Arkansas true Democrat., 1859-05-25
Number B.

iii HIS hand, but s ow him varmints UT let nm smell em even, an you'd think he war iuIl pack owe nouns, shot gun, hoss an horn. He jist scends em tn glory. an don't stop tn save sea lps spose he had dun SO. why, the tellegraf wire rum Bristol tn Nashville woudent hilt em, et man wer at every post tu pack em agin wus anuther. He never stops tn learn eff hits a coon actin possum, UT a pole-cat actin mink He knows the general inemys owe the humans aiore he sees em by the trail, an when he ketches up he list ainds that critters steal in an hunts fur more. 1 loves that feller, an ef 1 yarn't feard owe him I'd ax him fur sum lessons on humanity.
 Tie instink owe beasts am owe sum use tu them, eny how, eff hit ain't tn me, fur l could tell when he wer comin afore I seed him by thar moshuns. Did you ever seea passel owe wlmmin an children gittin outen the way owe runaway hoss? Did you ever see monkey gittin intu his cage when big dog cum intu the ring, bustn open the pint owe his tail, snappin owe hit again the bars in his hurry, an then a suckin hit arter he got in, an cussin in monkey tung? Did you ever see a cat take apple tree es the boys cum home rum school, an the swellin all settle in the tail? Did you ever see a tribe owe tukles drown'd tharseis oilen log es a steamboat cum by? 1 Did you ever-see httle chickens run onder | the ole hen when she says k errr turnin her eye up tn the sky? Did you ever see a hoSs thief about fifty steps ahead owe the perlice an a jail in site? Did you ever see ole fox nj ontu his hole an the nouns higher ontu him? Did you ever see a ehaIked-eyed nigger jis as he seed the fus false face at shuckin whar he'd been told not tu go tu? An wuS nor all, did you ever see me jist arter I'd shouldered the biggest skeer owe my life? Elf you hain't seed all owe these, you can't begin tu on derhtand the ackshUns ove the varnints on site owe this man. All sham were laid aside an the natlal instink prevailed. The coons racked up the water spouts and posts, the possums sham'd dead in their tracks, the buzzards soard alof, the owls tuck chmley tops, the rats run onder lumber piles all packin boxes, the foxes aimed fur open ground, the ground hogs loved cellars, nluSkrats tuck the Cumberland in thar stride, the bugs trapped in the peoples pockets, while the bats hid ahind the win dow blinds, an the wolves an vile boars tried good honest runnin down Water street. They must 4ev holes UT dens in that range. 1 never seed a man hey a cleaner path Tn a crowd than they gin him. Es ole Buck regns, they hes hoesume an a reddy fear owe him. | tells you, varmint scene am good ef applied in time Butts Il ,ll live tn know em better. Arter he went intu the tavrin they begin tn accumulate agln, all thar noses pintin tn the rock hous what he'd lef. They thickened es they got higher, an by the time they clomb the steps hit looked sorter like sea owe har, fur an feathers, sprinkled with years an tails.- They Jlst over run the hous, a peepin intu all the rooms what wer open, an a smelin owe every thing like it wer strange. There wer wun room locked up tite. Hit sed over the door that the man what kep the money staid thar. This door exersized em mousously. They all zamined hit clos- They'd stick thar smelers clost inter the corner owe the crack at the bottom, and draw in long sniff owe wind, an then blow hit out agln at the hind ends owe thar mouts, while the balance wer four deep atop owe the smellin wuns, with thar he'd aIned turned down, tryin uget thar turn at sniff, jist as pigs dig tn get hold of teat. The idear seemed tu be that they
 Re3 bftehs at thfr fur sR m onQh onQh aRv Pace long time Thar war anuther room whar burseau UT side board UT a secretary staid, l dono which, an when they were a zaminin owe hit a owl sed '' this am the | place whar fox got fat onst an he'd tu skater hisself in turin ports tn keep his hide outside his cakus He ct durn'd nj all the vittils tho afore he run'' A big, rusty wolf got mad, and sed in ansur: That am dam imprudent remark to make | list at this time cummin es hit dus rum varmint what am looked on es powerful wise"
 The words wer scacely outen his mouf when a big sortment owe varmints, nj ontu thirty, went squar at the owl, moufs open an tail up. But eff he cant see good he know'd the safe road tn travel, so he flew up an struck agin the stem ove a big brass ten barreled candlestick, what wer hangin rum the loft, an only left ahind in the ar few mot1uls owe feathers, They forgin him arter a ole coon told him eff ever he toch that subiec again turin that ar love feas, dam if they didn't gin him free ticket tu kingdom cum by the fust train, an they ment tn see that he got aboard An the | owl sed he woudent, an he shot an opened l his eyes mOnsous nowin, on wiped his bill ontu the brass work like he'd ct sumthing dirty.
 Well, they went up stars intu a big room, an jist fll'd hit with stink an tails, and then commenced regular pow wow The long ole possum what went so strong ontu the simmon question, he tuck ontu hissef the higest seat he could find an thar he staid. A sorter musrat lookin varmint got ontu his hine laigs an let his fore wuns hang strate down, an arter workin owe his whiskers up an down few times sot intu talkin (mine, George, only norates what wer sed by the most forard owe em, an I may be rong es tu who talked fust) He sed '' his sperence show'd him that eff they ment tu acan they must be able tn change thar appertites an shape cordin tn the range they wer in. He had acted human, even, once, and when they tuck tn rasin simmons in his beat then he turn'd possums an so on, aT he thot they all could make thar sefs at home cordin tn the range whar thar lots war cast" He'd been beatin about in Montgomery county. an his talk tuck men sous well, fur they made him front var mint in the nex sarch fur vittils jst at once 1 seed rum this that they didn't mean tn stand ontu thar personel apertites at all, but list aim to get vittils es mhils,; an tu do this, they norated thar oppersition tn humans Now who ever hearn tell owe sich dam stuh like every fool didn't know from his cradle that all predatory varmints hev been in oppersition tn humans scence Adam was baby, and alters will be?- They mout a lief that out. Jis so long es tharam dogs, shot guns, traps, an snares, hits natural tu suppose they'll be oppersi ton.
 We'll, I'll tell you the balance at Tom Iaylor's. You'll be thar, wont you? l speck tu ketch one or two of em afore then.