Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa Territory [Iowa]) 1840-1846, 1843-11-18

the road and stopped I have been told
man Won . wager on bic collecting
crotd 81 staring, without speaking, u =
spPosiss ShimnbJ. DO do sooner -
this y6uEt inan's tslas h.i:esd sksh thor
YES general circumstances Or The foa
made, aud, bsfots long. dostl tscam
certainty, when enc sf Tho company d
clsred 10 kaew the Colonel's old sorre
riding horse, 0.hsral tacksoa, By III
blaze 10 his fscs.
10 the excited s,sis ii he public minl
required no ringing Of the court hous
bell to convene the people; these dow
the street walked up, and these across tn
square came over, and 81! gathered grad
uAily At the Eagle Hotel, and nearly al
wore present q, the time Colonel Jones
slighted. He had : pair Of dark greer
spscks on, his RICH, hand in cling. viii
brown paper bound round hi. wrist, hi
leii hand held the bride, and the fore6n
ger Of ]. wrapped with . linen cloth
with care" One sf his ears was GOV
cred with muslin scrap, that loohes
much like the country ~oman's plan q
covering their butter when cem'ng 4
market; his face was clawed oil over, as
il he had bad j, raked by cat held las,
by the tail; his beard was unshorn, i
being, 'too delicate an afTair,"as
said about his wife's character
and his general swellcd appearances
won'd induce a bslieitha, he had led tho
iorlorn hope to the stcrming ofs hcs hive,
The Colonel's manner did not exactly
proclaim "ths conqnerins hero" bu, his
atfah'li,y was und'minshed. he Id.
dressed thsm Happy to see Won
gents. how are you all" and then he nj
tempted to retreat INTO the tavern; bu,
buck Daily arrested him with-Why
Colonel. ! see you hsys had a skirmage.
How did you make hi You did'n. come
out a, the ieeiie srnd Of the hosn
mo no, exactly, bad tight Il, of II,
though, You know Bill Paitersonf-- h.
weighs hundred aud seventy Ave. AMI
not an ounce ssf superfluous hrsh. Is as
straight ss an .oS1aa, as tough as light
wood knot. as active "a Wild est, ~ quick
as powder, aad very maeh ofa man ~
sure you Well, my wort nav cat 70
ack him; 80 | hardly putur my horse be
tore | tntn6 him atyths ecur,- hoase door
aud 10 give han white mans chance.
! proposed Sl,erna,tves TO him, I've ssid
his daddy. long sgo. told him never To
give he bill and he was no, good u run
nng. 81 he thoa4h, he had hast ksh, ---
Ry the time the wood WAS tNtssy os,. |
hauled or aud took him IN the buu eftse
car that raised n singing in his hsas that
made him think Il was fall az musqI,ioes
A, i, we wes,. LIKE killing snakes, 50 sooi
q man, ~ good boy we had j. round
and round and about, and about, "a dead
JuaSses Mi,cnsrr wSs' I'D Enthusiastically ",
soon as the cry cf .6gh,' WAS raj oil, the
bar and jury res ct ard l.t, him Ne
shouted y communal the pe,ceN within
the court house, and then ran ou' 10 zee
the fight. and cried OF Il can't prsseSt
vous--iair figh,--sIaai hscss--harsa Tor
Ionesr aud he carah, rerson Benehsld
BY The collar cFthr coat, who he thouSh,,
was about to interfere, and s!ung him on
his back a, leAs, fifteen feet. Il cali you
to witness, my friends, that am asl pcr
mi,tsd 10 part them hurre For psli ",
,erson' said ,hc parson, rcganias his legs
Il was The evcnest and longest fight ever
fought; We had il round and socea about
and about; every body was tired Of it
and mus, ADMIT the truth, that ~ss"--
rAere Ae made as Effort to enter he ar
erm.l But several voices called out
which whippedi How Gid you come on y
Why, much a. I tell you, We he'd i,
round and round, sbout and about. over
and under. could throw him ., . ras,
Gle, but no would manage some way TO
turn mo. Old Sparrswkawk was there,
who had seen oil the best fighting a
Natchez under the hill, in the day Of Dan
Gir.y and Jim Snodgrsss, aud he says
my eouging was beautiful; one Of b,!i's
eyes 10 like The mouth of an oil ink bot
tie, onlv. as the fellow said, describing
the jackass by the mule, ms more so.--
But 10 fact there was no gree. choice, be
tween us, as you see. | look like having
run into brush fence ola dark nigh, -
So We made il round and rodnd, about sad
about, here again he attempted retreat
into the taoern.l But many VOICES d.
manded "Who hslloredg" Which gave
up! How did you hurt your hani2'
Oh! forgot to tell you that ! aimed 4
sockdolloger, al him. he durked his head,
aud he ran dodge like diedAprer; aud
hitting him awkwsrdly, spvs,usd my
wrist, -, being like the fellow when il
rained mush, had no spoon; changed tho
suit and made trump and went in or
eating. In the scuifle we fell cross and
pile, and while he was chnwing my finger.
my head was between his legs; HE wool
len loans brooches did not taste we'll. Ru,
found a. bare place, where the seat had
worn out, and inca, in abundance; So
laid hold OF a good mouthtul, but tho BIZ
came out, and fn1ing his appetite st'l
good for my finger. | adopted Dir. Bones,
the toothsinith's pa'en, method Of rerpv
ing teeth without the aid Of INSTRUMENTS
[ extracted two Of his inscisors. and then
| coa d pu, my finger in or out at pleas.
urc. However, | shall, Tor some time
have an excuse for wearing gloves with.
gu, being though, proud He no,D tried
10 escape under corer Of a laugh isu,
ror bspmi again. .Yoa tanned him did
youl How did the fight fiaish? You
we're no, par,ed2 You ioaght il on, d,d
you'll" ~ ssir.
The Colonel resumed--.Why, there Is
no telling how tho fight might have gone
nm old Vtrginian,f who had seen Pctci