Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1858-04-30
From the Union and American.
SUIT Lovegood at Sicily Burns Wedding.
E. L, OF TENNESSEE.

sui lIOFeSOOu AT sicily Burns W eOO1ng.
3d. TENNESSEE.
Hey, George!' rang among the mountain slopes ;
and on looking up to my left saw Sut tearing along
down steep point, {" heading me off, ~ in long Kan
garoo1ke ope, holding his flask high above his head
and hat in hand. He brought up near me, still banter
ingly shaking the hafu tckler within inch of my
face until the bead rose to the corncob stopper Whar
ye gwine take suck, hoss? This yere trucks DID,
kotch hit misef hot this morning frum the stlwurm.-
n Narra durnd bit strike-nne in hit put that ar
pieceo burnt dried peach in msef tu gin it cutler
better nor ole Bullins plan he puts tan in what
he sels and when that ant handy he mixes eete owe
the red water outen pond below his barn-makes a
powerful nara cutler, but don't help the taste any
Then he korrects that with red pepper Hits an orfu
mixtry that hard-shel whiskey owe ole Bullin's. He
hes pIsned nj onto threequarters the beevn part
owe his congrgashun with hit an luther quarters agwne
the same road eff his still hous don't burn down soon ur
ne peg out hsse Hant he the durndest specmens owe
walkn barrel owe g|s ye ever seed eny how?
Say, Georgey dye see these here well poles, what
uses fur laigs? Well passed EN- by each uther purity
peart luther day put just wun out then luther,
say nine feet beyant, and then KEEP doin hit I'll just
gin ye leave tn 60 tn the devil haf hammo eff didn't
make fewer tracks tu the mile, an more tu the mint
then wur ever made by eny human manbody without
the help owe hoss, since Bark Wilson beat the sawog
frum the top the Frog mountain inter the Ocoee
ruver an dove lodged hit at last Everything what
talks an cries. hes pint owe sort Ole Buns pint
is durned rstrate, threebaded doublebarreled, wa
ter-proof hypOckrcy an onquinchabel appetite fur
bald face Sicily Burns pint is thru hur feeters, an
ways tn drive men folks crazy. She gins them fever
jest es sartin es week at Orleans in August wud-
DurD her, she's down her heels now, walks flat
footed at that Dads pint an hits the only pint be hes
got is tu be king all durnd FOOLS sence the days owe
that eller the bib reads about what housed so much
corn in Egypt, an lost his coat by runnn outen hit
Hit tells who the strongest man, an who wus the
meekst man, who wus the best man, but leves ye tu
guess who wus the biggest FOOL eff thars bull mig
ger in Tennessee what cudent tell the fust pop arter
hearin it red, wudent gin fifty cents fur him sartn-
He hesent enu tn into the house, eff it wur
rainin ded cats, that's ALL My pint is in beatin eny
body suckn in big skeer an then in beatn anybodys
hoss ur skared dog runnn outen it agin. | used tn
think mi pint wur like dads, onmixed fool; but when
he acted hoss gin in Maybe when gifts his sperience
ole, ken mock the hons ofen him. an be king
fool mise on his pint But its nifty onsartn. He hes
never been beat yet by enything that cud talk Now
eff eer knows whot his pint is, he ken get along al
lers puryidn he don't away his liberty tn tenn
prance society, iv tn fur rum stilhous an tn nj
church ur jail. Thems mi sentiments all I'll gin ye
anuther Men folks made jist tn drink, eat
fur stayn awake in the yearly part mites an the
wimin tn cook the vitts mix the Ticker, an help the
men tn du the stayin awake That's hit an nuthn more
oness hits fur the wmn tn raise the devil aween meals
the tn play short kerds atween drams swap hos
with fools, fite fur exercise at odd spell. Yer
don't understand life, George, yet.
