Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1858-06-22


fitin mad; the whole ar wur full owe EN-,
ready to pitch inter eny thing what moved.
The house sot onter slopin groun, AN the
yard dure wur even with hit; so Sock jist
backed IN order double he'd owe stene,
BLOWN and "a bawlin, and the leder owe
the biggest army owe bees ever seed out at
wun time /; they filed the baskit; they
lodged onto his tale till hit wur as thick as
waggin tung an strate up in the ar at
that, loukin sorter like ded pine kiyered
with ivy. They wur in fac all over i'm,
an at work with all thar mites. u maxim i'm
feel good AN hot, an improving his temper
mitely. Owe all the durnd times ye ever
hearn tell owe, wur thar an therabouts.
lie cum tale fust agin the ole story Dutch
clock and fotch hit, Dustin tho innards
outen il; the leetle wheels were all over
the fore. Next pas he fotch up ayin the
foot ov big dubbil engine bcdstead. an
reared it onto aind an punchin wun owe the
posts thru the glas winder. The next
tail l-furst experdition wur again katakor-
nered cupboard, which soon ketch darna-
ton. He smashed the glass dores in, up
! settin hit, and then stemped everything
inter the shelves all TO giblets, n tryin to
back further in that direcshun. Pickil
krocks, presarve jars, vinegar jugs, seed
bags, yarb punches, paragoiick bottles,
aig baskits, and deli, were all mixed id
permiskusly, an not wuth sortin by about
u duller and alf. Next he got fair back
across the rune agin the board pertishun;
no went thru like It he'd been paper, and
tuck about six feet SOAR owe hit in splin
ters and skraps with i'm inter the rune
wlar they war a eaten, an now the fitin OF
bees, an dancin, an d"gin begun.
H. ohaS - dNaf a. q
an sot at tho aind owe the tabil mex tn
whar Sock busted thru the wall: tail aind
on he cum agaiA hor cheer, hittin her an
hit onto the tabil. Now the squawkin,
an cussin, and the smashin Of things and
mxin OF vittils begun. They had sot sew
eral tabils tugether to make it long enuf.
80 he list rolled EN- up a top Of one another
and thar sot old Missis Clapshaw strad-
die owe a pile. u Gtin bees like onto mad
windmill, with her caliker cap in one hand
fur wcpun, an kickin like she wur
riding u lazy horse arter n doctor. Taturs,
cabbidge, meat, supe, sop. dumplins on
this truck ye waller EN- in milk, pies,
plates and every durn fixin yu cud think
owe in q week, wcr thar mixed and smashed
like hit had been thru y thrashin masheen
Ole Sock still kepta backin. an backed tho
hole pile, ole oman an all, with five ur six
uther bee fitefs and few cheers, outcn the
dorc and down seven steps inter the lane;
an then he turned - fifteen hun lred pound
= sumerset hisscf arter 'em, and lit atop Owe
J all the mixed up mess flat onto his back.
; About the time he got tu his feet, ole man
Burns-ye know how fnt, stumpy, cross
grained ho is eny how made a mad sna;c ch
} at tho baskit and kotch hit, but cudeEt let
go to quick enuf, fur ole Sock gst blow d
and bellered all histed the ole stud heels
fust up inter the ar, an he lii ON Sock s
back an he'd the baskit in his hand. Jiss
. es soon as old black-y cud see, hs tore of
down the lane (lrying to outrun the bees
go fast that ole Burns WAS feared til try u
gitotf; 50 he jist socked his fut inter the
. rope stirrups All prepared hissef fur the
, durndest fast bull ride mortal man or o.
! man ever he'd. Sock tuck down atwccI
the hitched husses All the rail fence, an ole
Burns filin him over the he'd with tn.
baskit III stop in, al then tiiin the bees
. | tell you h" KEEP that ar baskit n m"Nin
III jist be durnrd -f | di1n'nt think he
r had four or five baskits. cud see thai
menny sum;imes at onst; well, Burns
u baskil All bull, scared every burned hoss
{ and mule loose from the fence, sum OBJ
n saryin bees II stoppin ON each wun tu hell
-
II lesum place. Most on em, too, tuck
: fence rail with en-, fast ONO the bridi! rem
+ Now Ill jist gin yu lcve III kiss sister Sal
!, ef ever such u size wur seen ur Sich nise
II hearn as wur in that l"n2 lane. A mon
r strous cloud owe dust, ike aharrykane heo
= cum along, hid all the hosses an away
abuv hit you cud SEQ hosses and ends o
s fence rales tlyin about, an now and ther
u II pair Of brito hind shoes wud flash in th'
|, sun like two sparks an away head WI
q the baSkit II circlin round All about at ran
u dunn. A heap owe brayin, snickerin. th
o belerin owe tie bull, clatterin owe runnil
g hoofs, and monstrous rushin aroun mad
e up the Mise. | swar old Burns Kin bea
e eny man ON yeath fitin bees with
u baSkit. Jist set him straddle owe a ma,
a bull and let thar be n plenty ov bees so e
r. TO excite the ole man. Stray hosses a
8 mules wer tuck up all over the county
IS All ye cudent go mile any course an no
~ find buckils, stirupS, straps, ur sumthi
n, belongin 10 ridin hoss.
n. Now about that hous ther wur a goo
IS time ginerally. Fellers and gals loped ou
m of winders, they rolled out Of dores j
err punches, they clum the chimneys, the
i; hid onder the house, they tuck to tn
'S thickct. they rolled in the wheat field, lad
rs down in the krick. and some took 1t j
IN good ole runin toards home. SicIly, sh
Is sluatted i'll the spring up to her years, an
40 while she wer drowndin the mess ov
n. bees onder her coats, went TIA her. sez
H. "yUv got another new seusashnn haint yc?
an oh, Sut, these bon,inable insex, they'I
jis hornin me up!' Gin um sum sody
IN seq !, elm broken doses, that'll cool 'el
'le off," She shot fire at me outen her eyes
tn AN tho't I'd beet so. Clapshaw crawle
hd onder chaf pile in the barn and TUX h
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