Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1855-08-29
A COON HUNT.

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that ever entered the head of man, from Gus
sim, stealin', up to murderin' and whippin
his own mother, aud nonsense enough tt
turn all the men in the world out of thel
senses. If mans got a badness in him, i
will bring it out; just as sassatras tea doe'
the measels; and if he's good.for- nothing
sort of fellow, without no bad traits ii
pertikler, it will bring out all his greatness
1t affects different people in different ways
some it maketh rich and happy, and some
poor and miserable; and it has different
effect on different peoples eyes-some i
makes see double, aud some it makes Sc
blind that they can't tell themselves from {
side of bacon. One of the worst cases o
rum foolery that I've heard of for a long
time, took place in Hineville last fall.
Bill Sweeny and Tom Culpepper is the
two greatest old coveys in our settlement fol
coon huntin'. The fact is, they don't de
much of anything else; and when they cant
catch nothing, you may depend coons il
scarce. Well, one night, they had everything
ready for irregular hunt, but owing to some
extra good fortin', Tom had got pocke
pistol, as he called it, " of reglar old Jimma
key, to keep off the rumatics." After takin
a good startn' horn, they went out on theil
hunt, with their litewood torch blazin' aic
the dogs a barkin' and yelpin' like forty
thousand.
Every now and then stoppin' to wait fol
the dogs, they would drink one another:
health till they began to feel very comforta
BILE, and chatted away about one thing ane
another, without minding much which way
they was gwine. Bimeby they cum to 8
fence. Well, over they got, without much
difficulty.
"Whose fence is this ?" said Bill.
"Taint no NATTER" said Tom, Z" lets take
somethin' to drink"
After taking drink they went on, won
derng what on earth had become Of the
dogs: Next thing they cum to was terri
bic muddy branch. After pulling through
the briars and getting on tother side, they
took another drink and after gwine little
ways they cum to another fence, monstrous
high one this time.
"Whar upon yearth is we got to, Cul.
pepper 2" sez Bill. al never seed such a
heap of branches and fences in these parts. y
Why" sez Tom. " its all old Slurlid's
doiugs-you know hees always building
fencesaad making internal Improvements, as
he calls 'em. But, never mind, ives through
'em now."
"Guess we isn't" sez Bill-"here's the
all firedest fence yet"
Sure enough, thar they were right agin'
another fence. By this time they begun to
BIZ considerable fired and Timber in the jints,
and it was such terrible high fence. Tom
dropped the last piece of the torch, and thar
they was in the dark.
"Now you is done it." sez Bill.
Tom knowed he had, but be thought it
was no use to grieve over spilled milk, SO
sez he, "never mind, old hoss, cum ahead,
and I'll take you out" and the next mint,
kerlash he went in the water.
"Helo, Tom" sez Bill, "whar in the
world is you got to 2"
Here am" sez Tom, spoutin' the water
out Of his mouth, and coffin like he'd swal.
lowed something; look out, there's another
branch here"
"Name of sense, whar is we!" sez Bill.
I" If this isn't fency country, dad fetch my
buttons"
"Yes, and branchy one too" sez Tom ;
"and The highest and deepest and thickest
that | ever seed in my born days."
(Which way is you :" sez Bill.
Here, right over the branch"
The next mint in Bill went, up to his mid
die, in the branch.
"Cum ahead" sez Tom, lets 60 home" "
"Cum thunder, in such place as this,
whar man haint got his coat tail uhhitched
from fence, fore he's over his head and
ears in water"
After getting out and feeling about in the
dark, they got together again. After taking
another drink, they set out for home, de-
nouncing the fences, and branches, and
helpin' one another up now and then; but
they hadn't gone twenty yards before they
were brung to halt by another fence.
"Dad blame my picter," sez Bill, elf
don't think we is bewitched. Who upon
yearth would build fences all over creation
this wayr'
1t was about an hours job to get over
this one; but after they got on the top they
found the ground on t'other side without
much trouble. This time the bottle was
broke, and they came monstrous near having
a fight about the catastrophe. But it was a
very good thing it was; for after crossing
two or three branches, and climbing as many
more fences, it got to be daylight and they
found that they had been climbin' the same
fence all night, not more'n hundred yards
from whar they first cum to it.
Bill Sweeney sez he can't account for it
no other way but that the Ticker sorter
o'turned their heads: and he says he does
really believe, if it hadn't gin out, they'd
been climbin the same fence and walden the
same branch till yet.
LucKy.-In the days of the blue laws Of
New England, shoemaker was condemned
to be hanged for something he had done
but, on the day appointed for his execution,
they discovered that he was the only shoe
maker in the place; 30 they hanged a .ceauer
in his stead; for they had more weavers
than they knew what to do with.
DoNr BELIEVE TIT is said that cal
sat lately upon half dozen duck eggs,
and continued her attentions until the eggs
were hatehed; and there is now to be seen
fine brood Of six young ones, half duck
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