Wisconsin herald, and Grant County advertiser. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1844-1845, 1845-05-10

the rise Of sixty pounds!-Old Biggs
may 90 to grass now with forty-pound
cuts; he can't shine no way! When
| heard that boys, p
When you heard it exclaimed all.
Yes!--me?' said Biggs, laughingly;
dident ! tell you that beforei Wen
take drinh on that, any way! and SO
he did.
so twas you instead o the Devil,
he cotched,' observed Jim Waters, APP
parently much relieved by the disclos-
ure.
'Jist so; and the way it was, seed
the rascals as they were comm here,
and hnowcd what they were artor So
when night comes, l slips down the
roover bank mighty easy and nice,
twell ] could see the campfire. But
thar was a dog along, and | afraid to
venture up that way. See, | was ar
ter stealin' their fish, they cotch thro'
the day, which | knowed in reason
they'd have a string on 'cm in the wa
ter, at the kunnoo landin' to keep fresh.
Well, scein' of the dog 'cluded I'd
tach the inimy by water, instead o
land. SO with that TOOK the rooNer
about thirty yards above here, and sure
enough, finds the string offi.h jist whar
| knowcd they'd be; and then | Starts
to swim down the roover little ways,
and get out below, and go to Jerry
Whites, and tell him the Joke. Boys,
amt you gittin' might dry! | ann
And Daddy Biggs drank again!
"Wcll, boys, jist as got whar that
cusscd hook was, not a thinkin' of nuth-
in but fun, the cussed think ketcht in
one thigh Of my over-hauls, and bro't
me up short. / tried the cussedest ev-
cr Teller did to get loose, and couldn't.
I had no knife, and thar ! flew round,
and pulled first forard and then bach-
ards, and reared and pitched and made
the water bile. Fact boys was
stitched TO a swingin' limb" and no
MISTAKE. Once or twice ] got on the
top o the sugar loaf rock, and lest a.
bout the tim I'd 90 to unite the ID
nope of a line, the blasted rock was so
slippery, off I'd slaunch!-Fact boys!
And it aggravated me; it aggravated
me smartly--so it did! Ef I'd a. had
liquor then, I'd a took some, was so
darncd mad Well in this time, that
long legged cuss, Jess Cole, WAGES up,
as tcll'd you. and hollers out the way
| noratcd. Boys, what do you all say
to another drink!-It makes me so
cusscd mad every time think about
it -
Once mere Daddy Biggs gazed at
the stars!
Soon as jess said about lis cat bein'
biggcr'n mine, said in my mind, III
whip you certain! Well. they all
kept most a HI Of hollerin,' and
every now and then, some on 'cm
would throw long log o. wood as they
, had cut for fire, as nigh at me as they
could guess, TO stunt the cat. you sec,
but the branches Of the tree favored
+, me nightly in kccpin' 'cm oif--tho
,, they'd strike pretty close by me Gas
ionally, ca-junk! strikin' cendformost
! you see. So they kept up right
smart THROWN o. logs, and me "A right
peart dodgin, for some time; ard tell
YOU, it took raal nice Judgment TO keep
the Internal hook outcn my meat; il
grained the SKIN several times, as twas
At last Jcs he climbs into the tree
, and gifts on the limb right over me,
, and scs he. 'boys, believe hits a mud
turkle, for sec somcthin, like the form
!, o. ono, right under me- ThinhS l.
you'll 6Ed it one o the snappin' sort
| Judge. Then another enc cs,thar's
way to try that, Jess, eff you sec
him?' and he hand Jess the gig. Nov,
ses he, gig him %
! Gig the Devil ses / for was pes
tered.
r Great G-dn squalled jess, hit.
5 the Deyil!' and down be tumbled right
top o. me! | thought | was busted
open from one ecnd to 'tother! Sure
! enough tho, / warn't but only busted
| loose from the line. Both on US put
, for the bank quick, but on account Of
! my gittin' holt ofthc gig, which ruther
f bothered me, jess got ashore ust. ]
was right artcr him thro,' / tell you,
with the gig! When ! clum up the
bank, found The rest was al keen
) gone. and tharlay jess, ~ hich had STUN
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