Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1856-08-28

"a uoot, utSu outO 40 UiS dh uOTSe
= head, an all the tribe kivered hir
! strate. He rared and kicked ono
n or twice, an fotched a squeal WI
nor any boss in the district, and SO
. Unto running away, jest as material a
;. ever you seed. / let go the line
an hollered, Wo, dad! wo!' but yol
! would as we'll a hollered wo to 10
comotive, Gerrehillicum, how b,
! run! When he cum to a bush, b,
cleared the top of it, gofer and all
P'raps be thort there must be anoth
, er settlement of bald hornets in it
and that it war safer to 60 over il
than through it, an quicker done
Every now and then he'd paw the
sides of his head, with fust one fore
leg and then t'other. Then he'd
gin himself a open handed slap, that
sounded like a wagginwhip, and a.
runnin' all the time and a-carryin'
that gofer jist about as fast and as
high from the yeath as ever a gofer
was carried, / swan! 81
when he came to the fence, be
busted right through it, tarin' down
nigh onto seven pannels, scatterin'
and brakin' the rails mitily; and
there he left the gofer, gears, single
tree and klevis, all mixed up, not
worth dime. Most of his shirt
stuck on the .splintered end of a
broken rail, and nigh onto pint of
hornets staid with the shirt, stingin'
it all over. The balance on 'em,
about a gallon and half, kept on
with dad-he seemed to run jist
adzactly as fast as a hornet would
fly, for it we're the tighest race |
ever did see. Down thro the hedge
grass, the hornets making it look
like smoke all round dads bald
head, and he with nothing on yeartb
on but the bride, and nigh onto a
yard of plow line sailin' behind.
/ seed now that be was aimin' for
the swimmin' hole in the creek,
where the bluff is over twenty feet
perpendicular to the water, and nigh
onto ten feet deep. Well, to keep
up bis karacter as a boss, he
just leaped of, or rather he jist
kepton runnin'. Kerslug into the
creek he went. l seed the water
fly plum above the bluff from whar
| was.
Nov rite thar, boys, he oyerdid
the thing, if that was what be was
after, for there's no hoss ever folded /
darn fool enough to lope over such |
a place. A cussed mule, might a
done it, but dad warnt a actin mule.
| krept up to the edge and looked |
over There was dads bald head
for all the world like a peeled inyin,
a bobbin' up and down, and the hor-
nets a sailin' an a circlin' round,
turkey buzzard fashion, and every once
in while one, and sometimes ten,
'ud make a dip at dads head. He
KEEP up constant dodgin' under,
sometimes afore they bit him some
times arter, and the river was kivered
with drowned hornets.
sWhat on yearth are you doin' in
thar, dad?' sez |.
Don. you see these cussed (dipj
Internal varmints (dip.) arter me?'
'What?' seq |. s, vgtass
sThem ar hoss-aies thar
'Ye amt really afeared of them,
are ye?'
sHoss. flies, h--l!' sez dad
They're rale (dip,) genuine bald
hornets-you (dip,) internal cuss!' |
We'll, dad, you'll have to stay in
char till mite, and arter they 60 to
roost, you come home and Ill feed
We. / sorter think you won't need
eny curryin' for week or So.
4 wish may never see tomorrow
(dip) if / don't ruinate you (dip) |
when / get out seq dad.
Better say you wish you may new
er see another bald hornet, if you
ever play boss again. sez |.
And KNOWN dads unmolliGed
natur' I broke from them parts, and
sorter come TO the copper mine. |
staid hid out till the next afternoon
when / seed a feller travelling, and
seq = .s,..
what vas goin' on at the cabin
this side the kreek, when you passed
|its' & esg
why. nothing much only a man
was sitting in y door with no shirt
on, an woman was greasing his