Bloomsburg democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1867-1869, 1867-09-25
AYANKEE IN A TIGHT PLACE.

A down.easter thus relates an adventure
he had while travelling on foot in one OF the
Western States: swell, you see back here
beout mile beyont the Nockyernoseof
creek, Iwur walking along as happy as 9
lark, looking about over the prairies and
thinking heow beautiful the girl All Seeing
had made the world and what awful tatirs
this sile would raise, when see big drove
of cattle Just one side. l wur admirin
heow fat and slick they wur an lookin' at
their good pints, when an almighty great
brindle bull jumped up out'n the tall grass,
and begin to shake his ALFRED big curly
head an beller an switch his tail an paw
the ground over his back. l concluded it
we're best to let on likes if want afraid,
an so began to whistle, Rake her down,
SAL and other good chunes, thinkin' as
heow I'd slip past the blasted old cuss but
jist as l got oppersite, he gin snort an be-
gin to fetch rake in the sile with his fore
feet l put in a few quick steps bout then,
but was afcard to run, cos ] knowed if did
he'd feel encouraged. Putty soon he begin
to come on trot, an then | let out in a
kind Of canter. Then he riz to lope, an
seein it were no use waitin' for him to quit
I just loosened these ere legs of mine an
come down to best time. / looked 'bcout
for something to climb, but thare ware in
the cusscd prairer and not pea stick to be
seen higher than mile ahead-heow ] did
want to stop right thare an cuss the blast
ed prairies. gin glance over my shoul-
der an see the cycrlastin' cuss with his
nose deown an his tail up, comm jist on
the dead lay deown, and 1 let my legs count
another notch. The chase went nip an
tuck till | got near the creek when l see
that the bull were only, 'beout a hundred
yard> >behind me. Lord Jchossyfat, but l
felt queerish when was sartin he were gain
in it gave me such skeer that my heart
seemed to dissolve in dish-water, an my
legs kinder lost their feelin' so I could see a
lot of trees ahead little ways, an eff I
could hold eout three minits longer, I'd be
to en-. ! looked back and the suRerin'
Moses, eff the bull warnt within twenty feet
of me, his eyes all green and his nostrils
looked like mita put my head in them,
an as red as a bolt of new fannil, / got al
most to the creeRwhen found the timber
wur on the oppersite side from me, an the
bull so close could almost feel his breath
on my check. / thot Of my famcrlc in that
olfel time sez I, Farewell, little jed, an
you, Sarer Ann, my gentle companion. Jist
at this instant see stump right on the
bank of the creek, an made spring for it,
expecting to get on top ont, but it happen
ed to be holer an l landed inside. l jist
had room to squeeze dcown in it an git my
head below the top, an, not darn Bit too
soon wur ] in, for asmy topknot went deown
Mr.. Bulls head came up whack again the
stump till everything jingled.
'You better believe felt thankful | wur
housed at last; and the old cuss of bull
wasn't he disappointed. Lord, heow he
did rave round that stump, switch his tail,
paw the sile, and beller. l pceped up at
him, jist to see how he wur gettin' on but l
kalkerlate peepcd deown again offel sud-
dent, for | hadn't more'n got my head up
till his horns comes straddle on it, and his
skull hit the stump like maui. The little
incident convinced me that the best thing l
could do was, in the langwidge of Wheeler,
to lay low, watch the black ducks and chaw
pokeroot. Just as Id made up my mind
not to put up my head again, l felt tho Of
fullest pain take me in the leg, 1 never see,
an at the same time it commenced to whiz,
whiz, deown in the bottom of the hollow
stump, tried to look dcown to see what on
airth it could be, but the holler was so mar
re-, I couldn't get chance to look, an at
once it popped into my head that thare
wur raltcsnake in the stump. When l
thot Of that made an oifel plunge to get
out Of the horrid den; but the cusscd bull
warm more'n six feet of, an the mint he
seed my head came at me full chisel. The
fust l knowed had lodged back into the
stump agin and hadn't more'n touched bot
tom afore felt another oifel keen bite in
my leg. l made rush to get out again but
the cussed, Internal bull drove at me, an
] was bleeged to pop back again. As l
squeezed down inter my stump again,
would better barrel of rum that Sarer Ann
would be widder in lcss'n ten hours. ]
tried to cipher out which would be the
most becomin' fora Christian, to be pizcn-
ed to death by an oifel great snaik, or have
my inards slung to the four winds by
cusscd brindle bull. thot of the martyrs
of Amos billed in lie, Elizer smeared with
honey and Joseph temptcdby pottiier's wife,
and concluded that Oft to profit by their
example, an grin an bear it no matter how
much it went agin the grain. But l got
jist then an otfel bite or tew, an ter save
my soul coldn't help sticken up my head an
the bull being on hand let drive On, filled
my eyes full Of dirt an bark, SO deown l
bobbed again fur snaiks. l now begun to
get bites offel frequently, an I squirmed an
twisted an screeched ut fast rate, an in