Holly Springs gazette., 1845-04-05

two more winch bF01ght nlrn, head hrSt,
Jug and all, into the fire. Chunks and
sparks flew everywhere, as he pIoughed
lhroughf
HES got you, Jimr' shouted Abe.
"Pull the boy out" exclaimed Bill and
myself, IN breath. -or he'll burn upl'
'Some on ye. save the--1ug" scream
ed Daddy Biggs. who was standing horror
stricken at the idea of being left without
liquor, in the woods.
In minute both boy and Jug were res
cued; the former with burnt face and hands.
and singed hair-the latter entirely unin.
iured.
"Well. WELL" chuckled Daddy Biggs,
1--WE come ou.en that. fust rate--the lug
amt hurt, nor no liquor split. Bat Jim, i'm
rally 'stonished Mt gou!--;,itchin' in the fire
that way, and you a-knowin' that was every
drop O. sperrets we had r'
"Oh, butDaddy Las" interposed DICK
McCoY, "you must look over that--he seed
the Derilf'
well, well, that minds me I was gwine
to tell you all about that h-ll of a scrape |
had wi them Chatahospa fellows, last
sumner; so I'll squeeze the Jug one time
more. and tell you all about II"
Throwing his head into an admirable
position for taking a view of things heaven
Iy, Daddy Biggs inserted the mouth OF the
jug in his own mouth, when for short
space there was a sound which might be
sfelled, Uggke---ugle-lug
ie;,' and then Daddy Biggs set the Jug
down by him and began his story once
more.
"Well boys. they was 'camped right here,
and had set out their hooks for cat fish,
jst as we've done to night Right thar, this
side o. whar Bills line hengs, some on 'em
had tied most a devil Of a hook, from that
big limb as goes strait out thar. He must
a had kunnoo to fasten il whar he did,
else cooned 1t on the top O. me limb. Well,
IT'S alters swiInrnln' under that limb, but
thars big rock, in the shape of a sugar.
loaf, comes up in six inches O. the top
Right round that was whar I'd ketcht the
monstrousest, most oudaciousest Appeloosas
cat, the week before, that ever come outen
the Tallapoosy; and they' d hearn Of it, and
the fellow with the big hook was fshn'
for hits mate. D-n it boys, it makes
me mad to think how them Chatohospa fel-
lows and the town folks do 'trude on we
rooyer people-and when I'm aggravated |
alters drinks. so here goes agin'
Daddy Biggs threw back bis head again
again put The jugs mouth in his own
and again produced the sound of "gurgle-
uggle la ugi, :" and then resumed:
"This big hook fellow was tellin' about,
his name were j. IS Cole, which lives in
the Bottom, thar whar Chatohospa falls In
to the Hoo:a Locke ; and amt got more'n
half sense at that
That's the fellow that used to strike for
VINCE KlRKLAND. in the blacksmiih's shop,
at DoDD's afore Vince died-ain't itg" ask.
ed Bill Teal
sThai's him. said Daddy Biggs, ''and
that's how come to know him. for seed
him thar once. .ho' can't say he know'd
nae. Well, he walked up in The mig ht, and
heerd a most h--ll of sloshin' at the
end OF his line and says he, Rise boys i
I've got him !--Drrn my skin eff | han't y
And sure enough there was somethin'
houcin' and sloshin,' ard maxim devil of
a confederation at the ecnd of the line.-
Jess he sprung up and got long stick with
a hook at one eend, and tretched out and
cotcht the line and tried to pull it in i; but
the thing on the hook give flirt, and the
stick bein' leetle too short; which made
him stoop forard, in he fell He scuffled
| out th o. toiIoble quick, and ses he boys. he's
! a whaIer t-cuss my etarnal buttons il he
amt the rise of sixty pounds old Biggs
NAV 90 to h-li nor with his forty peund
cats he can't shine no wayP When
heerd that boys -
uWhen you heerd il2" exclaimed all.
! sl-me!" said Biggs, laughingly;
"didn't tell you that before? Well. !
oughter done it, but forgot. D-n it,
we'll take drink on that. any way" and
20 he did.
so twas you instId o the Devil. he
cotched." observed Jim Waters. apparently
much relieved by the disclosure.
eJisi so ; and the way it was. seed the
rascals as they were comm here, and
knoved what they were arter. So when
night comes. slips down the roover bank.
mighty easy and nice, twell could see the
camp Ere. But thar was dog along, and
/ was afraid 10 ventur up that way. See.
was ar.er stealin' their fish, they'd corch
ed thro' the day. which | knowd in reason
they'd have a string on 'em in the water, at
the kunnoo landin'. to keep fresh. Well,
seein' of the dog 'cluded I'd tack the ini-
my by water, instid o. land. So with that
took the roover about thirty yards above
here, and, sure enough, finds the string OF
fish jist whar knowed they'd be; and then
| starts to swim down the roover a little
ways, and GIT out below. and go to Jerry
Whites and tell bin The joke. Boys, amt
you all gittin' mighty dry? lam"