Mississippi Democrat. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1847-01-13

SpeCtS me along, ana she'd hear OF the
race certin; but then thar war thr four mi
Ter for his thinkn', and know'd in such
case the 'cuement would be greatest of
all and YOU know from dads stable to
the grocery is Just four mile, and in case
of any 'sDute, all hands would be wiIlin TO
run over, even if it had to be tried a do
zen times. So | never could side on
which sort OF colt to wish for. II was
fust one, then fothers, ontil | was nearly
stracted, and when mann, takin' me to be
gittln religious, told me one night to say
grace. lest shel my eyes, looked pious,
and yelled out, 3 Oh it, go!" and in
about five minutes arter, come near kick
in dads stomach off under the table, think
in war spurrn' my critter in a tight
place. So found the best way was to
get the boss fust, and then 'termne whe
Their it should be Sally Burner and the
cow pen, 'Miry Withum in the gallery, or
Stilman's grocery and the bald face.
| You've seed my black colt, that one that
dads father gin me in his will when he
died, and | spect the reason he wrote it
wur that he might have wun then, for its
more than he had when he was alive, for
grandmam wur a monstrOus Overbcarln'
woman. The colt would come up in my
mind every time I'd think whar | was TO
get boss. Sit out! said |, at fust--'he
never could run, and sides if he ever
could, mann rides him now, an he's too old
for anythin' 'cept totin' her, and bein' call
ed mine-fur you see, though he wur nam
! ed Colt, yet for the old lady to call him
old would bin like the bar 'lectIn' contempt
| for the RABBIT on account of the shorness
of his tall.
"Well, thought |, it does look sorter on
promisin, but it's colt or none; so ter
mined TO put him in traiuin' the fust
chance. Last Saturday, who should come
ridn' up but the new circuit preacher, a
long-legged, weakly, sickly, never-con-
tented onIess the BOSTON the plantatlOn-ls-
cooked -for-hIm sOrt-of-aman; but didn't
look at him twice, his boss wus the critter
that tuck my eye; for the minute Iook'd
at him knew him to be the same boss as
Sam Spooner used to win all his sPlurgin'
dimes with the folks SAID over in Luzyany,
and wot he used to ride past our house so
fine on. The boss were a heap the WINS
for age and the change of masters-for
proeohero,- Trough they re mighty tlcuiar
'bout thar own comfort, seldom tends to
their bosses, for wun is privit property and
tother centrally borrid. | seed from the
, way the preacher rid that he dindn't know
the critter he wur straddlin'; but did, an
'termned that | wouldn't lose SIGH a
chance of trainin' colt by The side OF a
boss wot had run. So that night, arter
, PRAYERS, and the folks were abed, | and
Niger Bill tuck the bosses and carried
, them down to the pasture; it wer forty.
acre lot and consequently jist quarter
across-lor thought IT best to promote
Colt, by degrees, to four miller. When
= we got thar, the preachers boss SHOWED
;. he wor wiIIin,' but Colt, dang him! com
! menced nibblin' fodder stack over the
i fence. nearly cried for vexment, but al
! idea struck me; hitched the critter, anC
- told Bill 10 get on Colt, and stick tigh
+ wen 1 give the word Bill got ready, an
unbeknownst to him | pulled up bunch
- of nettes, and, as | clapt them unde
Colts tail yelled Cop Down shot hi
graceful like steel trap, an away h'
e shot, 50 quick an fast, that he jumped
IT clean out from under niger Bill am 60
l. nearly ITO the end OF the quarter afore tn
niger toeched the ground; he III on hi
head, and in course warn't hurt, so W.
J. cotched Colt, an | mounted him.
at The next time we said 'go!' he show
a. ed that age hadn't spilled his legs or me
'e mory Bill aud me agreed we could ru
e, him now, so Bill mounted Preacher and W
he got ready. Thar war a narrer part O
s, the track tween two big oaks, bat as
was near the end of the quarter, spec
n ed to pass Preacher afore we got thar, S
h. warn't 'fraid of braking my shins.
n. ave tuck fair start, and off we wer
to like peei'd inyune, am [ soon 'scovere
nj it warn't SIGH an easy matter to pa;
n Preacher though Colt done delightful; W
il got nigh the trees, and Preacher warn
&c passed yet, an gan to get skeer'd, fc
ne 1t wasn't more % wide enough for horS
es and half; so | holered TO BiIlto hold u
n but the imperdent niger jis turned roun
ly his ugly pictur, and said he'd be cuss,d
nj he wasn't gwine to play his ham out
ro gin him to understood that he'd better
n for foot race when we stopt, an tried
n hold up Colt, bat he wouldn't stop. "
a got to the oaks-CoIt tried to pass Preac
or er, and Preacher tried to pass Colt, al
ur co wulIup, crosh, cocAunk we all con
I'd down like fell punkin. Colt got up al
Sc won the race; Preacher tried hard TO ris
nd but one hind leg had got through the SIT
NV rup, an t'other in the head stall, an
in had to Law still doubled up like long nj
we ger in a short bed. lit on my feet, b
,or nIpger Bill wer gone entire. looked
a., in the fork of one of the oaks, and thar
for war sittin', lookin' very composed on 81