Nebraska advertiser. [volume] (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882, 1856-12-20
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MTKR FINK Avn THE BuLL.


took a notion to 60 in swimming, and
he had just got his clothes off when he |
saw deacon Smiths bull. making at
him. The bull was a vicious animal,
and had come near killing two or three
persons, consequently Mike felt rather
siubus.' EIe didn't want to call for
he was naked, and the nearest place
from whence assistance could arrive
was the meeting house, which was at
the time filed with worshippers, among
whom was the "gal Mike was paying
his deyours to-" So he lodged the
bull as the animal came at him and
managed to catch him by the tail, He
was draggedr roundt till nearly dead, and
whenhe thoughthe couldholdno dnolonger,
he made up his mind he had better
holler.' And now we will let himtell
his own story:
So, looking at the matter in all its
bearings, I cum to the conclusion that
I'd better let some one know whar l
was. Sol gin to yell louder than
locomotive whistle, and it Barn't long
before / seed the deacon's two dogs
a comm as eff they war seeing which
could get thar fust. I know'd who
they were arter; they'd jine the bull
agin me / was sartin, for they were
orful wenomous and had spite agin
ME. So, says /, old brindle, as riden'
is as cheap as walkin' on this route if
you We no objections I'll jisttake a deck
passage on that ar back O yourn. So
l wasn't very long getting astride of
him. Then, if you'd bin thar, you'd
have sworn thar was nothing human
in that ar mix, the sile few up so or
fully as the critter and I rolled round
the field; one dog on one side and one
dog on t'other, tryin' to clinch my feet.
] prayed and cussed and cussed until
/ couldn't tell which I did at last, and
neither warn't of no use, they we're
so orfully mixed up.
Well, ] reckon / rid about half an
hour this way, when old brindle thought
lit were time to stop to take in a sup
dly Of wind and cool of a little. So
when we got round to tree that stood
thar he naturally halted. So, sez l,
cid boy you'll lose one passenger sartin.
So I iist clum up branch, kalkelatin'
to roost thar til I starved before I'd
be rid round that ar way any longer.
I war maxim tracks for the top of the
tree whenI heard suthin' maxim an
orful buzzin' overhead. Ikinderlook-
ed up, and if thar warn t-Yell, thar's
no use a swearin'--but it was the big
gest hornets nest ever built You'll
''gin in" now, Ireckon, cause thar's
no help for you. But an idee struck
me that I stood a heap better chance
ridin, the bull than whar / was. Sez
| |, old feller, if you'll hold on, I'll ride
to the next station anyhow, let that he
whar it viii.
| So / jist dropped aboard him again,
and looked aloft to- see what | had
gained by ehangin' quarters; and, gen.
ltlemen, I'm lar if thar warn't nigh
half busheT Of the stingin' varmints
ready to pitch into me when the word
ego" was gin. Well, I recken they
cot it, for all hands started for oul
company. Some on 'em hit the dogs
about aquart bat me, and therest charg-
ed on brindle.
This time the dogs led off fust, deaC
bent for the old deacon's and as soer
as old brindle and I could get under
way we followed, as / was only a decl
passenger, and had nothin' to do witt
the steerin' of the craft; I Isware, if
had, we wouldn't haverun that channe
anyhow. But, as [ said before, th,
dogs took the lead, brindle and next
and the hornets dre'kly arter-th,
dogs yellin', brindle bellerin', l
swearin' and the hornets buzzin' AM
stingin'.
Well, we had got about two hundre,
:. yards from the house, and the deacon
; heard US and cum out. / seed hin
\ hold up his hand and turn white.
recken he was prayin' then, for h
II didn't expect to be called for so soon
and it warn't long, neither, afore til
whole eongregation-men, wemen an
children-cum out, and then all hand
went to yellin. None of 'em had til
fust notion that brindle and / belonge
| to this world. ] just turned my hea
4 and passed the hull congregation.
seed the run would be up soon, fc
brindle couldn't turn an inch from
fence that stood dead ahead. Well, "
reached that fence, and / went ashor
over the old critters head, landing o
t'other side. and lay thar stunned.
!. Itwarn't long afore some of 'em q
wasn't scared cum runnin' to see Wha
/ war, for all hands kalkelated that th
i bull and / belonged together Bl
when -brindle walked off by himse
they seed how 1t war, and one of 'el
said, Mike Fink has got tile wust
+ a serinllnage once in his ifepa Ga
il tlemen, from that day | dropped Il
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