancement.
■On went the young Boones or
Nimrods and after thoy had trav
eled alou: fivo or six miles they
came to a halt and decided to ex •
plore that portion ol the vallay.
j Through a broak in the crest ihoy
could see a deep and rugged de
file, along the bottom of whieli
gurgled and laughed a crystal
stream let as if chafed against the
uneven rocks The sides of this
defile were marked here and there
by a projecting boulder, which
seemed almost dislodged from its
resting place, and were it so dis
lodged wou.d carry scores of oth
ers to tho bottom in its descent.
“Gome on, boys," said young
Perkins, as his companions ap
peared somewhat disinclined to
undertake the descent of what ap s ‘
peered to them, a very dangerous
path.
“Como on everything’s secure.
I see a nico little, clear poel about
a hundred loot bolow, and I wart
to cast my hook into its pure wa
ters. So. come on, nothing haz
ardous about this, if we are care
ful ; we have nothing to fear, and
everything to learn about this
wonderful valley,”
His companions, somewhat re
assured by their leader’s enthu
siasm and conduct, and a little
chagrined that Saturate Perkins,
though the youngest, should ra
cist on their following him began
to make the descent, ono after \
another, following the leadership i
of the daring little adventurer,
On they went down the defile,
gaining a foot hold heie and there
swinging to a stray branch of a j
stunted shrub, now and then, and j
through a great many hazardous
adventures, they at last reached
the rocky basin, a hundred feet
below the crest of the valley. The
little basin was about ten feet in
diameter, filled with the purest
and most refresh Hlff TOafflVJ . r»vwl
r*u uottr, tlmngh ten f©3t deep, fcli(3
fish could plainly be seen near tho
bottom,
“Now, boy*,” said Sarnmie Per
kins, “let’s see if we can catch any
of those fine fish we see swimming
in the basin.” So each boy pre
pared b's hook and cast it into
the water. The fish did not hesi
tate, but took hold of the hooks
as soon as they were ptesenteeb
and the boys had fine fun drawing
out the finny tribe,
But there was no use of catch
ing fish one hundred feet below
tho crest of the valley, for it was
out of tho question to think of
trying to ascend that precipitoas
wail encumbered with anything
more than guus and game bags.
So the boys, very humanely, put
l he trout back into the little basin,
and wound up their lines, prepara
tory to quitting the piscatorial
sport. At that juncture, they
heard a noise above /h sro, and on
looking up they saw a very large
boulder release its hold and came
tumbling down, knocking ochers
loose as it deconded, and the
whokmass descended toward the
pool around which our young ex
plorers were leisurely winding up
their lines.
“Quick, boys, this way,” exclaim
ed Sammie Porkirs, as he dodged
under a shelving rock. His com
panions followed his advice, bnt
none too soon, for where they had
stood but a few seconds before
was now covered by the fragment i
tury remains, and debris of sever
al large boulders.
“Well,” cried Sammie, after his
companions could got breitb, and
take in the surroundings, “I hope
the dislodgmcnt of thoso rocks
has not interfered with our path
way out of tliis place.”
After this incident the boys
could not rest easily until they
had ascertained whether or not
the boulders had really interfered
with their only way of escape.
So they immediately began the
ascent, but had not proceeded
way up before they had their fears
realized. Oue stepping stone
gone, it was true, but that left the
inteiveniug space about eight feet,
and neither of the boys was over
five*
At Sawmie’s suggestion guns
and game bags were thrown into
the basin below, but all to no pur
pose, for that barren rock they
were destined io spend the night,
and to them, the longest night
they hal ever passed. The nar-
I row rock would not admit of the
boy<s, lying down, po they wee
compelled to stand or loan against
the main rock. All tho boys save
Sammie spent the night s* sobs
and tears, and he, more hope fnl
than his-companions, tried to so
lace them by telling them there
would be a way of escape present
ed to them on the morrow. When
daylight came and they had made
sowrul unsuccessful attempts to
scale tho walls, a happy thought
seenAed to strike hammie, and bo
said;
“(<}sb, stand close beside the
r ooliijf and at nd firmly." So say
ing be mounted Josh’s shonlders
and with a cat-like bound reached
the ledge above. Then by lying
flat down and fixing his foot be
hind another rock, reacned down
and assisted Josh to the ledge on
which he was situated. Each boy,
in turn, was assisted up The
boys had no trouble iu gainin the
crest of tho valley, and when thoy
werequiteup. they cast one long,
lingering look at the guns and
game bags below. When they
reached the camp their parents
and friends wore just returning
from a fruitless night’s search for
the wanderers.
