Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1845-11-28
MISCELLANEOUS.
Ance yeasy's Fight with Renb. Sessions.

'Are you in favor Of Biennial Sessions
of theLegislature 2 asked manager of an
election in Alabama of a voter.
'Who?' says the voter. whosapame was
Ance Veasy. and witbal toleraBsy green.
'Are you in favor of Biennial Sessions
of the Legislature. sir p
Biennial Sessio.lsl don't know him.
Is he any kin to Reub. Sessions. sir! Ell
he is, I'll be id ef yon keieh me a
votin' for him You never hearn me tell
abou. that 6te EIad long wild Reub. Ses-
sions. Up III Shethy-dld you!
Never mind your fights now, Mr.. YEA
sy;-answer. yea ofnay.'
i doesn't know what you mean by your
"a and mas: but I'll be dod rotted eff vote
fur emmy Nv the Sessions family. no how
you can fix il! Bah Biennial Sessions.
indeed !ziest as much Fl, fur Guvnur as
hill is lura ice-house'
Are you in favor Of the removal of the
State House, Mr.. Veasy7'
well, wonder eff tina is 'gwine TOO
move the State House agin! Why, tina
moved it only two or three years ago TO
Wetumpkas don't see no use eff thar
movin' it emmy more; think it's in We.
ry good place myself does them, pun
| kins !!
You are thinking Of the Penitentiary,
Mr.. Veasy. It's the State House they
wish to move
We'll, it faint nothin' too me whether
tia move j, or not; so / won't vote fur it
nor BIENNIAL Sessions nuther.'
Several now pressed around Anceto get
him to tell about his fight with Reub. Ses-
siuns, up in Shelby. He said he would
come to these terms they were to give
him good drink of whiskey, and he was
to give them the story. They agreed TO
it and gave him the whiskey, and lie COM
!, menced: 10
You see passed. Nv US feIlers made up
camp hunt betwixt. US, and Reub., he
went with Us, but he never tuck no gun.
kase ne WIZ so infurpal lazy that he wood
Mt even take stand and watch fur deer.
He jest went along too eat wenzon and to
help the fellers cook. Well, the fust even
in we were out we killed mi,ey fine tow
he'd deer, and we Cotch him in an cooked
van quarter fur supper. Reub. EFT 'bout
half w thai quarter; and arter we went tn
sleep, and bout midnile l got awake and
RACED up, and thafwuz Reub., eatin' away
like he wuz paid far it. lnever sed moth.
in, but laid a0wn and went too sleep; an
= bout dayite walked up and begun toe
get reddy TOO 60 out and kill sum, game
3, and Ibe dod burned ef Reub. wuzn't ca
tin away still-or rather pickn' the bones
fur. he had cit up all the hole deer, an wuz
slpickin' the bones Git up, you boiler
legged, pot-gutted. urkey-buzzard!' seq
: and IHake .racksslur home jest as fast a.
you kin poot wun leg alore the luther !!
and tuck the Teller side wv the he'd will
my fist, and sorter turned him over; bu
he got up pooty soon and done sum Nv TIL
= talIest kind Nv walkiDs fur home.
About two or thre6weeks after the hunt
that we wuz all at Simmons Grocery, OF
the Mon,evallo road. an WIZ tellin' tn
: felless bout Renb's eatin. a hole tow dee
an nawin' the bones besides, the Teller GO
l. rite ashy bout It, but didn't mind him
nor never paid no 'tenton to him, till h
bucked up toaanbe an give me felerTit
under the ear, an tell ye itn'ade my he
kinder dizzy. w hen he gin me the fus
. lick it made me sorter mad, bu, woodn'
a minded eff he hadn't kept piIin' on III
agony bout my ears and smeller. Whe
ds dislgit my NoJf Carliner up, the way
pitched it in too him was a caution I
mules. We fit round an roud bout tn
barrels an boxes bout half an hour, whe
[ got his he'd under my arm, AM mad
him squeal imnediantIy, but | wuzn
= gwine too let him off without givin' biz
sumtilin' too member Ance Veasy by, al
| tell you, fellers, naialIy peeled the SIX;
st. off his face an then turned him loose. II
. tuck up his hat, an when sorter turne
my back to him, he picked up an ole az
helve an gin me wipe aside the he'd tn;
laid me cole fur while, tell you. B,
| picked myself up and started sorter arit
him, but he wuz on his boss an fast bal
ishin' out ov site over the hill.
THE sheriff cum an tuck me up, al
tribe me for tryin' to kill. but tina foun' n
requi,ted, aud let me loose, COZ l gin m,
70 20 self up. But Reub., he run away, ka.
be thort he'd killed me, an stayed ava
two or three months, but wen he heerd
=. how Iwuzn't ded. he cum back, an Il
sheriff nabbed him an carried him too II
, courthouse, and tribe him fur salt and ba
ter, and murder with intent too kill. TT
eI1 found him requitted of murder, but the
found him guilty Nv salt and batter.