Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1854-11-29
RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA, WsnNESpAY,

cot the bride all fxed dad. be cb0mped
lIthe bit jiiist ike a boss alters vas kosn-
plicatei. durn'd old fosa ny how and nam
h alers sed SO when be Wlr about), then
put on the geers, an or asl and me goes
i to the field, a leadins I'D az The bride,
and "a totin' thegopheH A'ug on my back.
: When We.eum 10 fheliepes. let down
gap, an il made dad k1aa hs wanted 70
Jump the fence on aHIhH9Fs. hoss Way.
S Ihitched him onto the d,paef, and away We
: went, dad leanin foral g sla pulllu rlghs
!, peart, and we made 81 plowin dad go-
S in rite over the sptoal md bushes same az
e a rale hoss, the only er wns be went on
e two LEGS. Presently q sasaffac
/ BUSH, and dad. 10 keaa bis xaF-acter as
r lhoss. balged SOUR i b fo> I'D th9a i, and
i ll4oesadevn ~ - - eato as pig
k as hoss's head, an allShe Ffihe klyered
him rite strate. He rared AM kicked once
or twice, an fetched squeat wus nor ara
a hoss in the destrict, an sotI to funnln
ID away. jist as natural as eyef you seed. l
let 90 the lines and holle9d, Woa dad,
ID woa p but ye mout as w9ll laid woa' to
Ill locomotive. GewhilicansI how ne run
When he cum to bush, hF d car the top
er Of It. gopher an all; prapshe thoughtthere
mont be another settlement oy bald hornets
= in it and that it wur safer p 50 over than
e; thru, and quicker done every now, ana
e then he'd paw the sides othlS he'd with 1ust
at one fore leo and then t'othsr, then he'd gin
. hisself openhanded slap, hat sounded slap,
he that sounded like waggit whip, an arun-
by nin' all The time, an a KERN that gopher
ter list about as fast an as hign from the yearth
as ever a gopher was carried, L. swar When
ou he cum to.the fence he bu4ed rite thru 1t,
tarrin' down nigh onto SEVEN pannels, scat
m. term and breakin' the tales mitlly, and
nd here he left gopher, geer4 singietree, and
klesis, all mixed up. not wuth durn.-
nat Most ov his shirt stuck onthe spintered enc
yer ov broken rale, and nigh onto pint
me honets staid with the shirt stngln' 1t al
US over, the balance on 'en, about gallol
ced and a half, kept on with dad. He seemed
he to run list adzactly as fas as a honet couI'
lat hy, for it wur the titest race | ever did see
JUS Down thru the sedge gass they all wen
DOR the honets making it look sorter like
smoke all arouu' dads bald he'd, and b
lam with nuthin on yearth on but the bride, al
| to nigh onto yard of plough line sailn bt
lere hind.
hill seed now that he was almln tur To
and swimmin hole in the kreek, whar the bluff
With over twenty-five feet perpendicular tu Il
water, an hits nj onto len feet deep. We
ting to keep up bis kar acter as boss, when
lays got to the bluff he jst leaped off, or rath
rand he list kept on runnin.' Kerslunge in
n of creek he went [ seed the water fly plu
9ght above the bluff froas ghaE was Now
what he was arter or there's nary boss ev
foalded durn'd fool enough TO lope over II
les. sich place, cussed mule mout done
rsa ,, but dad war'nt acting mule. L crept
the edge and looked over thar was da
bald he'd, for all the yearth like pee
arth' onion, bobbin up an down, an the hon
W. sailin' an a circln' round turkey buzz
Wo, fashion, an every once in while one,
,hese, sometimes ten, 'ud make a dip at dad
to a He kept up rite peart dodgin' under, 81
odied, times afore they hit him, and sumtlmes
fun ter, and the water was kivered with GRO
,ench- ded honets. Whot on yearth are ye d
united in thar dad 2 sez l. Don't (dip) yer
ecked, these cusscd (dip) Internal varmints I
il, and artcr me? What sez |, them are I
# bri- flies thar-ye amt really feared ov II
S. cir are veg 'Hoss flies, h-ll!o sez
ed up they re rale (dip) genuine, bald honets,
ono a dim Internal cuss! well, dad, y
mean hev IL stay rite thar till mite, an arter
90 to roost you cum home and III feed
ep yer sorter think ye won't peeG eny currle
a rale a week or So 1 wish may never Sc
TO the morrow, (dip) if don't rulnate you
~ he's when | Go get out sez dad. Better
tall you wish you may never see another
anxious hornet, if you ever play boss agn, seq
and KNOWN dads unmolifed nat
he iist broke from them parts, and sorter Gu
Warnt the copper mines. | staid hid out till
lot that, AFTERNOON, when seed a feller tray
oze ar an sez, I, What was goln' on at the
nd me this side the kreek when you passed
Spread why, nuthin much. only man wa
penter's tin in his door with nara shirt on
fur him woman was greasin' his back an arms
ell, thar his he'd was about as big as ten
his fin keg, an he hadn't the fust sign ov an
m Jake all smooth That man was nay dd0
ort), an |. Been much fitin' in this neighbo
CaIine lately!' sez the traveller. rather DIR
on Saul, Nun wuth speakin' cy pussonally O
an Web ticularly,' seq |. Now, boys, | hahn
Catha- dad since, and would be feard 10 NEE
an Jane in the next ten years Let's drink
abv, an And the last saw Of Sut, ne was
without ing to get in at the doggery door,
nice mess nightly mixed crowd at his heels.
e slashn 81, OF THNN Es
I didn't 300
etimes.- From the American Messenger