Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1863-02-13
A COON HUNT.
IN A FENCY COUNTRY.

one oil 'cm was euh"titutt J ~ analiza,;ur,
rs the doctors call il, i, wonli l.. found TO
contain all maHi;cr Of devlmcul that eyer
entered Tic hnad oi man. from cussin and
stealth u? TO murder and whippn his own
mother, and nonsense cnu:T to turn all the
men in the worl on, Of their senses. Ifa
mans got any badness III Eim, it'll bring i:
out jest rs sassafrass tea does the meas
les; fines Il good for no'hin sort Of CciI4,
without ~ bad traits in par,icltr it'll
bring on: all his grccnnc$s. 1t effects dit
iereu. people in different wavs-it makes
Some men mons,rous brave AMI full ohl&ht,
and some It makes towards some ilhra!ics
rivh and Happy, anl some poor ayd mi>cr.
able; and it las different effect Jon differ.
cnt mems cycs-Somc it makes See double,
and some it makes so blind thA they cant
tell themselves from side of bacon. One
of Tie wort cases Of rum.fo4cry that I've
heard offor along time, t"qVpl"cc a. Pine,
Vile last ::.l!
Bill *"oeny and sam f"'psrrer is the
two greatest old covcys our svuIemen,
fer coon hwniin. The let is, they don, do
much Of anything cl5, and when n.ey
cant catch nothing yof may depend coons
is scarce. Wei, one igh, tiey had every
thing ready for Il regular hunt, bat owing
to somo extra good {ortn, Tn had got
pocket pistol, as h5 called it, OF regular cd
Jimmalsy, to keey or the rumatics. After
takin good sty,in horn, they went out
on their hunt, !Aslh their little ~ood torch
a blazin, and dogs ba:kin and ye'pn
S'like forty tEeand.' Every now and then
:.stoppin to<|fit for the dogs, they would
drink onf eothcrs health, ill they begun
to feel Yr$ comfortable, and cl,attel way
about filling and another, ,hout min
din NJ 4cl (which way tEey was gwlnc.
Bimd y they come toa fence. Well, over
theNeut, lhout much difficulty.
Who's fence is this p sez BlI.
Eaint no matter, says Tom, lets take
something to drink
fAfer taking a drink, they went on.
EonJering what on ycth they had come
TO-; 1t was a terrible muddy branch, after
pullin through the briers and gettip on
tother side, they tuck another drink, 3and
alter gw're a little ways, they come an
other branch, and little fu,her they fomc
to another icrcc-a monstrous higb 4 one
this t''n"'
What npo" he yerth have we dot to.
Cu'rcrper? says Bill; J. never seed sich
heap of BRANCHES and fences ini these
parts
WHAT says Sam, its all old aa'!in's
a0'ns-Sou kh0" hes Always Ou'f in fen
ho o,,,s ,ou RI, rsrer n,;n}
no c"''S Gill; i''' never MN J. "es
.rLo ,., ~, Il
-, e"e ueS'4 we IS SeS h'n; hsres the
." n''0'S' '"''eS' renee ye'' !
Shore er nul1, thar they was fight acin
.~I.-:1N," " '"'' ''.'e' ''Fy oegnn
:. ~. smnn '''s ;'n :'''e' IN 'ne| J'"'s' and
dranncd tho 1ost n;cco 81 "'"
lrso ,,"r w. ''' .n ,'s' piece o' '0fcf' and thar
''t ~ "'S III INC "'''N'
s' So" you Is done it., sez F'.
,,ros n NJ MO" no" =, ne Aa'' Ons he Thought
'e~ no never mind ola hossf-come ahead,
slash he went into the watd. '"'''' As'
Blu hung to the fence filth both hands
IKE he thought it was Flewin round to
p sHsll0w, Sam sez heI where in the
Here is,' sez Sam, spbu,;D tho u,,or ., =.
of his mouth. and % cof uI'n ,;,. s"e ,, water out
lowed somethin- I
Look out-thar's another branch,