The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1859-12-20
A RACY SKETCH.

A correspondent q Porter's Spirit tells the fol-
lowing, showing how odd Ike was cured Of loving
women. lie says:
In one Of ny rambIes among the mountains of
Pennsylvania, ] made the acquaintance Of one Of
the old hunters Of that region, and was afterwards
hunting in company with him on Blue Ridge, some
twenty miles from Carlisle.
Isaac Cassin, old Ike, as he was called, had for
forty yeas lived in the woods. PrivatiOn and ex
Posure had not improved his looks nor Sn"r"h his
disposition. lie hard featured, but kind
hearted.
We had been encamped on the Ridge for some
days. There were five Of US in all, and you may
therefore well believe that where there were so
many in camp there would be no lack Of yarn
ing i'll the evenings Every night was enlivened
with some "Reminiscences of the past, such as hunt
ers talk about fn fur, feathers and finn The
following Is one of old Ikes yarns showing how
he cured Of loving women:
Talking about coUrting,' said old Ike, puts me
in mind Of old times, and how war cured Of lovin
wimmcn. | war young then and the weather
hadn't spilled my porty looks. You needn't latf,
Jerry kase what L say Is true to the handle. |
was perfect boss among the gals then, and nary
one on EN- bat used 80 spread thar feathers afnrc
me, and try to 'tach me to em; but it war no go;
| was SO all fired skeery about tanglin myself
For long time, you see, l war afearl to pay
'em any 'tention and tho [ were nearly Dustin to
hug EN-, and liked to be with 'em, couldn't
bring mind up to morc'n keep thar company |
used to think Of EN- most all night, and soon gan
10 look like shadow. / war in love, sartin, with
one On EN-, and at times corted more'n a little.
She perfect beauty. with black eyes and
dark hair, and the sweetest lips, and the perticst
teeth, and the pertcst gown-aH red, cept the
yalicr stripes, and they little the yallereSt-
y Iii be d0d rottCd IL she warnt an angel. But
thar war another gal thar who war mighty much
IN love with ne, but L couldn't give her
fort, kase she ugly enuE to skeer the bark off
the sh2nty, aud the Majors didn't like for her to
visit thar houses kasc il she looked ontu barrel
OF vinegar it would turn tn ackeriortis.
" ell this ugly gal, just Out'n contrariness and
to spite nay prospects, must go for to fall in love
with Inc, AMI ! ttard almost to go to see the
gal loved, kdse bighead mout do some deyilment
and ruin ne. Wherever [ went thar war big head;
and she WAY my pertic,lcr
One Jay L had been UP the mountain, and run
outn powder, and had to 60 down 70 uncle .Iakcs
store Tor some, and just 1 got inter the door,
seed hig-hcad comm. What war | to DO ? could
not 90 back, kase then I'd meet her--Td Just as
meet the devil-couldn't hide, kase thar war
10 place to hide in. l asked uncle Jake if thar
war no Place tn hide in.
No, indeed, said uncle Jake, no place here 20
hide in, you had better take TO the woods. For
thousand dollars l Wouldn't have her in here; she d
be my ruination. Take to the woods
| couldn't take to the woods, she war right in
the way, and thar she comm right across
the wheat patch, and 'pcercd mad as thunder her
hair hyn, the frecklcs on her face big as hen
eggs, and red as her hair, she war 50 pizcn mad.
No bonnet, 10 shoes, no stockins; her gown 50
short and ragged, it pcered like it war only
made for a fy-nct; the dust Ayin, and bout half
acre Of Jakes wheat being spilled every time she
jumped.
broke fcr the woods on two-forty trot; but it
var TO use. She headed me cff and l made down
the read worse nor = quarter horse She gained
on NE, and in three minutes would be right along
side. Neck CT nothing, more steam old boss, said
], or she'll ketch up with YOU
I piled in the rosu. poured lie on the fire, and
showed in the wood, and raised steam in my biler
I'LL hit war fit to bust but it war no USE that short
gown didn't stop ruuniu. The faster she travelled
the higher the cid fy-net raised till she looked
Ike a good sized runnin umbr:ler. Down the
read piled, and she piled after ne, and when we
cum to the turn Of the road thar war the Gal |
loved standin in her door looking up the road
st the dust, aud thinking that hcrrycanc war
comm. | seed she skcered, and war bout t.
shet the door, and | knowed if she did [ war
gOner; so | piled steam and made fUT the
fence. My gal seed a comm, and she seed
big-hcad Il coT'in too so she just held TIE door
wide enough ior me to get in.
Up TO the fence cum, and az one leap | war
over t, and the next jump war in the house and
the door sbet and bolted. Ny ga. standn
ut tie door, and dozen more nice gals stondn
round, and all Of EN- latin to KILL and ne right in
the middle Of EN-, safe aud sound, but p;n;in Ike
steam engine
All the gals war lookn at me- and the more
they looked the more they LATED. | war tired
most TO death, and sot down On the hominy stone
which stood one side OF the house, but 10 SOON
l down than | war up, for it 'peerei the
stone all ice, it SO cold. l looked at the
gals standin round laffn, aud looked out at the
windcr: when l seed the seat of my trowSers a
hanging on the fence. o jemima! l bolted from
the house like 4 creased streak of lightnin; and
the last l heard of any of them people war old
Zig head saUcel;n, Don't set down under nary
chasnut tree" In bout ten minutes l war in the
woods, and here I've been ever since wearing
leather, and evcrlastinSly cured of lovn wimmin.
FAsHION.-The Home Journal says: "The
Peruvian custom OF amputation of the fifth toe, to
make the foot pointed and small, is beginning to
prevail il Paris. At Lima it is the rue to perform
this operation on the female infant in the cradle
But Peruvian surgeon, now advertising in Paris,
offers to perform it on grown-up females. This IS
following fashion little too severely
"Why, doctor" said lady, 'you talk as though
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