Tar-Heel Tales IN VERNACULAR VERSE.
BY MAJOR JEP JOSLYNN.
NEW YORK:
M. Doolady, 98 Nassau Street.
1873.
“LITTLE BOOTS.”
MY RERLIGION.
THE BUZZIN’ BEES OF BERKS.
BOB MUNN OF CAPE COD.
Tar-Heel Tales IN Vernacular Verse.
BY MAJOR JEP JOSLYNN.
ILLUSTRATED BY BONAR.
NEW YORK:
M. DOOLADY, 98 Nassau Street.
1873.
Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1873,
BY J. E. P. DOYLE,
In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.
Author’s Preface.
The author of this little volume, in presenting it for the amusement of the reader, and the criticism of his co-laborers on the press, feels it proper that he should state the circumstances of its production. While serving as a staff officer with Sherman’s army in North Carolina, often has he listened for hours to the recitals of adventures on the part of the Tar-Heel refugees from the pineries, who crowded our camps in search of food. Having studied with interest the habits and quaint dialect of this poor, but honest class, the author has created Major Jep Joslynn, and permitted him to weave some of these “Tales” into verse. The incident described in “The Buzzin’ Bees of Berks” were actually witnessed by him while on the advance of Hambright’s brigade of the Fourteenth corps, assisting in the prevention of pillage. Two or three of these Tales have been published in the press over Major Joslynn’s signature. With these explanations the author will take a back seat and request silence from pit to dome while the veracious Tar-Heel entertains you with his Vernacular Verses.
HORACE GREELEY.
By Jep Joslynn.
To FREDERIC HUDSON,
THE TALENTED JOURNALIST AND COURTEOUS GENTLEMAN, WHOSE FRATERNAL INTEREST IN YOUNG WRITERS, AND WHOSE CONSIDERATE AND PATIENT TREATMENT OF ALL WITH WHOM HE HAS HAD BUSINESS RELATIONS, HAVE ENDEARED HIM TO THEM, THIS VOLUME IS DEDICATED, BY HIS LATE SUBORDINATE AND SINCERE ADMIRER,
The Author.
CONTENTS.
ILLUSTRATIONS.
The Curse of Pedergogue Scott.
Bob Munn of Cape Cod.
My Rerligion.
Little Boots.
The Buzzin’ Bees of Berks.
That Little Black Pet of Our’n.
Old Tom Gin.
The Sign of Joe Ball.
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Transcriber's Notes:
The cover image was created by the transcriber, and is in the public domain.
Uncertain or antiquated spellings or ancient words were not corrected.
Errors in punctuation and inconsistent hyphenation were not corrected unless otherwise noted.
Typographical errors have been silently corrected but other variations in spelling and punctuation remain unaltered.
In TOC, page no. for "Bob Munn of Cape Cod" was corrected from 14 to 16.