The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1841-06-24


me bout hunting, and laughed at my call
ing the principal game in ATkansaw poker,
aud high low Jack. Prehaps,' said |, 'you
prefer chickens and roleue;' al this they
laughed harder than ever, aud asked me ii
| lived IN the woods, and d.dn', know wha'
game was AiIhis rather think laugh.
Cd. Yes | reared, aud says, Strangers,
if YOU'D asked NE hcg rs 81. our meat in
Arkansaw, I'd told you at once, and civ.
en- you a list of vaTminis that would make
a caravan, beginning with the bar, aud end
ing OF with the cat; that's meat though,
noi game. Game, indeed, that's hat city
folks call it, aud with them il means chip
penbirds ani shi,e.pokes: maybe such
trash live IN my diEgings, bul arn't motto
ell them yei-a bird any way is too ,riiling.
never ljJ shoot at bu, one, and I'd never
forgiven myself for that had it weighed less
than forty pounds wouldn't draw rife
On anything less than that; and when |
meet with another wild turkey Of the same
wei.a, viii drap him"
- Wild iurkeJ weighing forty pounds =
exclaimed twenty voices III the cabin al
once.
Yes, strangers, and wasn't it q whop.
per You see, tie thing was 50 Fat that be
c1u.iu', rs far, ard when be fell cut Of the
tree, after | sho, him, on striking the
ground he bust open behind, aud the way
The pound sobs Of tallow rolled out Of the
opening vas perfectly Beautiful
Where did all tina, happen = asked a
cynical locking hoosier.
uappea harpenedin Arkansaw; where
else could /, have happened, but 10 the
creation State, the finishing Up country; a
State where tie sic runs down 10 the cen.
TIC of the arb, and government gives you
a tie to every zach Of IT, Taeu Us airs,
iast breathe them, and they VIII make you
snort Ike horse. lis STATE without a
.luh, il is"
Excepting mosquitoes, cried the hoo
ser
Well, stranger, EXCEPT them, for 4, ar
d fact tia. they are rather ea0fmols aud
ia push themselves il somewhat trolble
some. But stranger, they uefer sick
ta.ae N tde same place, aud give them a
Els caaUce for a few months, aud you wIli
e; a. much above noticing taem as an
alligator. They can't hurt my feelings, for
.hsy ~ under tie skin: and | never knew
J-t oue case Of injury resulting from them,
aud HAT was to q Yankee aad they take
worse to foreigner, anyhow llan they do
70 natives. But the way they used thar
.e.5a~ up frs, iaey paoched him unAl he
s"e'3ed a2and busted, Then be sup ptt.a 'ed,
as the doctor called u, naUi be vas as "a"
as oea. taen he tooh tae agef, owing to
t-e warm weather. aad finally Le iuoa
steamboat and LETT lie country. lie was
tie eaiy nan laai e'e' took mosquitoes at
hear! t-ai aeo" ct Bot mosquitoes Is
az.lr, aaa never Ind Al.i wiia her; II
ileg af large, 4fAaGsaw IS ar47, her var
ulu's ar large, her trees ar large, her nv
efs AZ ,-rse and small mosqaitoe would be
CT 10 more use n AfhausaV than preaching
"a . caCcbFake
tbs AnocG d.8n argument 10 favor OF
BIZ mosquitoes used The hoosier up, and
the o2ic!an started on rev track, 10 ex-
PLAIN DO" numerous bear we're ~ ms " -
g.Tss, where be represented then to De
" about as plenty as b.ackbefries, and III.
lie Fssa'.n.er
t2an the lHera9ce OF This assertion,
t.nId LILLE maa near me efqlred Il The
bear 20 ArEaas-S ever attacked The settlers
10 alH1sfs'
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