Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1858-08-15


the hat struck the grOun' an rolled, with the He
brew iniu the gutter NoE, you had orter seed
that pole an them open umerellers clar the road
sumtimes the pole wer on one side Of the road,
barkin' owe shIns an smashin hoops, then nit
Eer on puther, Dustin out wgnders an o sweep
in owe appiis an gouber peas ofen the tables an
eraokin the Gle Wimmin the side owe the head;
every wun hit toich about the head laid down; an
then the umeTellers was a scoopn up babies an go
carts, an ittil dogs at Wun place and drapln' taem
at another jist to scoop up more Thar Warn't a
a pusson on that road that kuOW'd what We Wer
al sum tuck intu the houses, cum down the cross
roads, an sum tried tn ogtTun me the way was
agWine but the last burned one what played that
game got run over. / a gwine like crazy |
locomotive skeared at a yeathquake-in fac, 0aS |
skeared by this time, fur I'd get more nor "a paid
fur; he'd snckseedid in raisin hell generally, an
ali that road Wer either mad ur skesred at me, an
I knoW'd they'd want my pusson monsous osd, SO,
/ list hilt my bill holt on Mister Squts thigh an
kept on. We met a feler in slick roun cap y
sittin on a par owe wheels, (they ali DeheFes III
Wheels) with his feet EMU the shaitez eaeh size
owe fast trottin hosse's hips, just leanln BACK
an gWine it the boss jst tuck one look turn d
tail an Jebosefat how be mizzled toiher way;
the next thing saw, slick cap, doubled al MS
hip-Yints with his toes, hands an yeats Wllhln an
inch owe each other, afying sturn fusi, through
big glass windeT, among passed. eve doll bsOys
bonnets caps. fans, gloves, an purity Ylmmen; ne
fined Orful Gardner's church the mex DAY MS
boss left his wheels fast onu forked cart tan, an
betuck hisse'f o the country, with nothln on Dut
the collar and the wust kind Of big skeer fur
boss. run through atween the leaders an the
wheel bosses owe one owe them steamboat cabins
/ on wheels they loves wheels what we're cum
! min outen a cross road, and thar We turnd cur
/ string owe umerellers wrong side out an leit EN-,
/ pole an all mixed up Nth hosses. The perllce,
! what oughte~ been arter me, gathered round III
save the umerelleTs an arrest the driver, an one
owe 'em toted little newspaper boy of ujail on
der his arm fur larfn' while another stole his pa
/ pers an third went along to help guard mat
orful boy, an they didn't seem bit more feard
tn du lit than Ia be tn take horn owe tangle-
laigs whisky.
Row, all this time Mister squt kept up his prayin'
| in his Way mixed in with holerin', cussin', and
cryin' an when we run inter that team owe bosses,
he sweat orful, fur my shoulders wer plum wet
Well l went tarin' gin fence, what's built be-
tween the read an the Tuver, they calls hit the
Battery,) intendin' TO bust Through hit, droWnd
Sout and swim for tuher side cum IN hit nj
ontu as hard as an ole bull cu'd done, but MT
wer thar, an like tu busted myself open All
ny hollis tore loose, an Mister SQuts ealn
aind cum round over handed, maxim big cirkil in
the ar an he lit he'd fust, kachug sixty foot out IN
the ruver. Arer his boot heels went Outen site,
seed greasy skim on the Warter, sorter green an
yaler, an purple, spreadin over about half acre.
He didn't cum up but lots Of dead fish did
know'd he wer p'isen Wonder eff thars eDy law in
this yere place fur droWndin sich reptiles. l wer
fear'd thar mout be, they're durnd curious, eny
how. So tried tn make myself monsous sea Sc.
''You never will know, George, what discum-
fort hit is tn be q natral born durnd FOOL hit makes
agin Teller so, an alters keeps him Onder cow
Why when l meets a 'nowin' lookin beast Pse feard
owe hit an watches that hit don't git me inter
sum eussed skeary scrape. AFTER that Teller fell
in the ruver list billed, tuck down the lane, an
SEEM owe pair owe stairs gWine strait up inside
door, tuck up em, Amin fur the loft, tn hide IN
the hay: busted inter the room an lit about the
middle, and thar Eer about forty gals a cypherin ,
and mons Gus strong minded oman awalkin' about
teachin' owe EN-. She squar'd herself an tuck a
look at me, an then it wer / seed she Wer strong
minded tn kill; her foot Wer the biggest, safest
piece of meat l ever seed not to hav CUTS in hit,
an her anklis like untu the eye owe mattick,
sorter damunt shape, an she coupled es vide es
bedste'd; her lags lookedlke they fined her cac-
kus like a wheel barrers handils j'ines hit; she
( stamped that carpet bag foot owe hern, an
soawked, 'Ye0u get eout' She tuck me fur beast,
and talked dog talk tn me. seed her eyes a turnin
green an she sot in tn sharpnin her nails Ontu
the back owe a bench, like she wer hungry for har.
knows the mater owe cats mons Gus WE'LL Ise stud-
led 'em Thar l stood a fxin' of my laigs tn run.
