The Lancaster ledger. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, April 03, 1867, Image 1
-MR XVI. . LANCASTER C. IT., S. C"., APRIL 3, 18(w. KOIBER 8.
THE BANKRUPT HILL .
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NUMMARY 0^ ITS PROVISIONS,
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The following is h foil numnnry *>f the
. provisions of tlm* llankrupt bilf, which
has been signed by the President and is
Bow a law :
COIMtTR OF nAVKRlTTCTe
1. The United S\?rt?? |)istrict Courts
ere Constituted Courts of ftanktuptcy ; a
judge sitting in chambers having the
Heine powers as when sitting in c< dVl.?
Paokrupley hisv l*? heard in nnv place 1
in each judicial district, on due notice by 1
the court, of time ami p!*c*.
r? nri _ . ? r?. . ^
i. in*} i>ni'e<i oiiiirs ^yirciri uourt*
are empowered to exerc'stj general super i
Intendance and jurisdiction i"v hankrufttcv !
proceedings, and may sit a# -courts of j
equity. '
3.'Registe rs in Rankrnptcy to be ap> i
pointed in each Congressional district, I?y |
the district judges, on the nomination of '
the Chief Justice ?f the Supreme Court. '
No person to ho eligible as reg'stur, tin j
less ho is a counsellor of tin* United Stales
District Court or .a Court of liocord in
the State in which he resides. IT's bond
to be not less jh an one ?1,000, and the | ,
ath taken as prescribed by the oath act
of July 2, 1802. *
row Kits of nruiHTKRa.
4. The ropist. r* are empowered to make (
Adjudications, of bankruptcy, to^/eceive j j
the surrender ofrapv bankrupt, to admin- ^
isler oath.; in >?!! proceedings before him, j
to bold and. preside *t meetings of eredi - f
t6r*, to take proof nf debts, to make all
compulations of dividends and all orders
of distribution, and to furnish the assignee
with a certified copy o( such or
dorr, and of the schedule* of creditors
and assets filed in eiVtj case, to audit and I
pas* accounts of assignee, to grant pro* j
tec'.ion, to pass the last examination of
any bankrupt in oases whenever the as |
aignee of a creditor do not oppose, and j
to *it in chambers nrd dispjlch there !
such part of tho administrative business j
of the Court *nd such uncontested mat'
ters ** shall he defined -in gcrferal ru'es
and order*, or as the District Judge shall *
in any particular manner direct ; and he
shall also mako short me* nor and $ of his
proceedings in er.ch cane in which he
shall acf. in ^docket to bo kept bj him 1
for th'.t purpose, and he shall forthwith, f
a* the prococdlnj^a ma taken, forward to
the Clerk.of the District a certified copy,
of said memoranda which shall ! * enter'
Hi! htt ot?arlf in I\I Anne ns inula.
book to bo kept in bi^ office', and af?v
Register of.the Court may act for any
otbcr rooi?trr tbe-ecf: Provided, buw ,
ever, That nothing in this section corf '
tained eha'il enrpdrrer a regisb-T to com- 1
mil for cotflenrpt, or V bear a dispute ! i
adjudication, or any tpteation of the ?1
Jowar.ce c: suspension of an order of di-*
chargo; but in nil matter* where an in j
sue of factor of law j* raired or contest j
d by any psrtv to' the peoreedinga.be- j
fftre b irn, it rbali h<j bis duly to cause :
that qneMion or issue to be itafd by the {
opposing partiee'in writing, and be shall
adjourn the p~*r# into court for decision )
by the judge No # register shall be a !
counsel or attorney e'ther- in or out of j
eourt, in rny e.'.it or Matter pending hi (
oanicrupicy js other the Wircuit or Di# 1
trict CoU't ff l:ia district rr in an appeal !
therefcpm; iter tliftU ha bo executor, nd i
minictrator, guardian,' commissioner ap |
praierr, divider, or t.saignon, of or upon j
any estate within the juriedictioa of eitli
er of raid corn's of bankruptcy, nor be
intert^leil irt tho'frea or emolumenta art ing
from cit'uor of said trusts. The feaa t
of said regineri, at **lablt*hed by this
act, and b? the cenjral ru1?. and orders 1
required to be framed under it, shall l>?^
paid to tbcm by t'ue parlies for whom I
the services may he readied yt the course
of proceeding# authorized-by thia neb*
5. The districtjudpd may direct a leg.
titer to attf^wl at winy piece within the
district. llcpistert are subject to removal
by the district judge* in each district,
ft. I luring proceedings before a regisIl.a
Aniai^rf .A .1- 1-J? i - -
ken ly tlh?r party npj aaring, on any
point.