After tho company had heard
the boys' story, thoy all joined in
praising Sarnmie Perkins for his
happy thought.
GOING IT BLIND.
“You want to sue that man do
you?” said a Dako/a Justice of the
Peace. “Well, before we serx'e
ativ papers on trim 1 w’ant to know
if you have got a case ?”
“You >et I have, Judge. I sold
him a h ss over two years ago and
he’s never paid a cent.”
“He promised to pay, did he ?’
“Yes. ’
U 1 » ,o v, JO A* *vt UUHIIIU ii
“Of course.”
“Well, I gnesß your case is all
right. I find a Justice can’t be
too careful 'bout these things.”
“I s’pose ro,”
“Yes, you’d bo surprised to see
how- many start in without any
case. Why, when I first began in
this 'ere business I had lo decida
pretty near half the cases in favor
of the defendant. I saw how
things were goin’ and ever since I
have just qnesrionod each man
right down like I did you and
found how matters stood before I
started. I haven’t bad a case to
go for tho defondant for over a
year.”
“That’s good.”
“Oh, it’s ihe only 7 way I can do
and have sys/em ’bout my business
Now you see in your case, I’ll just
enter it up now in year favor aud
then when the day of trial comes
all I’ll Have to do will be to make
him pay the amount or send an
olFeer out. and grab onto the boss
with a* surpeuY. In these court
matters ther’s nothing out just
how the thing stands an I then go
ing ahead wi'h the firm knowledge
that you’re right. You needn’t
mind ’bout coining in the day of
your trial—l’ll ’tend to everything.
Estoliine 8011.
“YESSUM.’
There is one aged coloied wo**
man iu tins towd v ho does not be
lieve in social equality, judgi g
from the way she talks to her boy :
“Ephirham, come hyer to yor
rnudder, boy. Whar you been V
“Playin’ wid de- white foikses
i cbillun.’
•‘You is, oh? See liyar, chilet
you’d break your old old madder’s
and brnng her gray bain in sorro’
to de grave, wid yer reeklumness
an’ earrings on wid ebil associa"
shuna. Habn't I raised yon up in
(lie way you should and ought to
go?’
“Yessnm!’
“Habn’t I been kind and tender
wid yon now my own chile which
you is ?”
“Yespum !’
“HaDp’t I reozined wid yon, and
prayed wid you, and deplored do
good Lord to wrap you iu his buz
znm ?’
“Yessum!’
“liabn't I tangid you to walk in
de bread an’ narro* path, an to
shun Goo?’
“Yessnm.”
“An' isn’t I yer maternal de/ec
tor an’ gwabjcence fo’ de law ?’
“Yessum!’
j “Well den, do yon s’pose I’se
gwiue to hab yer morals ruptured
by de white trash ? No. sah! You
git iu uo house, dis instop ; au' if I
ebor cotcb you munieatin’ wid de
white trash any mV to God, nig,
111 broak yer brack head wid a
brick."
“Yessum!’
MARY’S LITTLE LAMB.
Mary had a little sheep of compre
hensive mind; whenever Mary
took a ear, it trotted on behind
It was a festivo litte slieop with
short and active tail; its head
so hard that it could but/ ihe
shivers of! a rail.
Atul Mary thonght the world ami
all of this her woolly pet; she'd
let it follow any where, on
rainy days or wot.
It followed her down town one
day and gamboled on the street
and passers by would slop to
say, “Well ain’t that mutton
sweet.’
It followed hor a dozen blocks,
and then, among a /tost of
horses' feet and carriage
wheels, the fittle thing got j
lost.
And Mary hunted everywhere, in
quired of all Idem men, but
finally begun to think she’d
see it no’er again,
One day she took her little purso,’
and went to buy some meat
and in some sausage mat she
bought sue found her dailiugs
feet.
No more that little sheep will butt
tho latches ofl’ tno door, or
gambol on thogreeu, or follow
as of yore.
HIS REASON.
A jury composed of eleven bnsi
-- ..-.1 an o J t ] fftl| o ,v aciosp
tho creek rciirofi in 41
tl,r ed tc. the jury room.
The foreman, wu«u ,
marked that he thought that the
prisoner ought to be sent to the
penitentiary for five years.
“That ain’t long enough,’ said
tno old fellow. “Let’s put it ou
him fur ton.’
“Oh, no, that won't do-’
“Well, then,’ ptrotching himself
cut on a bench, “I’m with yer.’
“What, are you going t» hang
the jury?’
“That’s about it.’
“My dear sir, we are anxioua to
get bncK to our business.’
“Then send him up for ten .’
“But that w mid bo a groat injss
tice.’
“Then squat and make yourself
comfortable.’
