Red Wing sentinel. [volume] (Red Wing, M.T. [i.e. Minn.]) 1855-1861, 1858-01-16

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produce tn be collected at ur aboute mex
kamp-lnetm by wun what ketchis him,
fur the cacus owe wun Sutty Loven-
good ded ur alive an safely gin over tn
the car owe Passon John Bullin at
Square mack Junkins fur a raisin owe
the devil permiscusly, discumfartin the
wimen powerful an skarin owe folks
|gineraly at the ratilsnaik springs big
meetin. et
signed lynne 4 ~
JOHN BUIL1N the Passon.
atttested tuby Jehu Wethoron.
I found written copies of the above
highly Ineligible and vindictive proc
lamation stuck up on every blacksmith
shop, doggery and store-door in the
Frog Mountain range. Its blood thirs-
ty, vindictive spirit, its style, and,
above all, its chirography, interested
me to the extent of stealing one from a
tree for preservation.
In a few days found SUIT i'll good
crowd in front of Capehart's small
doggcry, and as he proved to be about
in lune,' I read it to him. eyes,
George, that ar dockymint am in year
nest, sartin. They does want me pow
erful bad, but spcct cit dullcrs won't
fetch me. I'll 60 mysef fur fifty, plan
ked down. eff yul go long an see me
hcv ,justic. Lite, lite, old Teller, an let
that roam owe yourn blow a little, an
I'll splain this cussed afar what hes r,,-
mated my karacter as plus pus~on in
sciety about here. qYe see, went tt,
last years big mcetin at raiii onaix
Springs, an wer sittin in nice shady
place conversin with fiien in the hue
xii berry thicket, when the fast thing
I know'd I woke from a trance, what
I'd been knocked inter by four year
hickory stick i'll the ham of ole Passon
Bullin, durn his alligator ]ookin hide
an he wur standin straddle owe me,
a foamin at the mouth all a preachin tt,
me about sartin sins an my wickedness
ginerally. My poor tiien wur gone an
| wur glad owe it, fur I thot he ment
tn kill with his club eff he failed tn
preach me tn dcth, al l didn't want her
tn see me die.
"Who was the friend you speak of,
!Snt %
N-u-n owe Your b-i-s.n-i-s--durn
your little ankshus peter! But III
tell you one thing, George; that mite a
neibor gall got an orfal COMPOUNDED
stroppin from her man with the stir
rup lcthcr owe q saddil, an ole Passion
Buliin had ct supper thar that mite
and what's wus muir all, she cooked ii
fur i'm and begged him a trcmblin an
cryin not tn tell on her, the. burned,
infcrnel, hiperl>ritikal, pot-bellied, and
whiskcy-wasting old ground hog; but
l paid i'm fur it all, eff haint I will
l mean tn keep q payin owe i'm I'LL the
time. We'll, at mex big meetin at Ratil
Snaix, wur OH ham as solemn as a
hat kcrier at collection time, fur / had
promised the old hog to cum an be
converted, jist til keep him frum KILN
me. l tux a seat on the steps owe the
pulpit, tn prove wur in ycarnest.-
Their wer, monstrous crowd in that
grove, an ole Bullin wur a preach.
in tn 'cm at an orful rate-how the
Hell Sarpints wud sarvc 'cm if they
didn't repert-how they'd crawl over
'cm, rap thar tails roun thar nccks
poke thar tnngs inter thar eyes and
blow inter thar years; an eff it wcr ar
conan, how they'd guile i'll her buzzun
an try tn crawl down under her trock
string. An he had en- hot, hollcrir
an scored; the fac is, the thing was
workin powerful. Now I'd kotch five
big grey pot-bcllicd lizards, and hed
'em in a little narrcr bag, what I made
a purpcs-thar tails all at the bottom
an packed AS tite as a bundil of sticks
So while he war rarin onto his tip
toes, onbenowenst tn any body, on
tied my poke an put the mouth up un
der his britches leg, an gin Their tail.
a squeeze an shake, when they all TUX
up his bar leg, making owe a noise Xix.
squirrille climbin shell bark hicko
Try. He stopped preachin an looked
fur moment like he wur a listenin fl,
sumthing, sortcr like an old sow doe.
when she hears you whistle fur thu
dogs. / give big groan and hi!t m,
he'd atwccn my knees. Thenh com
menced a sIappin owe his self wha
,|ye cut the steak outen a beef
then he'd fetch a rub whar a hose
tail sprouts, then he'd stomp, then I'll:
/ his ham atween his waisbun an hi
!, shut, an reach down an roun mitil,
:, with it--then he spred his big legs an,
give his back good shakin sort owe :
rub agin the pulpit sorter like a no;
scratches agin stump; a 1eanin t
his work powerful, and squirmin CINE
rally zif he'd jist cum outen a dog bed
ur he'd slept on a pisant trail. Abou
this time one owe my lizard (scares
and hurt spose by all this rubin al
-Iscraichin an slappin,) poked his he,
out atwcen the passon's shut collar al
This ole brown neck, tuck a peep at tn
circumstances, an lodged back agin
j Old Bullin's speech now cum tn him
/ his eyes stickin out like two buckeye
!. flung agin a mud wall, an his voic
ftremblin: Sez he, Brotherin, tax
Ikeer owe yoursefs, the Hell Sarpint
'hev got me-" Sum owe the wimm;,