Rensselaer Republican, Volume 23, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 October 1890 — The Long and Short. [ARTICLE]

The Long and Short.

Arkansaw Traveler. '* . _ —1 <*- ■ “Yas, ourn wuz er sorter ou’is family,” said an old negro. “It wuz er fam’ly dat didn’t match somehow.” “All of them different, eh?” “Yes, sah. all mighty diffunt. Dar wuz brudder Jake. He wuz de talles’ man yer eber seed. Dat man! W’y. sah. he wuz so tall dat he nebber eat at de table.” “No. sah. He alius had ter eat offender shelf. Den dar wuz Ned.” “Was he tall?” “No, sah, he wuz de shortes’ man yer eber seed. He wuz so short dat de slack of his bri’ches dragged de groun’. Yes, sah, so short dat he couldn't eat at de lable ” ' . I “Too high for him, eh?” ' -'’Yas, sah. He wuz so short dat he bad ter do ail his eatin’ down in d<* cellar.”