The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1858-02-03
SUIT LUVENG00DS DOG.
br S. l., OF TENN.

dog scrape, did | 7
| No, Sut, not as We knows on; you've
mixed up dog so with all your doings
that Ne can't tel adzactly what dog scrsps
! you mean.
Well, mean ole Stuff Gut. Did eny
on We ever see 'em
No
le missed site, then. He were A
powerful dog, al sometimes ys'd think
that he wur TWO or three dogs, ef ye seed
eat; not counting of his tail, fur he
he'd nt eny. When he wur a pup, dad,
durn him, tuck I'm tu straw cutter. lam
med his slarn cost up to the frame ov the
cussed guotiue, and totched down the
nlfe and thr lay the hole tale in the trof
like Il letter S. and thar run the pun
voun' like houn, and his starn looked
IKE you'd busted ripe toma,is onto it
II changed his looks mi,ely, aud his ma
ter more Well, the hfar look'd mily
sassy and tile like, eny how, perticulerIy
when he were strullin up to a bio
strange dog III smell % i'm. 1t made
his siurn look hire than bis shoulders,
perpendicular and square; an he he'd
way owe waIkin slow and solemn like I'd
seed young ieIters do at CAMP mee,in
when approachin owe gal at the spring
with thar stud hoss close on, sGwine sor.
ter side ways An nifty keerfnl.
We'll, Stuff Gut, he foIlered me to
town Vno day. jst case didn't want i'm
tu, and while | wur gitlin on a he'd owe
steam At the doggery, he started round
town, and, ike his cussed fool owner. got
h'sscif inter fust rate scrape an skars
without half tryin, an in less nor no time
nj that. ! had gin myself shake in
the doggery, and herd the whiskey in me
slosh, l knowed he'd nv load abroad. so
| cum out inter the street sr-the fust
! tang | seed he cum tsrin down the street
lli'een times faster nor thot he cud FUN,
Jlst n bo"in owe hisself, his years sot fiat
onto his neck, and his brlslles all sot like
black pearch's fin, his eyes ehot up fast
an ut", an he he'd on set owe harness
made OF strings, sorter like the set dad
wore when he acted hoss, an he wur
han'hg An old stage lantern An hit tild
with Wet powder AN sot on fire. Now
the sparks and the SEEING, mn the dust an
the ratIln, an the youin an grow!in. an
Oarkln Al the eighty nine or ninety dog,
! "vc all kinds what wur chasin owe him,
made sum sensashun. Whew ww.w.-
/ " hen seed hm pass without nowin me,
| thot owe dads hornet trbulation, an
ieIt that thar wur such thing "a y retri.
button At last; an then got mad an
looked roun fur sum wun TO vent nv rath
on. an seei long legged cuss, sorter of
Loven good stripe, with his hat cooked
before, slttinga stradi owe y boss rack, y
s"ingin his legs an a .winging-
Rack back, Davy, rarin up behind,
You show me your foot and III show you
mine.
Thinks | you'll do, ef you did'n: start
my dog on that hsl~ord expedition owe
his'n yu'lI du to put ii on eny how, so
here goes. Ses /: Mister what he'd nv
dog dun III yul He psde no tention, but
KEEP on s'ngn--
Rack back, DHvy, dady shot a bar,
Shot him IN The eye, and never toch a har.
seed it "ur no use tryin tu breed
quarrel, So that moul breed II hte. All
Jlot lent hIm slathAriu CALAMITY. r,t,
"har his Shout commenced sproulin
from atwsen his eyes with a rutf rock
about the SIZE owe goose aig. 3liL totched
hun. lie drspped often the hoes rack,
but hit squirrel holt onto the pole with
his paws aud hIno feet, an hung back
down. Jumped he'd iust through atweeu
his belly All the pole my left broke his
holt, and We cum tn the ground tiun-
me Ondermost, All turned heads and tails.
50 the fust thing aid WAS tu shut nv
jaws onto mou,stui owe his steak. nI
unto the place whar yer foot iuches to 20
when yu ar en kicking DISTANCE owe u
Top. lie lit mltlly fur the chance he had
but | soon seed he had cross of the
bar in I'm, for he cudent stand tickIin
behind, ef it mite be called ticklin at all:
Tor every tune he got h.s hine legs onder
him, lie tred his durndest tu jump loose.
but my holt hut, al We wud lake our
tust position agln. | thot owe box owe
matches what had IN my pocket. 50
iotch the whole boxtu rake onto the
gravel, and snutfed EN- all a blszIn iDier
one owe the pockets III his coat tail
Now mind, lie now'd nuthin owe th,se
preseed'ns, fur his nlnd wur "A exercised
powerful about the hurlin | wur hsI-
pin im tn behine. | now'd he'd soon show
strong signs owe wantIn tu 20. So the
iust nlg rare he totch arler the lire reached
his hide, J'st let my month hy open
so-an lie went his hole tale ia a blKz-l
Rite here, boys, must tell yu sumthln !
didn't DO myself, ur durn me eli | hed'ut
let bun beat me inter pollis, afore ida
sot him siire-fG seed him durn'd tust.-
The Ihot on it skeers me yet. He had
Two pounds ofgun powder In tolher pock
ct, takln home To y shootin match
lie aimed to run past q pedlm wspin
what was standing in the street, with n
fust rate set owe live boss bones atween
the shafts, while the Yankee wus in the
doggery firm up tu leave town. Jist as
he got clost tu the carrysl, the powder
coich fire, an soon afterwards went of an
so did be, head fust, frog fashun. rita thrp