Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1858-01-29

Jehu WethOrOn
found written copies of the above highly ineligible
and vndctlve proclamation stuck up on every black
smith shop doggey and store door in the Frog MouR
tain range Its hlOodthrsty vndictve spirit its style
and above ALL its chrOgraphy interested me to the ex
tent OF stealing one from tree for preservation.
In a few days found Sut in good crowd in front
of Capeharts small doggery and as he proved to be
about in tune, read it to him. Yes, George, that
ar docymint in yearnest, sartn. They dus want me
powerful bad but spect cit duers wont fetch me- III
go myself fur fifty planked down. ef yul 60 long an see
lie hev jeStic Lite lite ole eler and let that roam owe
yourn blow little an I'll splan this cussed air what
hes rnated my karacer plus pusson in the sciety
about here. Ye see went tn last years big meen at
Rati SnaiX Springs, sittn in nice shady place
convarsln with frien in the hucl berry thcket when
the tust thing know'd | woke from trance what I'd
been knocked inter by four year old hickory stick in
the han of ole Passn Bulin durn his alligator looking
hide an he wur standing sraddle owe me, foamin
at the mouth preachin tn about sartin sins an
my wickedneSs glneraly. My poor frien gone and
glad it, for thot he ment tn kill me with his
club ef he failed u preach Inc tn DEATH did INT want
her tn see die.
"Who was the friend you speak of Sut?'
Nun owe yer biSnes-durn yer little ankshus pictE
But I'll tell ye thing George that mite neibor
gal got orfu confounded sroppin from her with
the stiTup ether saddi an ole Passin Buln had
ct supper thar that mite; and what's all, she
cooked it fur him and begged him trimbn and cryin
not to tell on her, the duned nurne hperkritika pot
beied whiskey wasting old ground hog but paid i'm
fur it all, eff | haint will. mean tn keep payin owe
him ali the time. Well, at mex big meetin at Rata
SnaiX wur on ham hat kerrier at kolecshun time
fur had promised the old hog to an be convarted
jist tu keep him from KILN me- tuck sete on the
steps owe the pulpit, tu prlve i'll yearnes Their
wur monstrous crowd in that grove, ole Buin
preachin to 'em at an orul rate-how the Hell Sar-
pents wud sarve ef they didn't repen--how they'd
crawl over en- rap thar tails round thar neoks poke
tbarp into
et it Wus oman, how they'd guile in hur busSum,
and try tn krawl down hur rock-string An he he'd EN-
hot hoern scared the fact is the thing was work.
ing powerful. Now I'd kotch five big grey pot-bellied
Lizards, and held EN- in little bag, what made
purpes-thar tas all at the bottum and packed as
tte bunde owe sticks. So while he rarin on
to his tptoes onbenones tn anybody ontied my poke
and put the mouth up under his brches leg and gin the
tails squeeze q shake when they all TUX up his bar
leg maxim noise sorter like squirrs cmin shell
bark hickory. He stopped preachin looked fur a
moment like an ole SOW dus when she heares you wiste
fur the dogs. gev big groan hilt my he'd atween
my knees Then he commenced slappin owe hisself
whal We cut the steak outen beef then he'd fetch ruff
rub Whar hosses tail sprouts then he'd stomp then run
his han atween his waisbun his shut, reach dOun
and mitiy with it-then he spred his big legs and
gev his back good shakin sort rub agn the pulpit
sorter like hog scratches agin stump leaning tn
he work powerful, and squirmn ginera1y, zf he'd jst
cum outen deg bed, ur he'd slep pisant trail
About this time wun my Lizards (scared and hurt
spoSe by all this rubbln and scratchn and slappn)
poked his he'd out atween the Passns shut collar an his
ole brown neck, tuck peep at the circumstances and
lodged back again. Ole Buln's speech now cum to
him his eyes stickin out like two buckeyes flung again
