M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1858-09-09
5flistellanrous ArtitIts.
"BLEEGIN 'EMn TO COME RIGHT.

Simon had long aspired to the easy
and dignifed Office of carter or OK
driver. Often had he looked with en-
vious eye upon the favored jeff, as,
seated upon the pole of hia cart, he
drove whistling along, the imperson-
ation, in Simon's view, of the true
otium eap dignitate. Never doubt.
ling his qualifications for the post,
F(what osice seeker doesD he lOnged,
or, as he expressed it, "fairly ceched,"
for an opportunity of displaying his
skill, confident that it would be such
as could not fail to secure him q per-
manent seat upon the cart, Uice JEFF,
removed. Az length fortune second
ed his wishes; jeff was luckily absent
and the corn must be sent to mill; 81.
mon must yoke "Buck and Dmb," "
and carry it.
"Now you gwine to see dribin',"|
said he to the "boss," when, having
finished the preliminarivs, he took his
seat upon the cart, cracked his whip
over the cattle, and added spirit to
its effect by a well-modulated Gee up
higherI" Away rushed Buck and
Darb in grand style for about ten
steps; then suddenly stopped, with a
jerk, that well-nigh precipitatod our
hero from his long-coveted seat. A
second "Go long da, Buck! you Darb,
what You 'bou! now2" with numerous
and divers scientific jerks at the line
and artistic hourishes of the whip, re-
suited no better "Why, 'pon de face
of de yearth, what's got into desc
steers3 Jes' look at Darb now, pull
lin agin Buck, and n tryin' to twis'
his tail roun' toder way! Do b'lieve
in my soul dem steers knows amt
jeff And yander's de boss, too, IL
be hollering at me fore long,"
After seeing him worry with them
little longer, the bcss, who had seat.
cd himself on the fence a few yards
off to enjoy the sport, did "holler' at
him, to tell him he had yoked the OK.
en- on the sides to which they were res,
pcctively unaccustomed, and that he
; must disengage them, and put Buck
on the right side and Darb on the left,
"llehI" said Simon, wonder why
| didn't see dat | thought somothin'
must be de matter; III fix you now,
my boyS-you see eff | don't"
Pretty soon he was off his seat and
had them disengaged from the cart,
) but without removing the yoke! "Gee
} up da, Buckl Ill drive you roun' to de
t'other sdo, and den we'll see what
You gwine to do wild your tantrums
when de boss's a lookin' at me from de
. fence yander!"
BY this time he had got them round,
and, of course, after arranging them
head foremost in proper form, they
came ont exactly as they had been.-~
Laws n massey!" said he, in a self.
deprecatory tone, "what was think
in about, drivin' you roun' de aOrOng
way. Pears like | amt got good
sense dis mornin', somehow. Gou
Darb. come out o dar! boun' get
: you right dis time! Spec you'll fool
. about wild your proectifcations tel &c
, boss'Il be down here directly, Whoa,
} gee! GEE, | say"
Owing to some ineXplicabIe fatali-
ty, his success was no better this time
than before. He drove round to the
right, crossed over, and came out
} second best. swell, now," said he,
| dis is a purity spot O. work, amt it2
Dat Jcf''s done somethin' to desc
steers! Sho'so you're born, he's done
somethin' to desc steers!"
The oxen had, by this time, got
| turned with their heads toward the
, cart, and were standing at the end Of
| the pole, waiting the result of the dri-
ver's medltations. Carefully recon
e noitering their respective pooltions, he
t seemed suddenly to be inspired with q
t project which must succeed in spite oI
a fate. The reader shall have the ben.
: eft of the train of reasoning: "Dere
a dey stan's, Buck ana Darb, boat oI
It 'em lookin' dis way; Buck on de right
5 ham and Darb on de lei'; dat's jes' dc
It way dey ought to be. So now, my
! chilluns, | reckon I'm gwinc to f2
o you. I'm gwine to jes' drive you uT
U to de cart So;' and den Pm gwine tc
u make You turn your heads toder way
t and your tails dis way; and dec yOu's
It JLeegin to be right, whedder you will
Il or mol"
d | have always regretted that this
g brilliant scheme was never fully test
e ed. 1t was but half executed wher
e the boss came mp, and made him take
II off the yoke and change them. Wha'
= the result would have been had ht
been left to himself admits of discuss
ion. 1t is due to Simon, however, t
u say that many years Of profound med
a itation have but served to confirm hin
in his original conclusion that they'(
U sheen 'HoooeJ to been riUhtn"