7. Partita and witnt?*ea anrnmn^ad La j(
fort a register almll l?o boond to attend (
r.t ilia placa and limn deaignatad, and
ah all bn nntitlnd to proto*?ion, and ha lia*
tin. to rroeeaa of ruiittnini : and atl nar
- ' ' J . ?*" j
eons corruptly swearing or mfTir?pIr>jjr f*ln?
ly before a register, shalT be liable (o all ,
the penalties. piiimLuiants add coo^equefcese
of perjury.
Arriiu,
8 Appeal* may be taVen f.v>m tbe
I>ietrict to tbe Circuit Court in ell rnsei
In equjly, and Itrit* of error mar he *1
lowed in Circuit Court* ?from histriet
Court*, when the debt or damages claim
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c*.| amount to imirn ttin )f&00 ; and ant
suppose^ creditor whose claim is wholh
or In part rrjM >d, or an assignee who i
dissatisfied with the allowance of a clam)
may appeal from-the decision of tlio 1 >i*
tricj Court Jo the Circuit Critkvl for lh(
same district. The appeal shall l>e en
tared t^t the terin of the Circuit Oour
which shall "he first hel l within and fo
the district . liext* aftor the expiration %
ten daaa from the poie of claim, ltut i
thh Appellant in writing' waives his ap
prai hr>roro. nny drvi*inh thereTtn, proceed
ioys may he had in the District Court at
if no appeal had hemj taken, and no np
peaj shall he allowed,, unless the apnJd
Ivtt at the limo (if claiming tbe snm<
shall give bond in manner now reipiireii
bv law in cases of stioli appeals.. N>
writ of err<>r rIihII I e allowed nnlo* tin
_ *
p-trlv claiming it shall comply with th?
statutes regulating tlm granting of stiol
writs.
9. Xo appeal or writ of error from Cir
cnil Court* to tlie United States Supreuv
Cotirt shall be allowed in Cases less tbar
*-J000. ,
OnDRKR AVI) Rt:0fl.ATION?.
* 10. General order* nod regu'alions t\r<
to be e-tablUhed l?v tbn Justices cf tlx
Supreme Court to carrv the law into effect
PKTITION OK DKTtTOIta.
11. Persons owing provable debts ex
ceedinp"^300 may apply for relief midet
this law. bv petitioning tbe district j'l lgr
in tin* district in wbich said debtor bat
lived or carried on business for tbe pre
5edini* six months or for tbo largest pa
riod dining said s;x months. This poli
tion must set forth tbe debtor's place o
residence, bis inability to pa/all bis debts
n. i u i * | ii ' ? ?* iiiim|;uc^ i'/ ai| i iriKier mi nil
sstate and effects for the benefit of hit
Ereditora, and his desire to obtain the hery
slit of this nrt* end a schedule must b(
annexedsvorified l>v oath before llie Court
+ * %
ar before a Register in bankruptcy, or be
fore one of llpi Commission era of the Cir
juit Court of the United States, contain
mg a full and true statement of nil lu<
debts, and* as far as possible, to whotr
due, vsiib the place ol residence of eacl
creditor, if known, to the debtor, and i
not known, the fact so to be stated, ant
the sum duo to each cr^liior ; also, tin
nature of each debt or demand, whclhei
founded on written security, obligation
Qr.ntrnct or otlfVrwiae, and hiso the irui
cause and consideration of such irideb
ledness in each case, and ihe place when
such indeiitedness accrued, and a state
ment of any existing uuirt^?ue, pledge
lieti, judgment or collateral or oilier i>e
curitv given for the payment of the same
aid ahall alto annex to It is petition at
accurate inventory, verified in like man
nor, or all hie estate, both real and per
sonal, assignable under tliia act, deacri
bttii* the same, and stating where it i
situated, and whether there are any, ain
if so, what incumbrances thereou ; tin
filing of buch petition (.hull he an ac( 0
bankruptcy, and such petitioner ahall' b<
adj uiged a bankrupt. Provided, that al
C'lizent of the United States petitioning
to ho declared bankrupt thai!, on tilii.)
