Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1859-05-03
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sut Lovengood,s Love Feas1 ore varmint..

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sut Lovengood's Love Feast owe varmInts
jis' wish, George, msy never see a still hous
agin this side owe the bone yard, ef haint brge
fol nor ever Ise iosin my varmint sense: peye,
he'd much other kind u brag owe; an prided nysel
on ny varmint ncledge, Gaze bit aciuated MP Iaie,
an oulu 'em puts all my trust. My human senst
never did me aDy good, as knows on; while hi
often got me inter the durndes sort ov scrapes
alters knOW'd an acnolsdged mysef natral born
durn'd fool, as humans look at hit but the sense
got through the streak owe yarminl what's inu me
never failed me Ontil now, an 1 sorier wishes fur
test. test tn eff hits loss effects the moshun an
insticks owe these yere laigs an eff hit dus you'll
nsver see sut agin, es sut. Eff you sees enything
owe me at all hitll be my cackus, my bones, ur
pile owe dirt atop owe me; fur dam eff stays Wuu
day above the grown without Use sure ef these yere
ligs es they wer when they toted me beyaat ole
Burns fox hOuns; for hes often told yOu they're
my only pendenee fur life. Take my laigs, an hits
wus nor takin my gall ur my puss.
"What has got this foolish notion in your head,
sutf"
Why, the strange ways at the prOmiscus love feas
the varmnts hilt, what wer tellin owe you about;
the way the wolf changed mater with the musrat-
hearin possCm talk like eniu a coon, an the coon
act human on all fours; a ole gro n hog put on
the ways owe the fox the fox in turn act OWL an
then the owl act esgle an all owe assemblin owe
thar SETS fur Wuu purpoS, VITTILs. I've thought
Onter hit an thought Onter hit uutil aint sure I'd
know king fisher from Washwoman's indigo rag.
Thar ways an thar talk an thar purpos hev ron mo
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dictions afore, net even amupg gang gals at
frOlc. But I'll tell you al owe hit, an es you hes
sum humen sense you may spain hit an make my
mind easy, eff you don't js will look forard tu sum
calamity tu cum ou;u this range, Wus nor colery an
scasty owe whisky, loss owe the use owe lags
Oh, I'm duTnd eff hit hant orful prospec when the
Varmints opposite matters plots together agin the
huml and the only hope 1 sees is theys dun SO
much durn stealth and rascality that they's becum
eoWardly; that is, ef hit Work'd on EN- hit dus
onter humans You knows that mean man can't
stand up squar tu fte, and eff he dus be don't fte
much to speak owe. If thar water don't change on
this pint, jis wish may be methodically numeri.
cally an hsrmouiOusy dam eff tbar'll be predatory
varmint lef alive inter the corporate limits Ten
nessee by the middle owe August mex. Tn agWine !
rattle, 1 dus; Pse arter tails, arter hides, srer .
skalps, arter feathers, arter WOOL srter har arter
meat, an bad es hit is, Pse arter scent mean tu
gin what time 1 ken spar frum nessessry ruunin
whisky, frOlics, gals, an kerds tn my country, an
help save vittels fur the humans instead owe hevn
grounhogs eat pouncake; buzz ards, sassidge; and
pole cats fried chicken; while humans hev csrron,
simmons, minners craWfsh raw. The change trud
be Ggin mater, an I'll jis die fust. Eff hit GUNS tn
that, you just put me doEn in the mex census es
among the starved, eff you thinks me wuth hit,
st write fur my grAvsstone "hs died fur the Cause
owe the humans agin dam partnership oVe the per-
datOry kind vsrmints ginerslly, an fell moasous
late in the fts"
But my feelings hev kerried me away. rse been
runnn must git back to whar left my no.
rashun of thar doins jurin the time owe thar love
fess, hell love fess hit wer if you take
stink grOWlin, cbsngin matters inu conside-
rAshun. Well, es told you, they in The streets,
roads and trails owe the town jurin the mornin,
a stickin Ontu everything peepin Outen the
holes. Now, thar wer a man, q serter squire, or
general, ur presidin elder, do no which, smung
the humans. He stays most on his time in corr
ner room in the big rock hous, wer speakin ovs
He's sOrter scace owe har top owe his scull, but
be regularly an riecusly burned ef he's scase owe
seuce Onder hit. hes mousOus quiet kind tu
see him walking along with q black stick in his
hand, but show him Varmints ur let him smell EN-
even, sn you'd think he war q full pack houps,
q shot gun, hoss an horn. He jst sends EN- tu glO>
ry, don't stop tu save scalps; spose be had dun
so, why, the telegraf wire frum Bristol tn Nash
vile WOudent hilt EN-, eff man Wer at every
post tu pack EN- agn Wun anuiher. He never stops
tu learn ef hits coon actin possum, ur pole cat
actin mink. He knows the general inemys owe the
humans afore he gees EN- by the trail, en- when ne |
ketches up he jist ainds that crtters's stealth
hunts fur more. loves that feller, an eff warn't
Feard owe him I'd ak him fur sum lessons on human
ty.
The instink owe beastes am owe sum use tu them, ,
eny how eff hit amt til me, fur could tell when he
Rer comm aiore sesd him by thar moshuns. Did ?
you ever see passsl owe Hirnmin children gttin
outen the way owe a runaway hossi Did you
see monkey gittin intu his cage when big deg {
,um intu the ring, Dustin open the pint owe his
all, snappiu owe hit agin the bars in his hur- I
~ then su,kin hit arter he got in, an cussin
n monkey tung? Did you ever see q cat take ap> Z
ple-tree es the boys cum home frum school, the
'wen all settle in the tail Did you ever see a
ribe owe turkles droHn'd iharsefs often log q
team boat cum by? Did you ever see little chick
,ns run onder the ole hen when she says err
urnin her eye up tu the sky! Did you ever see
loss thief about fifty steps ahead owe the perlice
In Jail in site Did you ever see a ole fox nj
,ntu his hole an the houns higher ontu him? Did I
you ever see cbalk-eyed niger is as he seed the
us false face at q shuekin 6hsr he'd been told Got
u 90 tn An wus nor all, did you ever see me jist
lrter I'd shouldered the biggest skeer my life
Ef you hain't seed all owe these, you can't be-
yin tu understand the ackshuns owe the varmints
m site owe this man. All sham were laid aside
"a tho natral instink prevailed The coons
-acked up the water spouts and posts, the pos>
ums sham'd dead in their tracks, the buzzards
,oard alof the owls tuck chimey tops the rats run
,ader lumber piles packin boxes, the foxes aimed
'ur open ground, the grouEd>hcgs loved cellars,
nuskrats tuck the Cumberland in thar stride, the
bugs drapped in the peoples pockets while the bats
hid ahinl the window blinds, the wolves an
vile boars tried good honest Iuunin down Water
street. They must hav holes ur dens in that rsnge.
never seed man hev a clearer path in q crowd
han they gin him. Es ole Buck reigns, they hes q
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