Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1845-10-17
GAME TO THE LAST.

uO SlIISIIAdtA IA bICIIO
related TO Us the following:
"Being at the house OF neighbour
short time since, the crowd concluded to
amuse themselves by telling yarns AZ
Ter several tough ones had been told, Joe
II. was called upon, when with great gray
ity he gave the following:
1.-Two years ago last pulin-fodder time,
uncle Josh d. had buck that was sort Of
brought up in the lot and about the house,
and the boys had, by fooling with him,
learned him to butt as hard as mule
could kick; and butt he would at every
thing that Came in his way, until it seemed
as if he would butt every thing off the
lot. So uncle concluded TO see ifhe could
not give him his fill Of butting. Out he
goes and takes big hickory maui aud
hangs it pretty well up in an oak tree, let
ting it hang low enough for Mr.. Buck to
lake fair crack at it. He knew that he
would make at anything pushed towards
him, taking such move always as ban
ter. Uncle Josh waited patiently until the
buck came round, when he gives the sig
nal, and here lie comes with such vim,
that it would knock down bull Go ii
my good fellow sings out uncle Josh. If
you can whip that maui, your head is a
hard 'un. Seeing the motion Of the maui
as it commenced its return swing, the buck
met it again abou, the meeting place. dri-
wing the maui some twenty feet in the air
and bouncing back from it himself like
q cricket ball Hurra, my little wooly!-
says uncle Josh, who began to be interest
ed ir what he at first considered an Une-
quail fght-,hcre's very little sheep in
your head, if you can stand another lick,
certain.
"Bus here comes buck and maui again,
with nearly tho same result as before, ex.
cept that the blow did not seem quite 50
heavy on the part of the buck. AT him a.
gain, my hard head! sings out uncle Josh;
take your fill Of butting; and at him again
the little fellow went, and kept repeating
until uncle Josh thought the very D.
was in the head Of the sheep sure enough
But back went the maui, and butt went the
buck and 10 the astonishmeni ofuncle Josh
ahe buck showed no signs ofquitting still
We'll says he, if you choose TO butt your
own brains out, why go ahead. Whack
whack, went head and maui. BY this time
it was nearly night and no sign of shei
quitting, and uncle Josh left. Next morn
ing he got up early and looking out saw tn,
maui and the bucks tail hopping at it;
being all that was left of buuing Buck. >
Sharp Praetice.-A country correspon
dent Of the Concordia, La, hateligelcer
gives the following sketch ofhis method o
treating the fevers Of his vicinity:
1.-THE wust favor we is got here is III
,0nremitten: IFS putty tight, cause tis ap
to hang on long, but it Amt nothin' lik
ekal 10 that digestive fever Ina die ov owe
in them hills. -. ss..:.
II in general, mostly uses it up in cou
pie ov days. gin uO1aic in the first plac
then half an hour after that, the short nam
we've got here for ealOmy. Well, then
when the case looks right Civ abouta vine
glass Of ile-and next day The niggar is Fl
teD for qtinine--and the next day after, h
hin walk into the pork and make the hoe fl
s--ils sildOnl ! has EN- in longer. than | tell
-yen on--someIimes in the beginin of In
attack Ibleeds, but il won't do, stranger
When the eyes look big and classy. oil
Sampson in 1--WE grain. doses every half e
hour fur about FIVE hours is just the lhins
tina is more people killed by bleedin a. ii
wong time Than tina is by old death hi
self"