The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1858-06-30

! "'"u owe niS neu uraWd hIer
n"r ever towards his curl, the brush mer
sheen still in blast an gittin faster and
harder, mn Ole Burns snatchin Of mora :
Inc bsllerin and cussin wer now m;yed
nj onto es ekul es keerful man mixes
"nisSey and water, an the mixtry made
dofeful soun. Ef yu'd bearn hi, at
haii mile, yu'd know thar wer heap
owe hurtin an ra'h gwne on whar i.
cum frum. Ole Sock war FASTENED in
TINS unnatural way over a fell pine tree,
an 'har DE Mills stopped, spose "a see
'he effec owe his new plan owe fitin, an it
wur - fool thing, fur ef he'd keen
mat ar he'd owe hs'n in close communion
witE Socks rear, he'd been boun IN smoke
the wurd afore lung. But hit git i'm time
tu turn roun an cum hed on apin. the
n"tera' ou'i hun way. Ole Mills he'd
hoIesum fear owe the steam brush mill
what Sock kerried, so he cum h, bIine
aS'n, and the mex time thew met ,bev
inlSStd an the hon run ouder Ole Burns'
Iaig an atweeen ;he rope girth nm Socks
slde. lie gin twist and busted the
grth, swung Ole Burns and the saJil
roun an roun few times in the ar, and
then lent biz sling, the sadll tho bie,,.
an hit hung onter the snag lin ovc daJ
P'ne' J'St IN enuf to let Ole Burns hans
So''er tetch gronn. Thar he hung. He
c"ssed now in yearnest, and he mixed in
h''.e prayin with hit, for he he'd a streak
owe skeer in his mad. Now when he
'"nn his sei huug up by the heels like
outer ded hog, IN two bulls a iiin roun
'm' ms 'o'se were changed mi,eIv, fur his
CUTS tan lie he'd a few owe em) bore down
towards his he'd, and hit sounded like he
w"r down ma well, ur he'd locust in
his throat. He bemoaned his condition
powerful, cnssed Scisily awhile es the first
caus, then cussed me es the imeit saus
an C'apNhaw es auxillerv. an talked orfuI
ABOUT shot guns, clubs, grave wards and
,he birthstone works onder the liere Of the
deV'I. tell ye hit wer tremesius, cum
MN from man owe family hung up bv
the heels tn tree, whar two dredfuI oia
bulls were at war. Wun got runnin
go onto luther and backed him arin Ole
bnrns nj the rate owe pidgn tiyin, an to.
ted the ole ieller way out tn ole side es
iur eS the ropes let EN- and tn make hi,
wuS, he'd grabbed deth holt onto -
ta'l, an hit es long es he cud stan hit fur
ms ank';s. Then he let 90 and swung
what wur behind time an atrvin tn ke,ch
up, an snachin 1T the roots an weeds.
hichin his hans full every grab, tryin to
stop hisseIf the cussin an prayin gwin
Oh all the time wus nur ever.
tell ye he's got lots owe sand in his
g'zzard, he's the best pluck I ever seed.
Well, thar they fit, rouu an roun, tarin
up the yeath and roots, an har, and bull
meat. Torectly they cum agn frum be.
hlne sIather agin the ole stud, an kerried
him torard this time. and not clock fash
mn, sidewise. Es soon es the rear Of ole
Mills hit him, he tuck tail holt and hilt
hit Till his shoes cum of, and he fell
smack atop owe the Squlre's he'd an tails.
lie got hisself a good holt inter each owe
the TANKS, and locked his lags' roun his
neck, (oh, he's jist as redy as cat.) and
he made his arrangements tn stay thar
all mite, he'd tuck good bill holt with
his teeth unto the tail. Ole Mills didn't
understand what were atop owe him
Painter flashed unto his mind, Ell all his
pluck wilted, en- he jSt turned tail an fur
Mort Ksrolina Ole Sock lrottin arter
sorter keerIess like. The ticklin inter his
aanks, the chokiu roun his neck, and the
vice onto his tail, discumferted him pow.
erful. He jist mizzled an every few
jumps, he'd gin short beler, and kick
both heels es he es he cud, but Ole Burns
wur growed thar. When he cum tu the
ruver, over the bluff he Ioped, he'd fust, SO
Ole Burns went rear fust. Is soon es he
seed the ruyer below him, he commenced
climbin the tail, over handed, but hit
warLt eny use they both went plum ou
ten site, and spread waves fur mile, an
the water flew like yud flung three tuU
rock in. After spell they cum up sepe.
rat, an tuck u look at each other, an
never saw tSo critters appearingly rs
glad III part company. Ole Burns swum
fur wun bank, an the bull fur luther -
:!sy staggered cut an - the morse
owe dirt either owe EN- raked up with thar
hutfs. they just lay down tu rest, An eyed
wuu anutler across the ruvHr. His BOYS
found Ole Buras an hauled him home on
to sled. Mills bull sought anuther
sukit, an ole Sock run wild in the noun
.aiEs. Ole Burns talks crazy like, sss
the house is upside down and he hears
bees hummin owe mites, and sees lots
owe oriul bulls fitin all day. He's swell.
ed wus nur toad full OF litnin bugs, an
bruised I'LL he's black as pot. All the
ole quilts owe wimmen and ole soggy
men Gums tn visit i'm, the wimmen fans
an txes the bed close, and the men talks
tu bim, and the konklusion is, that Sut
that cassed infGrneI fool pest of Sut
is the cause owe the hole kaamity ap
all OF the bee filters, men an wimmin. gin
in the same vardick. Hit wur orful in.
jes,is tu me, kase all did in the whole
fumpus wur Jus. barely tu Iift baskit
handil over Socks hons an when did
! even that, the fuss warnt begun. After.
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