Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1858-04-09
Arkinsaw Wonders.

bars, putty wimmen, and big timber
Stranger, I've seen trees there that
would take man week to walk round
EN-. A fellow started once to walk
through one that was hollow. He didn't
take any vittles with him and he starved
on the way. r-5
i was goin' up the Mississippi once. in
one OF them country boats. when We met
a big Arkinsaw cypress floating down.
tell you stranger it was whopper.
The Capen run in his boat long side,
and fastened the rope to it. OFF she
started, snortin' and putin. but didn't
bulge peg. The Capen ripped around
and followed out "ire up below there.
you lubberly rascals." The wheel clat>
tered away. and the blaze rolled out OF
the chimney. but the log was actilly car
ryin' US down stream.
Directly up comes feller in red
shirt and says he. "Capeu, you are
s,rainin' the engine mitiIy." "Cut loose
and let her go. then" says the Capen
When they cut the ropes. dod burn me
stranger. if the boat didn't jump clear
outer the water. We run little ways,
but the engine was rally SO exhausted.
that we had just to stop. Nearly day,
there comes along fine steamer, we
hailed her. got aboard aud there was that
same log b tcheu along side. We woods
ed offo' that cypress all the way to Mem
phis.
Black bars are bigger. plentier. and
more cunnin' in Atkinsnw, than any
where else. The he's have way Of
standin' on tAcir hind legs and maxim a
mark with their paws on the bark oi some
certain trees. generally sassafras. It's a
kinder reckord they keep. and | 'sposc
it's great satisfaction to an old hc bar
10 have the highest mark on the tree.
war layin' hid one day close to IA tree
where the bar wur in the habit Of maxim
their mark waitIn' Tor one OF 'em TO culne
along, for tell YOU. was nifty hungry
for bar mvas. DrechtIy l beard noise
close to me, and lookin' around, dod burn
me stranger, if there wasn'! a small bar
wn1kin' straight ou his hind legs, with
big chunk in his arms. | could % shot
him easy, but was nifty curious 10 see
what he WAS yOin' to do with that thar
chunk. He carried IL liEhL to The tree
where the marks were. stood i. on tie
end against il. and then gitteu on the top
OF it reached away up the tree. and made
big mark of foot above .he highest
He 'hen got down. moved th@ chunk away
OF from the tree. and you never seen such
caperin as he cut up. He looked up ut
his mark, and then he would lay down
and roll over IN the leaves lau shIn' out
righ. just like " person; no doubt tickieh
At the way somebody would be fooled. -
There was sOmtthin' so human about it
that | acLly hadn't the heart tn shoot hin.
Just to show you how cunnin' bars are,
I'll tell you circumstance wha! happen
ed to me up in Arkinsaw. You see, one
fail before gAhered my com. kept
misSin' it outer lhe field. anA knew the
bars were taken it. 70! | could see their
tracks. But what seemed nifty curious,
never could fnd whar they eat it-nary
cob nowhar about. On" mornin' arly,
happened aroun' the field, and there l
saw an old she and Two cubs Just come
outer the patch. walkin' cff with their
hnd out what they did with SO much corn,
and fOllcred along after EN- without ma
kin any noise. Well. after go,n' nearly
mile | saw 'em stop, and-strang"r.
what Go you think-thar wur pen full o
hogs and the bars wur Ieedn' 'em. You
see. that fall the hogs were so poor. on
account Of havin' no mast. that The bars
had actily built rail pen. put hogs in it.
and were faitenin' 'em with my corn
Dol burn me, If it amt uct.-Pouer'S
Spirit.