audi petition, and before any proceeding
thereon, take and subscribe an oatlrtrf al
legiiy.ee end fidelity to the United Stele
which oath shall be filed and recordei
witji tho proceedings in bankruptcy. Am
(lie J tnlg* of ib?* District Court, or if liter
be no opposing parly..any register of sail
court, to l>e designated bv the judgr
shall forthwith, if he he satisfied that th
debts due front the petitioner exceed $301
issue s warrant, to be sorted by aucl
judge or register, directed to the marsh*
of said district, authorising him fyrtliwitl
as messenger, to publish notices in sue
newspajters as the warrant specific* ; t
serve written or printed notice, l>7 ma
or personally, on all creditors upon tli
echedulcTfifed with the debtor's f.?%aior
or whine nfcrne* may l>? given to libit, i
addition bv the debtor, and to g'W?* auc
personal or other no:ice to anv person
concerned ns the warrant specifiea, whic
tioiice shall stale :
First?That a warrant in bankrnptc
has been issued against (lie estate of th
siehtor.
A\<'ou'l?That the pavment of arf
debts and ti>e delivery of any propert
belonging to such d< tor lo him or (>
bi? use, and tiia transfer of aify propert
4?y him, are forbidden by law.
Third?That a meeting of the credilo;
of the debt??r, giving the names, residence
nr.d amounts, so far at known, to pro*
thslr debts* and cliltai one or more a<
. r i.:. .. . ..
PMHl#, Will t?? lirlit Ml
Court of. Ilnrt'krupuv, to bo lioldao at
lima ami. place daairfitatada* tin* war ran
Dot Iam llian Ian nor mor4 tiiao niuat
day* after tba nmin^ of ilta tain#,
12. If tba dablor dies aftar the i*?nin
of tba warrant, Mm proceed i nira may b
cqniinueJ and concluded in lika niantn
aa if ha )i?d lired.
action or CRRtitroaa.
19. Tba creditors altar tlm fun meetin
/ it) pre<?nc? of h register, shall choose one I
f or til >re assignees or tlio estate of lite
s debtor; the choice to be made bv the j
,* larger part it) value and in number of |
(be creditors .who have proved their debts
* If no choice is made by the cred.tors, the
* judge, or, if there be no opposing interest,
t "th? register, shall appoint oge or more
r assignees. If an assignee, no chosen or
f appointed, fails within five davs to express
f I.: r. -r. i. - ? . - '
in ii iw HC?'?ptnilCB ?>l I fit* \T WX% 1110 1
julgA or register inav fill the yacanft**?1
All el<ytiotP? or appointments of assignees :
' , shall bo subject to ifio approval of the {
' judge. The judge may require the.as*ijjnee
- to give bond to.the Unite'! State*, with a
' condition for the faithful performance and
f dischargo of hi* flu tie*.
I Af>KtONMK!*TS.
> j 14. On the appointment of assignee, 1
1 the register shall convey to hitn nil t!ie I
1 ' estate real and personal, of the bankrupt, '
with deeds, hook * and paper*, and such I
assignment shall relate hack to the com- }
! | rrenceuient of sa^l proceedings in hank !
1 ' ruptrv, an?l thereupon the title to all such j
J property and estate, hoth real and per 1
| sonal, shall vest in sai 1 assignee, although ,
! | the same is then attached on melno pro |
' ce*e ss the property of the debtor, and |
*h*llxli*sol?? anv such attachment made ,
within four months next preceding the J
I commencement of said proceedings,? j
r j Provided, however, That there shall he !
excepted the necessary household and |
1 j kitchen furniture, and eufh other article* ;
atnl neee?i>* r?es of such bankrupt n* the 1
1 a*signoo shall designate and s?t apart.
