Arkansas true Democrat., 1859-05-25
@- We forgot to state before that Sut's stories are originally published in the Nash vile Weekly Union and American. Slut Lovengood's Love Feast owe Var.
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Sut Lovengood's Love Feast owe Var hints
 l alters told you, George, that thar war a cross owe beasts intu me an now knows hit. Just look how all that variety ova varmints tuck on big skeer when [ hal- lered fur Rove. Hits instink. an hits ad- zactly my instink. hes for wun owe mv notices, "allers stand redy tn travil," an big skeers shows the arfnity list like the split foot an the teeth dus, an the only thine bothern me Is my appetite fur whisky. The balance owe the varmint tribe don't l'hev hit; peraps that's one ove my human | streaks, an internal wide streak hit is ain't 1t?
 Arter l seed the last durn'd varmint scared of tu thar holes an roosts, pnt flr the country. l staid all night, all nex monin i wer on han soon, and here tiev cum. Hunger he'd made em bold enulr tu face daylite agn thar instink Outen the cellars, outen the lofts, outen the stables, outen empty hogsheads, outen ole desarted steamboats, outen the tavrins, outen everv whar, tWer Varmnts and nothin but var mlnts. How the people owe Nashville stood hit l can't tell, on!ess hits becase | they's sorter varmints thar sels !" in state ove mater, es ole Bullin ses. But thar they wer, kiverin all that ar town, an the scent oVo lem pervaded all crcc>hun. smelt em ontu every thing, even the iron posts what's afire at the top owe nights. tell you, George, Mat helyfred scent ope Marn ls tu de har ruin ya The pole-cat may look like coon an talk like a coon, an the buzzard may sprinkle hisseIf with meal ontll he looks like eGgle; but durn me, eff the smell don't tell on him in the aind; an when hit does, his time am cum sure.- Well, all that day they were rackin, trot- tin, pacin, hoppin, playin, and sl;din about through the streets, over the houses. in doors an out, an d folierin owe humans an a smellin at thar coateails. tI don't onder- stand that measure yct.) The hvin part ove the congresashun lit an sot ontu the house Nhar one owe JackSon's ole Gineras hNed, all ontu the pos offs. an ontu big pile owe stone coal across the street: an while they pretended to whet thar bills they Wer watchin owe . big brick house whar a newspaper am norated from. l thinks they thot that hit wer a storehouse ove vrtllS, an they were a twin tn find the weakest door 50 aa tu make a lemoustra- shun after humans he'd gone tu bed. Oh, ouh 'em, you cant trust em ar tell how much SmartncSs tu pcrvide agin, cf vittiIs am the question atoie en- They kin starye longer an live, an then eat more an live than eny beasts what has the good will an keer owe humans.
 Thar Wer one coon that made me notis him more nor cnv. lie hes his den nj ontu Nashville, an seems tu no all thata range. He takes tust rate kcer oye his hide all har an 1 swear lis tail am the purtyest thing kNered with fur, ever seed. The rings am as bright as they wer in 1S40. He's sum coon, el he aint I'm dam. An he don't seem tn like that ole devil with the thmble bell on an the faded tail. 1 hearn nm tell paSSIe owe poSsums, minks, an foxes, that ef ever they wanted tn taste vlttils agin, the less they folored an notic- ed that ar ole 'anomaly" the better 'twould be for them, an that his dried hide would fetch more money than the twin coon wer worth, an aXed them tu think ove whafhe'd sed an not tn understand him as acanton murder d0he but only as speakin of lela- tive value in case Providence wer tn take hit intu his head that the coon with the faded tails lime hed come. l noticed that the varmints arter that would sorter shy away from the ole fellcr an arter he'd rack an sorter foler lis tan ap smell sI oye his track like, an then climb the posts, an shade trees, an the Walter spouts ove the houses, | a, In,,L- alta h., | !
 aGwine. They am feard owe him, ole as nc is, on all pints ove the case. Fust. they'se teard tu folcr him least he might lead them over buried steel traps an hidden Snars, an they 'se feared tu go agin him for fear he mout tell owe robbed hen roosts all perforated meal bags in times past: an agin hc mout De the only wun among 'cm what knows the right road tu the futey vIT- TlLs, an thar1ore he is ove monsous site ove value list now, fur so fur cant see that the tust durn'd wm owe 'em dus no the road. They SC wuss off than bees in swarm in time ill . hail storm, UT ole Burns were atop the Bull, an ef his case wusn't wun owe imciit tribulaShun an orful vexashun ove spirit, don't know what tIubbil is. et 1 alters did see hit a runnin an that's what they'll hey tu cum tn at last. am dam ct good hoeSum onst gttin away aint the ticket an the only wm fur env valmint, ur misef rither, an they'll hev tn cum tn it at last, UT gin up their hides; fur the hu- mans will git arter 'em in downright year nest now, since they've got tn holdin ove love teas an assoshatin all kinds tugethcr ill broad daylite iii the towns. .Hu aHyacks 0n oVut 0tenShun tu eD1, and eff 1 wer in the fur UT hide trade, durn the thing I'd buy ontil next fall. little be an orful poor cuss what can't war fur hat UT tote leather money puSs, alter August, mine that l would like tu see em hev free aXcess tn all kind owe vittils, ist fur wun month The coon would eat isecrem, (they'se ove cool mater eny how, ontil the har ontu his tail triz together hard enuff tu shell corn ontu hit. The poSsum wud go hit ontu malaga grapes ontil his tail turned into a grape vine an bore white alley marbles and buck shot; the wolf would take mutton roasted until his har turn q tu wool and horns grow from above his years, sum on em wars horns aready,) an his blood hot enuff tn bile aigs in. The mink, he'd be wus on piilNo NhiN htii ioI IGtIS aHl, ana IlG q laln tn crow un pass hisSeli off fur chicken cock, early owe mornin. The vile boar, he'd -- but never mind, we'll not speak owe him now The buzzard, he'd hev young wimmin an fat boys killed and pack ed away aforehnnd tn spile, an then regale hissef until he'd wear hoop petticoats and play with dolls. The musrat would hev eyesters instead of mussils, an make hu, mans shell em fur him ontil he'd larn tn play billiards and drink cock tails The skunk would eat cod fish with otter owe rose sass ontil he periuced new smell on the yeath and try to pass hissef of, as a genus what had dun sum service in the way ove novil scents; the cats, hell cats an all, would demand humming birds fur thar feed, an eat em ontil they'd be hyin intu the mil liner shop winders arter the artificial varbs hung ontu the bonnets Jist think ove d durn ole tom cat a tryin tu suck honey outen tus class bonnet, an hit top owe pretty omman, but they'd do hit sartin. Nun on em his eny judgment, but you list giv em. | mower a uurp f1o, Ill ofi il,