Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1857-08-12

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dies full owe babies, and his Big Salt Lake &C
throwd in. r,
Well, wun day a cussed, deceiviu pala- ia
verin, stinkin Yankee pedlar, all jack-knife X
and jaw, cum to ole maa Buraeses with a
load owe april parins, calllker ribbons,
jews harps an s-o-d-y powder. Now .
mind I'd never hearn fell owe that truck
afore, an | be burned eff | don't want it tn
be the last-wGs no rife powder-wus no
perkussion-three times as smart, an
hurts Wus-heap wus. Durn him. Durn :
all Yankee pedlars, and durn thar prinsi-
pills an practisis, / say. | wish had all
the sody powder they ever made an his J
cussed pauneh an a slow match fixed tn .
him, an | had a chunk owe 6re-the fell q
Ter what found a pece owe him big enuf tn
feed a coekroach ought to be King owe
the Sultun's harem fur a thousand years
for his luck. They amt human, no hu-
man, no how. The mint at Filadelfy is
thar Heaven, they think thar God eats
haf dimes for breakfus, hashes the ~leavins
fur dinner, an swallers a cent an a dried
april fur supper, sits on a stampin mach
inc fur a throne, sleeps on a crib full owe
hat dollars an measures men like money,
by count--Thar liant wun owe Fem got al
soul but what cud dance a jig in a kabbsge
seed an leave rune fnr the fiddler, an per-
haps a Yankee gull ur two owe the usual
stripe thrown in.
Well, Sicily she bought a tin box owe
the sody frum him, an hid it away frum
her folks, a saUint for me.
l happened tn pass next day an owe
course stopped to enjoy a look at the tenn
ter, and she wur mighty lovin to me put
wun arm roun my neck, and luther wun
whar the cirsingil goes round a boss tuck
the { inturn on me with her left foot an
an gin me kiss. Says she 'Sutty, love,
Pvc got sumetin fur ye, a new sensashun'
AN ] believed in it, fur / begin to feelit
a ready. My toes felt like little MINERS
were nibblin at em-a cold streak run up
an down my back like a lizard with a
turkey hen arter him in sittin time-my
heart felt hot an dissatisfied like, an then
I'd a cut ole Souls throat in a mint
:. eff she'd limited a needsesity for sich ar
!, operashun. Then she poured ten III
!, twelve blue papers over the sody inter
big tumbler an about the sam numbe
: owe white wuns, inter luther tumbler, ant
: put nj onto a pint owe water on both o
'em, and stirred 'em both up with a cas-
= nife, lookin as solemn as a ole jackass In
snow storm when the folders gin out
= She hilt wup while she told me tn drin
tother. Iswallowed it at one run-taste
- salty like, but | thot it wur a part ov
. the sensashun-But | WI mistakened-
all of the cussed internal sensashun WI
- yet tn cum, and it wurnt long at it, ho!
~ you'd better believe me. Then she 81
me luther tumbler an [ sent it arter II
fust wun, rase boss fashion. In about WI
! moment an a haf [ thot I'd swalered
>, threshin machine in full blast, ur a cupp
- owe bull dogs an they he'd sot in tn fiji
I seed that I wur cotch again-same far
i. lily disposition to make cussed fools O.
themselves every chance, so [ broke
my boss, | stole a look back an thar Sici
-, lay on her back in the porch, a scream
"a with lafn, her heels up in the air, a kick
- owe them tugether like she wur a tryin
,rt kick her slippers off. But I had no til
tn look then, an thar wur a road owe 70;
90. frum the hous tn the boss two foot vi
in. an four inches deep-looked like it
been snowing-popin, an a hissin an a
40. lin like a tub owe hot soap suds. [ b
gethered a cherry tree limb as | run, al
aun lit astraddle owe my boss, a whippin a
kickin like mad. This with the Sc
'"no noise | made, Cfur 1 wur a whistlin a
'a1s hissin, an a sputterin outer mouth, n
an eyes, like a steam engine,) sot hin
rearin an .~cavortin like he wuz sheered
owe his senses. Well, he went. :
pa foam rolled an the old black boss flew
- He jist mizzled-scared nj tn death, a
were l.. So we agreed on the pint
I'M greatest distance in the smallest time.
nm aimed for Doctur Goodman's at the
S;lL wassee Copper Mine, to git sumthil
stop the exploshun in my inards. l
a sarcuit rider on his travels TOWARD
fried chicken en a hat full of ball bisl
o% " AS | cum a tarin along he hilt up
SUE hands like he wanted to pray fur me,
,,aI as | p%erfered phisic tn prayer in my
C c%ooliar situwashun at that time, |
rolled along. He took a skeer as |
very nj ontu him, his faith gin
yr al an he lodged boss, saddil- bags an c
ahoo coat, intu a thicket just like you've Sc
turkil take water ofen a log when a
= Az big steamboat Gums along. AS he pa
ls..: old man Browns Sicily hailed him
!" axed him if he'd met eny body in a h
Aiu gwino up the road. The poor man tho
.pec1 perhaps he did't, but he'd seen a SITE
! use a ghost, Nv old Beelzebub himself, vi
ia'sg komit, he didn't adzactly know which
anu takin all things tug3ther an the short
he had fur preparation, he though
,n"u met a crazy, ngtegged shakin QuaS
~. feein frun the wrath to cum, on a
y an white spotted boss, a whippin owe
lar.er with a big brush, an he he'd a white
urnin what cum frum nj unto his eyes t
al a pummil owe the saddil, an then fork
III an went to his knees, and then sumtimes
I'M ped in lunches as big as a crows M
the ground, and he hearn a sound lii
:, rushin owe nifty waters, and he wur
otL tily exeseized about it eny how. W
n,~ guess he wur an so wur his fat boss.
81 ~ wur old blackey, an wust exersized
I'M owe em wur l, myself. | afterwards
80 that when he had composed hisself b
w. his konklushins about it tn Sicily t
S,"- wur a new steam invenshun tn ker
! .W Katholic doctrine an the Pope's n
made outen sheet iron ,ingin rubber,
", leather, Use cream an fat pine, sorter
ou.' shape owe a man an horse, and Il
mus4ci bosses tail Wur made of iron Wi
g noun $3.50 .Lou;n