j hating reference in thirrynount t? the <
^ family, condition anj circumstance* of the
1 j bankrupt, but altogether not to exceed iti j
' I vkId<> tice hundred dollars ;*and also the
1 | wearing Apparel of surb bankrupt, and i
" ! lIihI of bis wife and children, and the
' ^ uniform, arms and equipments cf any I
person who is or has been a aoldier in the
j tniliiia orwn tlie service of tlie United j
'States; nnd snch^other property aa now I
is, or hereafter shall b?, exempted from
' ( attachment, or seizure, or le?v on execu
1 | lion l?v the law* of the United States, and j
' such other property not included in ^he
f foregoing exceptions, as is exempted frotn
I l?yy and sale upon execution or other pro
J I ces., or order of court, bv the laws of the
I # " 4 " *
r Slate in which the bankrupt lias hia
^ dotrflcile at* thu. lime of the commence
? i ment of the proceedings in bankruptcy,
to an amount not exceeding that allowed
* | auch Suta coemption law# in force in
j ilie year 1804. .And provided further.?*
Tliat no tuor'gage of any vernel or of
miv other good# or chattela, made a* an
I curitv for ?n? debt or debt?, in ?o<>d
1 faith and for preaeul consideration*, and
oluer.Mri** valid, and duly recorded pur
' auant to any statute.6f the United Stale*,
* [ or of any State, sl>a|i be Invalidated or
* a fleeted hercdiv ; and *11 the property
I : conveyed by the bankrupt in fraud
8 i bis ereditoa*; ail rights in equity k choaea
f Lin action, patent* and patent right# and
" copyright# ; all debt* duo him, or any
I perron for l.ia uso, and all liena and ae?
curiliea llieiefor; and all hi* right# of ac?
i? lion for property or eitala, real or perH
| aonal, and for any cauae of action which
the bankrupt bad against any pi'Vao^
8 ^ arising fernn contract or from tlqj nnlaw
' , ful taking or detention, or of injury to the
I preperty r>f the bankrupt; and all right#
" i of redeeming aJt.li property or e#ta?e, with
1 ' tlib like right, title, power and authority
' j to *eil, menage or diepo*e of, aud for, and
" recover or d?-rend the nm?, a* the bank"
^ rupi might or could have Jiad if no aa.sigm
" | ment had.bren made, shall be at once
d vested in aach assignee; arid he may sue
?. ! for and recover. No person shall 6s enI'
' litlod"to maintain en action against an
? i assignee for anything done by him aa
i' assignee, without giving him twenty days'
r notice of sych action, rpec.fying the
' c?n*e.
u 15. The assignee mar sell the real and
j
1 p?-r?or.;il pronerty foe the benefit of the
l( cred'tora, sulject to the orders of 0'*>
; eoi/rt.
I *
v 1U. Toe assignee may ana in his own
e name to recover all the bankrupt's ea
j tale. * ' .
17. The aa?i gnee shall deposit separatej
' lv all moneys he receives, of the court
y mav Older a temporary investment there:
; of. In ca-e of controversy, arbitrators
may be ap|Mjinte<l.
18. Assignees may be removed the
coyrt for cause.
n dksth urn ntOM tiik ^tNsai'rr.
a i 19. Ail 'lebt* f1ae_ fro^ Ilia bankrupt
'? at (ha time of the adjudication, ami all
^ debit tfiHO exialirfg, but not payable until
a future day, a rebate of internal being
* made when do interest ia payable by the
Urine of the contract, may be proved
againal the e?*aie of the bankrupt- All
demand* againet the bankrupt for or on
account of any goode or rhattele wrong
g (ully taker., converted or with bald by bim,
:nuy be piQV?d und allowed at debts tan
the amount of tho value of tho property
I go taken or withheld, with interest. If
the bankrupt shall *be bound as drawer. !"
indorser, surety, bail, ar>? gilsrsntoi upon
any bill, bond, note, or any other npecb '
ality or contract, hr for anv (tfeht of atio.
titer person, and his liability shall not |
have b'Come absolute until after tho ad- '
judication of bankruptcy, the creditor may
prove the same after such liability shall j
have become fixed, and before the final
dividend tdinlMiavo been declarer^
Ml'TISSJ. DKUTU.
20. In all cases of mutual debts or 1
tiiuiuni imiwrrn lllP*p?irue% ll?0
Recount Itctwcn them shall be stated, j
and one debt s#t otT against the other,
Rtid the balance only shall he allowed or
paid, hut no set oft' rIirII he allowed of a
claim in its nature not provable against 1
the estate.
21. No creditor proving his debt or'
claim shall he a'lowod to maintain any
suit therefor againt the bankrupt hut
shall he deemed to have waived all right
of suit against the bankrupt, and alf pro
cendings already commenced, or unsatis
fied judgments already obtained thereon,
Rhall ha deemed to ho discharge I and
surrendered thereby ; and no creditor ,
wbvtse debt is provable tinder this act, |
shall he al'owed to prosecute to fina' 1
judgment anv suit at law or in eqtiitv
therefor against the bankrupt, until the
question of lha debtor's discbarge shall !
hsvu been.determined.
puook'or DKitrR,
'22. Proof ot debts against a bankrupt
to be made before a register or a United \
States Commissioner.
