The Placer herald., 1858-06-19

septin owe the Lovengoods,) fur when they
gifts into tribulashun they nos nuthin but to
shut thur eyes, beller, an back, and keep
backn. Well, when ole Sock foun hissef in
darkness when he raised his he'd, he made
wun lunge agin the house, that shook the
daubin out: then he fotch beller mout bin
hearn a mile, an then sot inter an onendn
systim owe backin-a big crawtish wur no
whar!-fust agin wun thing, then owe anuth-
er, among which were the bee bench an a
dozen stands of bees. This nockin down
thar bench fotch out all the bees, ftin madl
The whole ar wur full NV EN-, reddy to pich
inter enything what moved. The hous sot
onto slopin groun, an the yard dore wur
even with it; so Sock jist backed in onder a
dubbil head owe steme, BLOWN an bawn,
and the leader owe the biggest army owe bees
ever seed out at one time; they filled the
baskit they lodged onto his tale till hit wur
as thick as a wagin tung, an straight up in
the ar at that, lookin sorter like ded pine
kivered with ivy They wur in fac all over
i'm feel good an hot, an improvn his temper
mitely. Owe all the burned times We ever
hearn tell owe, wur thar and thar abouts. He
cum tale fust agin the old two-story Dutch
clock, an fotch hit, busting the innards out
en- hit; the eetle wheels wur all over the
fore! Mex pass he fotch up again the fut
owe big dubbil injine bedstead, and rared
hit onto aind, an punchen wun owe the posts
thru the glass winder. The next tale fust
exrerdishun wur again katakornurd cub
bard, what sune kotch darnation. He smash
ed the glass dores in, upsettin hit, and then
stomped everyth ng inter the shelves all tn
shun. Pckil crooks, presarve jars, vinegur
jugs, cede bags, yarb punches, paragorck bot
tils, aig baskits an delf wur all mkt perms-
kusly, an not wuth assortin by about dollar
an haf Mex he got a fare back acrost the
rune, aoin the boad pertishun. He went
thru like hit he'd been paper, and tuck about
six foot square owe hit in splinters an skraps
with i'm inter the rune whar they were a
eatin; an now the titin owe bees, an dancin,
an dodying begun.
Clapshaw's man were deaf as dogiron
an sot at the aind owe the tabl next tn whar
Sock busted thru the wall; tail and tust he
cum agin her cheer, hstin her aud hit on the
tabi Now the squawkin, an cussn, an the
smashin owe things an mixin of vittles begun.
They had sot several tabils tugether tn make
hit long enuf, so he jist rolled EN- up top
NV wun an uther a. thar sot ole Misses Clap
shaw a straldle of the top of the pile, ftin
bees like onto mad wind mill with her cal
iker cap in wun hand fur a wepun, an cru
it frame in tother, an a kckn like she wur
rdin a lazy hoss alter a doctor. Taters,
cabldge, meat, supe, sop, dumplins an the
truck We waller EN- in; milk, plates, pies an
every durn fixin yu cud think owe in week.
wur thar mixed and mashed like hit he'd been
thru thrashin masheen. Ole Sock still KEEP
a backin. an backed the hole pile ole wo-
man an all, with five or six uther bee filters
an few cheers outen the big dore an down
seven steps inter the lane; and then he turn
ed a fifteen hunderd pound sumeIset hissef
arter EN-, an lit atop NV all the mixed up mess
flat onto his back. About the time he got
tn hes feet. ole man Burns-yu no how fat,
stumpy an cross grained he is eny how
made mad snatch at the baskit an kotch
hit, but cudent let 60 quick enuff, fur ole
Sock gist blowed, belleled an histed the ole
stud heels fust up inter the ar an he lit on
Sock back an he'd the baskit in fis hand.
Jest es soon es ole blackey cud see, he tore
off down the lane, Crying to outrun the
BEES so fast that ole Burns was feared tn
try tu git off, so he jist socked his feet into
the rope stirups an prepared hissef fur the
durndest fast bull ride mortal man or woman
ever he'd. Sock tuck down atween the
htched hosses and the rae fence, an ole
Burns fitin him over the he'd with the bas-
kit tn stop i'm, an then fitin the bees. | tell
ye he KEEP that ar baskit movin. I'll jist
be durnd ef didn't think he he'd four or five
baskits. | cud see that many sumtimes at
onst Well, Burns, baskit and bull, scared
every durnd hoss an mule loose frum the
fence, sum obsarvin bees stopin on each
wun tn help i'm start fast frum that onquiek
an trubelsum place. Most on EN-, too tuck
fence rale with EN-, fast onto the bridil rein
Now I'll jst gin yu leve tu kiss sister Sail e
ever sch site wur seed ur sch Mise hearn
as were in that long lane. monstous cloud
owe dust, like a harykane he'd cum along
hid all the hosses; an away abuv hit yu cue
see hosses tails, an ends of fence rales fly
in about, an now an then par owe brite hint
shoes wud flash in the sun like two sparks
an away ahead wur the baskit, circling rour
an about at randum. A heap owe brayin
sum nickerin, the belern owe the bull, clat
term owe runnn hoofs an monstrous rush
in soun made up the Mise. | swar ole Burns
kin beat emmy man on yearth a ftin bees
with baskit Jist set him astraddle owe
mad bull an let thar be plenty owe bees ST
es to eksite the ole man. Stray hosses al
mules wur tuck up all over the county, al
ye cudent 60 mile emmy cours an not fine
buckis, sturrups, ur sumthing belongin tu
ridin hoss.
Now about that hous ther wur good tim
ginerly. Fellers an gals loped outen win
ders, they rolled outen the dores in bunches
they clom the chimleys, the hid onder tn
hous, they tuck to the thicket, they rolled il
the wheat fields, lay down in the krick, a
sum tuck hit out in good old runnin toard
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