Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1850-11-16
PARISH OF BERVILE LA, NOVEMBER Is, 1850
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No sez I, ] wont do no such er dog on thing
for when likes er chap likes him, an wher
| don't like him, don't like him; but if yor
wants to fight, I'm your man!
You oughteer seen Arch then think he
was the most madest man that ever wobbled or
two hind legs! He rard, an cussed, an swore
tell you'd er thought the day Of judgmen'
was at ham!
When see him cuttn up that way, COM
menced gettin' mad too, an my knees they be.
gin to shake, sorter like had er chill; AM
Skeer'd !-no sir'-an' l sposed thar wal
gwne to be the devil to pay! give you my
wore, i aint bin so wrathy afore but once since
an that was t'other day when Mat Cain, the
blacksmith drunk, up my last bottle of "ball-
face" an when l tack him bout it, sed he
thought it was milk.
But that aint neither here nor thar As I
was er sayin', Arch, he cussed at me an Gus
sed at him an the fellers what was along with
ne sed beat him all holler!
Toreekly begin to git tired Of jawin' away
SO much al sez l Arch, whats the use of ma
kin sich er ALFRED racket bout nuthin? spose
we make it up!
Good as wheat, seq he.
Well, sez /, give US your paw; but thar's one
thing you sed what sorter sticks in my craw yit,
an ef you don't 'pollogise, I'll wI.ollupyou for
| it right now.
What does you mean! he.
Sez |, didn't you say once that my preachin'
warn't nothin' but loud hollern!
Yes seq he but didn't you send me word one
time that you b'lieyed l was skeered OF you
an, the fnst chance you got you'd take the
starch out'n me as sure as er gun!
Sell, yes, kooly, but what does that sig
! nifty! Ass' = 1..* i zets-*r'-s
Well sez he, eff you'll take back what you
sed, III take back whatI sed. .g..<
Then begin to git as mad as all wrath; an
sez l, you eternal sheep p-stealn' whskey- -drin-
kin niggef-lammin' bowl legged taller faced son
OF er-never mind-what, does you want me
to tell er lie by chawin' up my own words !?
Eff that's what you're arter, just come on, an
I'll larrup you tell your nanny wont know
you from pile of sassage meat.
So we kept er ridin' on an er cussin' one
another worse than two Choctaw Injuns, an
toreckly we cum to the ferry-boot where we
had to cross the river. Soon as we got thar,
Arch he hoped down off'n his ole hoss, an
commence shuckin' hissef fur er fight, an
jumped down too. / see the devil was in him
as big as er bull, SO begin griffin my teeth.
an lookin' at him as spunky as Dominicker
rooster; an now, sez Mister Arch Cooney,
sed Id make you see sites, an the fust thing
you know I'll show um to you! Then pull
led off my ole Sunday -go-to-meetin' coat, an
slammed it down on er stump, an SEE lay thar
ole Methodist, till learn this coon some
sense!
- soon see thar was gwine to be the busti.
nest fight that ever was; so rolled up my
sleeves, an Arch rolled up his'n, and we war
gwine at it regular.
Now, seez he, ole pra'r meetin', just pitch
i'm! So NJ
We'll, Ibegin sidelin' up, and he begin side
lin' up, an soon as | got close huff to him. so as
could hit him sockdoleger, sez he, hole on
er minit--this grounds too rooty-wait till /
clear the sticks away from here, SO as eau
have a fair chance to give it to you good!
Don't hollor till you're oui'n the woods, seq
I-p'raps when Pm done with you, you wont
say my preachin' amt nuthn but loud hollerin,'
l spec. -,re ,aats.
When he'd done scrapin' off the groun' it
looked just like two bulls had bin thar, PAWN
up the dirt give you my word it did. a.5
Well, as | sed before, he sidled up and sidled
up, an now sell look out for your bread, bas-
ket, ole hoss, fur ef happen to give you er jolt
thar, p'raps it'll turn your stomach.
So thar we stood, head and tale up, lest like
two chicken cocks in layin' time; an sez to
him, Arch I'm gwine to maui you tell you wont
know yerself! ~
Soon as we got close enough, an l see he
was about to make er lunge at me, ] unbotton
my galowses, an Day-be-so, then I'll show you
them sites what we was talkin' bout!
Well, all the fellers was stannn' foun' ready
to take sides in the fight, an toreckly the chap
what KEEP the ferry, he gin to get tired Of keep
in the ferry.boat waitin', an sez he, cuss your
pictures, I'm not gwine to keep this here boat
waitin' no longer, an people on t'other side
waitin' to get over, so, eff you wants to fight.
you come over OF, tother side an fight thar!
Good as ole wheat, 3sez ]; emmy thing to keep
peace away--ef you say SO, let's get in the
boat and settle it over thar. Well, they all
agreed to that without sayin' Ell. word, an Arch
he got into the ferry boat, and all the fellers
they foilered. When the boat was bout push
in of, jumped onto the eend of it, an was
gwine to lead my hoss on, too, but the alfred
critter was skeerd to jump unto it, an seq | TO
the man what KEEP the ferry, why in the hell
don't you wait tell I gifts this burned four.lep-
ged critter into the boat? He didn't wait to
say er word but KEEP shovein' the boat out, and
tereckly my hoss begin pulIin' back with The
bride an er holein on TO it, an the first thino
i knowd down | went kerswash, into the
drink! Sou see, in about er mint thar / was,
on this side Of the river, an thar was Arch on
'tother side, an no chance to git at him. I tell
you, L was hot then Ian what was worser.
Arch, be hollerd ont and sed he believed
skeerd the hoss an made him pull back On
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