Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1857-07-24
Sut Lovengood's Shirt.
BY 81, OF TENN.


The first one met was Sut,' (after crossing the
HlawasseO weaving along in his usual rambling,
uncertain gait His appearance at once satisfied me
that something wrong. He had been sick, whip
ed in free fight, or was just outgrowng one of his
Dig drunks. But upon this point was soon enllght-
ened.
Why sut, what's wrong now g
Heaps wrong; durn my skin ef | haint most
ded Lite off that ar hoss, George an take horn,
while take two Shaking that everlasting flask of
his at me- an plant Yersef on that log, an I'll
tell ye efl ken but it's most beyond tellin. reckon
I'm the durndest fool out of Utaw, 'cept my dad for
ne acted boss, an | haint done that yet-alers in
some trap that cudent ketch sheep. I'll drownd
myself some day, see eff DON'T Just to stop family
dspersition to make id fools on themselves
How is it sut have you been playing cards, CT
drinking, which is it?
Nara one; that can't be dill in these parts but
seem it's you George. Tl tell you but swear I'm
'shamed- sick-sorry, and-and -mad am.
You know boards with Bill Carr, at his cabin
on the mountain, an pays for sch es gets when
have money, an when hevent eny why he takes
one third owe it outen me in cussin'; an she, that's
his wife Belts takes out tother twothrds with the
batt!n stick, and the ntrust with her tongue, an
me ntrusts moren the princip'l-heap more. She's
| the cussedest oman | ever seed eny how fur jaw,
breedin' and pride. She can scold blister onto
1uIls face rite on the curl in two minits She out
breeds eV'ry thing on the ruver-an patterns arer
eV'ry tashun she hears tell on, from buss te brich
| es. Oh! she's one of em, and sometimes she's two
or three. Well, ye see, I'd gol some home made cot
| ton truck 10 make new shurt outen, and coaxed
Belts tu make it, an about the time wur dun here
comes Lawyer Johnson along, an aXed for breakfus
Il wish it had pizened him, durn his hide, an
wonder 1t didn't, fur she cooks awful mixins when
she trys. I'm piZen proof myself, (holding up his
flask and peeping through IT'D ur I'd been ded long
| ago.
| We'll, while he wer eatin', she spied out that
his shut was stiff an nifty slick so she never rested
| till she worm it outen him that preparation owe
flour did it, en- she got few particulars about the
percess and fXings tu. outen him by 'omans art
don't know how she did it, t,-perhaps he does Arer
he left, she sot in an billed big pot paste, nigh
onto peck it, an souzed in my shut al let il
soak while then she tuck it an ironed 1t out Hat
an dry, an so it up on its adge again the cabin in
sun. Thar it stood stiff as a dry boss hide, an
it ratified like sheet of iron, it did. 1t pasted
tugelher all over. When | cum tn dinner, nuthin
wud do but | must put it on. Well, Belts an me
got the thing open arter sum hard work, she pullin
at the tails an me at luther, an got into it..
Durn the everlasting tangled shut, say. felt
like I'd cawled inter old bee gum an it full of
pisants but it like lawyer Johnson's and stud
it like man, and went tu work tu bid Belts ash
hopper. l worked powerful hard, and SWEET like q
boss, and when the shut got wet, it quit its hurtin'.
Arter got dun, tuck about four fingers owe red
head an crawled up into the cabin loft TO take a
snuse.
I well, when walked up tho't was ded, or had
the choery, for all the jints cud move were my
kes, wrists and knees cudnt move my head, and
| skasely wink my eyes-the cussed shut pasted
fast onto me ali over, from the pint the tails tc
the pint Nv the broad ak collars over my ears. II
sot me as cost as poor cow dus her hide in March
squrmd an strand till got it sorer broke at the
shoulders an elbows, an then l dun the durndes
foollshest thing ever did in these mountains. shut
fled my briches off an tore luse frum my hide about
two inches of the tail all round in much pain and
tribulation. Oh but it did hurt. Then TUX up
plank outen the loft and hung my legs down thru
the hole and nailed the adge the floor before, and
the hind tail nailed to the plank what [ sot on
onbotoned the collar and ristbands raised my hands
way above my he'd, shut up my eyes, said grace and
jumpt thru to the ground flour.
! Here SUIT rumnateG sadly.
George, Pm durnder fool than ever dad was
I Hoss, Honets, an all. I'll drownd myself sum Nv
these days, see eff | DON'T
Well, 60 on, Sut, did the shirt come OFF,
} 'I-t-h-i-n-k-i-t- hearn a noise
sorter like tarin' shinge ruff off house all a
onst, an felt like my gus an bones were all thai
reached the floor. | staggered TO my feet and tux
look up at the shut. The nails had all hiIt the
holt, an thar it hangin' arms down, inside out
an as stiff 1t looked like map of Mexico
just arer one Nv the worst battIes-a patch my
hide, about the size of dollar an half bill here
bunch my her about the size Nv a birds nes
thar then sum more skin then sum paste AM
then leetle more har; then heep skin ther
more har; then skin an on, all over that durneC
new tangled, eyerastn, internal of a shut -
II wur pctur to look at-an' SO wur |. The hide
har and paste Wur about ekealy divided atWeen me-
an it. Wunder what Belts, durn her, tho't wher
she cum home an foun' me missn'. Spect5 sht
thinks crawled intu the thickets an died NV my
wounds. | must skared her good, fur tell you i
looked like the skin Nv some wild beast torn Of
alive, or bag what had kerried load wv frest
beef from shoolin' match.
Now, George, ef ever kech that Lawyer John
Ifl shoot m n Of ia
about hat'nin shut for agin, durn my everlasl.
ing pictur eff don't fatten her. It's rtrIbution
sartn, the biggest kind owe preachers regular rt
ribution Du you mird my drivin owe dad th rougt
that honest, and then racn' him tier the kreck
Yes
well, this is what comes owe it. I'll drown my
self sum owe these days, see eff | don't ef / don
die frum that awful shut; Take a horn, and don
you ever try sticy shut long as you live
ARREST FOR ATTEMPT TO LEVY BLACK Mall
The polio: yesterday arrested, at house No 81 Bill
erica street, man who goes under the name of Dr.
S Holman, and pretends to keep medical office a
the above place, and a woman nam Anna Robin
son. charge of attempting to extOrt money from
Donald Mcdonald, ship carpenter OF East Boston
by thre eltenng 10 charge him with the crime of adu
tary 1t appears that Mcdonald consulted " Dl
Holman on Wednesday last, in regard to a disease
leg, and obtained prescription, which he went out
y procure.
: On his return he met by Mrs. Robinson, Wh
said the 6 Doctor had gone out and invited him int
. her room. When there, the Doctor rushed in an
charged him with The commission of crime with th
woman, whom he alleged 10 be his wife, and demand
ed 81 900 to settle the matter. He finally, however
y lowered his demand to $3.50, but as Mcdonald ba
!, no money with him, he agreed to let him leave tn
IS house upon the promise TO call again. Mr. McDon
;, aid did call again, having several police officers witt
him, who took lhe and womsn into custody
The " Doctor" says his right name is Daniel Savay
d The woman is the same person who betooled a
>, old man from Maine, named Pemberton, out of ST.