Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1859-06-10
NJ l s C E L L A n Y .
From the N. Y. Spirit of the Times.
+ JUDY's RECoLLECTIONs OF
BID TIMES IN KENTUCKY.
BY HAZEL GREEN, ESQ

at Judy is not an imaginary character,
real woman, who ''lives. moves and has
sing" in cozy little retreat something
ian fifty miles from Louisville. paid
visit not long since, and found her as
Is girl of eighteen, and-if such
can be-far more interesting. She is
her eighty-fourth year. In the course
half-day's pleasant conversation, she
b Mr.. Green, things amt now at all
hey were when I was gal All crea-
turned topsy-turvy. In them times
t to enjoy ourselves without bein' afraid
own shadders, but now the gals darsn't
lgh hardly, for fear of doin' somethin
Fomebody II talk about. Twasn't so
Why, sir. l ust to think no more of
rifle, and goin' out and KILN
of squirrels than nothin'. Suppose
In would do such thing now-what
d they say about her? 'Twould be con-
ID dreadful! Why, you can't find one
b, now, what knows how to skin SPUR
ct alone kill it; and you mout as well
Ay as to learn 'em any thing. They've
b mortal stuck up that 1t would throw
inter a kannipti m fit jest to put skin
lou rrel agin one of their naked hands.
my part, | can't see what the world 8
n to,
When I was gal, and even arter I mar
my man-poor teller! he s gone long
Fl ust to 20 out in the woods arter the
what had been killed and hung up, and
to bring 'em in and skin 'em, and jerk
too. And that warn't all alters at
ed the wolt-traps, and all stitch like"
Then III venture you've seen some great
g." said l. fishing for incidents.
Well, you'd better believe I have !" said
"They's but mortal few men a livin'
what's seen as much fun KILN wolves
have. Whenever we got one fast in a
me and the dogs was alters good for
in double quick time; but occasionally
got little more than We bargained for.
Collect one time little Josey-that's my
|st boy-and me, we went to trap and
hd the surliest lookin' old bar in creation
in it by one hind leg. Turk and Rome
hem was our dogs-they mounted MIN,
Josey and ine sickt 'em on, and slapped
hands, but they warn't no more than
in his ear. He boxt 'em about neither
yon, Jest as he liked, till finally he got
both in his hug, and l seed he wal
eesin' the daylights outen 'em. Iknowec
t would mt do, so I told Josey to stop by
ig tree, and then took tho axe-for
hdn't nothin' else with me-and run VI
help the dogs. By the time got up to
d he'd laid one Of 'em cold, and hac
ther in purity fair way. l let drive a
head, but he up with one paw AM
ocked the axe out'n my hand about tel
|ps. This kinder staggered me, 50 ! fel
wr. like, and the next thing knowed tn
b bar had me. tusselcd with him a
/ I'd as ! could, but it warn't of much use
squeezed me tighter and tighter; ; and
gun to think it was all over with me, whe
came my man like top, and cut the oil
Hers wozzen from ear to ear. He'd hear
10 noise what the dogs made, and KNOWN
ley must be somethin' more than common
ia run out. As soon as the bar was dead
} busted out into loud laugh, and sed ht
Yon'te a purity thing to be caught out her
the woods huggin' a bar, amt you p
'rBut poor old Rome we couldn't fetc
! IN TO life any more. The bar had crushe
bout half the bones in his body.
~ recollect another time what ! had whe
ktehdin' the traps, what put me to hea
trouble, and was rather funny besides.
las sometime after the bar scrape. Je
fore I got in sight of trap tearn Turl
that had trotted on ahead Of me, MAXI
dreadful queer kind of a whinin' nois
fhinkses /, "They must be somethin' wroI
Fith Turk" SO | hurried up as fast as
ould, and, shure enough, ! seed they wa
Fhe mortallest biggest eagle ever hea
ell on was a standin' with one claw fast
Tho trap, and t'other clampt up aroul
TURKS nose So hard that he couldn't
hore open his mouth than he could whis
lea u It had been open. There he stoo
With all his legs poked forward, q yanki
back, and maxim all the noise he possib
pould, which warn'nt much, assure yo
hunted up a stick, and after a beap
trouble and hard work, got the life ma,
bd out'n it; but even then it wouldn't let
its hold on Turks nose; nor could get h
loose till I'd took my knife and cut its cla
Of. Turk was alters shy of eagles from IL
time on so long as he lived.
~ never was scarf much by any warm
but onct, and then | was only young 6
Tom Ennis had gone up to Louisville with
load OF skins, and it was SO far that he col
not make it back the same day, 80 Sally
that was Tom = wife-she got me to 60 o
and stay AL night with her for compar
sally had young baby what weren't VI
we'll, so it kept up sicR cryin' that
sou!an t sleep tor it, ! recouect we