Holly Springs gazette., 1845-04-05

YOU aIf say to another drink Il makes ms
so enssed mad every time l think OF hP'
Once more Daddy Biggs gazed q. the
stars
| "Soon as Jesse said that about his cal
oeln' biggern wiae. I said In nv mind
1 II whip you. certain r Well, they all
kept most HI of q hollerin' and every
now and then, some on 'em would IL
| long log o. wood as they had cut for fire.
as nigh at me as they could guess, to stunt
the cat. you see ; but the branches of the
tree favored me nightly ir keepin' 'em
of-tho' they'd strike pretty close bv me
'casionaliy Ca Junk strikin, eend foremost.
you see. So they kept upa right smart
THROWN o. logs, and me a right peart dod-
gIn', for some time and tell you, il
took real nice judgment TO keep the inter>
nal hook outen my meat ; 1t grained the
skin several time, as twas. Al last. Jesse
he climbs into the tree and gifts on the limb
right over me, and ses he, boys, | blieve
hits mud tuJkle. for L see somethin' like
the form o. one, right under me- Thinks
!, yoas'I find it one O. the snappin' sort, /
Judge. Then another one ses. .thar's
way to try that, Jess, eff you see him = and
he hands jess gig. Now ses he, gig
him r"
Gig THE DEVIL |" ses 1, for acas pes.
tered
"Great Cd - squalIsd Jess, "hits the
Devil ~ and down he tumbled right Top
O. me- thought | was busted open from
one eend to tother! Sure enough tho, |
warn't but only busted loose from the line.
Both Oh us put for :he bank quick, but on
account of my gittin' holt of the gig, which
rulher bothered me. Jess got ashore fust :.
| was rigAt arter him tho, l tell you,
tcith the gig When | elem up the
bank, ] found the rest was all kleen gone.
and thar lay Jess, which had stumped his
toe agin' somethin,' right fiat of his face, a.
moanin' dreadful
On. I've. got you nor. Jess" ses l.
"Please Devil % ses Jess
"Musl take you along wi me-" ses / in
the d-dest most onyearthly voice you
ere7 beered
"The hogs took warn, Marked ses
Jess, shiverin' all over
They warn't yourn," ses |.
I'll never do so no more,' ses Jess, Shiv,
erin wusS and wuss, ''ef you'll let me off
this time.
"Can't do. it Jess want you down in
Tophet.to strike for Vince kirkland, I've
got him thar, black smithin of it. He
does all my odd jobs. like pinetin' of my
tail and sich like! Can't let you of-Pre
come a purpose for you p'
81 seed the poor devil shudder when |
called Vince's name. but he didn't no more,
so jobs the gig thro' the hind part of his
overhauls and starts down 10 the kunnoo
landin' with him, In peart trot. The
way he stratched up the dirt as he travel>
led backards on his all~fours, was perfect
sightl But jist as struck the roover, he
GO. holt ola grub, and the gig tore out.
and he started 'i0ther acayl | never seed
runnin' twell then taint no use to Try to
tell you how fast he did run; | couldn': do
it in week. A scared wolf' warn't
noihin' to him. He run Eastern six scar
ed wolves and yearIin deer. Soon as he
got start l made for log whar | seed
their guns, and behind that | finds the big
powder gourd they all kept their powder
in, ;ha. they warn't a-usin' Thinks ], eff
you aint ali kleen gone, III finish the job
for you so pitched the gourd-it hilt
| fully gaIlon-smack into The fire, and
then jumped in the roover myself. l hadn't
more'n got properly In before 1t blowed
| fore, The n ise was some itself, but the
| blaze covered all creation, and retched
higher than the trees. 1t spread out to
| the logs whar the guns was, and fired them
off Pop pop pop! No wonder them
/ Chatoshospa fellows never come back !
Satan, hisseIf, couldn't done it no better,
ef he had been there in the way of racket
and Use
Daddy Biggs now took long breath.
| and longer drink.
Boys" he continued, II got them fel-
lers' fish and two gallon jug O. sperrets.
and throwed their guns in the roover, be-
sides givin' EN- the allgortiest scare they
ever had and they aint been back sence,
which hope they never will. for ouda>
cious the way the roover folks is posed up,
on. And now, boys. that's my 'scrape; so
less take another drink. look at the hooks,
and then lay down ~
CARRoTs SUBSTITUTE FOR EGGs IN
PUpDlNe-Boiled carrots, when property
| prepared. form an admirable succeedau-
cum for eggs in the making of puddings..
They must, for this purpose. be we'll boil>
ed and mashed, and afterwards passed
through a coarse cloth. horsehair sieve
The pulp when thus cleared of any chance
6brous of granular matter, may be intro
duced among the other ingredients constrlc-
ting the pudding with the total omission Of
eggs, in quantity proportionate to the
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