Holly Springs gazette., 1845-04-05

flll M hEls Il > DEN Ds
THE "CHICKEN-MAN;"
,a,a OF SIMON sUGGs." "TAKlNG
N CENSUS IN ALABAMA" ETC.
s.,sU's Bend is a well known rem.
b hr the hunter and fisher of the
,o.l: and beautiful place it IS
1,,sr end ofthe curve is lake-Iike in
a,,s and is very deep; while a halt
,ssw, lhe river spreads itself to iou-
Y usual width, and brawls among
and sie.s fringed with the tall river
The part above is reSorted to by
Eho 6sh with the rod, and that below.
asn. Opposite the deep water, the
cone covering down to wi thin twenty
N the river. the narrow intervening
bag low land. covered with a tre-
.yn growth Of gum, poplar. aud white
Lse in the afternoon Of a warm May
ms part Of the Bend is a most delight
a The liIIIe mountains on the south
Fesi e1clLie the sun glare completely,
hs mere comfort-seeker may lay him>
lAin the bottom OF the old Indian ca.
is fnis moored there by a grapevine.
iOal and look at the clouds, and dream
have often donc-with no living
glasight 10 disturb his meditations, ex-
he mHsk rat oa the end ofthe old pro-
ErHs log, and the matronly summer duck
hsf blood OF f'iny ducklings, swimming.
Dss huilled. ir the shade ofthe huge wa
oak, whose overhanging limbs are GOV
Z Elh close network Of muscadine
n's-SaereOi, (Oi the vines | mean,)
Easlory of my friend Captain SUGGs,
ich will se related at the proper time
care! ye LILLE downy rascalS -espe-
|alIyynu, lille fellow. with half an egg
sl auck 10 your back true. there are
many or large trout in the Tallapocsa:
here ere s0ms; and occasionally one is
1nd Of mouth sufficient to engorge a young
LcG!-and Almost always in a cool quiet
AaAe Iast like---hisi snapl-there you
v I, precisely az ! Told youl Now, old la
II quI that tussing ard futtering, and
Fse The "yOung'uns' out Of the way of that
i''r one that isn't far off, Triturat in
Eouis nav mHst be unpleasant, one
Fogld think!
y chonced once, :ha. the writer encamp
\ i'r day or two on the narrow strip spo
Hsa oi' wliha company of the unsophistica
"a a~ellets OF the rough lands in that re-
ION oi whom The principal parsonage wa:
DADpT Eu4s BIGGs," sometimes called
DADDY Las but more commonly
DAa4g blssl' We were on a fishing
t1peahon, aRd at night hung short line
y 'Eo from the branches of the trees which
''efnang The water, for "cat." One night
We aad Inst done this and were gathered
0und he fire, gallon jlg passing from
iild 10 hand, Daddy Biggs"-who was
iAcrl, squad man, rosy checked, bald. ant
'ncllnng TO three score"-remarked. a
Y attended his hand towards a long. gaun
33laS, Nth a very long nose. and a very
lack beard
Boys, nin't you never heern what HI
"a seTspe had here, at this very spot. las
'arl Billy TEAL. let me have a suck q
's yeathen,war, aud I'll tell you all abou
lhe old man took ga suck" smacked
Ups, snd began his relation:
lou all member the time, boys, when
I'm N Chatahospa fellows come here fish
D--n 'em. | wish they could fish
oOu' home, without goin' twenty mile 10
Aerrupt other peoples rangel-well they
'Aped right here. and right here THEY
AsD rHE DEVIL ~
al.
gid th.y. in right down airnest, now2"
-a1rM N WATERS, looking around at the
- woods. and insinuating himself between
= =. LuDLow and the fire, in evident fright.
Iaey seed the Devil" repeated Daddy
W., W, with emphasis-''and ketcht him
i 0e added but they colldn't hold
1Goct Graciousl" said Jim Waters,
"a "a around again do you think he
!. 80 scout hereF-and Jim got nearer to
,.ii e asys about here some" replied
! S!y 5iggs. But Jim. son. get out from
al you'll set your over-hauIs afire
lv -, 81 me the sperrets. I'll buss the
R's ~ = aad tell you all about H."
\. - saI had deposited the jug behind q
s 'sa isst off ba. jim Waters