Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1854-01-20
a Kentuckian,s Stcry.

and blacksmith shop, and. very small Sfore,
there lives a character whom we recently met,
and whose greatest boast was, that he :. was enc
ofthe five hundred men who, killed PackerhaFpl,
at Orleans, - s;-.,.
His person was decidedly /" unique, y entertain
ing, as he expressed it, ''an honest passioifor
fighting In the course of his knockdowns,Rll
the fingers of the left hand had been either 1t,
cut, orctawed of. with the exception of his fire
one, (which was a long, lank member, withgafg
nailon the end of sit.Igat sf5 - bass.-s Il
Although deprived Of the use of one fist, dis
finger served him a very useful purpose ssls &
1t laay be proper to state, that in this sectbn
ofthe country, fighting is regarded as a nae
matter of amusement, especially when" " red eyS'
is about, and neighbors knock down and hgosge.
each other in friendly manner The subject f
our story had a peculiar fashion for fighting be;
ing rather short, and not very heavy, nc frd to
take, he said, all the little advantages tqfeep
event. His grand point was to walk. up to his
man and by sudden thrust which lonspiae-
tice bad rendered him perfect In, poke ny long
bony, finger with unerring precision in hisoppo-
nent's eye, and hit him at the same time under
the belt 1t was at one of those domesIe wa
tering places where families congregate topass
few weeks during the summer season, hat we
first met him. t5ast fE = tIs8
He was dressed in the most approved limiting
fashion, having on buckskin pantaloons. land
coon skin cap, with fox's tail in it. lis face
was particularly striking, from the fact, proba-
bly,, oft having been repeatedly g struck as it
was covered with scars. aI
To complete his description, he had oily one
eye, and that lonely orb, when saw hin, gave
evidence of a recent muss. ...z-s1 ~. = -
A crowd of some four or five visitors lad as
sembled at the spring, which gushed out of the
side of hill and were sitting some wild BEN
ches, listening to his marvellous adEenturs by
flood and field,'"' and the innumerable lien, he
{. .fout" and g licked rsilsIC u o.
Ono Of the party present, at the risk being
considered irnpertinent, yentured to as him
g how he lost his eye"
The old1eiew Immediately frightened p, and
sitting upon an empty keg, drew a huge tvist of
the native leaf from his buckskin, and sai{ 49,
q Gentlemen, you won't hardly belieyet sto-
ry-some folks don't-but it's fact, md no
mistake.
g Some forty years ago, things warn <river-
''WelL about that time | 'hoop-polcd my
cabin on-the side of one of the Licking hills pre-
yious' to my going to agriculture There vas a
powerful lot of game then, and fellow could
pick, and choose. - -3f.-- A- .ss-9.F 81.
L. One day started out on astill hunt to drap
bucks and admire natur- went about three
miles without seeing deer fat enough toNaste
powder on. When | came to prccipice N the
Brushy Fork of Licking, stepped. and conmen-
ced thinking about Pilgrims Progress and
Robinson Crusoe,' when presently l seen a big
buck lying at the foot Of a precpice, which wer,
about four ramrods deep. L tell you, religion
and literature fitted immediately, and just con
clhded to harness that specimen in nat'ral his
tory and take him alive. -ee Il
. / laid down. Sweet Betsey-thats what cal
my rifie-and shed my flannel for regular tus
sci. He was laying ia the sun at the bottom
and never know d the danger he war ia. mad
one Jump and lit right across his back and grab
bed both his horns; they war horns, and no mis-
take, and looked like young black-jacks sprout
ing out of the side of his head The deer was
Isleetle surprised, and run like h-ll straight u
the holler, through the thickest sort of woods.
hung on 10 the horns, for L tell you, if | had lc
loose, the way he war running, I'd lit on til
other side of Licking and no mistake. r,-1ras
q knox'd war in for the race, and was ma
king it heap under two-forty. On we went
like the devil beating tan bark, through tn
thicket. sEE & ssla = .Erf ~ l
CO 81 commenced to get tired by and by, an
thought would ease myself off by grabbin
|
snatohed it with my left hand, holding on wit
| the other to the horn ofthe critter. s sf
90 Something cracked. 1t warnt the tree
| but .by gum the horn of the buck had slipped
and thought was goner. His head mus
| them big antlers of his'n, as he rushed throug
the bushes, ratified agn his skull like shelled cor
ina gourd. df t5 sai .-aas'l' p.
-. All at wuns't something keen hit me in th
left eye, but it got mighty dark of o sudden o
that side of my head. aa=a
| ssI 'spose he run about four miles, when
fainted,' and got off and after | rested, tied 4
four of his legs together before the influence lie
him. The blood was running down the left slt
of nv face, and shut my other eye, and d.
me ifI didn t see nothing. L went back to Il
we na9 TuIl, Nucu L oStA o Dust Hio'S'
stopped stock still and went the other eye
it.''l8& s1f laz ss-at sfU 1izs-as
Here he paused and took another quid.
:. Gentlemen" =" he resumed, it's fact and
f mistake, lift warn'tmy left eye hanging on a bu
and winking at me. "feu s7s Esas
Every body was silent-surprise was too de
for utterance, when one of the party, drawing
. flask from his pocket, handed it to the man, WI
| a REQUEST that he q would wash the story down
t / He smelt it to be sure that it was whiskey,
looking round at the party, said, g Gentlem'