Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1850-10-26
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>'oil uuu ueilEntlul, we BOt nlgnNle'
trees, and Preacher warn't passed
yet, and j gan TO get skecred, for it
4 warn't more than wide enough for a
hoss and half; so ] hollered to Bill
to hoel up, but the imperdent nigger
turned his ugly pictur and aid, 'he d
| be cussed if he warn goin' to play
/ his han OUT gin him to under
stand he'd better fix for foot-race
when we siopt, and tried TO hold mp
4 Colt, but he wouldn't stop. We.
reached the oaks, Colt tried TO pass
Preacher, Preacher tried to pass
Colt, AMI cowollop, crosh, cochunk!
we ali cum down like simmons arr
ter frost. Colt got up and won the
race; Preacher tried hard to rise, but
one leg hadgot threw the stirrup, an
10 her in in the head stall, am he had
10 lay still, doubled up like long
nigger in short bed. lit on my
feet, but Nigger Bill war gone en-
tire. looked up in the forks of one
ofthe oaks, and thar he war sittin.,
lookin' very composed ON surround;n
nature. lcou!dnt / get him down till
| promised not TO hurt him for DISC
beyin' orders, when he slid down.
Wed 'nuff racin for that night, so,
we put up the hosses and went to.
bed.
Next morning the folks got otready
for church, when it was diskivered
the HOSES had got out ] an Bill
started off'to look for them; we found
them clear off in the field, tryin' TO
git in the pastur'to run the last nights
race over, old Blaze, tine reverlushu-
nary mule, bein' along to act as
Judge.
by the time we got to the house
it war nigh on to meetin' hour; and
dad had started to the preachin', TO
tell the folks TO sing on, as preacher
and mann would be long bmeby.
AS The passun was in alhurry, and
had been comp'a;nin' that his creetur
war dull, / suade him to put OH
Uncle Jim sspurs what he fotch from
Mexico. saddledthe passun'shoss
takin' 'ticu'ar pains to let the saddle
blanket come down low in the flank.
BY the time these fixins war threw,
nam war head nigh on to a quarter
'We must ride on, passun,' / said,
or the folks'll think we is lost So
whipt up the mule rid, the passun'
chTrupt and chuct to make his crit
tur gallop, but the animal didn't
m'ndhim pic. gan TO gitveSt;
suddenhe thought of his spurs, sohe1
riz up, and drove them iminlhisi
hoss s flank, till they went through
his saddle-blanket, and like to bored
his nag to the holler. BY goshl bnt
it war quickener-the hoss kickt
till the passun had TO hug him round
the neck TO keep him from pi,chin'
him over his head. He next iumpt
up bout as high as rail fence, pas
sun ho!din on and tryin' TO git his
spms-but they war lockt--his breech
es split plum across with the strain,
and the piece of wearin truck next
the skin made a monstrous putty flag,
as the old hoss, like drunkards to a
barbecue, streaktitup the road.
"Mam war ridin slowly along, thin,
kin, how sorry she was cos Charv
DoRn, who always led her off; had
sich ii bad cold, and wouldn't be-
ab'eto sis her singin to day. She
war practisna the new hymns, and
had got as far as whar il says II have
race to run, when the passun hrv,
IN sight, an in boutthe dodgin of "a
d edapper, she found thar Wartrulhi
the words, for the colt, hearin the
hoss cmnmup behind, began TO show,
signs oi r.mn'n':eDut whenshe llearh
thepassun hollertwo vol to his hossg
he thought it We're me shouting,go!h
and sure huff off they started lis as
the passun got up even; SO it war a,
fair race. Whoop! git out, but il
war egIstin--the dust flew, and the
rail!fence appeared as strate as RE
fe. L har war The passml, his legs
fastto his critters fianxsarms lockt
around his neck, face as pale as al
rabbit. S belly, and the white flag
streemin' far behind--and thar war
Nam. fust on one side, and then ON
tother her new caliker swelied up
around her like a heariwith the drop
sey, the old lady so much surprised
she cuddent ride steddy. and tryinlto
tstophef colt, but he war 100 trained
to stop while he heard sgol' Nam
got 'sited at'lasts and her eyes gan
10 glimmel. like she seen her daddysi
ghost AKIN 'if he ever trained up a,
child or a race-hoss to be f.nid of a,
small brush on Sunday she COM,
menced riding beauiifuk SHE bracedl
herself uD In the saddle. and be0ip