Des Moines courier. ([Ottumwa] Iowa) 1848-1854, 1851-05-02
WHOLE NO. 1872.

So ! gin yell louder than locomotive
whistle, and il war long -afore | seet
The Deacon's Two dogs comm down like
as if they war seein which could ge
thar fusi. -, .s... =
81 know'd who they war arter-.hey'l
jlne the bull agin me, I,war sariain, fol
they war orful wenemous and had q
spite agin me. .3s- ~ - L.-,,
$50 says i old brindle, as ridin is as
cheap as walkin on this route, if you've
no objections Iii jist take deck passage
on that ar back o. yourn So was nj
long gettin asiride Of him. then if YOU d
been thar you'd ave sworn thar war nj
nothin human in that ar mix the siIe
flew so orfully as the criiter and rolled
round the feld-one dog on one side
and one on t'olher tryin to clinch my
feet s&tF'@
Il pray'd and cuss'd and cuss'd and
pray'd, until couldn't tell which I did
last--and neither war'nt of no use, they
war so orfully mixed up. ef a"#aaaf "z
swell | reck on | rid about an hour
this way. when old brindle thought il
war time to stop TO take in supply of
wind and cool li,tle So | list clum
up on branch, kalkelaiin to roost thar
till starved, afore I'd be rid round in
that ar way any longer. @ aaaaa mo7. g.
IL war maxim tracks for the top o.
the tree, when | heard suthin a maxim
an orful buzzin over head. kinder
look up, and if thar war'nt-well
ther's no use swearin now, but it war
The biggest hornets nest ever built !igaHE
you'll gin in now reckon Mike.
case thars no help for YOU! But an
idea struck me, then, that I'd stand
heap better chance ridin the bull than
whar | war. SAYS |, 'old feller il you'll
hold on LII ride to the next station an
yhow, let that be where il Wilt aa
$50 | jist dtapped aboard him agin,
and looked alolt 10 see what I'd gained
in changin quarters; aud gentlemen. I'm
a liar if thar war'nt nigh half bush
el Of the s,ingin varmints ready to pitch
ihto me when the word go was gin.
-"Weil, reckon they got it, for all
hands started for our company! Some
on 'em hit the dogs-about quart stuck
me, and the rest charged on old brindle.
"This time the dogs led off fust, dead
ben, for the deacon's, and as soon as
old brndle and could get under way
we followed! Aud as ] war only
deck passenger. and had noihin to do
with steerin the craft, sware if ! had
we should mt have run that channel any
how .s--,t ...--.......
"Rut as l said afore, the dogs took the
lead, brindle and | next, and the hor-
nets drek ly arter. The dogs yellin-.
Brindle bellerin, and the hornets buzzin
and slingin ! ! didn't say nolhin, for j,
war mt no use. .......---.... ..............
"Well we'd got about two hundred
yards from the house,. and the deacon
hern US and come out. seed him hold
up his hand and turn i0hite !! ! reckoned
he, was prayin then, for he didn't expect
to be called for so soon, and it want
long nither afore the hull congregation,
men, women and children cum out, and
then all hands went to yellin -. a... ~.
'None of 'em had the fust notion tha.
brindle and belonged to this world
| jis. turned my head and passed tAe
tluH congregation, see the run would
be up soon, for brindle couldn't turn a
inch from fence that stood dead ahead!
"Well, we reached that fence, and |
went ashore over the old critters head,
landing on 'tolher side, and lay thar stun
ned. Itwar'n, long afore some Of 'em
as was not so scared, cum round to see
whatI war! For all hands kalkelated
that the bull and | belonged together -
Blu; when brindle walked off by himself,
they seed how il war, and one of 'em
said, Mike Fink has got the uust o the
scrimmage once in his Hfe' -
"Genllemen. from that day drapped
the courfia Dizziness, and never spoke
TO a gal since And when my hunt is
up on this yearth, thar wont be any
more FINKs and its all OWN to Deacon
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