Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1854-11-29

boss in the districts, an sot in to runnin' away
jist as natural as ever you seed. let 90 the
lines and hollered, 'Woa, dad, woar but ye
mout as well said 'woa' to locomotive. Ge-
whillicans how he run! When he cum to a
bush, he'd clear the top of it, gopher an all
p-aps he thought there mout be another settle
ment ov bald hornet in it, and that it wur safer
to go over, than thru and quicker done, every
now and then he'd paw the sides of his he'd will,
;u;t one fore lcg ana then the t'uther, then he'd
giu hisself Il openfanded slap, that sounded like
4 Vaughn whip running aI The time, an ker-
rim that gopher jist about as fast an rs high
from the yearth as ever 4 gopher WAS carried, |
swar. When he cum to The fence he busted
rite thru it, tarrin down nigh into seven pannelS
scatlari,' and Il braken' the ralcs, miliIy; and
here he left gopher, geers, singetree and kievls,
all mixed up not worth durn. Most ov his
shirt stuck on the splntered end ov broken
rale, and nigh Ento Il pint of hornets staid with
the shirt stingiu' it all over, the balencc on en-
about gallon and = half, kept on with dad.
He seemed to run st adzactly as fast as q hornet
could fly, for it wur the ttest race ever did see.
Down thru sedge grass they all went the hornets
making it look sorer like smoke all roun' dads
bald-hed, and he with nuthin on yea.th on but
the brible, an nigh onto yard Of plough line n
sailin behind.
81 seed now that he was aimin' fur the swim
min hole in the kreek, whar the bluff is over
twenty-five feet perpendicular tu the water, an
hits nj onto ten feet deep. Well to keep up his
karacter as hoss, when he got TO the bluff he
jst lcaped of, or rather he st kept on runnln'.
kcrslunge into the creek he went; | seed the
water fly plum above the bluff from whar was.
Now rite thar boys, he overdid the thing, if that
was what he was arter, for there's nary hoss ever
foaIded durn'd fool enough to lope over 'em /;
sich place, cussed mule pout Il done it, but
dad warnt acting mule. crepup to the edge
aud looked over; thar was dads bald head, for
all the yearth like peeled onion, q bobbn up
an down, an the hornets sai!in' an circlin'
round turkey Luzzard fashion, an every once in
4 while one, and sometimes ten, ud make dip
at dads he'd. He kept up rite peart dodgin'
under, sumtimes aforc they hit him, and sumtimes
artcr, and the wafer w;ls kivercd with drownded
hornets. what on yearth are ye doin' in thar,
dad 2 sez Don't (dip) you see these cussed
(dip) Internal rarmnts (dip) arter me? What
seq /, 'them are HOSS files thar; ye amt really
feared ov them, arc yc!''' 'Hoss flies, h-ll! =
sez dad; they're rae (dip) genuine bald hornets,
you (dip) Internal cussp We'll dad you'll have
tu stay rite thar till mite, an, arter they go tu
roost you cum home and I'll feed ye. sorter
think ye won't need eny curricn for q week or
So i wish may never see tomorrow, (dIp)
if don't ruiuate you (dip) when | do get out
sez dad. Better say you wish you may never
see another bald hornet, ii YOU ever play hoss
agin,' sez land KNOWN dads unmoliiied ma
tur', broke from then, parts and sorlcr cum to
the copper mines. Ist,id hid out till next arter-
noon, when seed Teller Il trlveG, an scz +,
'WhaL was goin' on at the cabin this side the
krcek when you passed itp Why, nuthin much
only man was sillin' in his door with nara
shirt on an woman WIS gTeasin' his back an,
arms, an his he'd was about us big as i ten GAL
Ion keg. an he hadn't the fust sign ov an eye
all smooth That man WAS my dda,' scs J..
Been much ftin' in this ncighboghoud, lately? I?
sez the traveller, rather dryly, Nun wuth speak
in ov pussunaIly or pcrlicuiercI y SCI /: Now,
boys, hainl seen dad since, and would be trard
10 meet him in the next ten years. Let's drink" !"
And the last SAW Of "Sut," he was STOPPING
to get in at the duggery dovr, with l nightly
mixed crowd ut his heels,
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