Red Wing sentinel. [volume] (Red Wing, M.T. [i.e. Minn.]) 1855-1861, 1858-01-16

AulS ctSif Will Dc paluc III kOIL Of
produce tn be collected at ur aboute mex
kamp-metin by wun what ketchis him,
fur the cacus owe wun Sutty Loven-
good ded ur alive an safely gin over tn
the car owe Passon John Bullin at
Square mack Junkins fur raisin owe
the devil permiscusly, discumfilrtin the
wimen powerful an skarin owe folks
gineraly at the ratilsnaik springs big
meetin.
signed by.mc : 's4s'
JOHN BULL1N the Passon.
atttested tu by Jehu Wethoron.
I found written copies of the above
highly ineligible and vindictivc proc
lamation stuck up on every blacksmith
shop, doggcry and storc-door in the
Frog Mountain range. It's blood -thirs-
|ty, vindictive spirit, it's style, and,
above all, its chirography, Interested
me to the extent of stealing one from a
tree for preservation.
In few days I found Sut i'll good
crowd in front of Capchart's small
doggery, and as he proved to be about
4" III lune,' I read it to him. eyes,
George, that ar dockymint am in year
nest, sartin. They does want me pow
erful bad, but spect cit dullcrs won't
fetch me. I'll go mysef fur fifty, plan
kcd down. cf yul go long an see me
ih:v justic. Lite, lite, old feller, an let
that roam owe yourn blow a little, an
I'll splain this cussed aE,r what hes r,,-
mated my karacter as plus pus~on in
scicty about here. rYe see, l went tn
last years big mcetin at ;lu;l; onaix
Springs, an wer sittin in a nice shady
place convcrsin with fi'ien in the hue
xii berry thicket, when the fi1st thing
I know'd I woke from trance, what
I'd been knocked inter by four year
hickory stick i'll the ham Of ole Passon
Bullin, durn his alligator ]ookin hide
an he wur standin straddle owe me,
a foamin ut the mouth All a prcachin tn
me about sartin sins an my wickedness
ginerally. My poor fricn wur gone an
| wur glad owe it, fur thot he ment
tn kill me with his club cf he failed tu
preach me tn deth, al didn't want he1
tn see me die.
"Who was the friend you speak of,
Snt ~
| Nun owe y-o-u-r b-i-s-n-i-s--durr
your little ankshus picter! But III
tell you one thing, George; that mite a
neibor gall got an orful confounded
stroppin from her nam with the stir
rup lcthcr owe q saddil, IN ole Passon
Bnliin had ct supper thar that mite
and what's wus nur all, she cooked il
fur i'm and begged him q tremblin al,
cryin not tn tell on her, the burned,
inferncl, hipcrkritikal, pot-bcllied, and
whiskcy-wasting old ground hog; bu,
paid i'm fur it all, eff I h;int will.-
l mean tn keep a payin owe i'm Ill tho
time. We'll, at mex big mcetin at Rati
Snaix, / wur on ham as solemn as :
hat kcrier at collection time, fur l had
promised the old hog to cum an bs
converted, jist tn keep him trum kill,
me. tux seat on the steps owe tn;
pulpit, til prove l wur in ycarnest:-
lTher wer a mOnstrous crowd in tha
grove, an ole Bullin wur a preach
3. in tn 'cm at an orful rate-how th'
f Hell Sarpints wud sarvc 'cm if the,
didn't repert-how they'd crawl Owe
Il 'cm, rap thar tails roun thar nccks
poke thar tumgs inter thar eyes ano
: blow inter thar years; an cf it wcr a,
'oman, how they'd guile i'll her buzzun
an try tn crawl down under her frock
f string. An he had en- hot, hol!cri1
: an scored; the fac is, the thing Wa
workin powerful. Now I'd kotch tiv
, big grey pot-bcllied lizards, and hc'
: 'em in little narrcr bag, what mad
: a purpcs-thar tails ali at the bottom
e an packed as tite as bundil Of sticks
4 So while he war rarin onto his tip
$ toes, onbenowcnst tn any body, l on
tied my poke an put the mouth up III
: der his britchcs leg, an gin ther tail
souecse an a shake, when they all tu1
up his bar leg, making Owe noise iik
squirrillc a climbin shell bark hicko
ry. He stopped preachln an lookc'
t fur moment like he wur listenin Fl,
: sumthing, sortcr like an old SOW doe
e when she hears YOU whistle fur til
: dogs. / give big groan and hilt m
2 he'd atwccn my knees. Then he CON
: mcnced sIappin Owe his self wha
$ yc cut the steak outcn bee
$ then he'd fetch rub whar hose
j. tail sprouts, then he'd stomp, then I'll
It his ham atween his waisbun an hi
q shut, All reach down an roun miti!
! with it-then he spred his big legs an
;: give his back good shakin sort owe
s rub agin the pulpit sorter like a no
G scratches agin stump; a lcanin t
: his work powerful, and squirmin gint
g rally zif he'd jist cum outcn a dog be,
: ur he'd slept on pisant trail. Abo,
i this time one owe my lizard (scare
It and hurt spose by all this rubin a
r scraichin an slappin,) poked his he
d 'out atwccn the passon's shut collar a
y his ole brown neck, tuck peep at tn
l. circumstances, an lodged back agi1
n Old Bullim's speech now cum tn him
IL his eyes stickin out like two buckeye
r flung agin mud wall, an his voic
tremblin: Sez he, Brotherin, TAX
Ikeer Owe yoursefs, the Hell Sarpin,
hev got me-" Sum owe the wimn;