The Woodville Republican. [volume] (Woodville, Miss.) 1847-1853, 1852-11-16

Oi covering thrif butter when coming
market his face was clawed all over. a. ~
q he had il raked by cat held fast by tn
: tail his head was unsho,n. II being "to'
elicate sn affair" as . said about h.
wife character. His complexion sugges
: ed sud idea to philosophical young ina
present. on which he wrote a treatise, ded
Gated TO Arthur Tappan, proving thal To-
negro was only a white well pumraelled (;
and h,s general swelled appearance wouid
induce belief he had led ihe iorlon hop,
VA slormlng beehive.
The coone's manner did not exactly
proc aim the eonquering hero" but his
atiabiiiy was undimlniShed. aud addressed
them with, Happy to see you, gents how
are you all aud then attempted TO en-
ter the tavern but Buck Daily arrested
him with, "WLy, colonel, | see you have
had sknmmage. How did you make i, I.
You dldn come out al the little eeHd Of
the horn, did you ?" mo, not exactly,
had tight 6t OF it, though, You know
Bill Patterson; he weighs one hundred aud
seventy live pounds, has not al ounce Of
/, supertuous flesh, is as slrsighi as an Indian
} aud Ms active as wildcat and as quick a
power, aud very much OF man, | assure
/ you. Well my word was out TO lick him !;
80 hardly put up my horse before found
hun al the courthouse door, aud, to give
; him white mans chance, ] proposed al.
. Iernatves to him. He said his daddy long
| ago, told him never TO give IiebiIl, aud he
: was tot good at running. so he thong he
+. had best fight. BY the time the word was
+ Ialfy Out of his mought, | hauled off. ard
= took him in The burr OF the eal that raised
}, a singing IN his head, tha, shade him think
d he was IN Mosquuoe town At II we went
= Ike ki ling snakes, so good man. so good
y boy we had it round aud round. aud
d alb jut aud about, as dead yoke as ever puI
b Ied at a ong chalR.
Judge Mitchell was oil the bench, aud rs
,oou AS the cry of fight was raised. the
{ bar aid jury ran OF and left him. He
: shouted, II command the oeace," within
= the courthouse aud ther ran 5uI to see the
fight and cried out "l cant prevent you -
: .Iair fight "stand back :" and he caught
parson Benfeld by the CELLAR Of the coat,
who he thought wa about TO interfere and
sung him on his back al ea-i fifteen feet,
"ll was the evenest aud Longest fight ever
fought every body was tired OF il; and
must admit in truth. that was there he
nude an s9o1 10 enter the tavera But
several voices called out (which whipped
dow die yon come Out ?" "Why. much
as tell you; we had il round aud round.
about aid about, over aud under. !. could
throw him at wraste bnt he would manage
some way 10 turn me. Cd Spartowhawk
was there who had seen all the best fighting
AT Nalc!lez, Under the hill, in the days Of
Dad Girty aud jim Snodgrass; and he says
my gouging was beautiful; one OF Bills
eyes is like the mouth of all old ink boltlo,
only as the fellow said describing the jacks
as. by the mule, it is more so.
But, in fact there was no great CHOICE
between US. syou see. look like bavlng
ran iuto brush fence of dark nighl. So we
made It round and round. and about and
about" hire again he attempted a retreat
into The taUera. But mary voices deman
ded. WHO followed :" Which gave up =!
How did you hurt your hand "Oh
| forgot TO tell you that, as aimed a sock.
do olager at him he ducked his head, aud he
en- dodge like diedapper, aud hitting
awkardIy, sprained my wrist: so, being
like fellow who. when it raj led mush. had
NJ spoon, ! changed the suit and made a
,rump-and went iH for eating In the
scufie we fell, cross aud pile, and. while
he was chawIne my finger. my head was
between his legs his woolen jean bntches
did not taste well, but found bare place
where the seat had been worn out, aud
meat in abundance so laid hold OF good
mouhiul, but the bit came out and find |
lug his appetite still good for my finger,
adopted Doctor Bones, the toosmith's pa.
tent method Of removing teeth witl.out the |
aid OF instruments, aud extracted two Of
his incisdrA. and then could put my finger
III or oul at pleasure
However, shall. for scme time. have
Ian excuse for wearing gloves without be-
ii ing thought proud ne sOso tried 10 es
C tpe under oovS fa ERgh But yox pop.
ull again. $50 you tanned hum. did you
How did the fight finish : You were not
parted! You fought il oui did you?
The colonel resumed. why, there is no
telling how the fight might have gone sn
old VifgInian. whs lad seen francesca. aud
| Otey, aud Lewis aud Blevens, aud all the
I best men OF the day, said he had never seen
auy one stand up to their fodder better than
we did
We had Tough. round and round. and
about aud about, all over the courtyard.
and. at last, just to eud The fight, every
body was getting tired Of it; SO. at i-s-a'st.
| hoIIored ii Ext colonel.
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