23 If the validity of claims is question
e<), proof may be postponed till the as
signeo u? cliosen.
21 Creditor! appealing to the Circuit |
Court bIihII tile written ?lat*ir.ent?' ot
claims."
25 Perishahle articles belonging to the
debtor m*T be sold by order of the court*.
*
the assignee holding the proceed*.
26 Hankruptt to beexamiced on oath, 1
j and to be object to the order of the
court. Wives of bankrupt* may be summoned
as witnesses. * I
DISTRIBUTION OF II ASKIlCPT's ESTATE.
27 In tin* distribution of the bankrupt's
estate, ail creditors shall share pre rain.
28 The linai dividend to he made at
the third meeting of creditor* after deci
ion ol the case, assignees receiving a per
contag* for their services. In .the orjer
for a dividend the following claims shall
be entitled to priority or preference, and
| to be first paid i* full in the following
order:
I ? Firnt?The fees, cost* and expenses of
j miits, end the several proceedings in hank
! niptoy under this not, and fpr the custody
j ol property, n? herein provided.
Second?AJ debts-due to the United
States, and ali taxes and assessments tin
' der the law* thereof.
Third?A'I debts due to the State in
which the proceedings in bankruptcy are
I pending, and all taxta and assessments
i made under the Isw of such State.
Fourth?Wages due to any operative,
clerk or house servant, to an atuoont not
exceeding ?.50, Air labor performed with
| in six months next preceding the first
publication of the notice of proceedings in
, bankruptcy.
I r~ift\ ? All debts <ltie to *nv persons
who, bv ihe !sm of the United Slates, are
| or mif bo entitled tr> a prior?!* or pre
\ ference in like manner an if this art hail
not been pv*ed": ?A!w*ra provided,
| That nothing contained in this act sliall
I interfere with the a*sea?n?ent and coMec
tihn of taxea by the authority of the Uni*
I ted St*'#s or any State.
20 A discharged "bankrupt is entitled
to public notice of hiw discha'efe, by letter
to creditor* and by advertisement in
newspapers. *
' PKK80HH DI8CIIARORD I!NOF.R Til C ACT.
30. .No person discharged tinder tliia
. act, who ahaii afterward beyvn.e bankrupt,
on his own application, shall be again en
titled to a discharge if hit estate is insufficient
to pay seventy per centum'of the
debts proved against it, uric* the saasnt
in writing of threu fourths in value of his
creditors who have proved their claims,
I is Hie I at or t>efore the time of applies
lion for dlecharge, but a bankrupt who
*1ia I.pro*# l?> t*ie Mliafacrion ol jbe court
tlihi lif Hah pint nil tbe drtb'a oaing by
tiiin at 111o time of any previoua bunkj
rnptey, -or who h*? been voluntarily re
leaded therefrom l>v bit creditor*, ahail be
entitled to a diacflargo in the aanie m*n!
ner and with tbe ?aine effect, aa if lioi.od
root pravioualv been bankrupt.
SI. Any Creditor opjioaing the dircharga
| of any bankrupt may flle a apeciHcatior.
in writing of the grnnrwla of hia nppoai,
tion, ami the court ir.ay, in !t# dircrelion,
order any quextinn of fact *o preaented,
to be fried at a aiated aeeaion of tbe Lb*
I triet Court.
coret oeanriCAT*.
32. If it ?ball appear to tbe court that
t'uj bankrupt has in ?ll tilings conformed
to his duty uTitKr tliis aqt, and liuii ho is
entitled, under the provisions thereof, to |
receive a discharge, the court shall grant
h;m a discharge from all his debts except
as hereinafter .provided, and shall give a
certificate thereof under the seal of the ,
c >nrt, in sulatanre as follows:
mti^rnu't cpuiit ok tiik unitkd j
Statks?District ok . Whete
as, , has been duly adjudged .1
bankrupt under the act of Coitgress es
tablishing a uniform system of bankrupt
cy throughout the United States, and ap
pears to have conformed to all the rVquiro
ments of law in that behalf, it is therefore
ordered by the. court that said , he
forever discharged 'ffont all debts and j
claims by whirh said acjs are inndejirovi I
able against his estate, and which existed I
on the day of , on which day j
the petition for adjudication was fried by i
for against) him ; excepting such debts,
if anv, as are hv said act excepted from j
the operation of a discharge in bankrupt [
cy.
