The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1844-08-30

and then attempted to
-. .a,crn; bUi Buck Dlily arrested
islis' With. Why Colonel see yen have
had skrmma.e. How DID you make Il
You didn't come gu, Of the iule eend O
the horn, did you T. No, not exactly,
had tight f2h, Of it, though. You know
Bill Patterson weighs la lbs. has mol al
e9nee of super fiuous lesh is as straight as
an inGan, and active a. Wild cat, aud a
quitk as powder. and very much Of an
assure you. Wei, ms wofd was out t.
lick hn so hardly put up my horse BE-.
fore | found him at the Court house door
aud, to give him white mons chance,
proposed alternatives TO hm. lie sad bis
daddy, long ago, told bin never 10 give a
lie bill, and he was not good al running, SO
bought lie had beet fight. Ey TIA time
he word was fairly out, hautd of, aud
took him 10 the burr Of the ear Inst raised
singing 10 his head, thal made him think
he was in Musqultoe town. Atm We vent
| like killing snakes, SO good man so good
a boy; We had it round and round, aud
about and about as dead a yoke as ever
pulled at log cham. Judge Mitchell was
on the Bench, aud as soon as the cry Of
faht' was raised, the Bar aud Jury rao
OIL and left him. lie shouted | command
i the peace within tie Court house, ard hen
ran out 10 see the fight, and cried out,
can't prevent you'll fair f4ht stand
backp aud he caught Purson Bene iietd by
the collar of tile coat, Il DO, he thought, was
about to interfere, and sung him on his
back at ie~~ fifteen feet
Ii was the cye.ast and longest finbt ever
fought; every body We, tired Of il. and |
must admit, in truth. that aos Htre he
nude an tfort TO enter he .y.iss !, ! s,,iIR.,.
so.c,al .o,res caHed out, (which "hippo'
u,v d3 son come gu, 4 Why, inoe,' o
tel YOU, We haG It round aHa foo.d' 49,, 49,
and about, over aud under. coutd NV
i, :. xs,1,.- tyrn s5raftet.!a~ manage SOM
Who had seen all the best fighting AT Match
- updey the hill, ia the DAYS Of Dad CIR
~ and jan Snodgrass, and he says ny
..op.,tsa was beautiful; QUO Of Bills eyes1
! ----~-.t, OF an old iuk bottle, only, a
t the fellow said, describing the ilckass By
the mule, il is mere so.e. Batssl fact, lher,
vas no great choice between us, as you see
| look like having ran into brush enee o
! u dark night. So we made il round anc
round and about Here again hsdnemptea
10 retreaf into the tape,nl But many vol.
ces demanded. Who hollored 7 Which
gave upP How did you hurt your hand I?
Oh forgot 10 tell you that IS AIMED
a sockdollager at him lie duckei his head,
and he can dodge like dIedappe-; and hit
ting him awkwardly, spraned my wrist,
so, beng like the fellow who, when i, rain
ed nush bad no spoon, changed The sol,
aud inside trump-and went in llr eating.
In the scufla, we fell, cross and pile, and,
While he wus chasng my finger, my head
was between his legs; bis woaen Jean
britchos did not tas'e well, but found a
bare place, where the seat had worn out,
aud meat in abundance; so | laid hold Of a
good moa,L(Il, but the bit came cut, and
finding his appetite still good for ms finger,
/ adopted Doctor Bones, the tousn :,
pateHt method of removing teeth without
the aid Of instruments, and extracted two
Of bis incisors, nod then could pu, my
finger in or out ut pleasure. However,
/ | shall, for some time, have m excuse for
wearing gloves without being thought
proud NE nor tried 10 escops Under
corcr Of taugh.) But yox poput again.-
So YOU tanned him, did your 'tiow did
the 6ght finish = You were not parted 2
You fought it ou', did you : The Colo.
mel resumed, Why, there IS no letting how
The Fight might have gonej an Old Virgin,
ian, who had seen Francisco, and Oiey, and
Lewis, and BevIns, and all the best men Of
the day, said he had never seen any one
stand up to their fodder better than we
did. We had fought rou0d and round, and
about and about all over the Coud ward,
and, a, last, just 10 end the fight, every body
was getting tired Of i, ; so, at l-a-a--st,
| hoiIored'-( Erit Coionel)