The prairie news. [volume] (Okolona, Miss.) 1851-1875, 1858-02-25

huhS "SHi Ihuu Wall, uH HIS voice tTenl'
bin; SEE he, " Brethren, take keer OF
yersefs, the He'll Sarpints hev cot me -
Sum owe the wimmin fotch a painter yell
an ramrod legged doctor what sot near
/, me, allowed it wur clear case owe De-
: lcious Tremendous, an thot he wur rite,
FUR it mur tremendous afore it wus dun
with. OF went the claw-hammer coat,
an he flung it ahind him like he wur a
gwine inter a fife, Che he'd no Jacket on. J
Mex he fotch his shut over his he'd faster
nur got outen my pasted wun, an he
flung hit up in the air like he didn't care
a dunn eff hit KEEP up forever, but hit lodg-
ed onto black jack. seed wun of my
Lizards racin about over the big ole
dirty shut scared like the devil. Then
he GIN sorter shake an twist an he
cum outen his britcheS, an he tuck 'em
by the bottom ove the legs an swung 'em
round his he'd few times an then fotch
EN- down cherwalup over the front of
the pulpit. You cud've heam the smash
a quarter Owe mile Nigh onto
about fifteen shortened biskits, briled
chicken with his legs crossed, big duble
bladed nife, slab owe tcrbacer, a pipe,
sum copper ore speciments, q heep owe
brakin glass a cork, sprinkil owe whis-
key, Squt an three of my Lizards, flew
permiskusly all over that ar meetin
ground, outcn the upper end owe them big
flax britcheS Wun of the smartest of
my blue lizards lit he'd fust into the
bu>Sum owe fat oman, as big as a Skin
ned boss, and nigh onto as ugly, who set
thirty yards off a fannin herself with
lucky tail, an smart to the last, hit COM
menced rmnin down.
So she wur bound to faint, and dun it
fust rate .iiSt flung her lucky tail up in
the ar, rolled down the hill, tangled her
legs an gartres in the top owe Il huckil-
berry bush, an wur thar all safe, fair and
quiet when left.
Now ole Bullin had nuthn left on him
but par of hevy low-quartered shoes,
short w0oIin socks, an eel skin carriers to
keep off the cramp, an his scare wur a
GROWN on him fast. lie wur plum era
~, fur he jst spit in his hans and leaped
over the front owe the pulpit rite into the
middle owe the plus part owe the congrc-
CATION, herdH an sot in tn gittin away.
lie run, or rather went in a lumberin
gal!op, heyy, like an Gle wagon boss
scared at a l0coSmoker. When he Jump ;
ed bench he shook the ycarth an hissef
too. Bonuits an fans clared the way, an
he'd a purfeckly far track tn the woods.
lie weighed nigh onto three hundred, he'd
4 black stripe down his back like onto an
Die bride rain, and his belly looked about
5he same cutler owe a big beef pamch /
IN hit Shakin from side to side lie t
caned back from it like little Teller e
5otin owe big drum at muster, an | !,
lcam it slosh plum tn whar | wur.-
Thar Wur cramp knots On his legs as big t
rs wannuts, an all over he minded me
I'VE a crazy ole elephant what wur pos !
seSsed by the devil, With his years, snout {
IN tnshes sawed off, an rared up, an a )
gwine on hits hind legs, away from i'm $
nejiate trubbil and tribulation. He did !
he l0udest an scariest an tussiest runnin '
ever seed since dad raced with the hor- r
nets, to.be no faster than it wur.
Well, he disappeared in the thicket
md owe all the nlSeS You ever hearn, it ,
yur thar in circle owe two hundred e
eet, or tharabouts--sum wimin Screamin G
they WIS the sceary wuns; sum larfn
they WIS the wicked WINS; sum erwin !
they WIS the fool WINS, (sorter owe f
he Loyengood stripe y sum tryin tn git c
away ur hide thar faces-they WIS the !
modest wuns; sum lookin arter ole Bull :
WIS the curious wuns; sum !
langin tn thar bows-they WIS the sweet
yuns sum on thar knees with thar eyes
,hot, bnt thar faces turned the way the
BE mudturkil was runnin-they wus {
he deceitful wuns; sum dom nuthin-
hey wus the waiting wuns, an the most
lanjmous owe all owe 'em by burned
ong site. | tux big skeer mysef, arter {
| bibil about as big as brick, a disip- .
inc, an book called a cataplasm, few
'ocks, and sich like fruit spattercd onto
he pulpit nj onto my he'd an as the
4ovengoods, durn EN-! knows nuthin but
II run when they git shared, ! jist put j,
owards the swamp on the crick. AS | o
started black bottil owe baldface smash b
ID agin tree furninst me. Some durn- 4
ID fool professor dun this who he'd more .
zeal than sence fur sag that any man {
who'd vast qnart owe good whisky fur :
he chance owe knockin poor devil like Q
ne down with it, if the bottil mus with D.,
luthin, isn't as smart as ole Squire Mae t
nullin, an he shot hissef with hoe han t
Ill and hit warnt loaded at that Well,
'ou know, George, orter run fast-jist +
ook at these legs-I used EN- up sum !
tween that meetin grown an the swamp,
n they hanit kotch me yet.
Ole Barbelly Bullin Gas they call him) t
ince his tribuaton with the he'll sar-
ints, haint preached but wunst, an then !;
e hadn't an oman to hear him. His tex y
gus "nakid cum into this wnrld an I'm t
gwine outen it the same way eff I'm