Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1840-05-28

US up fry candy de fox" (fricandeau d'
vaux)
"Fry candy and what?" says marin, "yol
nasty creature, you'll"
Squire" says |, "lG you mean our old fox
that's chain'd in the barn yard, you'll be a:
gaunt as weasel before he touches your jaws
any how"
You be hang'd'' says he, 81 can lick dozer
Of ye."
Upon that was putty well red, tell you
t.Lick me-" says |. ''Why, the chap dom
stand in your shoes that's up 10 that. And as
for that matter, I'll bate a whole five dollar
bill that the old fox, upon fair pull, will jerk
your carcass couple Of rods any day"
"Done," says he.
"Done," says | $50 plank the rhino, and
we'll try it this afternoon"
Well, Jest back ofour tatur field there was
an almighty big mud hole; and as our hogs used
to go and snooso there, if it want stumpy may
be billed into sarse. On the north side we'd
clear'd up piece, and got it putty well into
grass. But 'tother side had all run up into al
ders. Well, at the time fx'd upon we all went
down to this grass ground by the mudhoe.--
There was dad and marm, and the Squire, and
those of the Portland gentry that he'd been
helpingso
There, Squire says |, 'there's the creatur
Iall ready, and he's up to chalk tell YOU"
And there he was sure enulI; for I'd been down
before and tix'd him tother side oil the mud hole,
right by the aIders, and there Id hItch'd him
TO rope which stretch'd clean across TO the
grass ground. Well, when they seed the fox
they all began to litter like mad-all but the
Squire. He look'd kinder dumbiounded, as if
twas lowering to one of his cloth, and guess
would have sink'd out, lift hadn't been for the
five dollars.
esquire" says |, "aro you ready"
"Ready," says he. And then he hustled up
and grabbd one end of the rope.
"Stop" says ''iair plays a jewel. Ges
let me take turn OF that rope round your
superdness, cause why, if the fox gets the up.
per hand yoa'II let go and won't toe the mark
"Fie and be hanc'd says he.
Well, now, least should lose five dollars,
thought I'd fasien the fox to the middle Of the
rope, aud tother end on it had carried right
in among The alders, where had stow'd away
'Slah Prescott, jim Smith, aud our David -
The whole thing was cut and dried completely
an hour or two before, when drill'd 'em pretty
Iconsiderably.-Says |, "boys hug the airth and
lay close when you hear US coming on the grass
ground and when scream ''Strqin out" then
jerk like all natnr"
Squire Perkins," says |, ''are you ready?"
"Ready," says he.
Upon that let fall my under jaw, and says
!, "loX strain out, strain ont like twenty airth-
quakes;" and the moment screum'd if the
tarnal creatur didn't scratch for the alderl
stump may be bil'd into apple sarse. At the |
very first jerk the Squire pitch'd to the very
ldge Of the mud hoIe--and the way he tugged
and jamm'd his heels into that soft clay was
caution, tell you. But it wouldn't do no how.
The second jerk draw'd him right out of his
boots, and losing his balance, he fell splash,
runles and all, right into the very core ont
I've seed some big eyes in my day. never
seed any stick out like the Squire's, as he ookd
kinder sdeing at us while splashing through
hat mud hole. How fur he got before he |
brought up 'mong the alder | can't say; for
lad and marin and The Portland chaps, fell right
lown fiat, they haw -haw'd 50; and as for my
self, if didn'l make tracks may be bil'd into
'pple sarse.