The Arkansas banner., 1847-03-31
MAiss Riser Bssisn.

HAits RiDer 1g1fems
 Jackson eouasy. AIkaasas-
 DEAA L.-ror ths b%nig parposs ef permitting ny fAcssiogs friend 0ssrrug to know thaAI an oues more at ho~e h gaeksonpsrt. and that his esaela- sioas abcut my anxiety fos the ehass ia tAs river b"sto@s of this teligbtfal rsgoa fsS maaly spesis wsrr nOs entirely srrUseOas. pVoeeea to giyeySa. e~Tsaas esisas (ss the classical qaiIldfivsn efths day have it.) the resalt sf my hrst hans- Ass sel rose from hs morning pillow. red ia ths face. cad locking for al the wed as fl hs hsd jast taken his morning b;i,ess. before proceeding on hs days journey. eas wiad q my silvsr-nountsd horn brought out aiss ef psck. whoss nasaea nefss of heast thrilling melody asvss sxesllsa hytAa ar- famea Greeian Nine themselves. We (taai b Bosae. Croeks.. end old csowasr, with ths balanee. and myself sad sAo, gun.l his4 away to the Park Bet sea. my farosise hanaiag grOsad. whsn ny ihFes le.dess came spsa ,r.l rather csll, though wish eonmssdshle pertinaci,y they eoatinssA ,e fellow it. aud in crossing bsyoa. found t to es thst ef aa o.d haek. who woad not hs taken ss eaziiy- Cor be WIS truly Aeet and swiitand sanaiazs ssaly the old fellow bounding fram small esne-bsake. gracefully shook bis branching antiers hy way of
 
 Peter Teazis of his hsoOr. Dr. B. af leave yoa be- hind ne. and laying srisksti to the blue water. we parted. alas. to meet ID more Ny dogs ran rapidly but fos the want Ot dae exercise fcs she last two months they were too fat to press him sufficiently hard. Whilst he was f,aniag through the river. my sad disappointment SIS metanosPhosed into some thing like eesitatisn upon the instability Of s Enxe .aA aux cred that my whole pack oi hounds had run over some i5o yards distance, an Oppvssum. He was with his usual instine lying down. with ghsstly grin upon his coantelance. pretending to ke dead, in order to deceive the dogs, in which he succeed ed. for they passed Os; but Undermined to watch :he gentleman's movements- He acted his part weil-so admirably iEdeed that be came near talk ing in turkey buzzxd lowering above, bat as the sequel will prove, the buzxard toak Ain fn. The oppOssnm seemed to ne to be in some such quan- dzry when attacked y his desouring opponent. as yours seemed whea xtting upon the fence undeter- mined whether to go into the eorneld and eat eorn or 20 back the wcots and eat aeons at the time he was surprised and taken prisoner hy Col. B., and presented to you fos dinner. The buzzard. how- ever. whetted his bssk ane prepared to make a sumptaous repass upea the seemingly dead 'pOssun by picking first at ks eye-the unfortunate fellow still true to his 6rs, conception of safety. nervee himself Gor the dreadful ordeal stisned his joints and gave ssreOaastie grin. imagining all the while be was beset by old Crocket. The buzzard picked -the rarssinf showed his long white tusks. and closed his eye the tighter which increased the vo raeity of bis hungry opponsns-foe such he was from the manner in which he set about his morning repast upon the body of the arch old pretendes.- Until then had always actually despised the eyit- ters, but heneeforward shall always entertain the highest degree of respect for the indubiable integ rity. and most perssvering resolution to deceive & the cost of life itsef ss exhibited hy this hero of his kind. He stuck to it that he was dsad-saGer- cd his eyes to be torn cat-his entrails rddled in confirmation of his appearaOee of being aotking aors tAan aa old dead ipOsssa- The vul,urss. no doubt. had hearty laugh over this meal for seve- ral had joined in by this time, and pianded thsn- selves upon the idea of q live vsrmint making no resistance whatever to their operations.
 It will not do to doubt this fset-and Ii shall not 5e disputed-sor I can assure the ereduloas that that's the nature of the vaImint. l have been out since morning. and am sonewhst fafigued. No buek-no dogs yet. and now II o'clock. a. n. must go you know where, and SO does-yoaT AsaiA-
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