The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1856-11-05
i--ii' ffor Potief's Spirit Vi tho 1irnes
a ThaDSleFiuR Cc0n Hunt.

tunes, hs meter tsgs Il ticioe clAci He let of the
following one morning last week, to an audi
enee Of two parsons, ono of whom had probTbly
head It more time than clock will tick on a
long summers day; and who, consequently,
prepared himself fora dozc as soon as Old Tom
eommsaeei with
"Pm an ole man, my young friend, but tell
you I've bOon through power ofcoon hunts in
my TINA, and an I'm jist soiu to tell yer Of ono
ofem. It's as truo as I'm settin on this here
chssr. (Ho was setting on a bench at the timo. }
Mind yer, thsre are Gllsrs who can't open their
hoadS, bout coon hultia sPsihilly, bat whst
certain slre ont CONES lies. Thay talk jus as
smoovs IS wSlvit; but know eu; they may
rise purity airly, but they don't s,s no sun rise
aoro Old Tom does! They don't make no mark
hero! land at this he slapped himself halfa foot
below whore the heart boats.) Thsy may hit
me in the years, but they don't tech no heart of
mine no how. l go in for trooth. do. aud I'm
goin to giAe yer some this mint"
As Old Tom got up from the bench this mint
his wide awake aulitor thought he was going to
the whSksy barrel to get it. But he didn't;
he only got up in order to sit down again.
"As was tollin on you, wunSt went on a
laundering coon hunt down BY Strikers Pom
1t want aproper time no how, to hunt ths cro,
tors, ban az it was the middle ov summer; but
LiSh3 Proper, he was ben. on KILN coon7 AMI
We tothsr boys war'nt no way slow to follow
arter him when he led Off LiShe hal a couple
OF the likoiest hounls dogs round them regins
ono OF thom was the competest dog for lugsn
creeters ] ever seed. Howsumever we started
for Lishe Propcr's one July night; if I rcmem-
bsr rightly the moon wos shinin' when wo
sot out, and arter traven mare about two milds
we come ontec the lower esni off the pon'--Stri-
kars' Pon'--anl all to onst Lishe Pr0per's houns
struck coon tracks and toonel up their pipes
like noosicianaFs, tell You. l had little
sqIniel dog along who took arter coouS na:'ral
o. bsef bones; aud purity soon Iheari him LOUD
in u? too. Says I to YsolE Tom, there's
big coon therolbouts.' know'l ia ks voice
the hull way from tooth to tail. AMI he was cry.
in bout big one that time We o.lered the
the dogs mare four niII3, god measure, iose We
tr"ed that coon. SacA tran?oosn never seed
the likes OF asre, nowhere, torsi my colt
inter rags, and had no bri5chos on mora wod
hev covered six nuns ole BABY; but the coon
was treed Shure thing brtch, Or no brtch,s.
One ofthe fellers he struck light, and purity
soon we ge3d we needed it, coz Lhars was moro
clouds in the sky than you could shake sticks
at. There we was, m,n AM boys, cars and
hounds, all round the foot ola big white cedar
tree, waitin for tumtlin TO turn up. l never
seel no hounds carry on like them ere oa3's Of
Lishe's; they pitched rount like of they ware
goin to jump thare hides of, yelling and
hawlin, Ya-hooooo-h o-hoooooo hooeoooo. (hero
otd Tom INDUCED in n prolonged howl, COM
pletely arousing No 2 of the aulionce, and eau
sing him toStart up wide awako.) Oh, you're
wakin up are you? That's the way the hounds
sung, and the boys shouted. and as the fire light
begun to shine up the tres, some Of en- sot to
work firing away at every mob and bunch as
was to be seen on the tree There was big
shower Of bark flying around about that time
you may believe Bilneby sael, way up on
topaz most branch, Mister Coon making hisseli
rs small as a swall tater; jus as I was goin' to
fge may be dod-rabbit if didn't SEQ two
more coons on two other branches along side
OF the first"
How nl1ch whiskey had you on board at
that tina, eh?" asked No. 2.
Nary dropmore'n Icould kerry jls we'll
ballusted and gsin Of it under easy sAil l
want no ways owlly, AMI sool them three
coons as plain as I see that roB grain over
there in the m,licr Lishe Proper aui Xeke
Scutter, they seed 'em at the same tina, and
Lsho, he was so aside hissoF with sech a sishs,
that he pullt a big bottle right out Of his coat
pockt, and We all took big drinks on the
sc-engthofs;ch VERY blessed sight" At this
point Old Tom got up from the bench and went
behind the bar, ostensibly to- gsta piec, OF To
bacco. Returning he sat down and continued;
call on sudlint, Lishe hadn't more'n got
the whiskcy inter his pocket. afore -'Whang,
whang. Boom .a-roong- -roongh" Here Old
Tom, as an Illustration Of the noise, dlshol on
the floor what he thought was an empty porter
bottle, and wh;ch he had kept stuliously CON
coalcd until this moment, in order TO produces
stunning efact on his one horse d;ence. BY
mistake he hal got hold Of abottl5 half fali ofI
bittcrs anil the way it and the broken glass
fcw round the room and over the audience was
promscuous.'
What the ----- arc you driving at?' asked
No. 2, jumping from his seat anl trying to wipe
Of the stains from coat and plntaloons. Old
Tom stood picture of surprise AMI asst tnnish-
ment. At last stammsrins out-"Why. why,
who would have thoughtit2 Thought know'd
thers was nothin in that bottle. Pye fired of
moretns fityaof em tellin this here story O. and
never knowd one hev bitters in it afore. Here
Jim, come here and sweep up this muss.--
Gentlemen let's take drink. Hope nobody's
''Ta as was saying 'wh1ny, whln i"
(No more bottles Tom" shouts No. 81
"Boom- m-a~roong-a-roongh come the lighnin'
knockin things all ter bits; stunning men and
dogs such way | never wants to sec the likes
ofagin', II was mighty dark ior spell with
me, ltellyoM Artef while tries to raise
upoHieend, ard fust hitch thought hada hive
Of bees, oil my head, such buzzin' and swim
min around Purity soon comes too, and the
flst thing seed was Lishe Proper holdin on
to adead coon with one hand, and trying to
wipe the dust and bark out Of his eyes with his
tother.
Lishc,s says |, 'whcrc are Nc? "
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