"Given under my hand and seal at the
court, at , in the said district, this |
day of , A. 1).
["Seal.) , Judge."
DEFAULTERS, ETC.
33. No deht created by the fraud or
embezzlement of tire bankrupt, or by this
defalcation as a public officer, or while
acting in any fiduciary character, shall le
discharged under this net,
34. A discharge granted under this
act, shall release thu bankrupt from all
debts, claims, liabilities and demands
which ware or might have been proved
against Irs estate in bankruptcy, and may
lie plfaded by a simple averment that ou
tire day of its date such a discharge was
granted lojiim, settinjj.the same f irth in
hae verba, as a fufl and complete bar to
nil anils brought on any such debts,
claims, liabilities or dfliuends, and the
certificates shall be conclusive evidence in
favor of such bankrupt of trha fact androi
gularity of auch*diicharge.
35. Preferences and (rauduleot conveyances
are declared void.
36. This sec'ion provide* for the bank|
rupley of partnerships and corporations.
j The remaining sections provide for In
I voluntary bankruptcy, for superseding
bankrupt* proceedings by arrangement,
[ for penahisa*agaiust bankrupts and ofTi
I cers of the court and for fees and costs,
and define the meaning of terms and the
| computation of time. The law goes into
j etFect from the date of ita approval bv
1 the President.
The Arkansaw Traveler.
[It is about time to publish this humor
our story again?so we give it a place]
A lost and bewildered Arkansas-traveler
approaching the cabin of a squatter, al>out
, forty years ago, discovered the proprietor
sealed <>n an o!d whiskr barrel near the
door, part!) sheltered by the eaves, paying
! a Ji'hfie, when the follow ing dialogue
j ensued?the squatter still continuing to
i plav the same part over and over :
Traveler.?Halloo, stranger ! %
Squatter.?Hello yourself.
T.?Can I get tcrstay all eight with
you !
S ?You kin git to go th h?II.
T.-lfave you any spirits here f
S.?Lots of 'ein. S?il ?ytw on.i last
night by that thar ol?? holler gum and it
nearly sheered her to death.
T.?You mistake mv meaning?have
you any liquor !
| S,?Had some yesterday, but Ole Rose
he got 10 ami Tapped all ur it out'q the
I P?*?
T.? You don't understand, I doVl
mean pot liquor. I'm *'ft and cold, and
want tome whisky. Have you got
ary t
S.?Oil, yes,?T drank the last this
morning.
T.? I'm hungrv, havn't had a thin"
litis morning, can't you give mo something
tto eat 1
- S.? llan't a J?d tiling in the house,
Not a mouthful of meat, or a dust of meal
hern.
T?Well, can't you gire my horsi
?' mething 1
S?Got nothia' to feed him on.
T.?I low far ia it tg the next house ?
S.?Stranger, I don't know. I'vo neve
been thar.
J T?Well: do you know who live
her* I - .
S ? I do.
T.? A? I'm eo bold then, whet n?igh
your nngie be f
8.?It might be Dick, and it might L<
Torn ; but it Ixki d?<1 tight of it.
T.??-SkI will you toll me where thii
roed goee to |
8.-? Ii\? never been enywher eince I've
lived here ; i?? slwsye ther when I git up
i in the mornin,
1 'J.? Well, bow f*r is *ifc to where il
forktf
i
S ?It don't fork at nil, but it splits up
like the d?!.
^ T.?As I'm toot likely to get to any
other house to night, can't you let rue
sleep fn yours, and I'll tie niv horse to a
tree, and do without anything to cat or
dripk f
S.?My house leaks; thar's only one
dry spot in it, and Sal sleeps on it. And
that thar tree is the ole w oman's -persiir.
nion ; you can't tie to it, 'coso she don't
want ura shuk off. She 'lows to make
beer out'n ura.
T.?Why don't you finisli* covering
your house and stop the leaks 1
8.?It's been raining all day.
T.? Well, why don't you do it in dry
weather I
8.?It don't leak then.
T.?As there seems to be nothing alive
about your place but children, how do you
do here any how ?
