Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1866-08-10

lellcf-cVery cusSed one hau q ideaf owe ms
own as to the course home. The bull, about
as big as a smoothin' iron, made lubberiy
lunge at random, an liz, fat owe his belly,
spat on top owe a big mound owe butter, an
thar he stuck, with his laigs mired up IN It
to HE body. He contented his sef by sorter
griffin his teeth, an sayin somfn like jugs
rum" One long laiged, acktif little cuss
made a Vigorous lopeat old JARROLD's snout
an shot into his mouth up 10 his hamstrlngs.
The old Teller gin vomitin sort owe jerk,
an blowed him half the length owe
the table. He lit on his back, but iiirted
over like fash, lookin knowingl roun' for
another hole to jump at. He seed Passun
BUssUMs havy breast through the crack in
his shut bussum jist sed "chouk," an in he
went fyin. The old fat rip ris from there;
a holdin out his shut wifi bof hands, like hit
wer red hot, an sot into dancin Killacran-
kew, in double sol hOss-hide boots, powerful
thankful fur what he'd received, l speck.
Another Nv the interprizin little devils mis-
takin hit for a hole in q stump, whent head
fust into a fat sweaty, sour lOOkin gals
bussum, an set in to scramblin down the
valley. She did the durndest, slickest,
slight ov hand trick, 1 ever seed any oman
do. She jist jump'd with her feet up in the
chair, an cotch hold Ov her shut back owe
her naik wifi bof haE's, an commenced a
haulin hit up overhanded, from Onder her
dress, until she got hit all out from behine,
an over her head, then she jerked the front
tail out owe her bussum, as slick as you
could draw a handkerchief / seed the frog
list then, fall between her feet on the chair,
and lope into the fire place, he looked pow
erfully out owe cOuntenance, an stOnished.
Seein a baby-faced Teller a sittin opposite
VIII his pop eyes sOt, starein impudently at
her. she flung the ruffile tail thing over his
head, an then busted full soup tureen on
hit ! sDeck he thought the infunel shift
had exploded Then she broke for home,
a durnin old Misses JARRoLD an ali her
crowd, orfuly. / thot she were little hos
tile like, from the way she behaved herself.
As she walked of, 'zamined her general
'ppsarance, an you couldent tell to save yer
life that she had no rufile tail tling on.
She shook her hips tho, powerful. as she
walked-mad, by golly, mad'as hornet.
GEORGE, you never did see a matter of
half peck or so owe frogs show as much
anxiety to distribute tharsefs abroad, as they
did, an now comes the reason for thar hurry.
When the kiver come off the dish next
Misses JARROLD, (she weT a lOokin for roast
venison,) GRIPEs, he peeped in, an says he,
dear me, madam, what a remarkable sas-
senger." claw, Nancy" SEE the bud owe
promise, of it haint got eyes," Jist then,
the purtiest, slickest, shiniest four and half
foot black snake, what wer pulled in the
dish, begin 70 pour out over the aidge owe
hit, onto the white table cloth, like a stream
owe ink, as big as a broom handle, runnin
Il II n hn Vgnr .
whippin out his blue steel spring lOolIin
tongue, first towards pile owe sassers on one
side, an then towards a milk pitcher on
tother. Now, boss, l reckon you know
what hit wer that skeered the frogs so.
Misses JARROLD aimed to scream, but did
ent draw the puckerin string in her throat
tight enuf, an hit cum out a pitiful blate,
like onto a calf, when you is crowdln him.
She tried to shove her chair back VIII jerk,
but hits hind laigs cotch agin the aidge owe
puncheon, and over hit tilted. She flung
a summerset backwards, shown her sho soles
to every body at the table. She had
on gray carriers, bein the selvidge
tore off a piece owe white Aanin. Now, she
had tuck about two yards, owe black ribbon,
an had pin'd one aind to her back, then
fotch hit round her; to mark the huggln
line, and made luther end into big bow
behine, fastenin hit wifi n pin. The jerk OF
her tumble backwards, lost out this last pin,
an the ribbon trailed arter her, as she run,
sorter ratlin over the chips in the yard, she
look over her shoulder, an coch glimpse
owe hit a cummin. "Sndke Grter me-" shot
through her head like hot knittin needle.