mud wall and his voice trimbn; ses he, Brethering
take keer yersefs, the Hell Sarpnts hev got me- -
Sum the wimmin fotch painter yell, an ramrod-
legged doctor wat sot near me allowed it wur clar
case of Delicious Tremendous, and | thOt he rite
fur it tremendous afore it dun with Off went
the clawhamncr COTE an he flung it ahind him like he
wur gwine inter ite, (he had no jact on.) Mex he
fotch his shut over his he'd faster [ got outen my
pasted wun, he flung it up in the air like he didn't
care durn eft it kept up forever but lodged ntu
black lack
seed wun ov my lizards racin about over the big
old dirty ookin shut skared like the devil Then he gin
a sorter shake an twist, an he cum outen his brches
he tuck EN- by the bottom ov the legs an swung em
round his he'd few times and then otch down cher
wallup the front the pulpit. You cudve hearn
the smash quarter ov mile Nigh unto about fifteen
shortened bskits brled chckn with its legs crossed
big dubi bladed nife slab of terbaker, ppe some
copper ore speciments heap broken glass cork q
sprnki of whisky, and three ov my Lizards flew permi
kusy all that meetin ground, outen the upper
ind the big flax hritches Wun the smartest ov
my blue Lizards lit he'd fust inter the bussum fat
oman as big skinned hoss, and nigh onto ugly,
who sat thirty yards OFT tannln herself with tuckey
TAIL smart tn the last, hit commenced runnn down.
So she bound to faint, and did it fust rate just
flung her tuckey tail up in the ar rolled down the h
tangled her legs and garterS in the top of huckbey
bush and thar all sale fair and quiet when left.
Now old Bullin he'd nuthn left on him but par of
heavy low Quartered shoes, short wOOn socks, eel
skin garterS to keep off the cramp, his skeer
GROWN on him fast. He wur lum crazy for he jist
spit in his hand eaped over the front the pulpit
rite inter the middle ov the Plus part ov the kongrea
ton, kerdiff! sot in tn gettin away He run, or
rather went in lumberin gaOp, heavy, like ole gag
hopc In .
bench he shook the yeath and his sef tu The bonnets
and fans cleared the way he he'd puecty far track
tn the woods. He weighed nigh onto three hundred
had black stripe down his back like onto ole brdil
rein an his belly looked about the size and cutler Ov
big beef paunch and hit shakin frum side to side He
leaned back from it like little feler totn of big
drum at muster, an heard it sosh plum to whar wur
Thar, cramp nots on his legs big warnuts, all
over he minded me a crazy ole elephant what wer
possessed by the devil with hits years. and tuShes
sawed OFT, rared up gWne on hits hind legs away
rum emediate trouble an tribulaton He did the loud
est scariest an ussest runnin seed since Dad
raced with the hornets, tn be faster then it
We'll, he disappeared i'll the thicket all the noises
We hearn it wur in circle two hundred feet
tharabOuts-sum wimen screamln--they wur the skery
Wuns sum arfin-they wus the wicked wuns; ; sun
crvinthcy wur the fool Ones (sorer the LovengooC
stripe tryn tu get away or hide thar faces-they
was the modest wunS sum lookin arter ole Bulln-
they Wus the curious wunS hangn to thar bows
they was the sweet WunS ; on thar knees witt
their eyes shet but thar face turned the way the old uC
turki wus runnin-they wus the decetful wuns sun
duin nuthin-they wus the waitin wuns, an the mos
DANGEROUS ov all EN- by darned long site tuck biz
skeer myself arter bib about as big as brick dis
cipine, an book called kataplism; a few rocks al
sich like fruit spattered onto the pulpit onto my he'd
an as the Lovengoods, durn EN- knows nothn but rul
when they git skared st put out towards the swami
on the krick. AS started, black bottle ov baldfac
smashed agn tree forninSt me. Sum burned fool per
fesSor dun this who he'd zeal than sence fur sa.
thut eny man who'd waste quart ov good whisky TO