The Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1850-1852, 1851-05-01

ssar'd more PEOPLE ,hsu Al. the par.
s'ns of,he settlement. aud cum nigh.
t. near killing few. Thinks |, Mike
Y u'rc in rather tieh. placc--gct
,oir fSins or CT he'll lc a ariv'n'
them BIZ horns o his in yer bowels
aiorc that time. Well. You'll have TO
uy the old varmm, naked. I reckon.
"The bull war on one side o tho
creek and on the other, and tho
way he made the silc ny for q while,
as if he war n digging my grave, war
distressing.
Come on We hcllcrin' old beathen,
sad |, aud don't be standing thar:
for, as the old Deacon says Of tho
devil, eyer NOT comcly ~ hook up.
on.
This kinl Of reached Iis undcrstan.
din, ard made him moro wfohns
for he hoo,cd little like, and madc
cr.ve. And as don't like to stand
in anyboay's way, gin him plcry
sea room. 81 hc kind Of Passed by
me and come on. on the side and AZ
the captain of the Mrl Swamp Ran.
gers woh say, "hoh face for anoth,
cr charge"
Though war ready for him this
time, he come mighty nigh running
foal Of me. So | made up my mind
the next time he wen. out hc worid'n<
be alone. SO when he pissed, I
graprlcd his tail, and hc pulled mc
out on the silc, aud as loon As We war
both a top Of the bank, old brindlc
stopped, and war about cummin' round
agn when | began lulin' tho o,l,ev
way.
"Well, | reckon this kind o ,iiei
Inn, for he tust stood stock still anl
looked at INC spell. and then COW
mcnccl paving and bcllcripy, ari tho
way he made his his hind gcarin'
! play IN the air war bcartiful.
"But it warn't no use, he couldn't
tech me, so he kind O stopped % get
wind for suthin dcvilish, as l judged
by the way he started. BY this timc
had made up my mind t, stick to
his tail as long as j, s,rck to his back
bsnc. | didn't like to hoiIor for help
nuthcr, knsc i. war asn my princi.
pies, and the deacon had preaching nt
his house, and it want far or nuther.
81 knowc1 if he hc'n the noise tho
! hull congregation would come down !.
and as ! warn't n married man, and
had a kind o hankcrin' arter Il sat
that war thar. | didn't feel as if I
would like to be seed in that ar pro.
dcament.
$50 says | yer old sarpcnt, do yer
cusscdest. Aud so he did for ho
drug me over every briar and .t-fn,,
IN the field, mth war swcatin' and
bieodin' like Sat bear with pack o
hounds Mt his heels. And my Mans
amt Mike Fink, # tho odd critters
tail and ! didn't blow ovt sometimes
at n dead level with the varmint's
back.
$50 you may kalkelatc we mado
good tune. ihmcby he slackcned
hhs pace, aud then had hun for
spell, for ! jst drapped behind n
stump and that snnbbei the ortter.
New, says !, you may pull up .ln.
white oak STUMP break yer tail--os
jest hold on Il b;t ill blow.
"WcIl, while ! war 8ettin' thar, an
idea struck me that ] had better br q
settln' out o this some way. But
hoc exactly was the pim. If I lel
20 and run he'd be foul Of me sure.
$50 lookin at the matter in all it's
bearings, cum 10 the conclusion that
Id better let somebody know whar I
was So gin a yeA louder than .
locomotive whistle, and it warn't long
afore ] seed the Deacon's two dogs
a comtnin down like as if they war
secin which coall get thar fust.
u klow'd who they war arter--
they'd jme the bull asin me, [ war
, oartln. for they were oriui wenemous
and had asptc agiu me.
$50 says |, old byinilc, as riding
Is as cheap as wakin, 0 his route, If
; you've no objections, III iist take a
deck Fasssge on ,ha, ar b',ct q tourn,
80 | wasn't very long getting sstrido
Of him, then if you'd BIN thar, you'd
. have sworn thar warn, no,lin human
in that ar mix, TIE sile few sogfully
, as the cri,tcr anl | rolled round the
; beld--one d'g on Que sido aud one On
b the o,i,cr--tryiug 10 clinch my feet.
81 r'ay'd and cnss'l and cuss' a
: and pray'd, until eonldn', tell which
! did at laet--ani neither warn't Of
no use, they war % orfully mixed
= up.
swell, ! reckon I rid about al
honr III, way, when Old brindla
though i, war time t. stop 70 take ia
t supply q Wind a,d cod off little.
+ 30 shcn Ne got round % a tree tina,
r stoJd thar, he naturally halted.
/ $50 says !, oh boy, you u Ioxs M.
= passenger sartain. 80 just elau
3 upon branch, kalsels+rr 10 roosr
}. thar I'LL J starved, afue I'd be r,d