Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1857-1865, 1858-11-19

he begin er rubin his hands and slappin
um together, scramblin' about on bis
knees, an er cuttin' up like mad In
about er mint, / hearn the all fredest to
do down 'mongst the wimmin, that ever
cum along, and when rkinder cast my eye
over that way, / spy my Sal er rarein' an
er pitchin', an er ripin' an er tarin', an
er shoutin' like finders When brother
James see that, he thought she'd done got
good, and he cum down off the log, an
sez he, pray on sister and the she's they
all got round her, and cotch hold Nv her,
an tried to make her hold still. But
'twan't no use. The more they told her
to don't, the more she hollered
Torecly / diskiver she'd got 'ligious, and
I was SO glad, it kinder lift me off'n the
ground-and seq I, go it Sail them's the
licks-blessed am them what seeks, for
them's um what shall find Then the
wimmin they all cotch hold of her by the
har, and commence wollerin' her about in
the straw, and seq 1, that's right, sisters
beat the devil out'n her And they did,
tool 1 tell you what-the way they did
hustle her about mongst the straw and
shucks was forked In about er mint
gin to get tired and disgustifed, and tried
to make her shet up, but she wouldn't, but
KEEP hollerin' worser, and kinder keeled
up like possom when he makes ten he's
dead Torecly she sorter cum to herself,
so she could talk, an sez L, -
Sal, what ails you, galp'
The fust word she said, SEE she, snake =
'Whar abouts /? sez I.
"Snake, SEE she again--'sarpint take
him off or he'll chew me up, by Cdr
Hush ! sez my wife, that's cussin'p :
'Whar's emmy snake p sez l.
Snake sez she; snake snake an
then she put her hand on the outside of
her coat, and cotch'd hold Nv somethin',
an squeezed it tight as er vice
When l seed tat, l know'd it was er
snake sure nuff, what had crawled up un-
der her coat; an see She d put her land
on ii on the outside NV her clothes, and
cotch'd it by the head. Soon as seed
that, l know'd be couldn't bite her, for she
helt on to him like grim death to dead
niger; an | 'cluded 'twarnt no use bein'
in too big er hurry SO I told John Potter
not to be skeered an to go an grab the
sarpent by the tail, and sling him h---ll-
wards Well; Potter went an sorter felt
NV him, on the outside Nv her coats, an I
pledge you my word, he was the whop-
penest, biggest reptile that ever scooted
across the road tell you, eff he warn't
as big nor my arm, Mike Hooter is
as big er liar as ole Dave lie May-and
you know he's er few in that line Well,
when Potter diskiver'd that she helt the
snake fast, he begin feelin' up for the rep
tiles tail-sorter like he didn't like to do
it, at fust, and then sorter like he did
When it cum to that, Sal she kinder turned
red in the face and squirmed er bit, but
twarn't no time for putin on quality airs
then, and she stood it like er hoss Well,
Potter, he KEEP er feclin' up, an feelin up,
and feeling up, sorter easy like, an torecly
he felt somethin' in his hand.
I've got him 7 SEE Potter, well / have
by jingor
"Hole on to him. sez I ; and don't you
do nothin' Mr.. Potter, till / give the word
and when say go then Sal you let
go NV the varmints head-and sling him
to h--ll and gomez
tell you what them was squally times!
and, wise you the next time you go to
Yazoo, jest ak emmy body, and if they
don't say the snakes up in them parts
beats creation, then Mike Hooter'll knock
under.
At this point of the narration, we
ventured to ask Mike what become of the
snake?
well, as l was er sayin', continued he,
thar wos my Sal, er holdin' the sarpent
by the head, and John Potter he had him
by the tail, and Sal she was er hollerin'
and er screamin' round, skeered into er
fit, and the darndest row you ever hearn !
Hole on to 'em, Sal, seq 1 ; and you, John
Potter don't yer move er peg, tel I give
the word and when I say Jerk then
you sling him into the middle of next
week. | tell you what, we had the orful-
lest time that ever I see Let's liquor.
That's the best red eye I've swallored
in er coons age, said Mike, after boiling
a cnnlknr .Rnt IInnln MIL h. l.l