Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-08-17
A COON HUNT INA FENcY COUNTRY


sight of mischief there is in a put Of rum.
If one Of EN- was 10 be submitted 70 anslyz3-
lion, as the great doctors call il, il would be
found TO contain all manner of deviment that
ever entered the head Of man. from cussin'
and stealin' up to murder and whippin' bis
own mother, aud nonsense enough 10 turn all
the men in the world out of their senses Ii
a man gets a badness in him. it will bring
1T cut, jut as sassafrss tea does the
measles; and If he's good for uothin' sort OF
fellow, without no bad traits ia pertikler, it
will bring out all his greatness. 1t Affects
different people in different .ays-some il
makes rich and happy, and some poor and
miserable; and IL has a different effect on diff
erent peoples eyes-some il makes see dUu-
Die and some it makes so blind that they can't
teH themselves from a side Of bacon. Oae oC
the worst cases Of rum fOolery that I've heard
u for long time, took plase in PiYeville last
falf.
Bill sSeeny ard Tom Culpepper l. the two
greatest ola coveys 10 our settl ment for c ca
Luntin'. The fact is they don't do much Of
auy thing else, ard when thsy can't catch no.
thin you may depend ont coons lie scarce.
Well, o hight they had everything ready
for re- ar bust, but OWN 10 some extra
good fortin', Tom had got pocket pistol, 40
he called it, of reg'lar old Jamakey, TO keep
OF the rumaties. After takin' good startin
horn, they went out on their hunt sith their
and yclpin' like forty thousand Every now
I'D then stOppin' TO wait for the dogs, they
would drink one another's health TIL they
began to feel very comfortable, and ehatted
way bout one thing and another. Bimeby
lney come TO fence. Well, over they got,
without much diff ulty.
who s fence Is this ," said Bill.
"'Taint no matter" see Tom, "let's take
somethiu' to drink
After takin' drink they went on, won
ierih' what on airth had com Of the dogs
Next thing they cum to was a tc--ihle muddy
hranch. After Eullin' thro' the oriars and
gettin' on t'Other side, they tuk tAer drink,
lad after wine little ways. they cum 10
another fence, a monstrOus hi b one this time
"Whar upon sirth is we got to, Cul ,ep-
per-" sen Bill. Z" L never secI such q heap
Of branches and fences la these parts"
why" seq Tom, " it's all old Sturlid's
lons-you know he's always buildin' feI ces
AID maxim; Internal Improvements, as lie
C Ills 'em. But, never mini, we's through
'em now.
Recon we isn't seq Bill, here's the all
Grodest fence yet"
Sure enough, thar they was, right azin ans-
ther fence By this time they begun 10 be
Considerable tired and timber in the Joints,
O NJ i, was such terrible high fence Fom
dropped the last piece of the torch, and thar
they vas in the dark.
=: Now you is done itI' says Bill
Tom know i be had, but he thought il vas
no use tO grieve over split milk, so says he,
g Never mind, old boss, cum shesd and I'll
{ ke you out" and the next mint, kerslash,
he vert into the water.
Bill hung IN the fence with both hands like
he tho't he was slewin' round 10 throw him OF
Hello. Tom 80 see he, " whsr in the world
is you got to-"
=" Here is" SCI Tom, spoutin' the water
out of his mouth, and cough "a like he'd swal-
lowed somethin'-" look out, there's sno her
b ranch here :"
- Name Of sense whar is we1r SCI Bill,
a If this isn't fency country dad fetish my
buttons"
"Yes, and brancky one, too," Sc. Tom,
:. and the highest and deepest and thicksss
that ever seed in all my born days"
(Which way is you ," sex Bill.
"Here, right over the branch"
"Cume ahead, f" says Tom, lets 20 home"
"Cum thunder, 1 in such a pace this,
whar man amt got his coat tail unhitched
from a fence, fore he's over bis head and ears
In water"
After gettin' out and feelin' about In the
dark, they got together agin. After takin'
another drink, they sOt out for home, de-
the fences and branches, and helpin'
one another up now and then; but they hadn't
gone more n twenty yards fore they brung TO
"A halt by another fence.
Il" Id blame my pctur," ser Bill If don't
think we is bewitched. Who upon airth would
build fences all over creation this wayl"
1t was about an hours Job to get over this
one but after they got on the top they found
the ground on the other side without much
tr uble. This time the bottle was broke, and
they cum monstrou. near having a fight over
the catastrophe. But it was Q very good thing,
II was; for after crossing two or three branch
rs, and ctimbin' as many more fences. il got
b be daylight. and they found that THEY HAD
BEEN cLIMBIN' TIE SANE PENCE ALL kIeAr,
not mOre'U . hAndred yards from whsr they
first cum TO IL.
Bill Sweeney ses he can't account for il In
no other way bat IL st the licker sort o. tuned
their heads and lie see he does rasly believe
if it hadn't q gin out, they'd been climbIa'
the came fence and wadlh the same branch
tiil Low. Bill promised his wife 70 jne the
temperance society, ii she would never say Le
more about that coon Luut.