Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1858-02-02


rub wbaria hosses tail sprouts, then, he'd.
stomp. .tbsnIrun his hand atweeri his wais-
nun an his shut. and reach. down an ,rpun,
m;,ilv with it---tl,en he spred his big legs
and give his back a good shakin, sort owe
I rnby aoin the puiDit sorter-like a hog
scratches ,aoin "a stump !; a leanin TO his,
work 1uowerful and sauirmin generally,
ziflbe'tl list cum ou,enia dog bed, OF he'd
sleps on a uisant trail. AboL. this, time
WIN bye NV Hazards 4 scared and hurt, L
spose; ,bv ali this rubbin an scratchin an.
sIappin poked his he'd out atweenthe pass
sons shutwcolar san his ole brown neck,
tuck "a peep at The circumstapces, and
dodged back agin. so ,so., .lsaoA3 .es,j,is
s.iOld Bullin's speech now cum, to him !;
his eyes stickin out like two buckeyesapng
agin mud wall, an his voice trimblin, ses
ha: .Brethern, take keer owe, ,yerselfs, the
He'll Sarpints hey got me I Sum owe The
wimmin fotch a painter yell. an a ramrcd-
legged doctor what sot near me, allowed it
wur clar case of Delicious Tremepdjus;
an Isthot he wur rite, fur it wur tremend-
JUS afore il war dun with, Off went the
claw -hammer coat, an he flung it ahind
him like he wur gwine inter a fte, { he he'd
no jackit on, } aNexlhe fotch his shut over
his he'd faster, nur got out my pasted
wun, an he flung it, up, in the air Ike he
didn't care durn, if it kept up fureyer.
but ii lodged onto black-jack seed
wunove nv Lizards Iacin about over the
biz old dirty-lookin shut, skared like the
devil. Then he gin a ,sorter shake an. q
twist an he cum outen his britches," ar, he
tuck em by the bottom owe the legs and
swung EN- round his he'd few times and
then totch EN- down cherslap over the frunt
owe the pulpit. You cud hev hearn the
smash ouarter,oye mile. Nigh onto
about fifteen shortened biskit, briled
chicken with lis legs crossed, big ,dubil-
bladed nife, a slab Of terbacer, pipe, sum
copper ore speciments, heep of broken
glass, a fork, a sprinkil owe whisky, a shut
an three owe my lizards flew periniskusIy
all over that ar meetin ground, out the
upper ind owe them big flax britches.
.Wun of the, smartest owe my blue Hazards
lit, he'd fust inter the bussum owe a fat
oman, as big. as skin'd hoss, an nigh
unto as, ugly, who, sot thirty yards of a
fannin herself with a. lucky tail, an smart
to the last, it commenced ,runnin down.
So she wur bound to faint, an did it fust
rate; lust flung. her tuckv tail up in the ar,
rooIed down lie hill, tangled her legs an
garters in the top owe 4 huckiIberry bush,
an war thar all safe, lair and quiet when 1
left. ''.,' ~ ga '9"f ~ sos'l'9s ,., aai'iW
"Now old Bullin had nuthin left ON
him but par Of hevylow quartefed shoes,
short woolin socks an eel skin garters tn
keep off the cramp, an his skare wus a
GROWN on him fast He wur plum crazy,
fur he jist spit in his hands an leaped over
the frunt Nv the pulpit rite inter the hem md
die NV the Plus part Nv the KonSfegalloh ;
kerdli1, ar sot inter glttin away. ne rum
or rether went IN iumoer'n galiop' ,hevy'
like an old wagon hoss skared az iocomo-
tive. When he !mPed oeneh en- ne 81 shook
the yeath an his sell 100. Bonnets an
fans clared ti the way, an ne nGd puriect,
~ lar track tu the WOODS. he Weighed
nigh onto three hundred, ned oiack
stripe down his back like onto an old brl'
die rein, an his belly looked about the
SIZE an cutler Nv a org oeet Paunch, an
Int shakln from SIDE 70 SIDE. he leaned
back from 1t like little felier'a totlnluy q
big drum at muste', an hearn II slesh
plum tu where wur. Ihat wur cramp
knots on his legs asbgas warnuts: an all
over he minded me NV a crazy ole elephant
what wur possessed by the devil, with
hits years, snou. an tushes- sawed OFT, an
rared up an gwine on hits hind legs away
frum emediate trubble an tribulation. he
did the loudest an scariestan fuss'est run
mn ever seed since dad raced with the
hornets, to be no faster THANH wur" lGd
lowell, he disappeared in the thcket,
an owe ali the misses ye ever hearn itwur
thar in a circle Of Two hundred feet OF
tharabouts-sum wimen screamin--they
wus the skeery wuns; sum .larfn--they '
Iwwus the wicked wuns; sum cryin--they
wus che fool wuns, (sorter owe the Loven.
rood stripe; y sum irwin ,tu cit away vi
hide thar faces--they. wusa the modest
Wuns some Iookih arter ole Bu llin-nthey
wus the curious wuns; sum hanein on thai
tbowsAthey wus the sweet wuns; sumlon
thar knees with thar eyes shot, but tha,
facaa t,,rpod- -tls,.. ,va q. .stla.ald rnudturLil