Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1845-09-04
From & ST Louis RtueiNe.
KICKING A YANKEE.

comfortable office up the river, has be-
taken himself TO Bangor. for time. 10
recover, from the wound inflicted upon
his feelings by our 'unprincipled and
immola,ing Administrations
Change of air must have had an in
stan, effect upon his spirits, for from
Galena. he writes us an amusing letter,
which. among other things. tells of
desperate quarrel that took place on
board of the boa, between a real live
dandy tourist and real live yankee
settler. The latter lrod upon the toes
of the former; whereupon the former
threatened TO kick out of the cabin the
latter.
You'll kick me out Of this cabingl'
Yes sir, Ill kick you out Of this
cabin
You'll kick me, Mr. Hickock, out Of
this cabing?'
Yes sir, I'll kick you, Mr. Hick
ock!'
We'll, guess said the yankee,
very cooly. after being perfectly salts
fled that il was himself who stood in
such imminen. peril of being assaulted
i guess, since yog talk of kicking.
you've never heard me tell about old
Bradley and my mare, there 10 hum9
No sir, nor do wish
Wal, guess i, won't set you back
much, anyhow, as kicking's best to be
considered on. You see. old Bradley
is one of these sanc.imonlous, long
f,cal I,-rn u,ha rail-.
gious suit every Sunday morning. and
with a good deal of screwlng, manage
to keep i, on till after sermon in The
afternoon. Wal. he had an old roam
mare that would Jump over any sixteen
rail fence in Illinois, and open any barn
that hadn't paddock on it, Two or
three times found her in my stable.
and told Bradley about it, and he was
VERY sorry'-'unruly animal would
watch her. and a hui lot of such things,
all said in very serious manner, with
face twice as long as old Deacon
Farrar's on Sabbath day. | knew all
the time he was lying. so watched
| him and his old roam III; and for three
nights reglar. old roam came 10 my
stable about bed time, and just about
da, light Bradley would come, bride
/ her and ride off then just took my
old mare down TO the blacksmith
shop, and mad some shoes made with
'corhs' abou, four inches long. and had
EN- nailed on TO her hind feet. Your
heels, mister, Amt nothing to EN-.
took her hum, gave her about ten
feet halter, and lied her right in the
centre of the stable, fed her well with
oats abont nine clock. and after taking
good smoke, went TO bed, knowing
my old mare was a truth telling animal
and that she'd give good report OF
herself in the morning. ! hadn't got
fairly to sleep before the old oman
huuched me and wanted TO know what
on airih was the matter out at the sta
BILE. SAYS |, go 10 sleep, Peggy, i. is
nothing but 'Kate'-she's kicking off
the flies, guess. Purity soon she
hnnched me agin, and says she, Mr.
Hitchcock, du GIT up aud see what IN
the world is the matter with Kate for
she's kicking most powerfully Lay
still Peggv-Kate will take care of
herself, | guess Wal, next mornin'
about daylight, Bradley. with bride in
hand cum to the stable. and as true as
the Book of Genesis. when he saw the
old roan's sides, s,arn and head, he
cussed and swore wuss than you did.
mister, when | cum down on your
toes.
AFTER break fast that mornin', Joe
Davis cum to my house, and says he.
.Bradey's old roam is nearly dead
she's all cut 10 pieces and can scarcely
moye.' i want to knowi' says l..how
on airth did i, happenp Now whilst
we were talkin', up come that eveTlast.
in hypocrile, Bradley. and says he,
.Nr Hitchcock. my old roam is ruined!
.Du tell SAYS |. She is cut all &c
pieces says he; do you know wheth
err she was in your stable last night!
With this let out: DO know i,9-
the Yankee here, in illustrating, made
sudden advance upon the dandy, whc
made way for him nnconsclouslv. as I
were-.Do | know it, you no-souled
SQUASH headed old night owl, you!-
you hay-hoohin corn efiooih iooaef
Judging, cent-shavin', whtlling of moth
IN vou1-Ka,e kicks like mer
dumb beast. but I've reduced the thin,
to a science' The yankee had no
ceased to advance, or the dandy, Ill hi
establishment, to retreat; and now, th
motion of the latter being accelerate
by an apparent demonstration on III
part of the former 10 suit the action /
the word he found himself in the 81
cial hall. mnbling backward over
pile of baggage, and tearing the knee
of his pants as he scrambled up. pc
feet scream Of laughter stunning hii
from all sides. The defeat was to'a
few moments afterwards he was see
dragging his own trunk ashore, VIII
Mr. Hitchcock finished bis story on Il
boiler deck.
!. What is that said schoomaste
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