Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1858-02-04


be ahou, 'in tune read to him. Eyes. George,
that ar dockymint am in yearnest, sartin. They
due want me powerful bad, but | spect cit dullers
won't fetch me. I'll 60 myself fur fifty planked
down. eff yoall 80 long and see me hev Justice
Lite lite, old fcller, an let that roam ofyoun blow
iitie and I'll sp.an this cussed af4r what has ruin
cd my ksracter as pious pusson in society about
here. Ye see Iwent to last years big meetin at
Ratil Snax Springs, wur settin in nice shady
place conycrsin with fien,il the huckberry thick
Ct, when the fust thing know'd woke from
trance. what had been knocked into by four
year old hickory club in the hans NV ole Passun
Bun, dun, his alligator locking hide, as he wur
standir astraddle NV me. atoamin at the mouth an
preachin 20 me about sartin sins all my wicked
ness ginerally. My poor fren WIZ gone. an wur
glad NV it, fur thot he ment to Kill me with his
club ef he failed to preach me to deth, an didn't
want her tn see me dc" @
'Who was the friend Won speak Of, Sui7''
''None oue your busincss--durn ycur little anl.
shus pictur. But I'll tell yc thing, that mite
neibor gal got an orfii COMPOUNDED stroppin frum
her nam with the strip leiher ov saddle, an ole
Passun Bullin had ct supper thar that nite and
what's NUS nor all, she cooked it fur him, and beg
ged him tremblin an cryin not to tell on her. the
durn, internal, hiperkritical, potbelled, whisky
wastin ole ground hog; bat paid him fur it all, EFF
haint. will. l mean tn keep payin w him all the
time. Well, at next big meetin at Ratl Snaix,
wur on han, az solum as hat kerier at kollccton
time. fur he'd promised the ole hog tn kun an be
convsr.ed, Just TO keep him fruni kiln me. TUX
a seat on the steps owe the pulpit, to prove wur
in ycarncst. Thar wur monstrous crowd in the
grove, an ole Bnln wur preachin ~ en- at an Or
ful rate-how the Hell SarpaintS would sarye en-
ef they didn't repent-how they ID crawl over them,
rap thar tails round thar nacks poke thar tongues
inter thar eyes and blow inter thar CT il
an Oman, how they'd guile in hur bussum, and try
70 crawl down under her frock- string. An be he'd
en- hot, hollerin and scared the fac is, the thing
wusa workin powerful. Now I'd kotch five big
grey potbellied lizards he'd en- in little mar
rer bottom, and packed tito bundle owe
sticks 81
So willie he wus a rarr,n onto his tip.oes onbe
knownest "a any body, omitted my poke put the
mouth up under his britches leg an gin thar leg
squeeze an shake, when tia all took up his bare
leg, making owe noise sortcr Ike squirrels a
climbin shell bark hickory. lie stopped preach
in and looked fur moment like he wur a listnin
sunthiE. sorter ike ole dus wen she hears
you whistle fur the dogs. | give big groanan hilt
my he'd atween my kness. Then he commenced a
slarpin owe hissclf where ye cut the stake outen
beef then he d fetch rub whar hOsss tail sprouts,
then he'd stomp, then run his han atween his
wais-bun an his shirt, and reach down roun mit-
ly with it-,hen he sPred his big legs and give his
back good shakin, sort OF rub agin the pulpit,
sor;er ike a hog scratches agin a stump; leanin
to his work powerful, squirmn generally, iii he'd
list come outina dog bed, or ned s.ep on a psant
trail. Abort this time one of my lizards (scared
IN hurt spose BY all the rubin an scratchin and
I slappn,( pokcd his he'd out atwcen the passun's
shurt collar al; his old brown neck tuck peep AZ
the circumstances an lodged back asin. ...s
Old Bulns speech now cum tn him; his eyes
s.e,ia cut ike two buckeyes lung agin mud wall,
and his voice tFimblin; SCI he, "Bretheren take
kcer owe yerselfs, the Hell Sarpaints hev 9ot me.
