Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1858-01-27
SUIT LovENGooD's LIzzARDs.
"SS-EIr DULLERs REWARD.

s'$S-EIT DULLERs REWARD
s'This cash viii be paid in korn or produce
tu be colectid at ur aboute mex kampmetin by
eny wun what k0tchs him, for the carkus ov
wun Sutty Loyengood ded alive an safely
gin over tn the kare of Passon John Bullin at
Squire mack Junkins fur raisin ov the devil
permiscusly, discumfurtin the wimen powerful
a skarin ov folks gineraly at the ratil snax
springs big meeting.'' signed by me
ssJoHy BULLIN the Passon.''
ssattested tn by Jehu Wethoron.''
found written copies Of the above highly
intellgible and vindictive proclamation stuck
mp every blacksmith shop, doggery and
store door in the Frog Mountain range. Its
bloodthirsty, vindictivc spirit, its style, and,
above all, its chiragraPhy, interested me to
the extent of stealing one from tree for pre-
servation.
In few days found Sut in good crowd in
front of Capehers's small doggery, and as he
proved to be about sin tune,'' read it to him.
"Yes, George, that ar dockymint am in yearn-
est, sartin. They dus want me powerful bad,
but ! spcct cit dulers wont fetch me. I'll go
myself for fifty, panked down, eff yu'll go
long and see me hev justice. Lite, lite, old
feller, an let that roam hoss ov yourn blow
little, and I'll splain this cussed afar what has
ruinated my karacter as Plus purson in the
society about here. Ye see, went to last
years big meetin at Ratil Snaix Springs, an
wer sittin in a nice shady place conversin with
a frien in the huctil berry thickct, when the
fust thing krow'd woke from trance, what
I'd been knocked inter by fouI year old hicll-
Ory stick in the hand of ole Passon Bullin,
durn his alligator lookin hide an he wur
standing straddle ov me, a foamin at the
mouth preachin tn me about sartin sins
an my wickedness ginerally. Ny poor frien
wur gone, an was glad ov it, fur / thot he
ment tn kill me with his club eff he failed tn
preach me tn deth, an I didn't want her tn see
me die.
ssWLo was the friend you speak of, Sut ?''
ssN-u-n o-v YOUR b-i-s-n-i-s-duIn your lit
tie ankshus picteri But I'll tell ye one thing,
George; that mite a neighbor gal got an orful
couufounded stroppin frum her mann with the
stirrup Iethcr over saddil, an old Passin Bull
lin had ct supper thar that mite; and what's
WIS nrIr all, she cooked it fur him an begged
him trimblin and crying not tn tell on her,
the durne, Internal, hiperkritikal, pot-bellied,
whiskey-wasting old ground hog; but paid
him fur it all, eff haint / will. l mean tn
keep paying ov him all the time. Well, at
mex big meetin at Ratil Snaix, wur on hand,
as solemn as hat kerier at collection time,
fur had promised the old hog tn cum an be
conyarted, jist to keep him from KILN me- L
tuck scat on the steps ov the pulpit, to prove
wur in ycarnest. Their WIS monstrous
crowd in that ar grove, an ole Bullin wur
nreachin tn EN- at an orful rate-how the He'll
Sarpints wud serve EN- if they didn't repent
how they'd crawl over them, rap thar tails
roun thar necks, poke thar lungs inter thar
ewes an blow inter thar ears and ef 1t wur
woman, how they'd coil in her hussum, an try
tu crawl down under her frockstring. An he
had em hot, hollering, an scared; the fac is,
the thing was workin powerful. Now I'd
kotch FIVE big grey pot-belled Lizards, and
he'd EN- in o little narrer bag, what made
nnrnos-tEar tails at the bottom, an packed as
tite as bundil oy sticks.
$50 while he was ararin onto his tip-toes,
unbenenst tu any body,I omitted my poke an
mt the mouth mp under his britches leg, and
IN their legs squeese an shake, when they
aTtuis up his bar leg, making ov noise sor-
ter-ike squirrels a climbin sheN bark NICK
ory. He stopped preachin an iooke0for mo-
menHke he wur listnin for sunthine, sorter
like 3, ole sow duswhen she hears you whistle
for tn dogs. l give a big groan, an HID my
he'd atvecn my knees. Then he commenced
a slapin ov his self war ye cut the steak out
ov best then he'd fech rub whar hosses
tail sprouts, then hea stomp, then run his
hand atween his waisbuian his shirt and reach
down an roun nitily wi. it-then he spread
his big legs and give bis ,ck good shakip