The Arkansas banner., 1848-12-19
Aa AfkansaS S!0rm.

The recent storm in Arkansas, where the hail fell in such big jumps ss 10 kill wild geese, birds aud ducks, willie flying to their summer quarter in Nova Zsmbla, reminds US ot the story of real Ar kansas storm related by one O! tho 'screechers" It wus told on board ei Mississippi boat. her way up the river young miishipmau, who had made his hrt erIiz 1T ss' d out on comPst, egyerY, and lull of the vanity of one who has trsyeiied.' was relating 10 quit. knot of istene's thc terrible gales in tho tropics. where q ship's rudder sometimes blown into The malntop, and anchors twisted into cork screws before the frs tuff conld give h the orders te PI,e down Ih' bInnacie.
 A long legged, pancake shaped fellow like s wire drawn on, aud h1ttened, who wors q yellow hanket coat ali ,stor skin cap and leggins, had
 listened unt he felt he should burst unless the bang of his mouth piece loosened Il say you yoang swamp s,.o II, in t1e antcorped coat aud turkey buItId buti0gs, talk about gates on the trop,s-hoo. as the owl says, gs te Arksa. 1 sls ii you wan, 10 sse gale. Thar il blows se- eoriin to the thermometer forty five degrees below horizon;cuisr. As to the barometcrs, coinpasses, and other instruments they aint of any use n Ar kaasas. I've seea some, you res genlemrn' oidn't go out week with sqaire Hawk, sarveyin' and iiitin' chains for nothing-n9t l. H I'd been eiercated. fd-bai no mattsr, MT Polk mightnt been where he {s.
 Bot about tha! yale. Jo Gibbs (whs.key Gibbs
 !; We used to call hlm) aud had been oot six days
 ou Dog ryer, trapPin mnks. but the luck was bad and what worse, the whiskey barrel ~ss gsttin as low a5 he Ohio afterday spell. We'd built small cabin on the siaehi,l, and one
 mofuiu' Il 10 rain 50 aud Jo thought we G play little bluif Bimeby, there conies clap Of tt1hder which shack the whole dggins' and trees,
 big rocks. and stu nps, all tumblod down Ia besp,
 ayin' ia the ar last if they had been fea- thers.
 Out jumped, when the roos of big old oak caught by the slack of my t'other eSlrcmilies, and in a minute was mile up in the clouds.
 managed te crawl roaAi the trunk of the tree and got seat .tway VIC went Rs if 5fty thoasaRd high
 pressure engines and locomotives were given us { boost In this way we travelled two days asd two nights The sssa Of my breaa basket began to wrinkle somewhat gea Iemen, and my whskey tub sounded ike cracked drum.
 Somethin stirred ia the hms of the tree, aa8 looked ahead and thar was hir and painter giin nin' al each other so lovely Goat Il, says 1. l to the that IS let. Aad they oil g0 al IL n 'he rnosaiag looked aroaad and eoaid oniy seq
 tue psint~r-ihe bar wis gone. He'd stepped oa' or down.
 ] Ba, had to look ou, for myself The painter had h A eye oa ms, anu Gown h9 crawiei. doGged ! roaRd the lower siJe of tine tree, and around hc
 tretted after me ony ih!Ak. five miles uP ih the
 afr and going then at the rate of wbtrlwind, anc hghfin' with Painter. 1 began 10 grow diary ana
 was about d,epPiu when tho painter caught my
 right arm in his claws and held on. l got my lef
 thumb in hts right eye and gtys han double shafiis gongs
 Didn't he yell. gestisnen' Well, .opsaow ol
 other my head got twisted. looked roap1. sa4
 ias'ead of bein on tree was In the cabin by Dos
 river aad there 10 Gibbs xtih his moash .e th' 1 eung ef the whsksy barrel hoidia on him with m, righ, arm, and was gssgin' hip ~1ih my iet hand.
 'ts, mo np.' s.ys Jos, and yeg shall have bal l the whiskey.
 1 Doaf yoa thsnk the rascal srisd so make me hs
 iisve I'd been dre4aaingf f knew better. Com,
 gentlemen, let's qaos .Essg that Askaasas gale Il | makes ssliSs d,y.