I ' S.?I'utty well, I thank you, bow Jo
you do yourself!
j Tk?I mean whit' do you do for a livI
ing here. .
S.? Keep tavern and sell whiskV.
T.?Well, I told you I wanted some
whisky.
S.?Stranger, I boupht a bar'! mor'n
; a week ago. Yoit, see mo and Rail went
| share. Arter we pot it bero we only bad
j a drink betweenst u?, and Sail, she did'nt
i want to use hern fust, nor me mine. You
I see, I bad a spigpin in one eend, and she
! in tother. So she takes a drink out'n my
I e?nd, and pays me the bit for it; then I'd
take tin out'n hern, and give her the bit.
I Well, w#'s pitting along fust rate, till
, I>ick, d?d skulking skunk, he bourn a
! holo on the bottom to suck at, and tho
j next time I went to buy a drink, they <
wurnt none tliar.
i T.?I'm sorry your whisky's all gryje ;
? bat, my friend, why don't you j)l?v the
balance of^lhat tune?
S.?It's pot no balance to it.
T.?I mean you don't play the whole
of it.
S.?Stranger, can you play the fitfulf
T.?-Yea, a little aometimea.
S.?You don't look like a fiddlur, hut
ef you think you can play any,more onto
that lhar chune, you kin just git down
ar(j try.
(The trareler giti down and playa the
whole of it.)
S.?Stranger, take a half dozen cheera
and aot down. Salt, atir yourself rotir.d
like a six horse team in a mud hole. Go
round in the holler, where I killed that
kbuck this mornin,' cut off some of the
heat pieces, and foteh it and cook it for
me and this oentleman. directlv R*ia?
up the board under the heed of the bed,
and fit the ole black jug ! hid from Dick,
and cite us some whisky ; I-know thsr's
iiium left yit. Til, drive ole lloso out'n
the bread tray, then clime up in the loft,
and git the rag that's got the sugar tied
, in it. Dick, carry the gentleman's boss
round under the shed., giro him some
fodder and corn, much as he kin eat.
Til.? Dad, they ain't knives er.oufT to
sot the table.
S.?Whar's big hutch, little butch, ole
case, ?ob-haudle, granny's knife and the
one I handled yesterday ? That's enutf
toseinny gentleman's table, without you've
I lost uin.^ D?n me, stranger, sf you
j can't stay as long as you please, and I'll
i /?;?? r.1.ni.. ..i l vstmi
' ?.* J v/u jhoiim w nuq uriliki M III
you have cotr?e for supper!
i T.? Y.-s, sir.
i 8.---I'll be hanged efyou do tho,* w?
don't have nothin' (bat way here, but
> Qrnb Hyson, ami I reckon its mighty
| good with sweetnin.* Play away, stranger,
; i you can sleep on the dry spot tomight.
i T.?(Aftfcr about two ho.ir*s fiddling.)
i My friend, can't you tell mo about the
-road I'm to travel to morrow f
> S.?To morrow ! Stranger, von won't
i . ? ' *
out'n these diggins for six weeks.?
j Hut when it gits so you kin start, yoa
see that big sloo over thar! Well, you
| have to git Crist of that, then you take
. the road up the bank, and in about a
, mils you'll come to a two acre and a half
! cornpatch, tire corn's mitely in the weeds,
i but you needn't mind that* j:st ride oo.
i A!>out a mile and a half, or two miles,
/ .... ....<11 4. . i - J -i .*
mini iimi thii ii t^jiiiw *t<? l?ir u?urnv
awamp you ever (truck in nil ygur travels,
1 it* boggy muff to mire a saddle blanket.
8 Thai's a Hr ^ r&tu r^ad about six fact under
thar.
X ? How am I to ^at at it I
8.?Vou can'r git at it nary time, till
' I the wether sliflVne down auin. Well,
about a mile bejant, you come to a placa
. whar ihur's tar. roada. YouJtin take tha
I r:glit hand ef yo?i want to, you'll foller it
a nii'e or ao, and you'll run out; you'll
1 t then have to come hack ami try the left,
i when you gt about two milca on that.
i , yon tort know von nro wrong, fufthrr
( nin't nnv ron 1 fltnt. You'll ilt^n Hiinfc
)<m nrn mighty luek'y yon kin fin<l t)?*
??y Ifcck to ntv l?ou?o, tflmr you kiu
1 come ?n?l ploy c v. that chuue hs long m
you plaiu?.