The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1866-04-13

next hhHp ueetlH Dy enc wan Wh0l
ketchis him, for the cacus owe wuu
Sutty Lovengood ded ur alive and safe
! ly gin over 10 the car Of PassOn John
Bullin at Squire mack Junkins fur q
raising owe the devil perniscusly, dis
cumfurtin the Wimin powerful and
skarln owe folks ginerally at the ratiI
snaix springs big meetin.'
signed by me
JOIN BUILN The PsssOn
attesled Ia by
John Wethorou.
/ found written copies Of the above
highly ineligible and yindictiye pro,
olamatiOn stuck up on every black
smith shop, dOggery and store door in
the Frog Mountain range It's blood
thirsty, VindicliYe spirit, its style, and
above all, its chyrogrsphy interested
me to the extent Of stealing one from q
tree for preservation.
In few days found Sut 10 q good
crowd in front of Capehart's small dog
gerry, snd as he proved to be about in
tune, read il TO him. "Yes, George,
that ar dockyment am in ye8rnest
sartin. They dus want me powerful
bad, but | spect cit dullers wont teeth
me. III 60 myself fur fifty, planked
down, ef you'll 20 along and see me
hev justice. Lite, lite, old leller, and
let that roam owe yOuTn blow a little,
and I'll splsn this cUssed sfar what has
ruinated my kaTacter as q pioUs passon
in the society bout here. Xe see, !
went to last years big meetin at Ratil
ensiX Springs, an were sitting in q nice
shady place conVeIsin with friend in
the huckil berry thicket, when the fust
thing l know Il [ woke from a trance,
what Id been knocked inter by four
year old hickory stick in the han owe
old Pssson Bullin, durn bis alligator
lookin hide an he Wur standin strad-
die owe me, q foaming at the mouth an a
pTeachin' tn me bout sartin sins an.
wickedness ginerally. Ny poor frien'
wur gone, an was glad owe ii, far ]
thot he meant IN kill me with his club
ef ne failed tn preach me IL deih an
dIdn want her tn see me die
who was the friend you speak Of,
Sul2
"N-un-o-v-ey -o-uT-b-u s-i-n-e-s-s-durn
your little ankshus picturl But I'll tell
ye one thing George; that mite nuther
gal got an orful coniounded stroppin'
irum her man with the stirrup lether
owe a saddil, an old Passon Bullin had
ct supper thar that mite, an what's wus
nur all, she cook it fur him an begged
him 3 tremblu' an cryin' not tn tell
on her, the durn, internal, hipecritical,
potbellied, Whiskey-Wasting old ground
hog, but paid i'm far il all, eff ! haint
! will. | mean tn keep a payin owe
him all the time. Well, at mex big
meetin at Ratil Snaix I Wur on han
as solemn ss a hat kerried at collection
time, fur ! had promised the old hog tu
cum an' be convarted iist to keep him
from killing me. l tuck d seat on the
steps owe the pulpit, tn prove / wuF in
yearnesL Their was a mOnstrOus crowd
in that grove, an old Rullin wur O.
preachin tu en- at an 'Orful rate-hoW
the hell Sarpints wud sarye EN- if they
did Mt repent-how they 4 crawl over
them, rap thar tails round thar neCks.
poke thar tungs inter Their eyes an
blow inter thar years, an ct il war an
oman, how they q qnile in her buzsum,
an try an crawl down under lrock-
strings An he he'd en- hot, hoilering,
and scared. the fac ia the thing was
workin powerful Now I'd kotch Eve
high grey pOtbellied lizards, IN had
EN- in little narrer bag, what ! made
a puTpos-thsr tails all at the bottom,
an packed as tits as bundil of sticks
$50 while he war rarin onto his tip
toes, onbenO. wenst TO any body, ! on
tied my poke an put the mouth up
under ms breeches leg, making Of a
noise sorter ike squirrels climbing a
shell bark hickory. He stopped preach
in an looked fur moment like he
Wur 3 listnin fur suuthin, sortar like
sn ole SOW dus when she hears you
whistle for the dogs give a big Croan,
and hilt my he'd Ateen my knees Then
he commenced slapin owe his self
wha ye cut the steak Outn beef, then
he fetch a rub whar bosses tail
sprouts, then hex stomp, then run his
hand RtWeen his Waisbun and his shut
and reach down and round mitily with
j. then he spred his big legs and
CIV his back good shakin' sort owe
rub agin the pulpit sorter like a hog
scratches agin a stump; a leanin to his
work powerful, and squiTming eineral-
ly, at he'd cum outen dog bed, OF had
slep on pissnt tail About this time
one Of my lizards (scared and hurt, ]
spOse, by all this rubin and scratchin
add slappin' poked his he'd out atween
the passon's shut collar an his old
brown neck, tuck peep at the circum-
stances, and lodged back agin.
Old Bullin's speech nov cum tn
hum his eyes stickin' out like two
buckeyes flung agin a mud wall and
his voice trimblin' SEES he, "Bretherin,
take keer owe ourselves, the He'll Sar-
penis hev got mel sum owe theWi
min fotch apalnter yell, and a ramrod.
legged dOctur what sot near me, nj.
lowed Il wUr clear case owe Delicious
Tremendous, and I thct he war rite,
fur IL wur tremendous afOre 10 wur dun
with. OF went the claw hammer cote.
an he flung It shind him like he war
sgwine inter fife, (he had no iackit
on Mex he t0tch his shut oyur he
he'd faster nur ] got eaten my pasted
wun, an he tluhg il up In the cir Ike
he didn't care durn it il kept Up fur
ever, but il lodged into a black 1sck.
1 seed one owe my lizards rscin about
oyur the big old dirty lookin shut
skeered Ike the devil Then he Gin
soTter shake an a twis and be cum
outen his hritcbes, an he tuck EN- bY
the bottum owe the legs su swung EN-
round his he'd a few times an then
fotch en- down cherslaip over the front
owe the pulpit Ecu oud're hearn the
smash a Quartur owe a mile Mich un-
to about fifteen shorten biskit, a Drilled
chickin with his legs crossed. big
dUbbil hlsdid niie, 9 slab Of terbacker,
pipe, sum copper-Ore specimens, 2 heap
owe brokin glass, q cork, a sprink., owe
whiskey. squaun three owe NV liz
ards flew peTmiskusly sll over thst ar
meetin ground, outen the upper ind 4
owe them big fax trit0hes. One owe I
the smartest owe my lizards liz he'd fust /
inter the bussum owe fat oman, Is big I
as q skin 4 boss, aud nigh unto as ugly. /
who sot thirty yards OF q faunin hur. /
self with s lucky tail, an smart IN The 4
lsst 10 commenced runuiu down SO
she Wur bound 10 Saint, and did 10 fust
rate iist hung her lucky tail up ia the
air, rolled down the hill. tangled her
legs snd carriers in the top owe buck
llbeTry bush, and war thar. all safe.
fair and quiet Ehen left
Vow old Bulliu hsd nuthin left on
m but par owe heyy ioS CHARTERED
shoes, short wooliu socks, aa ELI skin
carriers TO keep of the cramu an his
Ikare wur q CROWN on him fast He
war plum crazy, fur be just spit in his
lSns and leaped over the front NV the {
pulpit rite inter the middle Nv the Plus !
art Nv the kongregation, kG,i.F and /
CT in Ia gittin away. be run OF ruth,
z went IN numbering gallup, heyy. :
Ike an old wagon hoss shared st q 10. g
oDotiyR When he Jumped bench