Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1858-02-02
SUI LOvENGOOD's LlzARDs
So EFT DuLLER REWARD.


duce to be collected at ur aboute mex kamp--
metin by enc wun what kothis him, tor
the cacus owe wun SUTTY LovENeooD ded
ur alive an safely gin ever tn the car owe
Pssson John .Bullin at Squire mack jun
kins furea raisln owe the devil permiscusly,
dscomturtin the wimin powerful an a sha-
kin owe folks gineraly at the ratil snaix
springs big meeting . 30.
,''-s.r -. "signed by me
es- a "JoHS BULLIN the passon. ="
''attested tn by t@H l.ss ae~.i
"a "Jehu Wetheron.' si-a "a sa
Il found written copies of the above
highly Ineligible and vindictive procla-
nation stuck upon every blacksmith shop,
doggery and store door in the Frog Noun
tain range. Its bloodthirsty, viudictive
spirit its style, and, above all, its chirog-
raphy interested me to the extent of steal
ing one from tree for preservation. sG
Ina few days found Sut IN a good
crowd in front of Carpenters small dog
gerry. and as he proved to be about in
tune.' read it to him. He"Yes, George,
that ar dockymint am in yeainest, sartin.
y They dus want me powartul bad, but
6pecC eli uulieTS WOHL tc1Sh u0''t - IL ~
myself fur City, planked down, ef yull go
long and see me hev justice. Lite, lite,
old feller,. an let that roam of yourn blow
little, and II splain this cussed afar what
has ruinated my karacter as Plus pusson
in the society about here. Ye see Invent
to last years big meetin at Iatil snaix
springs, and wer sittin in a nice shady
place conyersin with a friend in the huckil
berry thicket, when the fust thing know ID
woke from a trans. what I'd been knock'd
inter by four year old hickory stick in the
ham OF old Passon Bull:n, durn his alli-
gater-looking hide an he wur s,andin' a
straddle owe me, a foamin' at the mouth
an a preachin tn me about sartin sins and
my wickedness ginerally. My poor frien
wur gone. and | was glad owe it, furl thot
he ment tn kill me with his club eff he
fail'd tu preach me tu deth, an didn't
want hur tu see me die.'
"Who was the friend you speak Of, Sut?"
"N-u-n owe y-o-u-r b-i-s-n-i-s-durn
your little ankshus picter But I'll tell
ye one thing, George; that mite neibor
gal got an orful confounded stroppin frum
her nam with the stirrup iether owe a sad
dill, an old Passun Bullin, had ct supper
thar that nite;, and what's wus nur all, she
cooked 1t fur him sn begged him g trim
bin an cryin not tn tell on her, the durn'd,
Internal, hipperkritikal, pot-beIlied, whis-
key-wastin old ground-hog; but i paid him
fur it all; eff haint 1 will. Il mean tu
keep payin ote him all the time. Well,
at mex big meetin at Ratil Snaix, I wur on
han, as solem as a hat-ke at akollection
time, fur had promised the old hog to
cum an be convarted, jist to keep him frum
kiln me. tuck seat on the steps owe
the pulpit to- prove war in yearnest.
Thar was a m0nstrous Lrowd in that grove,
an ole Bullin war a preachin toaem at q
orlul rate--how the He'll Sarpints wud
serve EN- eff they didn' repent-2-how they'd
crawl over them, rap thar tails roun thar
necks, poke thar tungs inter thar eyes and
blow inter thar years, an eft it wuran oman,
how they'd guile in her bussum. an try to
crawl down un1er her frockstFiDg--an he
had em hot, hoIIerin an scar'd; the fac is,
the thing war worken powerful. Now
I'd kotch'd five big grey pot-bellied liz
zaads, and had EN- in a little narrer bag,
what made a purpos A--thar tails all At
the bottom, an packed as tite as a bundil
owe sticks. ~ 'As'9'' y 'sn's 4
$50 while he wuE-a FaFia- -ento his tip
toes, onbenowepst1 tpJ enc budy I1ontied
my peke an put hemouth up under his
Ibritches les, and gin their legs.a squeeze
an shake, when they all took up his bar
LEG. maxim owe a noise sorter7like sqairrils
| q ciimbin q shel.-baFk hickory. 5rHe stop
ned pfeachin an booked for a moment like
10 war : listpin for suthin, sorter like an
ole aoM due whom che hears you whistle fur