Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1858-06-22
NNm oroNs,
Ams LOVengoUd set Sicily Hsursl's
Wed dluy.
nv $. l.. uE TENNESSEE.


} saw '5Nl" tearing along down n steep
NAroultke lope holding his flask high
aNNe his Lead, and hat in hand. lie
hruuaht up near me, still banterinyly
shaking the half full ticker Within nn inch
uf my face, until the boa,i rose to the corn
cob stopper. "Whar yc gwine? take
suck, hogs. This yere tru ks old. /
kotch it mysef this mornin' from the still
wurm. Nara durn'd hit of strike nine in
hit put that ar piece uf burnt dried
peach in myscf tn yin II culler--better nor
ole Bullin's plan; l,c puts tan ooze in what
ha sells, and when that amt handy he
miSes n llttle ure the red wartcr outon
tsJviri bcluw his barn-makes powerful
irstral cutler, but don't hcl lp the taste any.
Then ho currccts that with rod p"pper.
1lits an orful mixtry thxt owe hard shell
whisky owe ole Bullin's. He hes pIsoned
nj ont, three quarters Of the brlevin part
VI his congr-s ,shuif with hit, and luther
quarters gwine the same road, ef his still
lous don burn down soon, ur he peg out
hissef. HINT he the durnlest speciment
owe walkin barrel Of g y. ever seed
eny how!
Say, Gcorgy, dye see these here we'll
poles, what luso for legs? Well. passed
en- by each other purIy poart luther day.
put Just Wun out 80, and then luther,
Say nine feet bryant, MI KEEP n doin hit.
Ill just gin .ys leave til go tn the devil
half Iianmo, OF didn't make fewer tracks
tu the mile, an more I'll the mint, then
wer ever made by eny human manbody,
without the help owe n hoss, since Bark
WILSON boat the saw-log frum the p ovc
the Frog mountain inter :he Ococe ruver,
al doy ~, doged hit at last. Everything
what talks an cries hes pint of sum sort.
Ole Bulln's pint is burned, fust- rate.
:hree bladed, ater-proof, double barrel
cd hypockri'y, an onquinchbil appetite
for bald face. Sicily Burns pint is thru
her fccters, an ways tn drive men folks
crazy. She gives them n fever, just es
sarlin as week at Orleans in August wud.
Durn her, she's down on her heels now,
and walks fat-foot at that. Dads pint.
an hits tho ony pint he has got, is tn be
king owe all durn'd FOOLS, sence the days
ov that Teller, the bibi reads about, what
housed 50 much corn in Egypt, and lost
his coat by running outen it avin. Hit
tells us who Was the strongest man, I'm
who WAS the mcrk-st man, an who WITS
the best man, but leves ye tu guess who
WAS the biggest fool, an ef thar's bull
niSysr in Tenn-sser, what cudent tell the
fust pom arter hearin it red, wvdent gin
fifty cents for him sartin. He hesent
rence enuf III run into the house, ef il
WAS ranin ,lod cats, that's all. My pint
is in beaten cny body suckin in big skeer,
an then in beien eny body horse ur skared
dog runin outen it aYin. l used to think
nay pint wer Ike dads onmix.d fool; but
when he acted hoss, gin in. Maybe
when gits his sperience. an es old. ken
mock the hons olcn him. an be king fool
mysrf ON his pint But it's nifty 0nsar-
tin. llo has never been beet vet by any
thing that cud talk. Now, ef f.lIel
Knows what his pint is, he ken get along
allurs provdin he don't swar away his lib
crty III rmprance society, M liv to fuI
from still huus, an tn nj church ur
Jail. Them's my sentiments, nh III gin
yv ano;hcr owe EN-. Men folks wur mad,
jist To- drink, eat, and for stayin awake il
the yearly part owe mites AN the wimit
folks tu cook the vit;leS, mix the liquor, al
help the men III du the s,ayin awake
That's hit. AN nulhin more, onlcss hits fu
tho winliu TIL rails" the devil atwccn meals
an the mon tu play short kerds atwecl
drains, swop hosses with fools, AN fife fu
exercise at odd spells. Yer don't under
stand life, George. vet.
But about my swappin these yere ley
SO fast; had got about n fox squirril ski
full owe billed corn juice onder my shut
and war aimin iur Bill X.I's on foot, an,
when got in site owe old Burns, see,
III onto fifty hosses and mules hiched ont
his fence. II wur Sicily's wedt!n. Sh
married Clapshaw, the sukit rider; til
same feller who's faith gin out when h
met me maxim soda Now, I'll tell v
two things nobody ever seed; wun is de-
MULE means a mule what jist died fIi
without any help; aud tnthef is suki
riders grave. Cazc why, the he mule
all turn inter ole field school masters, AIN
the she wuns inter strong minded wimir
and then they dies like eliy other human
An the sukiL riders, them what IN ,rry
money, turns later store keepers; an ther
what nltrrys fur il, but gifts bit, turns inte
pOliticians, an then they dies sorLer lik
humane too. I'll tell yu another thin
shout the vaEnints; they eat chicken
round the sHkjt till they skeres up u ric
gall, and ef ever one UVe en- lovers h
sites ono gath why she is II gall II
longer. no moro nor he stays a sukiL ride
They jist hich hosscs, and goodbye gal
good By old slcdge field. pine thicket, 4
look out for a team Of shirtail children,
pale omar. sharp hoss lradin, aud say
nt hOms on k"Itctiun Sundays. Now O
Burns had big black an white bull, vii
ring in his nose All the rope tied roui
his horns. They rid i'm To mill and sic
like with saddIl made ouien dog wo,
forks an clap,boards. ans kivered with q
carpit. rope girth and stirup lcthers. wi
loop for the foot. Ole Suck, es the
called him, had jist got buck from mi
and wur turned inter the yard. sadIil al
all TO pick grass. were slurgin TOO, ou
side the housc, for they tedent axed II
In when thDY ani ,l,,wn III aut Snn.k nna,