Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1858-08-13
BT GEO. v. KEsDAL

Rare wags may be found among the Texas Volun
teers yet The funniest fellow Of al is happy-Ro
lucky chap named Bil Dean, one Of the Chevsller's
SPY compaBy ard said 10 be one Of the best .sseveu
uP play ers IN all Texas. While al Corpus Christi
'et Of Us we're sitting out he stoop OF the kinney
House early one morning. when along came Bill
! Dean. ie did not know a single soul in The crowd
I alhough he knew We we're ali bound for the Rio
Grandr; yet the fact that the regular f0rmaties of
an introduction had not been gone through WITH did
not prevent hs stopping short in his walk, and &C.
! costing Us His sPeech. or harangue, or whatever
Il may be termed, will lose much in the telling YET
VIII enGeaVor to put II upon paper in good shape
20, yes, said he, with a knowing leer Of the
eye; 20 yes; all going down among the robbers
on the k'y Gfande, are you? Fine lines you'll have,
over tie lett. I've been there myself and done
what great many Of you Won't dO-I come back
ou1 Il dld ht see naiuFal h-ll;-in August a. thar
- an teapot Lived eight days on one poor
naFk ana three ebIack6erries-eoudn mt sill prairie
RAJ on The whole rout, save US from starvation.
Ane hlalh oay come, aBd We struck sm al streak
OF good luek-a horse gave out and broke dOgn.
plump out Ia the centre Of an open prairis--not a
SUCK 0ig enough 10 tickle a FatIlesnake with, let
81 ilne killing hm just bad time 20 save the eritter
% sbootlh him. aud that all, for ia three min
es longer be would have died natural desIh. Il
didnt take US long 10 buIcher hin, nor 20 cut of
some ehunks OF meat and sick EN- on our ramrods;
but the eOOkin' was another matter. piled Up
heap Of Praire grass, for il was high ana dry and
set 1t on drs; but it hlshed up Ike powder and
went cut as quick. But"
But" put in one Of bis hearers, ssbut how did
you cock your horse meat alter thst?n .s#.e
tHOE2" ..... .-.s.
''Yes, hoH?'
''Why, the fire caught the high grass close By,
ana iRe winds carried he ,nes streakiu' across
the prtiTia 4 ioloEea % ths -. hoidiBg nv
M -- l-is- et ea zee Eal
Na Fett g Eas-a 1ausill to tar thirr rt 81
eomouve 9asessa-a aaile & sii.t1s fnrer. q
wind would come along and lhe FIRE would get
lev yards the start; but IA brush npOn her lap her
Win ny chunk, and thea We have IL again. nj and
beautiful"
Very, we've no doubt" calculated one Of the
listeners. inteTrupging the mad wag just in season
10 give him lItte breathe "but did you cook your
meat in the enU2'
''hOt bad, didn't I chased the d-d FIRE
mile and balf, the almiEht hardest race you
ever heard tell on, aud never give il up until run
heF plump into wet marsh: there the FIRE and tie
chunk Of horse meat came out eVeu--a dead heat
especially the meat"
But wasn't it cOOked?" put in another of the
listeners.
''COOked-no!-just crusted over little. You
don't cook broken down horse flesh very easy, no
how; but when 1t comes 10 chasing up prairie FIRE
with ouuuk Of IT. don't know waieh is the Toughest
the meat or the job You'd have laughed 10 split
yourself 10 have seen me in that race-tO see the
hre leave me at times, and then to see me brushin
up on her agin, humpin' aad moyin' myself as
though was runuiu' agIn some OF those big ten
nile an hour GilieTsleeyes in the old States Bul
I'm gon over TO Jack Haynes to get a cocktail and
me breaktast-l'll see You all down among the
robbers on the RIO Granie"