The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1857-09-30


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t0vr..fFl aai,ua theft ihliine
N.h .all tUI.. lhautmy lls
" r.l hha connolly llasht.iua
l. llalna.lA.Aaat -hfe lhe
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I uIHUat,H h.tHI'l tla.o u0p "
| lhc pHl.,.i ~ lhe Nla'e. hul There T.
uao thing ihaf doc. noi heip llmnoh
/ ip hhDh Wnl which ls generally
] aluui lwo Gai deep and oi a oompe
|rNn that II u we're MT quite ~ hard
Wul mnhp NullUnl lht When ouf
uIm Ef WanItg lhinb lhit
I mla qamiI'lt',f d tlil be- exported
! lI ,he t.plr' nrrWmi When
! U,bNa expect 10 carry a specimen
w my llls, whrfs H. has adhprol
| VIh 4 t,uiHii ibai has as ,et d,0ed
ali attempt. % ii removal However
laf towu possess many advantages
lhat ,ompmcaie hr ibis. Leaving
/ tlafkcsviIIc | had a pleasant ride over
the fair and 0Owery prairie, always
watching for lhc mule rabbits, aud
cnqulrIng after them gun In hand |
was GLAD that da, 10 lind that to Gnd
! was nearing them rapidly, II not
hone Hofe than set,afy.fcr milcs 10
btg ,u,, abundant, as The old gen.
tl,glst aih whom slaid that night
tull ne. lie told me something also
ahuu. The singing scorpion Il seemed
from bic account 10 resemble the great
African scorpion in everything but
sac. II being, however, Infinitely
smaller ,han its Affican klnsman,
The ycom of the reptile seems to be
diminished In the same ratio as Its
size, the wound II Inaic,s not being
much more painful than iha, Of q hor.
net sting. The instrument With which
It's ,,.ms are wounded Is In shape
very much liac !hc u.
After listening to my hosts nara.
tive about them llll near ten o'clock
retired TO rest. almost imagining cy.
~, ,ime my hand touched anything
that had hold Of me u them. !
anl not surr that this result was moi
brought about, as well a. the after
occurrence. by the designing old EEL
low. who ssw iha, very much dread
ed the animal. placed myself 10 I
bed whose snowy white sheets and
soit downy feathers made me hops (oI
pleasant dreams aud refreshing slum
/ Der. just as I was drramlrg of As,
lthc Idol Of my hcari) and seeing thu
happicst time imaginable with ny lar
"a friends dn drcamlandj I was 'sd
derly disturbed and brought back d
where fell asleep, by feeling soms
thing like dozen dies crawl over m.
body at once. Revenge. that awfall.
/ bad passion Of the human bras,. q
. once prompted me to make q suddc
!. LICK with my hand tnoi ionsne) At ,h
Z Intruder. vhen--perhaps you ca
|, imagine. cant describe my agen,
). When the sting Of the scorpion en,crr
Z my bodyl suffice !, 10 say iha, Sc
Island domestic was scattered sbot
ss II 10 Texas II didn't cost over G
Co ,vn,s ler yard. and si.ss half a
Ayaeo. ,ssaiu. everything In The roo,
' aud abcv, ,hs bed wrong side ou
}. wy ainluish-d self crepi back to b.
Il like Iodf~y's catfish. "consldcrabI
j. svuui.' 10 my dream Of pleasa
3. suc,~cded one In which I,ois DA
= ihcms. horned frogs. spiders and ma
rabti's wrrr strangely mixed up, Al
70 finally my dream resolved itself In
onc In which old Satan came ior
imagr) With q sting On the tip of !
.. TIL very much like iha, of a s,ingi
:, ssorrion. with which he forthwith p,
b cse,ie,l 10 "-pii" me in 'he s,ost .
- eat.fe mahnlr. au,i | awake 90, VI /
uilhiiaare sHly IN lime IN prevent n
s..f frsm bsias liagss,i--v.ll. .
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