Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1850-10-26

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then we could run up the road to
old Nick Banners cpw-pen, and
Sally is almost alless on thar in the
cool of the even,n'; and in course we
wouldn't be Sc cruel as TO run the
poor critter in tie heat of the day.
But then agiu, I'D think I'd rather
have m!ler,--ior the 'ciiement
would be greater, and we could run
down the road to cd Withers s Or
chard an his gal Miry is frightfully
fond of summing herself thar, when
she spects me long aud she d hear
OF the race, certain; but then thar
war the four miles to my think;n,'
and d knew d in such case the cite
ment would be greatest ofalI, and
you know, too, from dad stable to
the grocery is jist four miles, an in
a.e OF any spute al h nis would be
Willin 10 run over even If it had 10
he tr ed a dozen mes. So never
could eide on which sort of colt to
wish for. 1t was fust one, then
t toihers. t!ll | was nearly 'stracted,
an when nam, maxim me religious,
tod ME one night 10 say grace, |
Jes shut my eyes, looked pious, and
yelled out, 'D-n it, gop and in
bout five minutes arter, came kick
N dad S slumak of, under the table
thlnkin war spurrin my crtter i'm
a tight place. So | found that the
best way was TO get the boss fust,
and then term!ne whether I should
lie Sally Banners, and the cow-pen;
Mlry Withers, and the peach orchard;
or Spillman grocery, with bald-iace.
You We seed my black colt, that
one that dads father gin me in his
will when he died, and | spect the
reason he wrote that will war, that
war, that he m ght have wan then,
Tor 1t S more than he had when he
was alive, for granma was mon
slrous oyerbearin woman. The cot
would cum up IN my mind, evesH
time d think whar / was TO get d
hoss. Git ou, sAit4l at fust-he
never couldrun, AMI sladS if he could,
mann rides him now, an he's too
o'd tor anything, 'cept totin her and
BEN called NINE; for you see, though
lie war named Colt, yet for the old
lady to call him old, would BIN like
the bar fectmg contempt for the rab-f
hi on account of the shortness of
his tail. HuI ssv a .- 49,, -
n"WelI, thought j, it does look sor-
ter unpromisin, but its colt or uone;
sol termned to put him in trainn
the fast chance. Last Satu day,
who should cum ridm up but the
new cirkut preachers "a long-leggca,
weakly, sickly, never-coniented-on
less the Observation-Disclosures
cooked-fur-hm sort of man but |
dtdn look at him twce, his hoss
was The crllter That took my eye; tor
the minute looked at him, ! knew
him 10 be The same boss as Sam
Spooner used to win all his splurgin
dimes with the folks said, and wot he
used to ride past our house so fine ON.
4 he hoss war a heap the wlss fo
age and change ofmasters; for prea-
cbers, though they're m;ty ticular
bout thar own comfort. seldom tends
10 their HOSES; for one is privit prop
eny and tother generally borried.
l seed from the way he preacher rid
that he diClnt know the animal he
war straddlin'; but did, and ter
mined ! wouldn't lose sich IA chance
OF trainin' Bolt by the side of a hoss
wot had run real races. So that n gilt,
arter prayears and the folks was
abed, j and Nigger Bill tuck the hos
scs and carried them down TO the,
pastur. liwarsa foriy-akerIot, and
consequently jisi quarter across,
lori thonghtIt best 10 promote Colt,
by degrees, to four-niIer. When
we gotthar, the preachers hoss show,
eel he warwhlin; but Colt, dang h NIL
commenced n:bblin' a fodder stack
lover The fence. ! neary cried for
vexment, but an idea struck me; /
hltched the critler, and told Bill to
glt on Colt and sticl9 tight (, hen ]
CIV The word.--Bill got reddy, and
unbeknownst to him1 pulled up a
bunch of Dettles, and as / claned
them under Colts tail, yelled, Cor
Down shut his graceful ike steel
trap, and away he shot SO quick an
last that he iumpt clean oui from un-
der Bill, aud got nearly TO The end
OF the quarter fore the nigger toch
The ground, ne in on his head, and in
course warn { huft--so we cotched
Coll, and Emoan ed him. gsa
ig'sIhe nexttime said go heshow
ed that age hadn't spilled his legs or
memory. Bill an me creed we
could run him now. so liilI i,nnnnied