The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1855-09-06
Hike Finck and the Bull.

L lie story OF Mike tlncE and the bull
would make cynic laugh. Mike took a
notion to go in swimming, and he bad
just got his clothes off when be saw Dea-
con Smiths bull making at him-the bull
was a vaclous animal, and had come near
killing two or three perSons-conseque
ly Mike felt rather 'jubus' He didn t
want to call for help for he was naked,
and the nearest place from whence assist
ancc could arrive was the meeting house,
which was at that time filed with wor-
shipper, among whom was the gal that
Mike vas paying his devours to- So
he lodged the bull as the animal came at
him, and managed to catch him by tie
tail. He was dragged round till nearly
dead, and when he thought he could hold
on no longer, he made up his mind he had
better 'ho!lcc. Aud now we will let him
tell his own story:
So looking at the IL after in all its bear
ing, | cum to the conclusion that I'd bet
ter let some one know whar [ was. So |
gin yell louder than locomotive whis-
tie, and it warn't long before seed the
deacon's two dogs comm down like as
if they war seeing which could get thar
fust [ know'd who they were arter-
they'd jine the bull agin me, vas sar-
tin for they were orful wenomous, and
had spite agin me- So says l, old
brindle, as ridin' is as cheap as waIkin'
on this route, if you've no objections, I'll
jist take deck passage on that ar back
oyourn. So l wasn't worry long getting
astrde Of him; then, if you'd bin thar,
you'd haze sworn thar warn't nothin' hui
man in that ar mir, the sile flew so or
fully as the critter and | rolled round the
feld-one dog on one side and one Oh the
other, tryin' to clinch my feet. prayed
and cusscd and prayed, until I couldn't
tell which | did at last-and neither
warn't of no use, they were SO orfully
mixed up,
Well, I reckon rid about half an hour
this way, when old brindlo thought it
we're time to stop to take in a supply Of
wind, and cool off little So when he
got round to tree that stood thar, he
naturally halted. So sez I, Old boy,
you'll loose one passenger sartin. So [
jist cIum up branch, kaIkelatjn' to roost
thar till | starved afore I'd be rid round
that ar way any longer. war maxim
tracks for the top Of tie tree, when | heard
suthin' a maxim an orful buzzin' over
head. kinder looked up and if thar
warn,t-wcll, thar'S 10 use a swearin'-
but it war the biggest hornets nest ever
bilt. You'll gin in now, | reckon, Mike,
cause thar's no help for you. But an /
dca struck me then that I stood a heap
better chance a riddin' the bull than war
[ was. Sez |, old feller, if you'll hold on,
III ride to the next station anyhow, let
that be whar it will
So Ji,t dropped abroad him agin, and
looked aIoft to see what had gained By
changing quarters, and, gentlemen. III
liar if thar warn't nigh half bushel Of
the stingin' yarmiuts ready to pitch into
NE when the word go was gin. Well, I
reckon they got it, for 'ail hands started
for our company. Some on EN- hit the
dogs-about a quart struck me, and the
rest charged on brindIe.
This time the dogs led of fust, dead
beat for the old deacou's, and as soon as
old brindlo and [ could get under way
we followed, and as I was only a deck
passenger, and had uothiu' to do with
steerin' the craft, swear, if I had, we
shouldn't have run that channel, anyhow.
But, as | said before, the dogs took the
lcad-brindle and next, and the hornest
Dire ky arter. The dogs yeIlin'-brindle
belierin', and the hornets buzzin' and
stingin'.
Well we had got about two hundred
yards from the house, aud the deacon
heard US and come out. seed him hold
up his hand and turn white. l reckoned
be was prayin' then, for he didn't expect
to be called for so soon, and it warn't long
neither, afore the whole congregation
men, women and children-cum out, and
then all hands went to yellin.' None Of
'em had the fust notion that brindle and
I belonged to this world iist turned
my head and passed the hull congrcga-
ton. | see the run would be up soon, for
brindle couldn't turn an inch from fence
that stood dead ahead. Well, he reach
ed that fence, and went ashore, over the
ole critters head, leadin' on t'other side,
and lay thar stunned.
1t warn't long afore some of en- as
was not scared, cum runnin' to see whar
| war; for all bands kalkelated that the
bull and l belonged together. But when
brindle walked off by himself, they seed
how it war, and one of 'em said, Mike
Finck has got the wust of a scrummagc
once in his ifep Gentlemen, from that
day dropped the courtin' business, and
never spoke to the gal since, and when
my hunt is up on this yearth, there wont
be any more Fincks; and its all OWN to
Deacon Smiths Brindle Bull.
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