“Have you any special reason
why the prisoner should go up for
ten years.’
“Think I have,’ throwing a quid
of tobacco at the spittoon.
'‘Will you please name it ?’
“Yes, fur it won’t take me long.
He is my son-in-law and I have
been supportin’ him ever sinco he
was married.’
//e went up for ten years.—Ar
lan saw Traveller.
JUDE EARLY’S NIGGER JOE.
One of the best known charac
ters in Lynchburg, V*., is “Jube
Early’s nigger Joe.’ Joe is an old i
negro with all the dignity of a j
body servant of the slavery days,
ami hi? affection for tno General \
amounts to worship.—Jube owned
Joe before the war, and owns him i
still, Joe never having been freed ;
scorning to accept what he says ,
does not belong to him, and saying j
as long as Mats Jube was alive Joo
is his slave. Early is very fond of
his slave, and would shoot quicker ,
in defense of the negro than any
body else, lie has given Joe carte
blanche to buy vvliat he likes in the
town, and has instructed store
keepers, no matter what Joe wanta
or how much it will cost, to give it
to him and eeud the bill to his
master. Sometimes Early gets
rather the worse foi whisky, and
then a comeial sight is seen. Joe
follows him around like a dog,and
when the General gets very drunk
Joo will eav:
“Mars Jube, you mus’ come
home:’
“Why, you black rascal, what do
you mean 1 I’m your master.’
“Yes, Mars Jube, when you’se
sober, when you’se drunk l’*,e mas
sa.’
‘.Well, I reckon you are right
I old man. I'll go with you.’
A young man of Newnan lately
took Miss Rettie Echols to a pic
nic at Franklin. They stayed ever
nignt. In the morning she took
a ride with 11. Daniel. On return
ing, she told /lie young man that
he could go homo, for she was
married,
JOHN T. WILSON, Ju., Publisher
ORIGIN OF “HOME SWEET
HOME."
It is perhaps udknowr. to most
of our readers that /here is a legend
wh’ch connects North Geovgit* with
this popular air Many years ago,
when the Indians were being gath
oroc. and sent off to their reserva
tion, Payne was in'.he neighbors
hood of tho place where Dalton
now stands. Many of tho In
dians were so relnc/aut to have
their Imnling grounds that they
evaded tho ofliciors whoso duty it
was to collee' ihern. As tho story
goes, there vp a law which made
it. a ponal offense to aid an Indian
in evading the officers. Payne’s
sympathy for tho noble red man
was so strong that ho gave /hem
aid and countenance in eluding
the grasp of the collectors, and a
warrant was sued out and served
upon by the sheriff. As he started
off with tho officer, Payne, doubts
less thinking of tho homeless In
dian. began to sing the first s/anza
of “Home, Swoet Home ” The
sheriff stopped and asked where
/hat song came fiom* When
Payne said it was his own compo
sition, the officer beggod him ‘.o
sing some mure like it ; and as he
listened to the pathetic air and el
oquent words of the song, he was
so moved that he released his
noble prisoner, who, not long after,
gave to the public a song which
has stirred the emotion of of mil
lions, .
The sheriff who made the arrest
was General Bishop, tie fa‘hei--iu
law of /he venerable Judge Under,
wood, of this place. The pursuit
and urrest was made at /he home
of Ross, the chief, near BlueSgring
in Tennessee, four miles from the
oil Moravian missonary station,
now Spring Place, twelve miles
east ot Dal/on.—Rome Bullitin.
GEORGIA NEWS.
—Sixteon bridges in Laurens
county were washed away by the
late freshet.
Carr, aged 87, of Oconee
county, lately split 22.7 rails a day,
from tough timber-
Tlioro is said to bo seven hun
dred Knights of Labor **»
- ../vanized into lodges.
Much sickness prevails tnn»,. B u
out Green ccmity, and the physi
cians have more sails than can at
tend.
Carnosvillo Register: Meat of
the bottom lands in this county
have been planted threo or four
times, and no stand yet.
Union Point is full of counter
feit coins—ton cent, quarters,
halves and dollars. Tho merchants
take stock every morning to soo
how much thoy have on baud.
Groeno county has a prominon t
planter who has not cast a vote
since Jas. K. Pplk was olected
President. He vowed /lien h e
would uevor vote again, and he has
not.
Tho wife of Br. It. A. Ware,
near Columbns, has been raising
silk worms on a small Bcele for sev
e ral years. She has now abou t
20,000 cocoons, each representing
one worm.
Tqe Senoia Sen til says that a
man in Campbell county had thir
ty six boys old enough to fight in
the last war, and twent y three of
them wore killed. The shops will
cost about $15,000.
