The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1851-04-17

lions, Tlf Jist take . deck passage on that .
back Of yourn !! So wasn't long in geisil
astride o him, and then il you'd been thar
you'd fave sworn thar warn't nolhin human
in that ar mixi the sile flew 50 orfully as III,
oritter and Irolled round the field-one do:
one side and one on i'o,her, ,ryin 10 clincl
my feet! Ipray'd and cussed; and cusses
and prayed, until ! couldn't tell which di.
last--and neither warn't Of any use, the,
war 80 ortnlIy mixed up
We'll, / reckon nd an hour in this way
when my old bfindle ihoughs il war time tt
stop and take in a supply o. wind and COO
of liule J So when he got round atree
that stood thar, he naturally ,halied Now.
says !, old boy, you'll lose one passenger
sartin. So l jist cIun upon branch kalks.
latin-,o roost .harlill ! starved, afore I'd be
rid round 10 that wa any longer. war q
making tracks for the top Of the tree, when
] heard suthin maxim an orful buzzin over.
head. Kinder looked up and if thar warn'i
well, thai's no use o. swearin now, but il
war the biggest hornets nest ever buin.
you'll gin in now, reckon, Mike, case
thar'sno help for you. But an idea struck
me then, that I'd stand better chance a
rdin the old Bull than whar war. Says I,
old teller, If yon'll hold on, I'LL ride you TO
the next station, anyhow, lei that be whar
it will! So ! jist dropped aboard him agiu,
and looked aloft to see what bad gained in
changin quarters; and, gentlemen, I'm a
liar if thar wafn't nigh half bashel Of the
stingin vaSmints ready to pitch into me when
the word 'go' was gin! Wei, reckon they
gotii for 'all hands started for our compa.
ny! Some on 'em hit the dogs--about a
quart stuck me, and the rest charged on old
bnndle. This time the dogs led of (usl
dead ben, for The old Deacon's and as soon
as old brindle and could get under way we
followed. And as war only deck passen-
ger, and had nothin TO do with sleerin the
craft, swore il had we wouldn't run that
channel anyhow
But, as said afore, the dogs took the
lead-brindle and / next, and the hornets
dre'kly arer. The dogs yellin--brindle bell
lerin, and the hornets buzzin and stingin =
didn't say nothin, for il warn't no use.-
Well, we'd got within two hundred yards Of
the house, and the deacon hern US and cum
out. seed him hold up his hands and iurI
white Ireckon he was prayin, then, for
he didn't expect to be called for so soon, and
wam't long, neither, afore the hull congre.
CATION, men women, and childrep, cum out,
and then al hands went to yellin! None
of them had the fast notion that brindls and
belonged TO this world. jist turned my
head and passed the congregation! seed
that run wonld be up soon. for brindle could
not turn an inch from fence that stood dead
ahead
We'll, we reached that fence, and went
ashore, over the old critters head landing on
t'other side, and lay thar stunned. I, warn't
long afore some of lem as war not SO scared,
cum round 10 seewhat warI For all hands
kalkelated that the bull and belonged TO-
geiher But when brindle walked on by
himself, they seed how il war, and one Of
'em said, Mike Fink has got the wus of
scrimmage once in his life ?
Gentlemen, from that day drapped the
courtin Dizziness, and never spoke to gal
since! And when my hunt is up on this
yearth, there won't be any more FIsxs and
its all OWN 10 Deacon Smiths Bfindle RulIv