Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1849-04-27

moi exist.
To The Northern man, every s%ilicious
mass is a stone, be i, large enough
10 weigh a ton, while the Southern
ignores the word in toto, and calls every
thing of that description a rock, though
no larger than a midge's wing. The APP
plication Of this word is extremely ludi-
%crous, 10 one whose ears are unaccustom-
ed 10 it, and we remember laughing hear
lily at the idea Of picking up a rock 10
throw at a bird. When man or boy, BIZ
ped or quadruped, bird or beast, is pelted,
the unfortunate recipient of protective
favors is said TO be rocked, unless indeed
wood be put in requisition, and then he
is said to be chuRked.
In Arkansas, however, the term don
och usurps the place of either rock or
stone. That touching and popular South
ern ballad, yclept 'Rosin the bow con-
cludes in these pathetic words:
Then fetch me a couple of donochs,
Place one at nv head and my toes
Aud do not forget to write on 1T
The name of old Resin the bow"
No shadow of doubt can possibly re.
main in the mind Of any unprejudiced
person, but that the sovereign State Of
Arkansas may lay just and true claim 10
the honor Of giving birth 10 the interest
ing individual in question.
The further South you travel, the more
rude, wild, and energetic, the language
you will hear. Our newly acquired
State of Texas excels all others in addi-
tons and corruptions. The old Texan
has no farm, il is a rancho. A rope he
knows not everything in that line is eli.
Their a larridt or a cabberos, the one be-
ing made ofraw. hide twisted or plated,
and the inter spun by hand from the
hair of horses or neat cattle. He never
seeks or looks for anything, but always
hunts it. lie hunts bees, cattle, a missing
pair of oxen, Che calls them beeves.) or
Il doctor. Nothing leaves a mark 10 him,
he only secs a sign, whether of bird or
beast, friend or enemy. You hear of
turkey sign, bear sign, hog sign, COW
sign, Indian sign, &C., &c. When he
wishes to leave, he does not say with the
Yankee, 'Well, we'd better be a goin' bu,
'Lct'S ramtoS,' or 'Let's vamos the rancho
He never asks about the situation of The
grass on the prairie, but inquiries abou,
the summer or winter range. A fish
spear is 10 him a groin =; q boat q dugouf;
"a halter Il b%oSdal; a whip a guirt; a
house, no house, but Il log-pen; a drove
of horses is a carairde, and when a uni.
@versal fright among them occurs il; is Il
stampede. He does not kill his game +;
he SdreS, or gets ii or makes ii COME
Apropos TO this we will record an anec-
dote, for the authenticity Of which we
will vouch.
The noted Judge w. better known as
three legged Willie,' once attended a
barbecue for the purpose of addressing
the assembled multitude, and soliciting
their Ole for Congress. His opponent
had slain a man in a duel or street fight,
and was endeavoring 10 apologize and
explain the circumstances connected with
the act. Willie listened auentively With
a sheer upon his countenance, and when
he had finished arose and remarked :
The gentlemen need not have wasted
so much breath, in excusing himself for
having Sared a notorious rascal all OF
you know that | have shot three, and
Two Of them | got.'
The monosyllable there or, in the
back ,w~oodsman's language, thar-has its
original meaning so singularly perverted
and enlarged, and lays claim 10 so MANY
and such peculiar Specifications, thar il is
; worthy our especial notice.
A man who accepts an invitation TO a
frolic or a fight, a wedding or a funeral
probably answers, I'm thar. A person
wishing to imply that he is perfectly n
; home in anything, says he is thar; {
] good hunter or fisher is also thar. A
7 Jocky once sold a draught horse with hi,
recommendation He ain't no per,ike
. Ter beauty, stranger, TO boast on. bu
when you get TO the bottom of a hill
> with a load, he's thar | tell YOU TIL,
: poor man, however, found out that hi,
new purchase under such circumstance
certainly was thar, and thar he was like
= y to remain, as neither words o blow
9 could induce him to bulge a foot.
An amusing story is told in the South
"hlch Illustrates very well one of tn
. many uses of this word. The king O
: beasts, it is said, invited all his subject
10 a ball, and all attended in complianc,
! WIN the prlncely invitation, with The ex
ce,prion oil the poor donkey, who remain
y ed outside, solacing himself with the mu
q sic OF The v%iolins, that were merrily keep
ing time 10 The very fantastic toes of th,
Jocund dancers. Several messengers il
VAN were sent to press his entrance, an,
/. ne seems to have been siagulayly provided 70
! tRnere on the toel