Show MOUNTAINEER PHILOSOPHY Be Knew All About Christopher Colunj bug and George Washington As I was totake a short cut over a spur of the Cumberland mountains in northern I Tennessee I hired a colored boy about 15 years of age to go a part of the distance with me He had a solemn serious look and I soon discovered that he was a philosopher phi-losopher Hehad been going to school and was able to read and figure a little He > boasted of this before we started and soon I after we were under way he said Bin readin bout Christopher Columbus I Colum-bus in do skule books i You have eh What did you find out about him He diskivered America sah I I Yes Dat wasnt so mighty smart though He couldnt dun help it you see He had cumd to the shore and America was right dar an all he had to do was to look at de I land an de trees an diskiver em Dab I doan begin wid lookin at two holler trees Ian I-an tellin which one de coon went up when de dawgs hustled him Have you read of Washington Gawge Washington Yes sah Heun < fit in de revolutionary wah Great man I Had to be sah He was de fadder of his kentry Heun had to be powerful peart or de folks would hev put him out Jist like de case of Squar Henshaw down at de mills If heun hadnt known jist what to do when Sam Fcnloe war tried fur stcalin Tom Walkers mewl him would hey bin bounced What did he do Said dat Sam stole it suah miff Had to say so kase de mewl was stole an nobody no-body else had bin rested Arter Sam had bin in jail six weeks de mewl was found dead in de bresh I Which is the largest ocean I shant dun tell But why Kase I hasnt measured an doan want to lie bout it If I lied bout de ocean youd say I lied bout de trail an you wouldnt pay me an Id hew this tramp for nufiln If there were six birds on one tree and four on another how many would there be in all allTrees Trees clus together Yes Same kind 0 birds Yes Nobody aroun wid a gun No Den you couldnt make it out dat way I nohbw Jist as suah as you lib all ibm birds would be on one tree Reckon you dean know much bout dese yore parts J I had been told that there was moon shiners the Cumberland and that the chances were I would be stopped and sharply investigated When ready to part from the youth I asked Do you think Ill muelany moonshiners j today Dat depends sah I On wbat IOn I-On whedder somebody hidin behind de bresh or rocks doan pop you ober befo you kin meet If heuns gun hangs flab youn will probably meet fIt f-It was a hot day in July with a clear sky but I asked him if he thought the cather would hold and he looked at the sky and replied Doan want to say sah If it should hold youuu wouldnt give me no credit an if it should anon YOI1un would cuss mis all day Goodday sah Keep to de ri tarter t-arter you cross de branch If dat doan bring you out den cum back an keep to de leftI Quad in Detroit Free Press I |