The Woodville Republican. [volume] (Woodville, Miss.) 1847-1853, 1851-06-24

mint naked, | reck'n.
"Ths bull war on ono side o the creeI
and on t'other and the way he made th,
{ SHE fly for time, as ii he war diggln' O. m,
grave, war dislressin!
"Couie on, yebelern' old heather, SAID
|, and don't be a standin' thar for as the old
: deacon says o the devil, yer n1t romely tc
4 look on.
"ThiS kind o reached his under,tandin,
r aud made hhn more wishous, for he hoofed
: a lutte like. and made drive. And as don't
}. like TO stand in any bodys way, gun him
; plenty ol sea room so he kiud o passed
: by me, and come on t'other side; aud as the
Capun o the Mud Swamp Rangers wou.d
say, " bout face, for muther charge"
I; Though thought war ready lor INN
this time, he cum mighty near runniu' ouI
% me. Sol made up my nund the next time
he went lie wouldn't go alone. So wheu
he passed, grabbedh his tai and he drug me
out on the siIe, and as soon as we war both
a topo' the bank, he stopped and war bout
comm 'rougd agln, when | begin putin to-
ther way.
81 reckon This kind o. ried Inn, for he
fust stood stock suil aud looked at me, and
then commenced PAWN and bellerin and
the way he made his hind germ fly IN the
air wor beautiful. ...r. -.. #.r| ..... .
:" But it war Mt no use, he coud't tetch
me, so he kind o stopped, to get wind Tor
something deviIish, as | jedged by the way
he started. BY tins time | had made up my
mind to stick 10 his tail as long as il stuck
to his back bone! did mt like to holler for
help, nuther, kase it war agin my principle,
and the deacon had preachin at his house,
and twas mt far off, nuther.
81 kuow'd if he hear II The noise the hull
congregation would cum down, aud as
war TIA married man, and had kind o han
KERN arter q gal that war thar, | did feel
as if | would like to be seed in that ar pre-
dicament. .- .. ..r,It... ..#.
80, ses |, you old sarpint do your GUS
sedest . aud so he did, for he drug me over
every hriar and every stump in the field, til
war sweatin' and q bieedm' like fat bar
with pack o. hounds at his feet. And my
name amt Mike Fink, if the old crittnr's tail
and didn't blow out sometimes at dead
level with the varmnt back. 3 "."'H
so you may kalkeate we made good
time. Bimeby he sackened little, and |
had him for time, for jisr drapped behind
a stump, and that snubbed the crltter. Now
ses /, you root up This ere white oak, un-
int yer tail, or jist hold on bit till | can
blow, . -....... .... f..sE Iau,.a.s
Well, while | war settn' thar, an idea
struck me that had better be a gettin, out
O this, some way or other. Blu! ho,c, adzac-
ly was the pint! If let 60 and run, he'd
be foul O. me sure
$50 lookin at the matter in all its bearins'
cum to the conclusion that I'd better let
somebody know whar | war So | gin a
scream louder than a locomotive whistle
and it warn long atore ! seed the deacon :
two dogs comm down like as if they war
seem which could get thar fust. -ss a
Il know'd who they war arter---they'd d
jine the bull agn me, | war sartin, for they
war awful wenamous, and had spite agin
me. III. ....s
$50; ses !, old brindle, as ridin is as cheap
IS walkln' on this route, if you've no objec-
tions, III jist take deck passage on that al
back o'.yourn. So | wasn't long gettin a
Z stride O. him; then if you'd been thar you'd
: ave sworn thar warnt i1othin human IN
/ that ar mix The sileflew so awful as the
cnttur aud rolled round the feId--one dog
r on one side and one on t'other, tryin for tc
! ketch my feet sya areFaG .a.
i II pray d aiid cuss'd and cussd and pray Z
s until couldn't tell which did ast--ant
neither war'nt Of no use, they war SO awfu
. mixed up. ......,.., .... ....,...t, -
4 "I guess rid about an hour this way
n when brndle thought it war time to stop t
s take in a supply o'wind and cool off bit
l. So WHEN we got round to a tree that stoot
II thar, he naturally halted u hr"T7a a@.
d "Now, ses I, old boy, You loose one pas
senger sartin. Sol jist come upon branch
r, kalkelatn' to ronst thar til starved, afor
If I'd be rid round in that ar way, any long
er. Nrs ua~. ode UCtt
s. II war maxim tracks for the top Of tn
d tree, when hear'n somethin' a maxim a
awful buzzin over head. / kinder locke
1t up, aud if thar war 'nt---well, thars no US
it O swarm now-but it war Tie biggest ho'
: nets nest erer hull !" E
er z"You'll gin in now reckon, Mike, cas-
tharis no help for you, But an idee strGc
III me, then, thatI' stand a heap better chanc
s. ridin brindle tlan wIlar war Ses /, oil
II. felIer, if you hold on, I'll ride to the mex
10 station, any how, let that be wharit may
n, $50 / jist drapp.d aboard him agin, an
;e looked aoft to see what Fdgained in char
ii gin quarters, and gentlemen, I'm liar
10 thar warn,t nigh half bushei o the stln2
a IN varmints ready to pitch INTO me when tll
word go was gln, H.. .....-5 XII. s,.1 %
~ al reckon they got il, for all hands starte
to for our company Some on EN- ht the dog
in about quart struck me, and the rest char!
tH ed brindle. t7Ni sH
IS l''Ths time the dogs lead off fust, des
st bent for the old deacon's--and as soon ;
nd brIndle and got underway we foIlered. 4
of war deck passenger, and had nothln'
at do with sieenni the craft, Lswofe if | ha