Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1858-07-14
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HaT HE LOST HIS EYE.


;unction of cr,,,s-rm,l which boastcd OF u
grocery and blacksmith shop: AMI very" small
store, there lives character whom we reccnty
met, and whose greatest boast was, tGat NC
" was one of the five hundred men VINO Ni!lcI
Packenhan, at New Orleans" :"
His person was decidedly unique" en'er-
tanning, as he expreSSe! it, sen honest PASSION
for fighting" in the consse OF his KNOCK
downs, all the fingers Of his left hand rad eltaer
been bit, cut, or chawed oil. with the exception
of his fore one, which was long, fnk memoer
with big nail on the end of it.
Although deprived of the use Of one fist, this
finger served him a very useful purpose.
It may be proper to state, that IN tbs section
of country, fighting is regarded as = mere mat, :,
ter of amusement, especially when "reu eye
is about, and neighbors knock-down and "gouse
each other in friendly manner. The SUBJECT
of our story had peculiar fashion OF hghtihg |;
being rather short, and rot very heavy, lie hao
to take, as be said, all the little advantages to
keep even. Ills grand point was to walk up 10
a man, and by sudden thrust, wh;ca lVng
practice had rendered him perfect in, poke MS
long bony finger with nnnrring precision m Ills
opponent's eye, and hit hi:n at the same t!'ae
"under the belt" 1t was at one OF those 60
mestic watering places where families congre-
gate to pass few weeks during the summer
season, that we first met him.
lie was dressed in the most approved hunt
ing fashion, having on bucksltin pantaloons, anc
q c,un skin cap, with inx's tail in it. Ills
face was particularly striking, from the tact,,
probably, of it having been frequently struck,"
as it was covered with scars.
To complete his description, he had only one
eve, and that Only orb, when we saw linn, gave
evidence of recent muss.
A crowd of some four or five visitors mad
assembled at tue spring, which gushed out OF
the side of the hill, and were seated on some
wide benches, listening to his marvellous adven-
lures "by food and tield,' and the ionumera-
BILE men he had "tort" and licked
One of the party present, at the risk Of Scins
considered inpertincnt, ventured IT, ask M:a
chow he lost his eye"
The old fellow immediately Frightened UP,
and sitting upon m empty keg, drew q hage
twist of the native Leaf from his hncSskln, anu
said:
"Gentle,nen, YOU won't believe this story
some folks don't-but it's fact, and no mis-
take"
aSome forty years age, things varn't inven-
ted to skeer game and let foreigners in.
"Well, about that time 1 'hco?-poled' my
cabin, on the side of one Of the Licking Hills,
sprevious' to my going to agriculture. There
was powerful lot Of game then, and fellow
could pick and choose.
"One day started out on stiA hunt 10
sdrap bucks and admire Datar. vert aeout
three miles without seeing = deer tat enough to
waste powder on. When l cGrne to prcciplce
on the Brushy Fork pf Licking, stopped, aud
commenced thinking about Pilgrims Progress
and Robinson Crusoe,' when presently seed
o big buck laying at the foot of the preclpice,
which was about four ramrods deep. tel. you,
religion and Literature fitted immediately, and
I Jest concluded to harness that specimen III
nat'ral history and take him alive.
"I laii down Sweet Betsy-thst's what
call nv rife-and shed my flannel for regr-
lar tussel. He was lying in the sun a. the
bottom, and never knoyE'd the danger lie wer
in. I made ors Jump and lit right acrpss his
back and grabbed both his horns; they war
horns, and no mistake, and locked like Young
black-iacks sproutng out the side of his head,
The deer was a little SURPRISED and run like
h-ll straight up the boiler, through the thick
est sort Of woods. I hung on to the horns, tor
tell you, if hai let loose the way he war
running, 1 u lC Ou tue otuSh n-uS VI H'e'>iAO'
and no mistake.
81 know'd war in for the race, and war
making it q heap under two forty. un we
went, like the devil heating tnn bark. through
the thickets.
"I commenced to get tired by ard bye, and
thought would case myself by grabbing snhc
sapling I seed a small blackjack tree anil
snatched it with my left hand. hollirs Oh with
the other to the horn Of the critter.
"Something 'crackeG.' It wa~,'t tue tree,
but by gum,' the horn Of the hnck lIasl slipped
and thought was gne:. lis Lead must
have aked orful, for he run q heap faster: and
them big antcrs of his'n, as he rushed through
the bushes, ratified agin his skull like shelled
corn in sourd.
"A!l at wnns't something keen hit me i'll the
left eye hut it got mighty dark of sudden or
that side Of my head.
~ 'spose he rim about four miles: when he
sfainteu,' and got of, and after rested tied
all four of his legs together before the in
fuence' left him. Tue blood was rrnning dow:
the left side OF my face. anil shut my 0:he;
eye, and d-n me if didn't see nothing.
vert back to the trail we had run. whc. J. sec'i
q bush move. storpetl stock still and hent
the other eve on t.h
Here he laused and took apathe: Cuia.
Gentlemen" lie resumed, "it's 4 fact and
no mistake:'if it warn't my left eye hanging on
bush and 'yiaking al aae.
Everybody was silent--srlr.rise was toe deep
for utterance, when one Of the larty. drawing
a flask from his ,,ocl:et, handel it to the man
with request that he :'woNll wash the story
down.
He slrelt it to lie sure thai it 7'as whiSkcy:
and looking round ct the .arty said, "Grn:lc-
men. here's - abolitipniSt and teliHerarce lee
turers-nray they have an everlasting itching
without the ,,rvi'ege OF 'scratching."
A lady tells the following story I had haea
out to Indiana on 2 visit, end while there
found kitten, which brough: home for play
thing for my two children. TO prevent any Is
pute about the ownership Of puss. nrorosed,
and it was agreed: that the head of the kitten
should be mine that the body shonl1 be the ba-
bys, and Eddy the eldest-but only three years
old-should he the sole proprietov Of the long
and beautiful tail. Eddy rather obje tied at
first to this division, rs putting him oil with an
extremely small share of tie animal: but soon
become reconcied to the division, ard cute
proud Of bis ownership in the graceful terminus
Of the kitten. One day, soon after, heard the
poor puss making dreadful mew:ng, and
Called out TO Eddy: There, my son yor are
bnrt;np m mart of tho kitten i heard her cry u