The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1862-02-25

hui il.are wur in tic cussei praifer aoc
nol q 1Nk eR be seea higher tian mild
shead--h haow ! DID want 20 Stop riehl
ilafs ant c,ss tie blasted ntaigers.
gin 4 glance over my shoulder and see che
cverlastsn cass with his no deown and
bis tail up, comm iist oa ihc dead iay.
deown, ard le my legs eout another
notch, The chase aur nip and tuck iill
got near tlie crcet, shgn | soc that the
ball wur maxim lccilc grain lhe best
lime--he wur only hout lsuudicd yards
behind me. Lord, Jyhossyiai bot ielt
queerish when | war ,arting he wur gliu-
ing il giy me siich sheer tliat my heart
peared to Dissolve Ia dsl3-waier aid my
legs kinder lost ihare tetin' 50 couldn't
hardly run Bat couid So j lot 81 trees
aliead a little ways. an ef could hold eaut
threc muils longer Id bc to EN- look
ed back and, tie alierin Moses, ef the
blll want Ia twenty fect mr, lis eyes all
green and bis uostils looked like ! mite
Il PIT ny head ii ~ -a9' q rsd rs ball
D new llaunin' got almost 70 ilic creek,
when found tie timber war al on the
0pprrstte iren me. an tlte ball 50 CLOSE
could almost feel hs breath on my back.
/ | thort Il my fnerly Ia that oacl me +;
,r> -" Farewell. little Jed and yol Sar-
er Auu, nt gentle companionW Jlst nj
( thal instant ste stump rite on the bank
81 tic creek, an maIe ! ,prins for il, Az
lpccm q gti on TOP ont, but il happened
to be holirr and Landed inside. ! had
just room to squeeze deomn IN il an cit
my head bclaw tie top, and Doi darn bit
TOO soon wur ! ~, fir ~ my top knot went
daeoWu Mr.. Bal'- lead came up--whack
agin toe stump till everything jinsled.
You better believe felt tiankful chat
! wur housed at last and the ole euss OF
q bull. wasn't he disappointed Lord,
how he did raiye round that stump, switch
his tal, paw the sile, aud beller! peep
I'd np At him, is TO see how he war get
tin on, but kalkerlatc perped down
agin ohtl ,udden for hadn't morn got
my head up till hi, horns como a-siradde Of
it, aud his skull liz the stump Ike maui
rha little ncerlent con iuccd me that
the best thing could do was, IN tie lan-
gwidge Of Squire Wheeler, 80 lay oH.
watch black ducks, and claw pokerooi.
.Iist rs I'd made up my mind not 70 put
up my head agin, felt the olIelcsi pain
take me in the leg ! ever see and az the
same time somehin commenced to whz,
whz, down in the bottom OF The heller
stump. ! tried 10 look down to see what
on airlh il could he but he hoilrr was so
natrer | couldn't gi a chance 70 look, aud
all at once it popped into my lead that
there var rattlesnnik in the stump
When ! thol o that made a odel plunge
TO iii ont Of the conicouudcd den; bot tie
cussed ball warut morn six feet OF, an
the minnit he seed my head he come II
me full chiseI. The fast knowed ] had
lodged back inter The stump aein, and
hadn't morn touched bottom lore ! felt
another ofel keen bite inmy leg. made
rush to Git out agn, but the cussed. IN
iernal bull drove at me, an | was bleeged
to pop back agin A. squeezed down
inter my stump arin. would er bet gal-
Ion o rum that Sarer Ann would be 4
widlar IN less n iew hours. tried TO ci-
pher out which would be the most bee
ing death for Christian, to be pzentd 70
death by a oiiel great snaik or have my
inards slung TO the four wind, by cassed
brindle bull. | thought Of tile martyrs
Of Amos bid in lie. Elzer smeered with
honey, aud Joseph tempted by Potiifer's
wilc, and concluded that orl 70 profit by
their example. aud grin and bear 1t, no
matter heow murh il wen, aeia The grain.
Bul got iist hen oAel bite or tew, and
10 save my soul couldn't help Site IN up
my head, and the bull brin' on band let
drive aud liled my eyes chuck full Of hafk
aud dir 50 down | bobbed agin. for
snaiks. now began to get bites oiiel frc-
queuily. ana il bad places. tie whizzin'
rot louder, and ! squirmei, and twisl'd,
and scieehei At fast rate, and in grab
bin round keiclcd sometIin, and got q
bite in tie hand.
held my holt on 70 il, anl behold il
proved to be nothin' but yallerja ket /,
Wien found ! wnsn't snaik bii, ! felt
,mhin' ilt off my stumicd Ike lag o
shot. Glory to Godn SCI / /; may
iyr 10 lmriect the widdrr and fiilerIess
.yur | lcIt for miunit as if ! didn't
keer fir al tic yaller jackets between tic
Mississippi and the Missodri--bgt, the
blessed Jcrlisha hadn't seen one tharc
10 where see thousand ii anoih min
nii The whole holer 81 that slump "a,
yaller with en-. eouldn't stand il long
thai way. tried 10 think OF some kind
o prayer suitable TO the casiou, and com
meneed Now ] lay me down to sleep /
bat, ~ .Jewdas. ] couldn't pray for Gus
sin. iist swore. bull or 10 bull. | was
gwinc to emergrate from that penicker
spot; bur every time pot my head above
the stump, the bull pitched al me aul BIZ
the stump jisi ike maui. lie looked
o8el iurocous, with his eyes as green and
blazin' IS fire, aud the foam droppin from
hi. mouth. | was bobbin up aud down
50 continrerally, that | was abeout half
the time III tie stump aud halt c0uf. aud