Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1850-11-21
sTRoUDsBURG, a.


joined the company unperceived. He was stran-
ger that no one recognized, and none could ever
have seen him before, for the eye that beheId him
once might never forget his image. Habited all
over in a fresh suit of leather ornamented with
fantastic figures, with panther skin cap sur
mounting masses of raven hair rolled in wild tan
giles, his immense waist cinctured by broad belt
literally bristling with pistols Of almost gigantic
stature, with face of bronze and hands, Of iron
the latter grasping an enormous gun, double bar
relied and both hammers at half cock, the unknown
seemed the ideal Of muscular force and dabolical
bravery. f,i- .g.sea ses h-ei9,H !, ,,,,-. fti.
Every eye was riveted on this strange tower Of
human strength, but for several minutes every hP
was dumb. In the meanwhile the giant did not
appear in the least disconnected by the common
scrutiny and wonder, elected by his advent. He
only opened the cavern of his throat and gave way
to an irrepressible CONFUSION Of laughter.
Encouraged by this ambiguous sign Of idiocy or
good humor, Gen. sSmoot yentured to address the
phenomenon nj ,-r o. --{,g, 81 ..,zs -.s. 7s;,-e
You say you are acquainted with Mr.. Yell lr
reckon isn't nuthin' else replied the nn'
known, proudly Is 2sd5sHi i.Aa &a+ssi s'
'What sort of a man is he 81. 5aa 17at s.aHl
hes man pa 70 sazsg s5' 90 h5..azas1 sE
will he fight = -
Yes, he'll fight anything, from the devil on his
burnin' throne, up sassay lawyer with his
skull empty of brains and his pocket full of pis-
tols.' se9 = rrfre-fH All .af.ifa4augsaf s-t q
Have you ever seen him fight = ..r...s ada
Lord haint seen him give it TO old he bars !!
He didn't mind their teeth as much as your or me
would the scratch of a blind kitten The CON-
parison was accompanied by another roar of mer-
riment. --.+4 +,e t-.-. -sf-t..- .t..sl ,...-
4 do not doubt Mr.. Yell is perfect hero in
bear fight said Smoot, angrily, but can he fight
men eh 2
'Why, bless my soul-case. replied the unknown,
Indignantly, that's his reg liar trade, whilst bear
fghtin's is only fun to keep his hand in. / wish
you could have seen him lick old Hoss Allen
You know as how they are both bully lawyers,
but Archy Yell was always the cuiesl and so that
made old Hoss tarnal mad, but he might as well
have tried to scare a steam engine. Archy dOdg
ed two bullets, and bein' without weapons hisself
cotched old Hoss by the throat and begun to
squeeze away like cotton press The old Hoss
jerked out big knife and begun tickling Archy's
ribs; but he couldn't make him langh nor let go
his holt on the windpipe neither. He Cut his in
trels, but Archy held up with his left hand and
choked i'm harder than ever with his right. At
last old Hoss lost his breath, his eyes turned red
as niggers, and he tainted till his knife dropped
out Of his fingers. Archy picked it up; but he
ddnt strike it TO his enemy's heart! No, he wur
too brave for such towards trick as that. He
hollered, Here, boys throw some water IN old
tors shop to get my intrels sewed up
You are capital story y-teller,' said General
SmOot with sneer. will you be so good as to
favor US with your name ?ag.ss f.; bsl -sb a-s
They call me good natured Bill Buffum,"' re-
piled the giant with an obstePerous roar, such as
a young lion might emit could he be provoked 10
the amusement of laughter a"3 5sst ,eg1Fst H
The bystanders, however, felt no disposition to
unite in Bills explosive merriment. for Col. Leep
er. Tennessean, and well acquainted with Judge
Yell, came up in time to hear the narration ofthat
singular combat confirmed the tale, batting only
the fguratiye fourishes OF rhetoric. slga aaG seI
The new Judge is real hero, then, inquired
Reub Reynolds, ESQ.
He is the bravest Of the brave. | must own
that, although we are sworn and eternal enemies,
answered Col. Leeper. AsL as nsqe.s ca a
This arowal elongated TO a most lugubrious
stretch dozen legal vsages, and caused even
the duelist, Smoot 10 ground his sword cane Lit
tie time, however, remained them to speculate on
the consequences Of the astounding fact for in
moment good-natured Bill Buffum shouted, with
his inseparable chuckle. Inl stsb 7ai g aaa3 a
Wonder comes Archy, God bless his lion eartr
With this exclamation every eye was turned to-
wards the door, through which man Of most
striking appearance was seen entering, with bow
of dignifed courtesy and smile of irresistible
sweetness. ora tall, slender, but snewy frame
and shape elegant and symmetrical wo
mans, his blue eyes beaming with the brilliant yet
calm light Of soul full Of passion . fire. but self
possessed, his whole person wearing the indescrb-
able air. and his face the countepnace of gentle
man to whom popular manners had grown sort
of second nature dressed in rich but plain cloth.
ing, the stranger looked the double personi6caiion
of one born to power yet educated to please. and
therefore sure of command, because he would ex-
cite in others the will to obey. '"'''' 1@ t"'7.s
His blue eye went like fash Of mild sumner
lighting around the circle of spell-bound gazers,
his fine head almost imperceptbly nodded, and
his winning smile seemed to melt into every sep
arate heart. He held out his hand to only sin
gle acquaintance, for he had but one there who
was friend; but the greeting he gave to that one
acquaintance made him hundred new friends,
My dear Buffum, how happy am to see you.--
Hearty as buck, too, and looking good d-natnrbed
and grave as ever!' His voice was clear as the
tones of silver bell, with a ringing echo Of soft
music that fingered on the ear and penetrated the
soul 9Io7isg moif sfns63ie,9 qt} bs.o. !
The giant Bill Bufum grasped the proffered
hand with a gesture Of awkward bashfullnessr
He blushed; he did not or could not speak but
one great tear Of Joy. pride and pleasure rolled
from his wild black eye and fell on the Judges
fingers Aye,9that was a greateful triumph of a.
rude but faithful heart. -. 49,
That trivial incident caused an immense sensa
ton, and was fruitful of Consequences. A loud
muImur of backwoods voices swelled up He's
gentleman! He amt ashamed to shake hands with
leather hunting SHIFTS He bows to common folks!
He's the right sort OF Judge! Well fight for
him = .,s.a,,ss Or ao, r
: Then the face of Gen, Smoot was like the con
yrlsed face Of q, demon. and all his legal myrmnll