Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1858-01-20
VOL. 5. NO 10.

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'cr down cheraliaP over the front owe the rul-
Dit You cud We hearn the smash quarter
owe mile Nigh onto about fifteen shorten
biskit, Drilled chicken with his legs crossed,
big dubbil bladcd nife, 3 slab owe torbaekor.
pipe, sum copper-ore specimens, heap oTe
broken glass, cork, . sprinkle Of whiskey.
a squt an three owe my lizards few Permiskus-
IL all over that ar mectin ground, outen the
upper ind oYe them big fax britchcs. One
owe tie smartcst oyo my lizards lit he'd fuss
inter the buzzum oyo fat oman, as big as &
sLin'd hoss, and nigh onto as ugly. who sot
thirty wards off fannn' herself with tucky
tail, an smart tn the last it commenced run
r;u' down. So she wur bound to faint, and
did Il fust rate jist fuug her tucky tail up
in the air, rolled down the Hill; tangled her
legs an garters IN the top ove huctiberrry
bush. ard wur thar oil safe, fair quiet
when left.
''Now old Bullin lad nuthin left on him
but par eve hevy quartered shoes, short
vooin socks, an eel skin garters IA keep of
the cramp, an h skaro wur CROWN on him
fast. Il, we're plum crazy, fur he just spit
in his hans and leaped over the front nv tho
pulpit rite inter the middle Nv the puis part
w the kongregation, ker3iB. an set in tu
gittin away. He run, or ruther went in a
unlberin gallup, hevy, like an old wagon
hoss skare3 at locomotive. When he
jumped bench he shook the yearth an his
/ self TOO. Bonnets and fans clared the way.
/ an he he'd purfectly fair track tn the woods
/ lie weighed nigh onto three hundred, he'd
black stripe down his back Ike onto an old
( bride rein, an his billy looked about tho
/ size an cutler uv big beef paunch, and it =
! sbakin frum side to side. He leaned back
| fru,n it like little fcllcr totin Nv big
/ drum at muster, ard I hearn It slosh plum
IL whcr I wur. Thar wur cramp knots on
/ his legs as big as wauuts, an all over he
minded me w Z crazy ole elcfant what wur
possessed by the devil. with It's yenrs, snout
and tushes sawed Of, an rarcd up and a
ewino on It's hind legs away frum .emediato
trubblc and trbulation' lie dil the loudest.
an scariest an fussicst runnin I ever seed
since dad raced with the hornets, to be no
faster than it wur.
..WcE, he disappeared in the thicket, and
! ove all the InUsscs yc ever hcarn it wur thar
in cirkle w two hundred feet or tharabout-
sum wiuen screamin-they was the skery
wuus; sum larGn-they the wicked wuns:
sum c:yin-they was the fool wuns, (sorter
owe the Lovengool stripe;) sum tryin to git
away ur hide thar faces-tLey wus the mod
est ones; sum lookin artcr old Bulin-they
wua the curious wuns; me hangin to their
bows-thcy wus the sweet wuns; sum on thar
knees with thar eyes shut. but their face
turned tho way the old murtirkI was a
ru mt ey wus the deceitful wuns; sum
doin nothin-they wus the waitin wuns, and
the most danjeroas owe all owe them by a
durnd long sites. I took big szeer myself.
, r a bibil about as big SIS a brick. disip!in.
an book called Z bataplasm, few rocks,
and sich like fruit spattcrcd on the pulpit in
j. onto my head, anl as the Lovengooi, durn
7 EN-, knowcs Dothin hut to run when they git
= skard. jist put towards the swamp on the
p krick As I started I black bottil of bald
face smashed against tree forinst me. Sun,
burned fool professor dun this, Who had more
. zeal than sence; fur / sag chat eng man who, 4
vast gste.t owe good whisky fur the chance
! owe kcockin a poor devil ike me down with
it if the botti 'cGs wuth nuthiu, su't as snnar,
, as old squire Mack mul'in. and he shot hissel
a with hoe handle, and it warnt loaded n
- that. Veil, You know, George orter rur
i fast-just look at these Icgs-I used en- sun
L atwccn that mcctin grown and tie swamp
, and they amt kotch me yet.
IS 'Old Barbcliy Bullin Gas they call him
Is since his tribula:ion with the hell sarpints
iaint prcchoi bu! wunst, and then he Eadn'
: an oman to hear i'm. His tex wua, .'nakiI
came into this wurld en- I'm acwine outen
IS the same way eff I'm spared ill then" Tn
IN told 'twar a powerful sarnint-it was hear
:, three miles, lie prove that uakiiniss warn
ii much arter all, ef you take the rite view oy
=, the thing-.hat hell sarpintc of all sizes va
skeery. cold and tIubllsum that 1t waru't t
= be expected owe him, poor, weak. fraiI WI
Sc owe the dust. 20 be sarpint ur lizard proc
ur eithcr-that wun small sarpint of the trit
ne oye milcizidick ruinatcd wurld through
n woman while he wur beset with a barril fu
: of them. And sixteenthly, but finally, th,
Sutty Lovengood is the biggest raskiI. foo
ne aud skarccrow ever hatchcd in the mouutai
,ot range.
he Now, George, that may all be so, but
II, want you to tell old Growuhog this fur me-
e he'll let ne alone, III let him alone; and
lie don't, if | don't lizard him agin [ WI
ier | may be burned inter Il poutice. Let's
he tn the spring and mix Il little owe it with ii
ist yere whlskey, (shaking his flask, afore v