Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1849-11-23

| Talk of May, Talk Of 1furat There was never
charge so reckless or effective as Jim elders charge
upon the Sheriff and his squad
loot foot tooti bang! clang bang! howl howl
howl and he was IN their midst The horses of the
squad, maddened with fright, reared and plunged,
and either threw their riders dashed off with them
lprecipftately from the field. The horses hitched
about at racks and trees participated In the panic
and in five seconds there was universal stampede
| The Judges pony dashed off with speed that was
highly creditable to his short legs and Indian origin
and after ham the Colonel dashed with all his dread
full din, in full blast! On ON, on at killing lick
Down. down the hill to the old yard where
suddenly Judge and pony fnda tight 6t'' in an
Gent but not inodorous vat q ~ -
Satisfied -almost-with his victory, our hero char
ged back to town, putting to light everything equine
of which he in view, and leaping his horse into
the piazza of grocery pitched his barrel through
the window upon the head and other frangible pro-
lperty of the propretor-ike lightning passed in at
one door and out at another-and whooping at the
top of his voice, rode furiously out of town. -
i ASrThat Judge hasn't been on that circuit since
| Bag BrintlIe. --7I 5sass f 81
| In Nashville many years ago, there resided gen
tleman of great hospitality large fortune and though
uneducated was possessed of hard knot sense. Col.
w had been elected to the Legislature and had been
also Judge of the county court,
| His elevation, however, had made him some what
pompous and he became very fond using big words.
On his farm he had large and mischievous OK cal
neighbors fences and committed other depredations
much to the Colonels annoyance. Z ssa.s .-f5
| One morning after breakfast, in presence of some
gentlemen who had staid with him over night and
who were now on their way to town, he called his
overseer and said to him -" Mr.. Allen desire you
to impound Big Brindle, in order that may hear
more animadversions or his eternal depredations."
Allen bowed and walked of, sore1y puzzled to
know what the Colonel meant. So after Col w.
left for town he went to his wife and asked her what
| ri NV toll tO he
Why said she, e the COL meant to tell you to put
him up in penn Allen left to perform the feat,
for it was no inconsderable one, the animal was
very wild and vicious and after great deal of trou
BILE and vexation he succeeded. s'Wel," said he,
wping the perspration from his brow and soliloqui
zng, ''this is impounding, is it Now am dead sure
the old Colonel will ask me if impounded Big Brn
de- and I'll bet puzzle him as bad as he did me-"
| The next day the Colonel gave dinner party and
as he not aristocratic, Allen, the overseer sat
down with the company After the second Or third
glass of wine was discussed, the Colonel turned to
the overseer and said ''Eh, Mr. Allen, did you i'm
pound Mr.. Brindle, sir g? Allen heightened HIM
self and looking round at the company said: eyes,
did, sir, but old Brindle transcribed the impannel
of the mpound and scatterophislocated all the
equinimity of the Forest" The company burst into
an imnoderate fit of laughter while the Colonels
face redeemed with discontinue
''What do you mean by that sir 2" said he. 'EWhy,
l mean Colonel" said Allen, s'that old Brindle being
prognosticated with an idea of the cholera, ripped
land tared snorted and paved dirt jumped the fence,
tuck to the woods and would not be impounded no
how
This was too much; the company roared again, in
which the Colonel was forced to join, and in the
midst of the laughter, Allen quilted the table, say
ing to himself as he went, II reckon the Colonel
won't ask me to impound any more oxen"
t-. The Toughest Game Cock RECORD.
Whilst travelling recently in Virginia, l became
acquainted with s'rale Down Easter" who had
come Sall the way from Yarmouth" and who -four
ished under the distinguished appellation of "Colo-
del Phil" One of natures queer Jumps Of Clay, is
Phil He is, undeniably great at any and everything,
EEcock fighting especially.
II once had cock" said he, chat could ist rip
the rag off all nature fout him agin everything
in Virginny, and whipt 'em all, ten afterwards
gin em all a heel and whaled ,em all over agin,
1eastwise, them that hadn't killed afore. So the
boys got kind O skeert, and d-n the bird would
they pit agin hin1-so jist turned him among the
hens and kept him for the good he had done.
avail, kept him about five years. till the old fell
Ter got to be stun blind and bald headed, and times
git to be all scrouging hard in old Virgnny per-
visions was alfred high, and money sneakn scarce
and then my young 'uns had got most uncommon
powerful appettes-soI begun to think about killing
the old cock It pulled right street again the grain
l tell ye now, but had to deu it, so did. I kasous
ed him into bucket uf bilin' water and, deu you
believe it why, it tuck ten of my young 'uns and
big pair of pinchers hull day to git the critters
feathers out
|
'EWall, guess you mought as well put him in the
: oven,p says l. So she kind a basted him all ovel
with possum fat put him in big dish with about 6
half busheI Ov sweet pertaters, and baked HIN
, brown ~ Here Phil stuck his hands into the peck
cts of his pants cen to his elbows-shrugged hi
shoulders, drew long breath, and
II kinder guess said he "twas later and smell fo
dinner thatday any how fur of all ofthe eternal tough
poultry ever heard on, that cock was leetle NIT
, the hardest! l tuck him out into the kitchen ant
:" carved him up with the axe-a swetten job
had on it, teu. Put him into a steupan, anc
kind a. parbiled him till next day-but it was n
arthly use the more he billed the tougher he got
My young 'uns all got to cryin with the jaw ache
and the old woman, she squirmed her head aroun'
and squeaed right out. What on airth's the matter
s said ~
/ "Thar's bone in my throat SEE She"
= Now, knowed that was lie for the jaws Of hu
man natur never could got to the bone IN tina
s chicken so thought I'd ist look and see what all
ed her, and you may ist spread me all over with mo
# lasses and then lick me off, if there war'nt abou
l. ten inches of the sharp eend of gait that had com
i out Nv the old cock stickin' street out he
/ throat That kind made me mad, so kasouse
him into the iron pot and billed him again like al
, fire! | had a young possum in the house that +
killed the day afore after the old cock had bile
e about six hours steady, made pie on 'em, bot
e together, and baked him agin! s5- -.
> That pie did look almighty nice, now tell you
8, my mouth kind itched and twitched at the col
e ners like, when looked at it, and the young un
jumped around for rale joy. Dang you old boy think
7: l. sot down teu dinner-Pve weakened yo
some tits time, any how. 80 eaz
D. s9Givc me the middle piece, PHIL ses my wife.
l. 'Sartu, Prude," SEE / and with that stuck tn
" knife into It, when .T -aaet.
P, tTuk! Tux! Tuckarooh ! +"
. Just you stop your foolin, young Zeph, SEE