The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1857-06-22
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The 6rst one met ~ sSur (aft9 GROSS
ing the Hiwassee,) viewing along In his
usual rambling, uncertain gait; his appear
ance at once satisfied me that something was
wrong. He had bssn sick-whipped in =
free fight, or WAS just outgroWing one Of his
big drunks. Bat upon this pointI was soon
enlightened.
why, SUIT, what's wrong nowp
Heaps wrong; durn my skin ef ] haint
most dead. Lite Oh on that ar boss, George,
an, take horn, while take two, (shaking
that everlasting flask Of his ct me, y an plant
| yerscls on that ar log an pll tell 70 ef ken,
but its most beyond tsllin.' Irecken Pm the
darndest fool out an Utaw, scept my dad,
for be acted hoes, an haint dun that yet
alters in some trap that cudent ketch sheep.
Pll drownd myself sum day, see ef don't,
just to stop family dispersition to make
fools on themselves.'
sHow 10 it, Sut, have you been beat play
ing cards, or drinking, which 10 it?'
Mary one; that can't be did in these parts;
but seein' it's you, George, III tell you
but swar Pm 'shsmed-siok--sorry
and mad, am
sYe know boards with Bill Carr, at his
cabin on the mountain, am pays for sich %
gets when hcv money, an when ] haven't
eny, why he takes one-third Nv it outen me
in cussin, and she, that's his wife Belts, takes
out tother two. thirds with the battlin' stick,
and the intrust with her tung, and the in
trusts morn the princip'l-hsap more
She's the cussedest 'oman ever seed any
how fur jaw and pride. She can scoid bhs-
| ter in bulbs face rite On the curl in two
minits. Shs patterns after ev'ry fAshun she
hears tell on, from bussils TO briches. Oh!
she's one Of 'em, and sometimes she's two or
three. Well, ye see, I'D got sum homemade
cotton truck to make new shut outcn, and
| conxed Bet tn make it, aud about the time il
wur dun, here como Lawyer johnson along
and axed for breakfus-I wish it had pixensd
him, durn his hide, and wonder Il didn't,
fur she cooks awful mixings when she trys.
Pm pissn proof myself, (holding up his flask
and peeping through it,) ur I'D been ded long
| ago.
| well, while he were . estin' she spied
out that his shut Was stiff an nifty slick 30
she never rested till she worm'd it outen him
! that . preparation owe -four did It, an she
got few particulars about tho proceedings
TOO, outen him BY 'oman's art-I don't know
how she did it, perhaps he does. AFTER he
left, she sot in m billed big pot ove paste,
nigh onto peck owe it, am souIed in my
shut an let Il soke awhile; then she tuck il
an ironed Is out fat an dry, an set it up on
| its edge agin the cabin in the sun. Thar il
stood as stiff Is dry boss hide, an il ratified
like sheet Of iron, it did; it war pasted to-
| gether all over. When / cum 10 dinner,
nuthin' would do bat must put it on. Well,
Belts an me got the thing open nrter some
hard work, she pullin' Ut one owe the tails nm
me ct luther, mn got into it. felt likel'd
crawled inter an old bee gum an it full owe
pisants; bat 1t wur like Lawyer Johnson's,
an studit like . man, an went tn work tu
bid Belts ash hopper. worked powerful
hard an swet like boss, an when the shut
got vet il quit its hartin'. After got dun,
tuck about four fingers owe red head am
| crnwled up intu the cabin loft to take .
| snuxe.
well when walked up tho't Was ded,
or had the cholefs, for al the jints cud
move wur my anklos, wrist and knees --cudn't
even muve my head an skasely wink my eyes
the cussed shut wuI pasted fast onto me
all over, from the pint owe the tails tn the
pint owe the broad-axe collars over my years.
1t sot tn me - clost ~ poor COW dus her
hide in March. squirm'd an strand till
got it sorter broke ut the shoulders an el-
bows, an then dun the durndest fool thing
ever did 10 these mountains. shulaed my
my britchcs OF and tore luse from my hide
| about two inches owe the tail all round, in
much pain and tribulation. Oh! but il did
hurt. Then tuck up plank outen the loft
an hung my legs dswn thru the hole an
nailed the aidge.ove the front tail tn the
aidge Of the floor before, an the hind tail
nailed tn the plank what cot on. onbut-
toned the collar and ristbands, raised ms
hands way up abuv my he'd, shut up my eyes,
| said grace, and iumpt thru tn the ground
/ Aoer.
Here SUIT runinAted sadly.
sGeorge, Pm durnder fool than eyer dad
was, hoss, hornets, and I'LL. PHI drown'd
myself sum owe these days, see ef DON'T
well, 60 on, Sut; did the shirt come off?'
I-t-h-i-n-k- i'd. l hearn
a noise sorter like tarin' single ruff Of
owe q house, all at onst, an felt like my
bones wur all that reached the floor. Istag-
gered tn my feet and tuck look up ut tho
shut. The nails had all hilt thar holt, an
thar it wur hangin' arms down, inside out,
an ~ stiG ~ svsr. II looked like map owe
Mexico iist arter one owe the worst battles
= patch Of my hide about the size ove dol
lar an half bill here; bunch owe my har
about the size owe birds nest thar; then
sum more skin; then sum paste then little
more har; then heap owe skin then more
har then skin, an 90 on all over that burned
new tangled, svsrlastin', Internal cass owe .
shut. Il wur picture to look at-on' 20
Uur !. The hide, hair, an paste wur about
ekeally devidsd atween me and hit. Won
der what Belts, durn her, tho't whom she cum
crawlsd intu the tLicket an, died owe nv
wounds. II must ~ skarsd her good, fur /
tell you il looked like the skin owe sum Wild
beast torn ID alive, or bag what had kerr
risd = load owe fresh beef from . shoosin'
match.
Now, George, ct ever kstch that Lawyer
johnson out, I'll shoot him, IN Of ever an
'oman talks about flst'nin' shut for ne agin,
durn my evsrlastin' picter Of don't fatten
her. It's rit-ribution sartin, the biggest
kind Of preachcr's regular rit.ribution.--
Du you mind my driyin' owe dad thru that
hornets most, and then racin' owe him inter
the krcek2
i tYes.'
SWELL, this 10 what Gums owe it. l'll drownd
myself sum owe these days, see Of don't, Of
don't die frum that orful shut. Take Z
horn, and don't you ever try sticky shut -
long ssyou live
I'm. P. Willis thought he saw ghost q
the foot Of his bed one night. lie rose with
sweat drops ON his brow, nefvsd himself 70
the extreme Of daring, approached the agurs
and clutchea it--when, 10! it was his own
silk shirt 1t had bssn hung near The foot
; Of his bead, over . furnace register. Thu
column Of warm cir occasionally inflated thii
, shirt, and hence the ghost.
E1Mrs. Catharine (forest) Sinclair, Y.
learn, - now in England, il about TO give t.
the world work on Amsrics and Americans
The Albany Argus says that - 70 Ansri
, cans. tho book ought 70 be intersatine. 10,