The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1851-01-06
: MISCELLANEOUS.
SMOKING AGRIzzLY.
BY SOLITAIRE.

Fly 2" exclaimed an old Oregon gold digger,
with whom we were engaged in a "bar" con-
versation one evening on Jamestown bar.
"Never," said !, in all seriousness, "it
his never been my good fortune to encoun.
ter one Of the beautiful ,armints."
'"WeIl hoss, who you do, perhaps it won't
be the pleasantest minnit you've ever he d,
for thar aint no rarmint in these hills. MOI
any whar else I've ben, that kin kick wuss,
either round or sideways, than full grown
Grizzly" ,.s...,
"But you can easily get out Of the way
Of a clunsy animal like that" said !, pro-
voking the old digger into yarn Of his ex-
perience in regard to Grizzlys.
o. "Well, when you kin get out of thur way,
little fellarI give you my advice to get out
quicker, for though they aint built raal beau
iilul for runnin', they lopc awful smart when
thur arter humin' crtter. was despe-
rate glad to get away from one myse U once
l had provoked him TO the edge of bar
story, and knowing from his manner, that
his relation of such an occurrence as getting
away from Grizzly would be interesting,
tempted him on. eo-FEI
Where did yousay you fell in with him?
81 didn't say fell in with him anywhar,T
answered he "cuss the varmint, be fell in
with me, and III a leet!e ruther hev fell in
with the Old Nick Jest at that mint. Il was
over thar Two miles tother side of the bIgh
ridge beyond SuIivan's looking arter that
gray mule of mine-and ;alkn' about wick
ed things, Jest puts me thinkin' what de.
tarminedly vicious sarpint that gray mule
was Well, was huntin hel, and arter
runnin' over the hill, and shootin' down
half dozen II gluches, began to get out Of
wind and set down to bless that gray crit
ter for the many trsmps she had given me-
Ill swar no lariat 'ud hold her not ef it was
made Of bull hide an inch thick. Ihann't
sot morn mint. when heard a snort,
and roar and growl, and a right smart
spfiHklil' oil fast tfayelin' all mixed up to.
gether. Looking up a perpendicular hill
Hight behind me, thar ! saw comm, my gray
mule, putin in her best licks, and few
d yards behind her was grizzly, not much
Target than ycariing. Many aulinlarnal
! scrape that mule has taken Inc into alore,
p but this was rather The tightest place she
. yer did git me into. hadn't q weepun
7 about mt, 'ce pt one Of those mean, one-bar-
!! feled auction pistols and that hadn't a
: : consafned mite 6f load in, and i hadn't
! Inuthih' 10 load il With. and no time to put
!. lii in, ef | had, shdef it had been loaded
/. il wouldn't heve been worth cuss isnt
"Yoh had bettet believe, boys; that tfiy
: skin got moist sudlint-thar watent no dry
Idiggins under myred shirt, long afore that
lgtizsly got down the bill. The inlarnal
mule no sooner seed me than she jesl
wheeled around and put me atween hel
and the bar, and stood of to see IL
wouldn't lick him about as easy as used ,tC
whale her when she got Stubborn, Old griz
ely drawed up, when he seed me, and gin
to roll his old barrel head about, and grunt
3 as ef Twas mor'n he bargained for and +,
q Jest given him that mule easy, to hev got of
y square. AS the lellers say at monte, ht
= was d lay out | didn't want 70 BET on, yal
\ lcomme backini out and waited I,
! make tia draw game bu! he. kept shuf
fin up to me, and any leller who had beef
close to bis head, would hey gin his Who'll,
pile just to get a chance to cut. ] ,consid
cred my effects--that pan, rocker and CROW
bar-jest as good as ministered upon; ant
! almost felt the coroner sitlin' on my body
| stuck my han,ls into my pockets to see
4 there warn; q knit about me, and ! pulIel
: out half dozen boxes Of Lucifcr Matches
i that had Just been bought that afternoon. -
4 Idoht know what put il into myIhead, bu
Il ] sot box q blazins, and held It out towards
. old grizzly, md rekin you havn't often see
e two eyes slick Out wurser than his did then
Y He drew back ht least ten yards, and settiI