The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1858-01-22


"This cash will be paid in korn or produce
III be collected at ur about our Grxt kampmeiin
by enc wun what ketchis him, for the cases owe
wun SUTTY LovENGooD dpd ur alive and safely
gin over to the care of Passon John BulIin at
Squire mack Junking for raisin of the devil
I permiscusiy, discomfnrtin the wimin powerful
and skarIn Owe folks gineraly at the ratil snaix
springs big meetIn." - signed by me
JOHN BULLIN the PasSnn.
| atested tu by
Jehu Wpthoron.
I found written copies ofthe above highly IN
telligible and vindctvr proclamation stuck up
/ on every blacksmith shop. doggery and store
1 door in the Frog Mountain range It's blood
thirsty, vIndicilve spirit, its style, and. above
all, lis chirograPhy, interested M to the extent
OF stealing one from tree for preservation.
In few days l found Sut in a good crowd in
front of Capehart's small doggerY, and as he
proved to be abont ''in tune" read ii 10 him.
'sfes, George, that ar dockymint am in year
nest, sartin. They dns want ne powerful bad,
but sprct cit dollars won't fetch me-. I'll 60
myself fur fifty, planked down, pf you'll 90
long and see me hev justice. Lite lite, old frl
Ter, and lei that roam Owe Yourn blow a little,
an I'll spiain this cTssed aar what has Iuinated
my karacter as a pius pusson in the society
bout here. le see, J. went TO last years big
Y-meetIn at Ratll SnaX Springs, an wtr sittin in
nice shady place couyrisln with friend in
the huckilherry thicket, when the fuSt thing
| know d woke from trance, what I'd been
knock'd inter by four year Old hickory stick
in the ham owe old Passon Bullion durn his
alligator ookin hide an he wur standin a
stradde owe me-, foamn' at the mouth an
preachin' tu me- bUnt saFtin sins an my wick
edness' 'gineraly. My poor trien' wur gone,
an was glad Owe 1t, fur | thot he meant tn
kill me with his club ef he failed tu preach
me tn deth, an didn't want hur tn see me
die'
s'Who was the friend you speak OF, Sut 90
s'N-u-n owe y-o-U-r b-l-S-n-i-S--drrn your
little anksbus peter! But Pll tell ye one
thing, George tina; mite neiber gal got an
| orful confunde stroppn' frum her man with
the stirru Plpther a Saddii, an old PasSon
BulIln had ct supper thar thai mite and what's
wus nur ALL shr cooked il for him an begged
him trembIin' an crying not tn tell on her,
the durne. Internal, hperkrlicaI, pot-bellad,
whiskey-waSting old ground hog but paid i'm
fur it all, Ell haint will. ! mean tu keep
PAWN owe hun all the time. Well, at hex big
as hat kerrer at collection time, fur | had
promised the old hog tn cum an b. convarted
Just TO keep him from killing me. tuck seat
on the steps owe the pulpit, tu prove wur in
yearneSt. fhrr was mouStrouS crowd in that
grove, an old Bullin were preachiE' lu' EN- at
an orful rate-how the he'll Sarpints wud sarve
'en if they didn't repent-how they'd crawl
over them, rap thar tails roun' thar neck, poke
A. A.
years an Fl it wur an oman, how they'd guile
in her bussum an try in crawl down under her
fIockStrng. An hr he'd 'em hot, hollering, an
scared ); the fac is, the thing was workin' pow
erfuI. Now I'd kotch five high grey Pot-brllied
lizards, an he'd 'rm ia little narrer bag, what
| made purpos-thar tails all at the bottom,
an packed as tite bundil Owe sticks.
$50 while he war a rarin onto his tp-toes,
on-beno-wenSt 10 any body, | outlcd MY poke
an put the mouth up under his britches leg,
making owe nice sorter-like squirrs climb /
in she'll bark hickory. He stopped preachn I
an lookin fur moment like he wur liStnin for I
sunthng, sorter like an ole SOW dus when she
hears you whistle for the dogs. | give biz
groan, bilt my he'd atween my knees. Then
he commenced sapin owe bis self whpr W cut
the steak outen a beef, then he'd fetch a rub
whar bosses tail sprouts, then he'd stomp,
then run his hand atween his waisbHn an his
shut, an reach down an roun miuly with it
then he sprrd his big legs and Civ his back
good shakln, sort rub agIn the pulpit
ter like hog scratches az in stump lranIn'
TO his work powerful, and squrming grn%aIIy
zif he'd liSt cum outtn dog bed, or had sirp
on psant trail. About this time one Owe my
lzzards (scared an hurt, | spose, by all this
rubin and scratchin aud slappTnl poktd ms
he'd out atween the pasSon'S shut collar an his
old bruwn neck, tuck a peep at the circumstan-
ces, and lodged hack agln.
'sOid Bullin's speech now cum - him; his
eyes stickn ont like two buckeyes hung agin
a mud wall, and his voice trlmbIin: Ses he,
'sBretherin, take keerove yourS-Iis, the He'll
Sarpents hrv got me ~ Sum owe the wimmin
iotch painter yell, an ramrod-lrggpd doctor
what sot near mp, allowed it wur clar case
owe Delicious Tremendous, and | tbot he wnr ,
rite, fur it wur tremendous atore il was dun
with. Off went the claw-hammer coat, an he
flung it ahnd him like he wnr gwine inter
fite, The had no jackit on.] Next he fotch his :
shut over his bed faster nur ! got outen my
baspd wun, an be flung itup in the air like he
didn't care durn if ii kept up forever, out II :
lodged onto black lack ] seed wnn owe my
lizards a racin about over The hlg old dirty !
Iookin shut, skeered like the devil. Then hr )
. in surfer shake an twist, and he cum outen j.,
his brtches, an he tuck EN- by EN- by the bottom =
ove the legs an swung EN- round his he'd a few >
lines and then fotch rn down cheialiap over
.hr front owe the pulpit. You cud we hearn $
he smash quarter a mile Nish unto
about fifteen shorten biskit, >brllled chIckIn
with his legs crossed, big dubbll oladed nie, I
4 slab ore terbackeF, pipe sum coPper-oFe n