Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1867-08-15

In the evening, when yer go out to milk, look trd
where the sun is goin' an think, there I've hap
py homel Your Peleg' there; he'll hev the lan
an We be happy yet! The steers is saved; the
shoats is all right the heifer amt gone in, and
old Barney's bound to count Fellers! 0, you
see in your midst happy head Of er family-you
witness joyful human -
IF you will excuse my interuptingyou, sir, and
it is fair question:" said l. show did you come to
get in this sorry pickle?'
Excuse the question? Sarting, sarting Tell
yer the whole storyin minute-give the hull par
tiklers-a full account Jewdas what a narrer
escape that quarter section did hev!"
"Wel, but let's have the story"
"Yaas, sarting, sarting! Well, gents, my name
is Peleg Snodgrass, son Of Deacon Snodgrass,
from deown in Maine, in the"
''Never mind that tell US how you got so wet. "
'sYaas, sartingl Well, you see back here 'beout
a mile beyant the Nockernoseof Greek, wur
walking along as happy as lark, looking about
over the prairies and thinkin' heow beautiful the
great All Seeing had made the world, and what
awful taters this sIe would raise, when l seen a
big drove of cattle just one side, wur admirin at
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 curley head and beller an switch
his tail and paw the ground over his back. con-
cluded it war best to let on likes if warnt afraid,
and so begin to whistle Rake her down Sal, and
other good chunes, thinkin' as heow I'd slip past
the blasted old cuss but jist as got oppersite,
he gin snort an begin to walk toward me, stop
pin onct in while to fetch rake in the sle with
his fore feet I put in few quicks step about
then, but was afeard to run, cos I knowed if did
he feel encouraged. Putty soon he begin to come
on the trot, and then let out in kind O canter.
Then he ris to lope, an seein,. it wur no use
waitin' for him to quit, just loosened these ere
legs of mine and come down to my best time. l
looked 'beout for something to climb, but thar I
wur in the cussed prairies, and not b peastick to
be seen higher than mile ahead zheow did want
to stop right thare and cuss the blasted prairies.
gin glance over my shoulder an see the everlast-
in cuss with his nose dowpan his tail up, comm
list on the dead lay deown, and let my legs count
another, notch. The chase went nip and tuck till
II got near the creek, when see that the bull were
only 'beout hundred yards behind Inc, Lord Je-
hossyfatl but felt queerish when I was sartin he
were gainin' it give me such skeer that my
heart seemed to dissolve in dishwater, and my legs
kinder lost their feelin' SO couldn't run. But
could see lot of trees ahead little ways, and eff
could hold eout three minutes longer I'd be to 'em.
looked back, and the sufferin Mosis eff the bull
warnt within twenty feet of me, his eyes all green
and his nostrils looked like might put my head
| in 'eln-an' as red as bolt O new flannel! got
almost to the creek, when found the timber were
on the opposite side from me- an the bull so close
could almost feel his breath on my cheek. |
thot O my famerly in that offel time ;'sez +
Farewell, little Jed, an you, Sarer Ann, my gen.
tie companionl' Jist at this instant see stump
right on the bank of the creek and made spring
for it, expecting to git on top ont butt happened
to be holler and II landed inside. jist had room
to squeeze deown in it, an git my head below the
TOP, an not darn bit too soon wur [ in, for as
INV top knot went deown, MIR. Bulls head came
up-whack agin the stump till everything jingled.
ssYou better believe I felt thankful wur housed
at last; and the old cuss Of bul wasn't he dis
appointed Lord, heow he did rave round that
stump, switch his tail, paw the sile, and beller
peeped up at him, jist to see how he were gettin'
on: but I kalkerlate peeped down again offel
suddent, for hadn't more n got my head up till
his horns comes straddle on it, an his skull hit
the stump like maui The little incident con-
vinced me that the best thing that could do was,
in the langwidge of Squire Wheeler, to lay low,
watch for black ducks, and chaw poke root. Jist
as I'd made up my mind not to put up my head
again, felt the awfulest pain take me in the LEG
I ever see, an at the same time somethin' com.
menced to whiz, whiz, deown in the bottom O the
hollow stump I tried to look deown to see what
on airth it could be- but the holer was so narrer
couldn't get chance to look, and all at once il
popped into my head that there were rattlesnake
in the stump. When I thot O that made ar
oful plunge to get out Of the horrid den but the
cussed bull warnt more than six feet off, and the
! mint he seed my head he come at me full chisel
/ The fust 1 knowed T had lodged back into tht
l stump again and hadn't more n touched bottom a
' fore felt another awful keen bite in my leg.
made rush to get out agin, but the cussed infer
mel bull, drove at me, and L was bleeged to pol
3 back agin. As squeezed down into my STUMP
r apin would bet er barrel o rum that Sarer AM
would be widder in less than ten hours triet
to cipher out which would be the most becoming
for Christian, to be pzened to death by an awfu
great snake, or have my innards slung to the fou
l winds by cussed brindle bull. [ thot o the mar
: tvrs-of Amos billed in lie, Elizer smeared witt
r honey, and Joseph tempted by Pottifer's wife, an
concluded that ort to profit by their example, an
: grin and bear it no matter how much it went agi
the grain. But got jist then an oful bite or tw
o and to save my soul, couldn't help stickin up m
It head, and the bull bein' on hand, let drive an
: filed my eyes with dirt and bark; SO deown
l. bobbed agin for snakes. now begin to git bite
offul frequently, an in bad places; the Whlzzln
: gotlouder, and squirmed and twisted and screect