Weekly Trinity journal., 1858-03-20
Mann Hibbs' Rncc with the Pnrson.

/ 1t was nigh on to meetn hour and dad had
started to the preachin, to tell the folks to sing
/ on, rs preacher and nam would be long bmebv
As the passun war in hurry and had been com.
plainin that his creetur war dull, | 'suadcd him
/ to put on uncle Jim'S spurs what he fotch from
Mexico. | saddlcd the passun's hoss, tnkn 'tcu-
lar pains to let the saddle blanket come down
low in the flank. BY the time these fxins war
threw, mann war head nigh on to quarter. We
must ride on, rassun,' | said cor the folks II
think we is lost SO | whipt up the mule | rid.
the passun chrrupt and chuct to make his crittur
gNllop, but the animal didn't mind him pic, |
gan to snickcb an the passun gan to git vext
sudden he thought of his spurs so he ris up, an
drove them Ujm in his hoss's flank. till they went
through his saddle blanket, and like to bored bis
nag to the boiler. BY gosh bur it war quick
encr--the hoss kickt till the pnssun had to hug
him round the neck to keep from pitchin' him
over his head H. next iumpt mp bout MS high
a. rail fence, psssun holdn' on and tryin to git
his spurs-but tn war locki-his brcechcs split
plum across with the strain, and the piece of
wearin' truck wot's next the skin made mon
strous putty flag as the old hoss like drunkards to
barhacuc streakt it up the road.
Nam war ridin' slowly along, thinkin' how sor-
ry she was, cos Chary Doin, who always led her
OIL, had Sch bad cold an wouldn't be able to
'sist her singin to day. She war practsin' the
hymns, and had got as far us whar ii says, Il have
arace to run, when the passun huv in sight, an
in bout the dodgin' Of n dicdapper, she found
thar war truth in the words, for the colt hearin'
the hoss cumin' up behind, began to show symp-
toms of runnin' but when he heard the passun
holler wo woH to his hoss, he thought 1t war
me shoutin' gOn and sure 'nuf off they started
Jls as the passun got up even so it war fair
race. Whoop! git ont but it war egs'ln'-the
dust Hew and the rail fence appeered strate as n
rifle. Thar war the passun, his legs fast to the
critters flank arms lockt round his neck, face IA
pale rs rabbit belly, and the white flag stream
in far behind-and thar war Nam, fust on one
side, then on tothcr, her new calikcr swelled up
round her like a bear with the dropsy, the old
lady so much surprizcd she cuddrnt ride steddy,
an tryin' to stop her colt, but he war too we'll
trained to stop while he heard 'gop Nam got
sjtcd ut last, and her cy0s gan to gllmmcr like
she seen her daddy's ghost akin IF he ever
trained up a child or racc-hoss to be 'fraid of
small brush on Sunday she commenced ridin'
beautiful she bracrd herself up in the saddle,
and hogan to make calllcrlations how she war to
win the race, for 1t war nose and nose, and she
the pnssun spurrn' his crttcr every Jump
She TUX off her shoe, and the way number ten
go to-mcrtn brOgan commenced givin hoss
particular Moses, war caution 10 hos tcsh-but
still it kept nose ana nose She fouol she
carrYin' too much weight for Colt, she gan to
throw or plunder. till m.thu was left but her
saddle and close and the spurs kept kcllin still
The old woman commenced strippn' to tighten,
TN it Wouldn't hin the clean thing for her to hev
taken Off one dud mptc an chen when she found
it. war no use while the spurs lasted, she got can
tnnkerous 'Paseun, said she, I'll be Gust If
IFS fair or ntlrmany Tor you, preacher of tho
gospel to take advantage Of an old woman this
way, usn' spurs when you know she can't wear
faint Christian like nuthcr,' and she burst
into cryin'. 'Wo Miss IIubbs Wo Stop!
Madam Wo! Your son he attempted to say,
when the old woman tuck him on the back of the
head, and film his mouth with right smart of
! sn11lp- horn and Stnpniu' 1lp talk a far Y hia
share went for the present.
BY this time they'd got nigh on to The meetn'
house, and the folls were hnrkn' away on 'Od
Hundred and wondcrln what could have become
OF the passun and nam Hibbs. One sister in a
beard aXt another brethren IN church, If she d
heered anything bout that New York prcccher
runnin away with woman old enough to be his
muthcr. The brcthrcns gin long sigh an groan-
ed it amt possible marclul hevingsl you don't
'spcion wen the sound Of the hosses comm
reused them up like touch of the agnr, an
broke off their sarpent talk Dad run ont to see
what was to pay, but when he seed the hosses so
close together, the passun spnrrin'. and nam rid
in like close war slase whar she cum, he knew
her fix In second, and 'tarmined to help her SO
clnchin' n sapin', he hid hind stump bout ten
steps off, and held on for the hosscs. On they
went in beautiful style, the passun's spurs tellin'
TERRIBLE, and MANS shoe opcratn no small plo
Of punkins, - passun stretched out the length Of
two hosscs, while nam sot as stiff and strate as
n bull yrarlng in bis iust fight, hittin' her nag,
fust on one side, next on toher and the third for
the passun, who had chawed the horn till little Of
the saddle and less Of his teeth war left, aud his
voice sounded as hollcr as jackass-npper In an
old saw.mil.
The hossrs war nose and nose, jam up together
SO close that mans last kvcrin' and passun's flag
had got locki, an tween blench"d domestic and
striped linsey made a beautiful banner for the
pious racers.
On they went like small arthquako, an it
seemed like il war goin' to he drnun race but
dad, when they got to him, let down with all his
mi ght on colt, scarin him so bad that he jumpt
clean ahead Of passun, beatin' him by neck,
buttin' his own head agin the mc"tn house, an
plchn' mann, iik" lam for the sacyisa, plum
through the wudrr mOngst the mourncrs, lrayin'
her only garment fatt"rin' on nail in the sash.
The meR shot their eyes aud scrambled outen the
house, an the wimmrn gin nam go much Of their
close that they like to put themselves in the same
fix.
The passnn laid outside, all doubled up, like
long niger in short bed, then got up and wor-
red off home.