She went tn the winder and made moshun, an the
fust thing l seed thar wer a TerGce, in the room
atWeen me an the stairs. l jist swung round one
owe my istes an sent hit at him; split hit onter
his nose an two owe my nucks went inter each owe
his rcd eyes; seed the fire fly myself an he turnd
: a back summer set over bench, an while he Wer
a irwin tn git up ontu his all tours, seed run in
every laig he hed-they wer a maxim the moshuns
3 q ready, so jist grabbed him untu the back owe
his bar neck with my teeth, an gin a good coon dog
shake, sorter grOWlin he made the no nothH sign
T mixed in with heap owe 20 dOn'ts, that made me
D wus nur ever; shook him ag'in, an mended my
e holt. Sez he, 'Hurrar for Buckeannon, sOrter en-
8 ouirin' like l let him 20 when he sed that an
swung one owe these yere lags (dye 'em?) areI
him. hit landed rite Whar be forked, and he lit belly
fust and head down atop owe the fence built down
aside owe the stairs; an don't you think the durnd
fool Warn't snsppin' his fingers an chirpn' with
5 his mouf every chance he got; the hole time he
c tuck fur a dog, toO-dUrn his ugly perlce
cackus Well, he slid lu the foot the stairs like
/ a lizard a gwine down fence stake and made fus
rate time down the road, feelin' the nap owe his
D neck with wun hand, while he a pulln' his
j britches loose behind with tuther. l turn'd roun
an thar she was a staudin', with all her laigs Sc
+ clost tugeher that a buckit hoop w'ud went roun
= all owe em-above them feet o hern, owe course
r an her back were like ox-bow, an reached VI
amost tn the ruff owe the house, an her tale wei
5 made inter the shape goard neck an es big
/ es ka'g, an a fence rail-all the har on aind
like botil brush; in fac she all eyes an claws
e an tail. Oh, she we're dTedsul tn behold an al
s the luther shes in that rune Eer in the samC
persishun an fix only not over half big an thei
/ tails warnt bigger nor stove pipe All heads
i turn'd towards me, an thar Wsr groanin' and spit
. tin enutf tn skeared team owe bull dogs. never
Is seed many green eyes afOre, or since, an thai
Wer little devils daucin' in oil owe EN- like yallel
P jackets in a ENTITY green whisky bottil. 1 tuck
j skeer-jist made myself inter ball, an rolled
, down stars, the pavement an inter the roaC
, "a ron' in among Winein' blades lookin' felleri
laigs what bluuderin along in a ole white hat
with mud daubeT' nest built in the crown, throa
e latch made outen a piece owe ole sweaty saddi
girth an a ole dirty white coat, with small soaI
}, factory in full blast in one pocket and paten
n niger trap in luther; he his shut TO clear
stove pipes with, an he gifts his boots by atealin'
, par owe leather fire buckets-hes 'em footed, an
(, then pulls ON on by the bales, over a par oVt
t britches what he hes he'd patented a flea hachiI
e mershean
], 81 tuck fust look fur runnin room, an then
b look at him, an l seed he didn't understand ny
J., mater, an wer feard owe me- he KEEP tryin Il
T lock Anime me, like he thought toted a string
= Sea /, Mister, ar you agent for paper mill? o.
D dus you make soap fur a livin?' He commenced
K backin'. picked up a little rock, an Whetted my
, teeth an finger nails with hit, an now, says l. He
you eny word TO send to your marin, yer gall thu
r Mare?-ef you hev anything weighin' on you
mind jist unbuzzom yersef tn that bladder lip'eC
niger, an gin him all yer looss change tn earFy
e the word, fur, dam If ger time hant come" III
), jst never said word, but rounded too and put in
lumberin SOFT of COW galop. never seed so NAM
/ different moshuns gone through, an many tracks
made in mint, to get furder off then he did; h
q distributed em all the road, pi'ntin' every
: way; frum the work an the number owe tracks "a
dun been outen the city while he wer still in reach
e owe a pound rock. IT'S city runnin' Amt one Of