Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1858-04-15

jail. Them's my sentiments, an I'll gin ye snuther
owe en-: Men folks Wur made jist tn drink, eat, an
fur stsyin awake in the yearly part owe mites an
the wimin cook the Willis mix the liquor an help
the men tn du the stayin awake That's hit, an
nuthiR MORE onless hits fur the Wimin tn raise the
devil atween meals, the men tn play short kerds
atWesn drains, swap bosses with fools, an fte fur
exercise at odd spells. Yer don't understand life,
/ George, yet.
But about my sWsppin these yere laigs SO fast ::
he'd got about fox squirrill skin full owe billed
/ corn juice Onder my shut, Wur amin fur Bill
Kar's on foot, when I got in site owe ole Burnss
seed nj onto fifty bosses mules hiched onto his
fence. It Wur Sicily's Weddin. She married Clap
shaw the sukt rider; the fellow he's faith gin
out when he met me maxim soda. Now, III tell yu
two things no body ever seed: Wun is ded mule
4 means a mule what jst died far, without eny
help; an tOther is a sukit riders grave. Gaze why
the he mules all turn inter ole field school masters
the she Wuns inter strong minded Wimmen, an
then they dies like eny other human. An the sudt
riders, them what marrys money, turns inter store
keepers; an them what marrys fur 1t, but gifts bit,
turns politicians and then they dies sOrer like
humans too. III tell yu uther thing about the
vsrmints: they eat chickens round the sukit till
they shares up a rich gall and eff ever one owe EN-
lowers his sites onto gall, why she is a gall no
longer, no more nor he stays sukit rider. They
jist hich bosses, goodbye gall good bye ole
sedge field, pine thicket, sukit, look out for a
team sbuttail children, pale oman, sharp boss
tradin, and stsyin at home on kolecdOn Sundays.
Now ole Burns he'd big black and white bull, with
ring in his nose an the rope tied up round his
horns. They rid i'm tn mill and SIGH like with a
saddil made outen dog-WOod forks An clap boards,
an kiVered with ole carpit, rope girth and stirup
lethers, with loop fur the foot Ole Sock es they
called him, he'd jst got back frum mill, an wur
turnd inter the yard, sadil all, tn pick grass.
slurgin roun too, out side the house, fur they
hedent axed me in when they sOt down tn eat. Sock
nOsed rOun till he foun big baski what hit little
shattered corn an he put in his hedtu gitit. I slip
ped up and jerked the handi over his hons. Now
George, du yu nc the natur owe a COW brute Theys
the durndest fools owe all the beastes (allers sepn
the LOvingoOds) fur when they gifts inter trib-
ulashun they nuthin but to shut thur eyes, bel
Ter, an back keep a backin. Well. when ole
Sock found his sef in darkness when he raised his
ned, he made wuu lunge agn the house that shook
the dsubin out then he fotch a heller mout been
hesrn mile, an then sOt inter an onendin sistim
owe baokin. A big Craw6sh Wur no whar. Fust
agn wun thing, then over snuther, among which
Wus the bee bench, an a dozen stands owe bees.
This knokin down thar bench fOch out all the bees,
ftin mad; the whole ar wur full owe EN-, redy tn
pich inter eny thing what moved. The hOus sot
onter slopin grOun, the yard dore Wer even with
hit; so Sock jst backed in onder a bubble he'd owe
steme, BLOWN and bswlin, an the leder owe the
biggest army eve bees ever seed out at Wun time
they 6ld the baskit they lodged onto his tale till
hit Wur es thick q Vaughn tung, strste up in
the at that, lOokn sorter like ded pine kivered
with ivy. They wur in fac all over i'm, an at work
with all thar mites, maxim i'm feel good an hot an
improvin his temper mitely. Owe all the durnd
times ye ever hearn tell owe, Wur thar an Tiara
bouts. He cum tale fust agin the ole two story
Dutch clock an fotoh hit Dustin the innards outen
it, the lsetle wheels were all over the fore Next
pas he fotch up agin the foot owe a big dubbI en-.
CINE bsdsted, an rared hit onto aind an punchin
Wun owe the posts thru the glass winder. The mex
tail fust expedition sgin katakornered cup
bord, what soon kOtch dsrnation. He smashed the
glass dOres in, upsetiR HIT an then stomped every
thing inter the shelves all tn giblets, tryin tn
back futher In that derecshun Pck krocks presarve
Jars, vinegar jugs, seed bags, yarb lunches para
gorick bOttls, aig baskits an delf we're all mixd
ID Permiskusly, an not wuth s sortin by about a
duller and an Slf Next he got fair back scros |
the rune agin the board pertishun: he went thru |
like hit he'd been paper, tuck about six feet squar
owe hit in sPlinters an skraps with i'm inter the |
rune whar they wur a eatn, an now the itin owe
bees dsncin, an dodgiH begun.
Clspshsws man Wer deaf es dogiron, an sot at
the and owe the tsbil mex tn whar Sock busted thru
the wall; tail sind he agin her cheer, histin
her an hit onto the tabiL Now the squawkin, an
cussin, the smashin of things, an mixn Ov vitts
begun. They he'd sOt several tabils tugether tn
make hit long enuf, SO he ist rolled EN- up top owe
one another thar sot ole Missis Cspshaw strad-
die owe the top the pile, ftin bees like onto
mad wind will, with her caliker cap in wun hand
fur Wepun, an cruet frame in luther; an
kickin like she ridin lazy hess after doctor
Iaturs, csbidge, meat, supe, sop dumplins an the
truck ye waller EN- in; milk, plates, pies an every
durn hXin yu cud think owe in a week, Wer thar
mixed an mashed like hit he'd been thru a thrashin
masheen. Ole Sock still KEEP backin, an backed the
hole pile, ole oman an ALL with five ur six uther
bee hters an few cheers, outen the big dore an
down seven steps inter the lane an then he turned
B fifteen hundred pound sumerset his sef arter em,
IN lit atop owe all the mixed up mess fat onto his
back. About the time he got tn his feet, ole man
3urns-ye know how fat, stumpy, an cross grained
he is eny hoW-made 8 mad snatch at the baskit an
lOtoh HIT but Cudent let 60 quick enuf fur ole Sock
yist boWed, bellersd an histed the ole stud heels
ust up inter the ar, he lit on Socks back an he'd
he baskit in is hand. Jist ss soon es ole blackey
ud see, he tore of down the lane tryin tn out run
be bees fast that ole Burns was feared to try tn
let of; so he jst sOoked his fut inter the rope
ruPs prepared hisssf fur the durndest fast bull
ide mortal man ur oman ever he'd. Sock tuck down
tween the hitohed bosses the rail fence, an old
burns 6tin him over the he'd with the baskit tn