The Ohio union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1849-1854, 1854-03-29
.AKENTuCKIAN,s STORY.

VI . KiONStI anu UiaShuhttN HuOHl uM- y
Uery small store, there lives chaTacieg
we recently met. whose greatest boast wss
thai be was one or the five hundred men
wio killed Packeabam ., Orleans
His person. wa' decidedly : unique, en-.
teraining as he expressed IL 'an honest
passion for fighiing. Ia the course Of his
knock downs all the fingers Of hislefih hind
had been ether cut, Bit, or chewed of viii
the exception of his fore one, which wasa..
long, lank member, with big nail on the
end Of il. .'''.'S'af N''0
Although deprived Of the use Of fsi,
this finger served him very ussfal pur-i
II may be proper 10 state, that 10 shls
saoiion rihs ranniry. fighting is regarded
as a mere matter Of amusement, especially
when 'red eye is about and neighbors
knock dowr and gouge' each other in 81
ri ,ndy mpnner. The subject Of our story
had peculiar fashion for lighting, being,
rather short. and not very heavy, he had
to take, as hs said, all the little advantages
to keep even. His grand point was 10
walk up TO his man, and by sudden
thrust, which lorg practice had rendered
him perfect in poke his long bony finger
with unerring precision in his opponenrs
eye, and hit him al the same time und.r
the belt 1t was at one OF these domestic
watering places where families congrcgaie
to pass few weeks during tie summer
season. thai we first met him.
lie was dressed in the most approved
hunting fashion, having on bucksktn pam
,a!oons, and a coonskkln cap, with fox's
tail in il.--lIis face was particularly s,ri-
hing from the fact probably,r having
been repeatedly struck as it twas covered
with scars, 't''
To complete his description. he had
only one eye, and that Ioniy orb, when We
saw lin gave evidence of recent mess,
A croud cGso ls foar or five visitors had
assembled al Il 0 pring. which gusned oul
Of the SIDE of a hill and when sitting on
some wide benches, Iisiening to his marvel.
lous adventures by food and 6eld.' and
the innumerable men he 'fout and clicked
One of lhe parly present, at the risk Of
being considered imperiineni. venlured 10
ask him how he lost his eye
The old fellow immsiia,ely frightened
up, aud sitting upon an empty keg. drew,
a huge twist OF the native leaf from ihs
buck kin. and said:
&c lemen, you won't hardly believe
this slory-somc folks don'l-b6l IFS q
laci, and no mistake. @tt
Some forty years ago, things warn't
inven ell skeer game and lelloIeignersif,
We'll, about that time I hoop.pooled
,, , my cabin, on the side Of the Licking hills,
previous to my going 10 Agricul,ure.--
There was powerful lot Of game then.
; and feIleI could pick and choose. g.,
'0Ie day started on still hunt 10
: 'drap ducks and admire nstur. went
about three miles without seeing deer
fat enough TO waste powder on. When
rame to precipice on The Brushy Fork
Of Licking, | stopped and commenced
+, , thinking about Pilgrims Progress and
Robinson Crusoe,' when presently | seed
big buck lying at the foot Of precipice,
which were about four ramrods deep. |
til you, religion and literature fitted i'm.
medately, and just concluded TO thar
! ness iha, specimen in nat'ral history and
take him alive.
Il laid down Sweet Beisy-thal's wha
call my rlAe--and shed my flannel fol
$ a regular tussel He was lying in III,
. sun al the botlcm. and never know'd tn,
u danger he war in. | made one jun,
IS and lii right across bis back and grabbe,
both lis horns; they war horns, and a,
= mistake, and hooked like young blackjack
s sprouling rul side Of his head. The dee
d was Iilile surprised and run like ,hunde
e straight up the holler, through the thicks.
II vpods. hung on to the b ris, for le
y you if | had let loose the way he war rus
II niny, III a lit on the Other side Of Lickin
anil no mistake.
IT .Iknow'd war in for the race, an
n war mAking il heap under Two forly.--
> On we went likelhe Devil beating tan bari
; through the lhiekei. ~
% Il commenced to get tired by and B,
II and thought would ease myself or B,
ID grabbing some sspling. seed smal
81 bIarkiack tree and snaIched /, with my lei
l. hand huldins on with the other to he hon
of The criller. p
st Something cracked. II Wsrnt n,
10 tree, but by gun the horn Of the bucl
= had sTTpped, and | thought | was conner
$, His head must have sched oriui, tvr h
!. = run heap laster anu mem o,g aauers o
W hiS'n as he rushed lnrous lne huhneS r. .