The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1845-09-06
KICKING A YANKEE.


taken himself 10 Bangor for time I,
recover (om The wouud iuGjcIed upor
his feelings by our 'unpriucpled lmmo
l1log ADMINISTRATION
Change Of air must have had an in
slani effect upon his eptrIs, for, from
Gilena, he writes rs aa amusing Letter
which, among other things, tells OF q
desperate qprrel that took place on
board Of the boa, between real live
tourist aud real I've Yankee settler
The latter lrJd upon The Toes OF the
former; wherrupon The former threaten
ed 10 kick oul OF the cabin The latter.
you'll kick me out of this cabng'
'Yes, sir, III kick you out this cab
iu'
'You'i kick me, Mr.. Hitchcock, out
OF This cabng''
.'Yes, sir, III kick you Mr.. Hitch
cockp
well guess, said the Ylnkee very
.cooly, after being perfectly SATISFIED
that it was himself that stood in such
imminen! peril of assault guess since
you talk ofkckiug, you've never heal d
me tell sbopl old Brady and my mare
lhere 10 hum!
No sir, nor do | wish
.Wal, guess il won'I sci you back
much, any how as kicking's generally
hes, to be considered on. You see old
Brady is one of those soctmonous
long faced hypocries,who puton reI-
eious sui, every Sabbath day morning.
aud with good deal OF screwing man.
age to keep II on until after sermon in
.,he afternoon; and as ! was UniVersal'
.isr, he alters picked me out as a subjec
for religious esaton-.and The
darncd hypocrile would talk about bea-
ven, hell and The devl--ihe crucltiSloo
and prayer, without ever wlnk'ng
Wal, ha had an old roam mare that
would jump over any fourteen rail fence
in Illinois, and open any door in my
barn that hsdu'l paddock on it. Tu OF
three times found her in my stable and
told Brady about it, and he was 'ver,
sorry.'-'would watch her. and in
hull Iol OF such things, all said in very
seliou. manner, with face twice as long
a, old deacon FarIa's on Sacrament
day. ! knew all the time he was Iyog,
and so | watched him and his old roau
tu; and for three nights reglaI, old roao
came TO my Stable about bed time, and
Jus, at day light Brady would come and
oridle her and ride of. | lhen usl took
nv old mare down TO a blacksmith's ;
shop, aud had some shoes made with
AcoIks' about four inches long, ard had
EN- nai'ed on her hind feet. Your
heels, mister, ain'I nothing to 'em. |
took her home, give her about len feet
halter, and tied her in The corner OF the
stable, fed her well with oats about nine
O'Clock and alter taking good smoke
went 10 bed, knowing that my old mare
was a lIulh-teIing animal, and that she'o
givea good report olhersef in the morn
log. hadn't got fairly asleep before
The old woman hunched me, and want
ed 10 know what on air,h was the mat
ter ou, a, the stable? Says !, 90 tt
sleep Peggy, it is nothing bu, Kale'-
she's kicking of flies, guess! Purity
soon she hunched me again, and says
she, :Mr. Hitchcock, du get up and see
what in The world is The matter with
Kate, Tor she is kicking most powerful
ly.' LAY still, Peggy--Kale will take
care OF herself, guess Wal, the mex
mornin' abou, daylight, Brady, with a
bride in hand cum to The stable. and at
true as The book of Genesis, when he
saw The old roan's sides, slarn and head
he cursed and sworn worse than you
did, Mister, when | came down on your
toes. After breakfast that mornn,
Joe Davis cum 10 my house, and say:
no, 'BradIy's old roam isnearIy dead
she's cu, all 10 pieces, and can scarcely
move Il want 10 know (says how
on airlh did it hsppen?' Now Joe Ds'
Wis was q member Of the same church
with Brady, and whilst we were tsIkn,
I'D came that everIaslln' bypOcrite, and
.eays he, Mr.. Hitchcock, my old roam
is runed' 'Du tell says |. She i:
cut all 10 pieces says he: do you kno"
whether she was in your stable, Nj.
Hitchcock. last nighll' Wal, Mister
with this let out: DO ! knOU il1--
(rhe Yankee, here, in Illustration, made
sudden advance upon the dandy, who
made way for him, uncon'ciousy as it
were,) Dol know il, you no souled,
shsd.beilied, squash headed, ole night.
owl, you!-you hay.hOokln,' corn'crib
bin,' fodder.iOdgin,' cent shogin'. whit
iin' oil nu,hin' youp-Kare kicks like I
dumb beast, but l've reduced The thing
10 scisnce' The Yankee had not cess
ed to advance, or the dandy, in his as