Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1857-10-16
VOLUME "a, NO. Al.

she pullin at one OF tho tails aud me at the
tothcr. an got into it. Dum tho ever
lasting new tangled shcrt. say. felt like
| | had crawled INTO an old bco gum an hit
! fall Of pi,ants; but 1t were like lawyer
Johnson's. aud | stud 1t like man, and
went to work to build Bets ash hopper.
! worked powerful hard and swet Ikea
ho-.. and when the shCrt got wet 1t quit It's
hurting.
Arier I got dun took about four fingers
Of rcihead, and cravleI up into the cabin
loft 10 take snuze.
. Well. when walked upl thought | was
dcd. or had the cholcry, for all tho joints
could move were my ankles, wrists, knees
couldn't even move my head, aud sEasely
wink my eycs-,hc cus'cd shirt was pasted
fast onto me all over. from the pint OF tho
tail. to tho pint Of the broad.aK collar over
INV wears. IL sot to me as close as poor
COW dus to her hide in March. lsquirmed
and strained till sorter got 1t broke at tho
shoulders and elbows, aud then ! done tho
durnde,t foolish thing ever did in 'hese
mountains. / shuiTlcd my breoches oil and
tore loostsirom my hide about two inches OF
the tail all around, in much pain and trib-
ulation. Oh! but it did hurt Then l
took M plank outen the loft and hung
nv legs down through the hole, and nailed
the aid,e Of tie front tail u the door before
me. and the hind tail nailed To the plank
wo, .et on. | unbo.touod the collier and
ri.lands, raised my hands away above my
head. sho, up my eyes, said grace and
jumped through to the ground aoro''
Here Sat remarked, sadly
q" George, rm darnder fool than ever
dad was, ho... hornets, an all. I'll drown
myself sum Of these days, sec cf don't"
"well, 60 on, Sut; did tho shirt como
oT?"
"I-t.h.i.n.k-i,-d-i-d. | hearn
noise sartcr like taring shinele roof OF ov
a house all at on.t, and fclt like my bones
were all that reached the fore. staggered
10 my fcc' and took look at my sher'.
The nails had all hllt their holt, aud thar
Il war hanging, arms down, inside ont, and
as stiff as ever. IL looked like the map ov
Mexico is, artcr one Of tho drst battles
a patch Of my hide about the size Of dollar
AMI half hill here; bunch Of my bar
about the size oS birds nest thar; then
-omc more skin :'thcn some paste then
heap Of skin; then more har; then skin,
and - on all over ,ha, darncd new tangled,
everlasting. informal GUS Of u shcrt.
Itwasa picture to look at-dH' 50 ,ra' ],
The hide. har anI paste were about ckeAlly
dcyid.l atvccn me and IL. Wonder what
B.t.. darn her. thort when she cum home
and found me missing. Spect she thinks
cravlsl into a thickct and died OF my
wounds. II must hay, skar.d her good.
It.lI v1u il looked Ike tho skin ~ sum
Wild beast torn or alive, Or a has what had
kc-ri-l load ov fresh beet from a shooting
match.
Now, George. II ever kctch that lawyer
johnson out IN .hoo, him, AMI II ever any
oman talk. about nht'nin' a shert Tor me
again, dum my everlasting ricturei don't
l.f,,n h.r. It's ritributron shrtin, tho
hi.,a.t kind Of q preachers regular rii-r-
button. DO you remember my driving OF
dad thro' that hornets nest, and then rseins
VI lin inter II, kreek'"
"Yr-."
Well. thi. /, what comes Of Il. III
drown myself SON, Of these days, see ef
d,n',-,fl don't die from that awful -hsr'.
Take a horn, and don't you try sticky
.hirt a' long A. you live