Show HOW HE PAID HIS subscription daitor had feitl and adams called jt caare I 1 used to be in the newspaper busl ness myself in a sort of way said col moses taylor of atlanta ga as he puffed a big black cigar in the con tin hotel lobby it was a good many years ago shortly after the war the natives of the little town where I 1 was running the weekly guide dian didn t al together appreciate my efforts ably because I 1 had some union ideas that dian didn t tanke them favorably about 4 cioci one morning a masked mob routed me out and gave me a dose of tar and feathers for tu there dian didn t seem to be 0 o much tar as feathers but I 1 was in a pretty bad mess at that I 1 made my way back to the shack that by courtesy effi tf I 1 called my offee locked the door and started to clean up it was slow work and after about three hours had passed an old cracker named adams came along and began to pound on the door I 1 stuck my heal out of the window and asked him his business bistan daylah he said I 1 owe you 2 suh oh a yeah s subscription to yo dapah all right be right down I 1 said hoi on suh he continued with a grin I 1 have leason to believe suh that the gentlemen that gave you i dose of tar and feathers this lawnin took a mattress from my clothesline I 1 value that mattress mat treso at than 2 suh but since you already have the feathers I 1 am willing to call it square suh shortly after that concluded the colonel according to the philadelphia record I 1 quit the newspaper beai ness and started to study law |