Mormon elders who have been
tryiug to gain convert* about Fish
Csoek, Bartow county, have de
parted The Cartersviile C’ourant
wants the citizens of the county to
organize and lynch the rascals.
Negroes of the lower class in
Savannah refuse to have physicians
visit their sick because of a foolish
superstition against the profession
and kho, result is /hat the death
rate among them is alarmingly
high.
A strong stock company has
been organized at Aihens, with J.
H. Rucker as president and A. TI.
Hodgson secretary, for the erec
tion of a large elevator and grist
and feed mill near the daorgia
railroad depot.
In conversation wi/b a prominent
I physician of Athens, he says that
he has been practic ng medicine
i for the past 35 years, and that
I there is more sickness than he
has ever known before. It is not
confined to one looality, bu/ is all
over the whole country
Augusta is threatened with a
big strike.
The peach crop of the state is
id to be very fine.
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NO 26
A GHOST STORY SPOILED.
“I'll tell you a funny thing,”
said he, as they walked up Kearny
street ono evening; “I could never
account lor it” *
“Oh, I don't bolieve in those su
pernatural stories, thoy are aM
rot ”
j “This wasn’t supernatural, btTf
it was curious. I was faking a
walk one night, and suddenly i
heard, ttf if t] wore far away nay
Dome called, it ctune quite distinct
ly, 'peter? It was so sudden j
stopped and only a cart or oar
ragh about a bock off was making
any noise I wen/ on. it came again
it sounded like the voice of a
lriend of mine, and I got so im
pressed I turned around and went
up to his room.”
“Well, he was sick— ’
“No, he was all right. I didn’t
say anything to him abonZ it. But
I never could account for it.’
“Ob, pshaw 1’
“6?eei up !’ cried a drivor, pass?
ing, to his horse.
“That's what you heard, my
boy. That fellow’s “Goet npl’
sounded pxacly liko your name.’
“I say, don’t tell mo that. You
have knocked /he stiffing out of
my boat ghost sfory.’—San Fran
cisco Chronicle “Undertones.’
“ IFhat is the matter with you.
John ? You are never hpro when
you are wanted, and I more than
you are wanted, and I more than
suspect you spond tho most of
your time in the barroom of the
hotel,’
“Hi! sir; since the death of my
poor wife, my spirits have been
that low, I feel the need of a drop
of something stimulating. You
wouldu t wish to deny me a little
consolation V
t'Weli, how soon do you thnik
you’ll be con-oled V
“Ah! sire; you never lost a
wife. lam afraid, sir, lam incon
solable.’
Off for a day’s fishing: Smith—
"Ulal° Wd CigtU ' B **
itrnw —Yes, they're uuuec mb'*
seat.
(Srai/h—And the lunch /
Brown—That’s uuder the seat
too.
(Smith—And tho hooka and
lines?
Brown—By .tore! 1 forgo/ them
entirely'.
Smith—That’s too bad. Well,
I supposo we’ll liavo to got along
the best wo can without them’
A gentleman nt Tazwell who
was giviug in his taxes for his
tenants was asked by the tax
gathorcr or a certain tenant, “Has
ho anything?” “No, nothing, ’’re
plied the gentleman, “but the diar
rboer.’
If a baby cries,’ says a subscriber
“warm its feet before you dose
it.“ 11 is nothing new, we under
stand, to warm a baby when it’
cries, but, unfortunately, pareuts
do not usually confine the opera -
tion to the little one’s feet*
A South Georgia man kept his
whiskey bottle at the bottom of
the well and when his wife found
the string atd pulled it up be
tried to make her believe that it
belonged to a Chinaman who bad
bored through from the other si do
of the ear/h.
A man must not expect to live
in clover simply because he mar
rios a grass widow
Oscar, tho little son of Mr W .
T- Mabry,ot Madison county was
bitten by a highland mocoasin. his
little sister, wh v was with him
bound a piece of hickory bark
very tightly around his finger
above where it was .bitten, and he
hurried home. His fa/her took
the finger in his mouth, and by
persistently sucking tbd wound,
finally succeeded in extracting the
poison, and the swelling subsided.
An honest Germantown damo
standing leside the corpse of her
deceased husband bewaijing in
piteous tenes bis untimely doprt
ure. observed “It’s a pity he's
dead, as his teeth are as good an
ever they were
A country boy applied to an
editor for a position, “have you
ever done any newspaper work?”
the editor asked “Naw” the boy
replied, “but I ken do it.’ Then
noticing /he editor tearing wrap
pers from exchanges, he said ; “l
| ken do that eortcr work better’n
[the next may fur I alius wuz a
byss at shuckin’ con.’