Litchfield enquirer., 1864-12-29

Ruined! ruined ruined Tetotally bu, ted to smash One hundred and sixty acres Q the best land that ever luy out O. doors, rippe all to hmdersl o, Sarer Ann little knowea tthou that we art a ruined. busted familyl Li, tie yeou thinkest that thou art beggar! 0 Jerewsaiemi How shall I ever meet yeor since this destrnckshion have been raut ?- After all our skrimpin' and skrewin' and pinch in and turnin' and twistin' after selling ol Barney and the steers after selling, the tw year o.d beifsr and thehina shoats and arte ker, we're busted ffaas s Q, JerswsaIem sa aaa' Hall lost. and gone sE1sinnit! o, heow little Jed aud Sarer Ann meet yeou r, This oulburst from the tail Yankee surprised us al We could mt imagine what had hap pened to cause him so much grief for the poo man was actually beside himself with terro and despair. and tears we're flowing plentiful, down his brown and weather beaten cheeks. l What on earth has happened to you te cause you so much distress? You are cer tainly not lanenting at this rate over that rent in your carpet bag?' asked I, advancing te where our Yankee was standing.
 Oh, no, no; howiy Jerewsalem! of twa nothin' else but that Oh, murder, murder, assent hardly think ont Ther's poor, poo i Sarer Ann, feein 80 proud and taikn to little Jed about our line new home on the praries just like me and her uste often to do, an here 0, Jewdas is hull quarter section of the neatest land in Iowa gone to everlasting smash r
 The poor fellows feelings now completely mastered him, and he hid his face in his hands and sobbed like child. His last words, how ever, gave me clue 10 the mystery, and taking his carpet-bag, I commenced hauling out shirts, vests and handkerchiefs. all thor. oughly water-soaked. till at the bottom found what had expected from the frst-a land warrant for l60 acres Government land, all snug and dry.
 the extravagaut jay of the Yankee. The mo- ment shat this land warrant was safe and sound, he gave perfect howl of delight, and snatch,ng it from my hand, he pressed it to his bosom as he might have done Sarer Ann had she been present, and with tremendous strides commenced pacing back and forth across the room. It seemed impossible for h,m to be still an instant.
 Glory to God! cried he-'g glory to the most highest Sarer Ann, all our scrimpin and savin ain't in vainl Go on with yeour talk-plan and kalkerlate Take little Jed on yeour knee and sing! In the even,n', when yeou go out to milk look ord where the sun is, and think-there I've happy home Your Peleg's there /; he'll hey the land. and we'll be happy yit! The steers is saved the shua:s is all right the heiffer aint gone in, ai.d old Bar ney is bound to count o felers! yeou see In yeour midst the happy head of CT f;,nily- you witness joyful human--'
 you will excuse my nterruptins you sir and 1t s fair question:, Said l. how did you come to get into this sorry pickle r
 ExGuse the question 7~ Starting. sarting si, ! Tell yer all the l,artickeiars-a fll ac- count. Jewdas what d narrvr CSC pc that question did hey F
 Well. but let's have tie story.'
 fass, sarting, sa,ting. Wal, gents. my name is Peleg Snodgsass son of Deacon Flea Fer Snodgrass, from deown in Maine, on Never mind that. Tell us how you got SC wet.
 Yass, sarting! Wei. you see lack hu, bout mile beyant the Nockyernoseoif Creek wus walkin along es happy as d lark, look;r | abeout over the prairies and tlinkin how bean tful the great All Bein' Lad made the world and what awful taters this sile would raise when see big drove O cattle fist one side wur admirin as haeow fat aud slick they wur an lookln M their good pints, when an almighty great bri.rdle bull jumped up out'n the tai grass Gni begin tew shake his allfirel great cur Icy mead an boiler an switch his tail, an paw , che sile over his back. I concluded it wur bes tew let on likes eff want afeared, and so be l gin to whistle Rake CT deown, Sal,' and othe good chunes, thinkin as heow I'd slip past the blasted ole cuss: but list as got oppersite, h, gin snort, an begin tew walk tord me, stop ping onct in while to fetch rake in the siIe with his fore feet put in few quick step. beout then, but was afsared to run, cos knowed ef did he'd feel encouraged. Putt, soon he begin to come on the trot, and then i let out in kinder canter. Then @ rise to lope 1 an seein it wur no use waitin for him to quit l jist loosened these ere legs O mine an come down to my best time.
 looked abeout for suthin' to climb, but there wur. in the cussed prairer, and not i. pea-stick tew he seen higher than mile ahead. heow did want to stop right there ane cuss the blasted prairers l gin glance ove my shoulder, end see the eyerlastin' cuss witt his nose deown an his tail up, comin' list or the dead lay.down, and 1 let my legs coun another notch. The chase wur nip and tue till got near the creek, when see that th, bull wur makin' little grain the best time he wur only beout hundred yards behind me Lord, Jehossy fat but felt queerish when wur sarting he .wur gaining, 1t eiv me sieh skeer that my heart 'peared to dissolve in dish water and my legs kinder lost their feeln so couldn't run. But I could see lot of tree ahead a little ways, an eff 1 could hold eou three minits longer I'd be to lem. l locke, back, and the suAerin' Moses eff the bull ~ au in twenty feet of me. bis eyes all green and hi l nostrils looked like mite put my head il 'em. and as red as bolt or new aannin.' Igo almost to the creek, when found the timbe wur all on the oppersite bank. from me, an, the bull so close could almost feel his breat on my back. l thought of my famerly ln tha offel time. Ses I-' Farewell. little Jed and 70 Sarer Ann, my gentle companion!' Jist a that instant see a stump rite on the bank C the creek an made spring fur it, axpectin' t get ont, but 1t happened to be holler and
 landed inside. l jist had room to squeez daewn in it and get my head below the toI land not a darn bit too soon wur ia, fur as ri top-knot went daewn Mir. Bulls head came u 'l-whack again the stump till everything jir Igled.
 You better believe felt thankful wer housed ut last; and the old cuss of bull
 wasn't he disappointefl Lord, how he di
 rave ronnd that stump, switch bis tail, paw tn sile and boiler perped up tt him, fist to SC how he wur gettin' on. but kalkerlate peer ed down again offef suddent! for I hadn morn got my head dp till his horns came straddle of it. and his skull hit tka st,,rrn l;t