Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1851-03-18
Incidents Of ElrIy Life in Texas.

leans Delta" writing from Texas,
says the foil OWN; anecdotes were re-
lated to him by a gentlemen Of the
strictest yeracity:
The narrator once had occasion to
make a journey Of some thirty or
forty miles; and his wife having pre-
pare ID his provisions Gin case he
shollld have to camp out,) amongst
whi{h were some nicely baked SAHARA
rtus biscuits she having by some
chance obtained a small supply of
tlouf, andretained sufficient recollec-
ton Of the luxur;es of former days
to q able her to edo them up brown"
II e started very early; and the way
beir q lonesome he rode fast for some
time, until he emerged into large
praI rie, when he observed some per-
son on horseback mile Or two dis
tant. lie spurred up his horse to
owe take the traveller, keeping his
eye upon him all the time, Fhen he
saw him go down into tn E bottom Of
IA 81 hall creek, at the crossing. He
rod i on very quietly, expecting each
moment to see the tray ller appear
aboEe the horizon, until more than
sufficient time had elapsed for him
to merge from the bottom, When our
frie nd became alarmed lest the Indi-
ans had Slot him with an arrow. So
he Bteered for crossing a short dis
tan be above, making his way very
eau tiously, gan in hand. AS he Was
CROSSING the creek, he observed tie
traveller horse tied to a bush in the
] bot tom; bat as he could see nothing Of
the owner, lie concluded to make
tracks" as. fast as possible, when, as
| he rode up the opposite bank, he was
hailed with:
/ 4 Hello, stranger, hold on a few
min utes; I'm going that way myself
dir{ city
Thereupon our friend stopped and
loo king closely in the direction Of the
void e, discovered its owner laying
viii his feet up the slope of the bank,
at ah angle Of a degrees, while his
head was immersed in the water, and
but small portion Of his phiz being
perd eptable.
:" What the. ID are YOU doing
thelI e?" inquired our friend.
. Why, I'm soaking my head to
get This internal rawhide cap off
The sun has drawn i, SO tight that it
.won1 come off, and it makes my head
achd dreadful
Al fter the stranger had eaaed his
achi he temples by the removal Of his
raw hide cap, the two ioluneNed on
for 5 pme miles, when the traveller
bran ched off, and our friend legged
ON s litarv and alone until he arrived
at his destination, short time before
shutdown. Being an oil d acauaint1
ance, every one was glad to see him.
The children came in, and after sha-
kig hands with them all, .h@ went to
his ) lddle-bags, and taking out some
oi his biscuits gave them all one
.apieGe-well knowing that it was sell
dom they ever saw such III Nqries.
After sitting awhile in the house,
in cd nversation with the ''Jld folks, "
he Ii card the children maxi Ing consid-
erabl E noise over something in the
ybrd and being seated near the door
wherb he could look out and observe
them, I'D turned around to see what
they were at. One of the children
was between him and the objects Ct
SPORT on its moving its position he
saw that they had one of the biscuits
Oh UHe Sf0ullu WIFI codl oI He OIL
the t PIP crust, one of the boys on his
knee# before it, and the remainder
watch ling with the most intense inter-
est fa + some event, " hich he could
not divine, until one Of the boys eA-
claimed:
''Bl low a little harder, JIM D ~
him, he'll stick his he ad out direct
lyn
OF friend tainted. He was aware
that biscuits were anLarticle but sell
dom seen at that time, but that half
grown children should mistake clean,
nice, aone-brown biscuits for highland
terralbin, was too great a shock for
his nerves to withstand.
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