But about my swappin these yere lags so fast he'd
got about fox squirr full owe billed corn Juice under
my shut, aimin fur Bill Kars on foot and when
got in site ole Burns seed nj onto fifty horses an
mules hitched onto his fence. 1t Scilys weddn.
She married Clapshaw, the sukt rider the fellow
he's faith gin out when he met ME maxim soda. Now,
I'd tell yu two things nobody ever seed is ded
mule-1 means mule what list died far, without eny
help and tother is a sukit riders grave. Gaze why,
the he mules all turn inter ole field shool masters an the
she wuns inter strong minded wimmem, an then they
dies like eny other human. An the sukt riders, them
what marrys money turns inter store keepers an them
what marys fur it, but gifts Bit turns inter politicians
and then they dies sorter like humans too I'll tell yu
uther thing about the varmints they eat chickens
round the sukt till they skares up rich gall, and e.
ever EN- lowers his sites onto gall why she is
gall no longer, no more nor he stays suklt rider
They jist hitch hosses good bye gall, goodbye OLE
sedge field pine thicket, sukt look out for team
owe shutta Children pale oman sharp hoss tradin,
sayin at home on kolection 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 tu
mill and sich like with saddi made outen dog wooC
forks an clapboards as kivered with ole carpt rope
girth and stirup ethers with loop fur the foot Ole
Sock, they called him, he'd st got back frum mill
turned inter the yard sadil ALL tn pick grass
surgin roun too outside the house. for they heden
axed me in when they sot down tn eat. Sock nosec
round till he foun big baskt what hit little shatter
ed corn, he put his he'd tn git it. I slipped up anc
jerked the handil over his hons. Now George, du VI
no the natur owe COW brute? Theys the durndes
fools all the beastes (aers septin the Love
goods) fur when they gifts inter trbulashun they nos
nothn but to shut thur eyes, beler back and keep
backin Well, when ole Sock found his sef in darkness
when he raised his he'd, he made lunge agin thu
house that shook the daubn out then he fetch bele
mout been hearn mile, an then sOt inter Onendir
sstim owe backin A big crawfsh wur no whar-
Fust agn wun thing, then over anuther among which
wus the bee bench, dozen stands owe bees This
l. o&o @Io
mad the whole ar full em, redy tn pich inte
eny thing what moved The hous sot onter sopn groun
an the yard dore with hit Sock jst backei
in onder a bubble he'd owe steme BLOWN and bawn
an the eder the biggest army bees seed
at one time; they d the baskit they lodged onto hi
tale till hit thick waggin tung, and strate "
in the ar at that looin sorter like ded pine kverec
with ivy. They in fac all i'm, at work will
all thar mites, maxim i'm feel good hot mprOvil
his temper mitely. Owe all the burned times ye eve
hearn tell ove wur thar an thar-abouts. He cum tail
us agin the ole two story Dutch clock fotch hit
Dustin the nnards outen it the eete wheels al
over the fore Next pas he fotch up agin the foot
big dubbil engine bedsted rared hit onto aind
punChin owe the posts thru the glass wnder Th
next tail fust experdition az in katakonered cup
bord what soon kotch darnation He smashed the gas
dores n upsetn hit and then stomped every thing ne
the shelves all tu gibets tryn tu back further in tha
derecshun. Picki krocks, presarve ars vinegar jugs
seed bags yarb bunches paragorick botts ag baskts
an delf, were all mixed id permiskusly, an not wut
sortin by about duler and an alf Next he got
fair back acros the agn the board pertshun b
went thru like hit he'd been paper, tuck about s
feet square hit in spnters skraps with i'm inte
the rune whar they a eatin, now the htin Ov
bees an dancin, an dodgin begun.
Capshaw's mann wer deaf dog iron and sot a
the and of the tab tn whar Sock busted thru th
wall tail aind on he cum agin her cheer histng he
and hit onto the tabil Now the squawkin cussir
and the smashn of things and mixn ov vittils begur
They had sot several tabs tugether tu make hit Ion