She jist tuck up her coats, mos to her knees
in bof han's-its a habit shes got any how.
Old JARROLD, is a mitey slow, rumatick,
keerless, forgetful sort owe body-she hates
draggild skirts-an' has a rale purity laig, so
for these three reasons she shows hit BY
the ghost owe old FLYNN CHILDER's, she
iist tore through the orchard, like an old
doe. her white stocIins flashed apast each
other so fas', you couldent begin to count
Old JARRoLD, in runnin outen the door,
saw what he tuck to be the black snake,
climbing his JUifes back, this made him as hot
rs a honet, so he grabb'd up hoe, an tuck
arter her, to kill hit. Ketch the CONT
kill the devil, the durnd old rumatick fool,
why she tuck four steps to his one. Old
Squire BALL wer jist ridin up, sorter be-
lated TO the dinner, an seein old SIMON JAR
RoLD, hot arter his wife, wifi 4 drawn corn
hoe he thought they'd been a scrimagin, so
he list reign'd round his mule-went home,
an issooed a warran' for i'm, charging salt,
an batter, wifi intent TO kill, an hit tuck the
durndest, hardest swarm, you ever hearn, to
keep the old cuss outen Jail.
Now the rale snake hisself jist glided clost
roun the bottom owe the milk pitcher, an
started 10 pour hisself over the aidge owe the
table, but he couldn't git good scale holt on
the hangiu' cloth, 30 he fell and lit in GRIPEs'
hat, what he had sot by his chair, an forted
hisself onder some law papers in the crown.
GRrPEs seed i'm fall, but couldent see what
become owe him, an tharfore took the skeery
fool idear into his head that the snake wer
in both owe his boots You list orter a seed
him she'll them boots they jist shot ofen his
feet. He sOcked on his hat an broke 10 run
in his stoekin' feet an the fust thing seed
were the snake comm out from onder the
hat behine, an n gwine in atwix GRIPEs'
shut cellar an his yaller naik, straight down
his nakid back. SEE l, "GRIPEs, he's a
cold one, amt he powerful pizen, too"
lie fotch n snort an a shiver, an knocked
off his hat wifi back-handed lick, iist in
time to fasten bof bans on blackey's tail.
Now, hOss, believe me, hit wer pull DICK,
pull devil he couldent haul the snake up,
and the snake wouldent come up, but mind
YOU, GEORGE, that reptile wer four foot an
a half long, an he wer obliged to strenthen
his purchase against the pullin at his tail
some how, so he Strengthened out some owe
his kinks, down the dark, greasey, pimply
boiler, along that legul backbone, ontil he
cum TO the forks owe the road then he
would Toun' the turn, a leavin' laig on his
right an laig on his leit, an started up hill
lgin, along the legul belly, amin for a lit
lie sink-hole, jist onder the waisbun but
.ons owe the crazy, frightened cuss, but
lfore he got thar he seed streak owe
lay light, an poked out nj onto foot owe
lissef to famine the open country a little,
his wer as fur as he could git, for the holt
onto his tail, so he made the most owe his
ief, an commenced reachin roun, an about,
IN all directions, now an then maxim letter
SIS, an a whippin out his tongue, the mad
ast, sassiest kind. He looked sorter curious,
burned il he dident. GRIrEs had gin his
hole sole up to the lively bisnis owe bouncin,
from the moment he found hissef to be
lstradle owe a snake-stradlin bounces, two
foot high bounces, nervous bouuces, and a
heap owe EN-, by golly, keepin his socks fur
snutf apart 10 have rolled whiskey barrel
,twixt EN-, wifout barkin his laigs. / tell
rou, boss, a bull cockroach, in hot skillet, !
would been thought sorter lazy. Snakes, |
-ou know. GEORGE, DO feel dreadful cold |
hen thar scales a scrapin the dander OF yer |
kin-then the sarchin idear hitself udkc |
,twixt you an yer trowsis behine, an before, |
VII no yeathly hope leA, that il mout only |
. wet rope arter all for thar a starin you /
n the face, you sees hbral seckshun owe /