The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1858-05-27
sur LovIN0ooD AT SICILY BURNS WEDDING.
NJ S. L., OF TENNESSEE.

left, SAW "Sn:' tearing along down steep
point, Chcaiiug me off, in Il long Kanga'
roo like slope, holding his flask high above
his head, and ha, in hand. He brought up
near me, still bantcringiy shaking the half
full ticker within an inch of my face, un-
til the bead rose to the -cob-stoppcr.
"Whar yc gwnc take suck, hoss. This
ycre trucks old. l kotch hit myscf hot
this mornin' frum the stillwurm. Narra
durn'd bit Owe strikeninc in hit put that
ar piece owe burnt dried peach in misef tn
give it culer-bcttcr nor ole Bullins plan
hc puts tan ooze in what he sells, an when
that aint handy he mixes a lcetlc Owe the
red warer outen Il pond below his barn
makes 4 powerful natral euler, but don't
help the taste any. Then he korrects that
with red pepper. Hits al orfu mixtry, that
owe hard shell whisky Owe ole Bullin's.
Tie hes psincd nj onto three quarters ov
the belcvin part owe his congrigasun with
hit, an tutller quarters a gwinc the same
road, eff his stilI-hous don't burn down soon,
ur he peg out hisscf. lIant he the durnd-
est speciment Owe Il waliin barrel owe
g--s ye ever seed cuyhow
Say, Gcorgy, dye see these here well
poles, what use for legs? Well, passed
en- 10y each other purity rcart tn,hur day.
put just wun out s." an then luther, say
nine feet bcyan', an then kcp Il doin hit.
I'll jist gin We leave tn so tn the devil half
hammo, cf didn't make fewer tracks tn
the mile, and more III the mint, than wer
ever made 10y cny human manboly, without
the help Owe Il hosS, sncc BaIk Wilson
beat the SAW log irum the top ovc tie Frog
mountain inter the Ococc river, an dow an
doged hit at last. Everything what talks
an cries, hes a pint owe sum sort. Ole Bul.
Inns pint, is Il durned fusl rate, three bladcd,
double barrellcd, waterproof lypocliricy,
an a onqunchibcl appetite fur bald face
Sicily Barns pint is thru her fcctcrs an
WAYS tn drive men folks crazy. She gins
them a fever, j>t cs sari;n cs Il week 81!
Orleans in. August wud. Durn Ecr, shes
down on her heels now, and walks flat
footed at that Dads pint, and hits the
only int hc has got, is tn hc kin. owe AL
durn'd fools, scncc the ,!:.v> Owe that iclrr
the bibil reads about, What housed so much
corn in Egypt, aud lost his coat by runnin
outen hit. lit tells us who wus the strong
est man, an who wus the mcek;st man, an
who wus the best man, but leves vc III guess
who wus the biggest fool, an cf lhal's u
bull Niger i'll. Tennessee, what cu,lvnt tell
the fust pop artcr h.arn it red, | wulrnt
gin fifty cents fur him s:rtin. lie hcscn
scnce cnutf tn run into the house, cf j. wcr..
rainin dcd cats, that's ALL My Pint Is III
beatin cny body suckin in lig skccr an
then in hcatin cny body's hoss III skarcl dog
runnih outcn it ayn. | used tn think my
piut wur like dads on,uixel Cool btu, when
lie acted loss, l Gin in. Maybe when
gifts his sperencc, an cm cs old, ken mock
the hons often him, an be king fool miscf
on his pint. But its nifty onsartn. IIc
has never been beet yet, by cnylhing that
cud talk. Now, cf fc!cr knows what his
pint is, he ken get along, alters purvilin he
don't swar away his liberty, tn Il temperance
society, ur liv tn fur l:un II ;il.Eous, an tn
nj church ur Il Jill. ihcm's NY scn,i
mcnts, an III gin yc anulher ove en- : Men
folks wur made jist tn drink, cat, an fur
stayin awake in the yearly part owe mites !;
an the wimin tn cook the vittiIs, mix the Ii
quor, an help the men tn du the stayin
awake. That's hit, an nuthin more, onlcss
hits fur the wimn tu raise the devil atwccn
meals, an the men tn play short kerls
atween drains, swop bosses with fools, IN litc
fur exercise at odd spells. Yer don't under
stand life, George, yet.
But about my swappin these ycrc laigs so
fast: I had got.about fox squirrill skin
full owe billed corn juice onder my shut, an
wur amin fur Bill kar's on foot, an when
got in site owe ole Burns seed nj onto
fifty HOSES an mules hiched onto his fence
1t wur Sicly's weddin. She married Clap
shaw, the sukit rider; the same fellow he,
faith gin out when lie me met me maxim
soda. Now, I'll tell VII two things N body
ever seed wun is a ded mulc-I Means q
mule what jist died far, without any help
an tothcr is a suktrdcr's grave. Gaze why
the lie mules all +turn inter ole field schoo
masters, an'the she wuns inter strong mind
women, All then they dies like env othe,
human. An the sukit riders, them villa,
marrys money, turns inter store Ike pcrs
an them what maTys fur it, hut gifts bit
turns inter politicians, an then they dies sor
ter like humans too. I'll tell yu an ulhc
thing about the varmiuts they eat chick
ems round the sukit till they skares up ricl