Rensselaer Republican, Volume 16, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 April 1884 — A Preferred Creditor. [ARTICLE]

A Preferred Creditor.

“Good mawnin’, Uncle Pete,” said Jake Snow; “I hope yon’s prosperin’ an’ kin pay me dat ar’ sebenty-fibe cents w’at you owes me* sence las’ C’rismas. ” “Sorry to denounce, civile, dat de finanshal sitewation am werry embarrassing Use gone inter likerdashin. ” “Am dat so? Sho! wha’r yer git de licker?” “Huh! Tears ter me you’s kinder off de queschun. I means dat owin’ ter de onsartin eondishun ob de pecun’ry affaihs, an’ de pressure ob cred’ters, Pse made a ’ainement. ” “W’at’s dat ter do wid yer payin’ me dat sebenty-fibe cents?” “Hit means dat depropahtyhabgone into de han’s ob de rcceiber, fur de benefit ob de perferred cred’ters an’ dat I doan pay no mo’ ole debts.” “I doan’ see w’at dat ’smement’s got ter do wid my sebenty-fibe cents. ” “Dat’s ’cause you ain’t eddicated an’ ‘"darf-'mdahstanMe” ■ob de way de caperiillists do bisnis. See heah! I’ll jess ’splain fur de incongruity ob yo’ intellect You knows w’at Ifbil’tiesis? ~ ~ “Yes, if it hab anything ter do wid yo’lyin’’bout dat bill ob mine.” “Huh! Dar you goes off de queschun ag’in. I see dat I’ll hab to . narrate. Li’bil’ties am w’at you doan’ pay de cred’ters, an’ assets am w’at you doan’ hab. Now, see heah, I ’p’ints a receiber, dat’s my wife, an’ I makes her a perfehred cred’ter an’ she takes de cabin. Den I makes my darter Susan a perfehred cred’ter, an’ she takes de cow. Den I makes my darter Sally a perfehred cred’ter, an’ she takes de pig. Den my son, Sam, he cum in as a perfehred cred’ter, an’ he takes de yaller dog. Den I doan’ hab nufiin lef’ but a doll ah an’ foah bits, an’ I had to ’sine dat.” “Mebbe you ’sine dat to me. ” “No, my rumatiz hab been pesterin’ me pow’ful ob late. So I jess' makes myse’f a perfehred cred’ter, an’ ’sines myse’f de dollah an’ foah bits to sorter ’pishiate de rumatiz. “Dat’s kinder cur’us. I dopn’ make no sense outen hit no way. But w’en’s you gwine ter pay me dat sebenty-fibe cents?” “ ’Fore de Lawd, chile, you is ign’rent fur a fac’. Hit am de libil’ty w’at go wid der likerdashin.” “Am dat so, Uncle Pete? Den you kin count on me bein’ down ter yo’ house ter night, ter jine in de meltin’ ob cred’ters on dat likerdation or I’ll bust de jug.”—Texas Siftings. The absence of all surgical attendance in the field docs not add to the satisfaction of service in the Chinese army. The theory advanced tpexplam this brutalityis not so- much a callous indifferenee to: human life as asuperstitibrt akin, to that of “the peculiar people,” who refuse all medical advice

to their children. The min who gets a bad wound is regarded as one whom the gods mean to die. For a similar cause the Chinese are reluctant to rescue a jM&rson drowning.