Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1846-06-05
TERMS 81 50 i'm advance.
WHOLE NO. 80.

high pressure system, the lead sort of burst
his bier.'
'That column OF steam was rather curi-
Gus. or else the bear must have been
warm observed the foreigner, with .
laugh.
Stranger, as you observe, that bar was
warm, and the blowing off of the steam
showed il, sid also how hard the varmint
had been run. have no doub, if he had
kept on two miles further. his insides
would have been stewed and l expectSU
meet varminl yet of extra bottom. who
will run himself into skin full Of bears
grease; it is possible-much onlikelieF
things have happened a~ IA
Whereabouts are these bears 50 abun.
dant :? enquired the foreigner, with incfeas.
ing interest. ... -. .s.s
Why stranger, they inhabit the leigh.
borhood Of my settlement, one Of the pref
test places on Old Mississippi-a perfect
location and no mistake-a place that had
some defect until the river made the 'cut-
Off at the 'Shirttail-bend,' and that rene.
died the evil. as it brought my cabin on
the edge of the rivera great advantage
in wet weather, l assure you. as you can
roll barrel of Wbiskey into my yard in
high water, from boat, as easy as falling
of log; it's a great improvement, as to-
ting it by land in Aug, as used TO do,
evaporated it too fast, and it became expen-
sive. Just stop with ME stranger, month
or two, or year if you like, and you will
appreciate my place. can give y gu plen-
ty to eat-for. besides hog and ho.misy,
you can have bar ham and bar sausages-
and mattress Of bar skins to sleep on,
and wild cat skin, pulled off hull and
stuffed with corn shucks for pillow
That bed would put you TO sleep if you
had the rheumatics in every join: in your
body. | call that ar bed a quietus. Then
look at my land, the government amt pot
such another piece of land as this to dis
pose of. Such timber and such bottom
land. why YOU can't preserve anything
natural you plant in it, unless you pick it
young, things will grow out of shape so
quick. once planted in those diggins
few potatoes and beets; they took fine
start, and after that an OK TEEN couldn'.
have kept them from growing. Abou,
that time went off to old Kentuck on
business, and did not hear from them
things in three months, when accden.
tally stumbled on fellow who had
stopped at my place with an idea of buy
ing me out. How did yon like things
said ]. Pretty WE'LL said he, 'the cabin
is convenient. and that timber land is good,
but the bottom land is not worth the first
rel cent 'Why?' said I. Cause it's
full Of cedar stumps and Indian mounds,
said he, and it can't be cleured.' Law
said I, 'them ar cedar stumps is beets, and
them ar Indian mounds is tater hills As
| expected, the crop was overgrown and
useless: the sile is too rich, ind planting
IN arkansas IS dangerous. Ihad good
sized COW killed in that same bottom land;
the old thief stole a ear OF corn and took i,
down where she slept at night to eat; well;
she lief, grain or two on the ground, and
lay down ON them; before morning the
corn shot up, and the percussion killed hel
dead. I don't plant any more natur in.
tended Arkansas for hunting ground, and
r 90 according to natur.'