The Daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1845-1850, 1849-07-11


DAVE HARRIS. Anybody that's lived in
Galveston Bay, could tell you who Dave Harris
war. recon he won't dlsremember his FIRST
surveyin eXpedishun in hurry.-He war as
green man as liver you see catched, but he al
lowed he war alfred knowin--one Of them ttoo
smart' ones preached about smart piece ago.
Dave war little thirsty Yankee, that looked
Jest sil he'd been fetched up dried Goldfish tails
he war so thin and dry. You'd lated if you could
have seen his rig for his first expedishun; he had
more blankets and riggn than would have sarved
out dozen, and his saddle war hung
around with coffee pots and tin cups, till it looked
jest like tin pedler's wagon horseback, and as
for spurs, he'd mounted the biggest pair | ever
see, good six inches across the rowell The first
night we camp'd out war on Clar Creek whar
he'd staked out, and we war sitting round the
fire on the ground, tein big snake stories for
Dawes edi6cation, when all of sudden he iumpt,
gin most onarthly yell, and then keeled up.
"Oh, Lord!" says he" Oh, Lord /! Oh,
Lord /! !"
"Why, what's the matter, Dave 20 says |,
ooh, Lord Pm dead man; tear out nv hat
linin and give me chunck of coal, | want TO
make my will drectly.-Oh, Lord Oh, Lord,
that should have quit the place whar | lived to
home down east to come out here and be killed
by arGttesnake p
ga rattlesnake :" SEES I. "Hurrah boys hunt
him up! arter him, or else some OF the rest on
us'll catch it 20
Well, we stirred up the fire till it gave pow.
erfull light, and hu nted all round, but couldn't
see no sign of anything like snake so we give
it up, and all hands went 10 what we could
do for Dave. II said he war bit whar he set on.
and we inspected pretty close, but couldn't find
nothin serius-thar wasn't any swelln nor moth
in of that sort TO speak on, and finally he got more
docious, and gin that he warnt agoin TO make.a
die of it that time, but he swar it war snake bit
him, only he reconed he'd jump up so mighty
spry that the varmint hadn't time TO get the pisen
in He come up to the fire agin and dropped on
his knees (Which war the way he'd been a sittin
atore,) then he sunk down till the biggest part of
him hit on his heels, and the mint it did, up he
jumped agin and yelled out
"Snake snake snake %
"Shet up" ses you dog -on, no.account,
critter, ifyou can't tell darn fool par of spurs
from rattlesnake, ye'd best stayed to home and
sent your old woman land huntin.'
A WORD TO THE WISE. 1t is of no particular
use to talk about the Free Democracy leaving
their position. They will not do it. The other
parties may butt against them as hard as the ne
gro didsagainst the grind stone.. and they will
make as much impression-just about. When
Clay and Polk were the course, $4,000 men
refused to vote for either. Four years later with
the additional provocation Of Taylor and Cass the
natural result came-300 900 men took the same
course. II, four years hence the old organza.
tons shall try the old game of submission or
compromise, 500, 900 will be found mot enough.
to be sure, to choose President, but enough to
render the result mere matter OF chance and
guess work. Loac.H american.