Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1858-01-08
From Il Q Nashville Union and American.
SUT Low ENGOOD'S LIZARDS.

SS-EF DULER REV ARD.
This cash will be paid in korn or pro-
luce tu be collected at ur aboute next
kumpmetin by en-" wun what ketchis him.
for the cacus of one SUTrY LovENGo GOD
ded ur alive an safely gin over tu the car
owe passOn John Buliin at Squire mac K
JunklnS for rasin Ove the devil, per.
IuIscuou8ly, dIsCumturtin the wimen pow
eIfui an skarn Of folks ginerally at the
raIil snaix springs big meeting, signed by
me JOHN BULLIN the Passon, attested
III by Jehu WeIhoron.
found written copies of the above
highly Ineligible and vindic!ive prOcla-
nation stuck up on every blacksmith
shop, storedoor in the Mountain range
lis blood thirsty vindictve spirit. It's style,
and, above all, its chirUgraphy, interested
me to the extent Of stealing one from u
tree Ior preservation.
In Il lew days found Sut in crowd
in front OF Capehart's small doggery, and,
as he proved to be about i'll 'lune,"
read it to him. "Yes, George, that ar
dockIniut am in yearnest. sartin. They
duz want me powerful bad. but spect
cit duIlers wont fetch me. III 90 my
self for fifty, plaukrd duwn, ef you'i 60
IuuS ;.u see me hey jestIce. Lite, llie
ole teller. and let thai roam owe, yuurn
blow ID Ilttle. an i'll splain this cussed alar
what has ruined my karacter as a Plus
pusSOu in the .sciety about here. \ Ou.
see. | went tn last year ). big meelin at
Ealil. SnAix Springs, and wcr seltin in a
ulce shady place couvalsin, with trlen
in the. hucklI berry. thicktt, when the tusL
thing | know'd | woke from a trance,
what I'd been knocked inter by d four
Year cd Hickory stick in..thc, han Of ole
ParSon Butlln; durn his alligator looking
hide! an he wur slandlu II Il stradllc owe
me. foumln at the mouth an a preAchin
III me about sarliH sins au my " lckeducss
sirerally. My poor tlieud wur gone an
| WAS glad OF it, Iur lhoI that he ment
to kill me with IA club Ell he failed lu
preach me- to death, an didn't want her
To see mt die.
Who was The Gr.enl you speak OF.
Sut?"
Nun ore your Oisni5-lurn your little
nnksLu~ pic;er! But Ill tell you one
thing George; that MITE "a neghbor gall
got An ortui confouuIed strOppin Irum
her mann with the siirrup leather Of a
saddle, an ole PaSson Bull had ct supper
thar that mite; and what's wus nur all,
she cuckcd II iur him an begged him a
trcmbhn an cryin not to tel On her, the
burned, inlurnul, hiprrkrilikaI. pot. bel.
lied. whi>kcy wasting old yIound hog;
but | pail i'm for it all, ef hain't | will.
mean TO keep ii Payiu owe ham all the
time. Well, at mex big meetin at Rrui
SAaix, | war ON hand as solemn ms hat
hcrlirr at collection time, fur had prom
iseu the old hog III cum an be cOnvarted
list to keep him from KILN me. tuck a
seat on the steps owe the pulpit, to prove
| war ID yearncst. Tntr wuS a mon
strUus crowd i'll that grove, an ole BulI!u
wur preachin III EN- at au Ortul rate
how the He'll SarpinLs wud sarYe EN- il
they didn't rcpent-how they'd craw
over them rap thar tails ruun thar necks
poke thar tunss inter thar eyes an blow
inter thar years; and if it war an omman
how lhey'd guile in hex bu>um. an try II
crawl down under her !rock string. Ar
he he'd en- no. hOicru and scared; tht
tact IS, the .nlrL was workIn powerful
Now Ia koch five Oig grey pot beIIIed
lizards tnl held cm III llllle narrer bag
what l mnIc a purpOs-thar tails all III
the bn'IWtn, Nnd packed as tite as bundi
owe silks. So while he wur rearin onto
his tip>toes, onbenowlns to any body,
ontied my poke an put the mouth under
his briches leg. an gin ther tails squeeze
an shake, when they tuck up his bar
leg, making owe a Mise sorter like squir.
ri!s clmon shell bark hickory lie
stopped preachin an looked fur a moment
like he wur listnin fur sumthing, softer
like an old sow dus when she hears you
whistle for the dogs. give big grOan,
an hl!t my he'd atween my knees. Then
he commenced slappIn owe his self whar
ye cut the steak ouLen beef, and then
he'd fetch rough rub whar bosses tail
sprouts, then he'd stomp, then rub his
han atween his waistbun an his shut, an
reach down r"un nightly with it-then
he spread his big legs and give his back
a good shakin sort owe a rub arin the
pulpit, sorter like hog scratches agiu a
stump. a leanln tu his work powerful an
squirmlE giuerLy zlt he'd Just come outen
dog bed, ur he'd slep on pisant trail
About this time won owe my lizardsC scar.
ed and hurt, l spOse, by all this ru6io an
scraIchiu and sIappin) )poked his he'd out
atween the passon's shut collar and his
ole brown neck, tuck peep at the cir.
cumStances and lodged back agin. Old
Bullln's speech now cum to him; his eyes
stieken out like two buckeyes flung agint :
mud wall, an his voice strimbiin; Sa he
Bretherin, take keer owe Your SETS ,nitIil
HelESarpints hev got me !''f sum owe ovieesit III,
WimCnin fotch a .nainter vail ONO ron,,o,