Some Of the wimmin fotch painter yell, and a
ramrol legged doctor what sot near me, allowed
| il wur clar case of Delicious Tremcnjus. and
thot he right fur il tremenjus atore it war
done with. ORwent tue claw hammer coat an be
1 flung it ahnd him like he wur gwinc inter i.e
(he had no jacket on.) Mex he fotch his shurt
over his head faster nur got outin my pasted wur,
and he flung il up inter the air like he didnt care
dnrn Ct nit kepup forcyer but itlOdged onto aback
Jack Iseen wun of my lizards r,cin about over
the big old dirty lookin surt, shared like the devil
Then he gin q sorter shake an al twist, an he cum
outen his britc,les, an he tuck them by the bottom
OF the legs an swung them roun his head a few an
then fotch them down cherallup the irunt oye
the pulpit Y on cud h6y herd the smash quarter
owe mile. Nigh onto about fifteen shortened bis
kit. Drilled chicken with his legs crossed, big
double bladed nie, slab owe terbacker, pipe, sum
copper ore specments.a heep of brakin glass, q
cork, sprinkil owe whiss;ey and three owe my liz.
yards few parmskusly all over that ieetn ground,
GU, of the upper eend oye them big FAX britches.-
Wun owe the smarte st owe my blue lizards liz he'd
fust inter the bussnn eve q tat woman, as big as
skin'd hoss and nigh onto as ugly, who set thirty
yards off fannin herself with turky tail, and
smart to the last, 10 cemmcnced runnin down.
SO she wr bound 20 faint, and did tust rate; jisl
flung her turky tail inter the air, rolled down the
hill, tangled her legs and garter in the top NV
hnckilberry bush and war thar all SAFE fur quiet
when Ilcff- 81 -fs rs -
Now ole Balliu he'd nufhiu on him bat a par w
hevs low quartered shote, short woolin socks, ar
eel skin garter tn keepof the ersmp, an his skars
sur a CROWN on him fast. He Nur plum crazy
fur he iist spit on his hans an leaped over the run
Nv the pulpit rite inter the middle nv the Plus par
Nv the congregation, ksrd an sot it to gttin away
lie run. or reuIer went in lumberin gallop, heavy
like an old wagon boss skared az "A locomotive
When he Jumped bench he shook the ycarth al
his self too. - - elr ssf
Bonnets an fans clared the way, an he had pur
fectly Tar track to the woods. He weighed mig
onto three hundred, he'd black stripe down HI
back like onto an old bride rein his belly look c
about the size and cutler Nv big beefponch and hi
shakin like little feller totin NV big drum a
muster, an heard it slosh plum to wher WIS
There cramp nots on his legs as big as warnuts
and sll over he minded me NV crazy ole elephar
shat wur possessed by the devil, with hits can
snout an tushes saw ed off, rared mp an gwlnc o
| hits hind legs away from immediate tribalation :
He did the loudest and scariest and busiest rufini
| I ever seed since dad raced with the hornets,
be no faster than it wur.
Well nc disappeared in the thckei, an ove a
the mnsses ye ever hearn it wtr thar in a cirkle
two hundred feet or tharabouts, sum wimin scream
en-, they wus the skeary wuns; sum larfin, they wi
she wicked wuns, sum cryin-they wus the fool wuI
(sorter NV the Lovengood kind;) SUM tryin to e
away orhide their faccs-they wus the modest wun
sum hangin to thar bows--they was the swectwun
sum on thar knees with thar eyes shut, their lace
turned the way the ole mudturkilwas runn'n--the
wus the deccitful WINS; sum doin nutllin-they VI
the vaitin xuns an the most danjerous Owe all o.
! en- by durDded long site. tuck a big skeer ms
SELF artcr bible aboutas big abrick,a dissplin
an book called kataplasns q few rcsks. an s1c
like fruit spattered unto tue pulpit, nj onto my hea
Ian az the Lovengoods, durn EN-. knows 9th
but TO run when they git skered, jist put towar'
the swamp onthe krick. As started black DO
I'll OF bad-face smashed against the tree fJrnin
inc. Sum durn fool perfesser dun IL, who la
more zeal than sense; fur say that any man who
waste a quart Nv good vhiskey fur the chance
Iknoekin poor devil IKE me d1wn NTH H., it u
bo,til wus with nothin, sn'tas smart as ole Squi
Mackmullir, an he shot his sef witha hoe hand
land il warn't loaded at that We'll, you kno'
George, orter run fast--ist look at these legs
used EN- sum atwecn that meetn ground an u
swamp, and they baint kotched me yit,
/ Ole Barebclly Bullins as they call him. since
itribulaton with the He'll Sarpainis, haint prcach
but wunst, and then he hadn't aoman 20 hear hi
His tex vuss "n&kid cum in:u this vurld, and
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