The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1858-06-09
Muulrrans.
sut Iovingood at Sicily Burns We'd
ding.
BV 8. l., OF ESSEX.

my 'e'', SAW sui tearing along down
a steep point, cheading me off, in a
long Kangaroo like slope, holding hls flask
high above his head, and hat in'hand.-
lie brought up near ME, still banternigly
shaking the half full ticker within an inch
OF my face, until the bead rose 10 the
corn cob stopper. 'Whar ye gwine? take
a suck, hoss. This yere trucks old.
kotch nit myself hot this mornin' frum
the stillwurm. Nara durn'd bit owe
suikenine in hit put that ar piece owe
burnt dried peach ia misef tu give it cul-
ler-better nor ole Bullin's plan: he puts
tan ooze in what he sells, an when that
ain, handy he mixes leetle owe the red
warter outen a pond below his barn
makes powerful natral euler. but don't
help the taste any. Then he korrects
that with red pepper. Hits An orful mix
try, that owe hard shell whiskey owe ole
Bullins. lie hes pisioed nj onto three.
quarters ove the beierin part owe his con-
ergashun with hit, an luther quarters
gwine the same road, ef his sill hous
don't burn down soon, ur he peg out bis.
SET. LIANT lie the ,durndest specimen,
owe walkin barrel owe g-s ye ever
seed enyhow?
Say. Georgy, dye see these here well.
poles, what | use for legsy Well. pass
ed EN- by each orher party peart luther
day. put just wun out so, an then tuth
cr, say nine feet beyant, an then KEEP a
doin hit. I'll jist gin ye leave tu 90 tu
the devil half bammo, ef | didn't make
fewer tracks tu the mile, and more tn the
mint, than wer ever made by eny human
manbody, without the helf oye Il boss,
since Bark Wilson beat the SAW log frum
The top ove the Frog Rountain inter the
Oconee river. an dov sn dodged hit at
last. Everything what talks an cries. hes
pint owe sum sort. Ole Bullin's pint
is durned, fust -ate, three bladed, dou-
ble-barreled, water proof hypockricy. an
onqninchiLel appetite fur bald face Sci.
iy Burns pint is thru her f.etcrs, an WAYS
tn drive men folks crazy. She gins then,
a fever, j'st ca sartin es n week n. Orleans
in August wud. Durn her, she's down
on her heels now, and walks fatfooted at
thai. Dads pint, and hits the only pint
lie has got, is tn be king owe all durnel
fools, sence the days owe that feller, the
biblI reads about, what housed SO much
corn in Egypt, and lost his Goa, 10y runnin
outen bit. Hit tell us who wus the stron
gest man, AT who wus the meekst man,
an who wus the best inan. but leves We tn
guess who wus the biggest fool, an ef
thars bull niger in Tennessee, what
cudent tell the iust pop arter hearin hit
red, wudent glib fifty senls fur him sar-
TN. lie hesent sence enutf tn run into
the house, ef it were rainin ded cats, that's
all. My pint is in beatin eny body suckin
IN big skeer, and then in bea,in eny
body's hoss ur skared dog runnin outeu
It ag'n. u'ed tn think my pint wur like
dads onmixed fool but when he acted
hoss, gin in. Maybe when gifts his
srerience, an EN- es old, ken mock the
hons often him, and he king fool misself
on his pint But its nifty oosartn. lie
has never been beet vet, by enythinc that
cud talk. Now, ef feler knows what
his pin, is, he ken get along. alters purvi
din he don't swar away his liberty, tu a
Temperance society, ur liv tn fur frum a
still'hOus, an tn nj 4 church ur Jail
Them's my sentiments, an III Gin ye an.
uther owe EN-: Men folks wui made lis.
tn drink, eat, an fur stayin awake in the
yearly part ove mites; an the wimin tn
cook The vittils, mix the liqnor, an help
the men u du the stayin awak. That's
hit. an nuthin more, oness hits fur the
wimn tn raise the devil a,ween meals, an
the men tu play short kerds atween drains
swop hosses with fools, an fite fur exer
else odd spells. Yer don't understand
lie, George, yet.
But about my swaPpin these yefe laigs
so fast; had got about fox squirriIl
skin full owe billed corn juice onder nv
shut, an wur amin fur Bill Kars on foot,
An when | cot in site owe ole Burns ]
seed nj onto fifty hosses an mules hiched
onto his fence. II wur SeciIy's wedding.
She married Clapshsw the sukit rider
the same fellow he's faith gin out when
he met me maxim soda. Now, Ill tell
yu two things no body ever seed: wun is
a ded mule means n mule what list
died far, without any help; an tother is a
sukit riders grave. Case why, the he
mules all turn inter old field school mas
tiers, an the she wuus inter strong minded
women, an then they die, like eny other
human. An the sukit riders, them what
marys money, turns inter store keepers
an them what marrys fur it, but gils bit,
turns inter politicians, an then they dies
soFter like humans too. III tell yu an
u,her thing about the varmints; they eat
chickens round the sukit ill they skares
up rich gall. an ei ever one owe em low
ers bis sites onto a gall. why she is gall
no longer. no more no, he s,ays sukit
rider. They jist hich hosses, an good
bye gall, good bye ole sedge field, pine
thicket an look out fur team owe shut
tail children, pale oman, sharp hoss
tradin, au stayin at home on kolleciion
Sundays. Now ole Burgs he'd big
black an white bull, within ring in his
nose an the rope tied up round bis horns.
They rid jm tu mill an sich like with q