Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1868-05-07
Jim Wolf and the Tom Cat at a
L-- Candy Pulling.

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livers nose, that Simon Wheeler
memory was busy with the olden
time. And so / prepared to leave
because all these weresymptoms Of
a reminiscence-signs that he was
going to be delivered of another oi
his tiresome personal experiences
but | was too slow-he got the start
Of me- AS nearly as l can recollect
the inhiction was couched in the
following language:
I'VE was all boys, then, and
didn't care for nothing only how to
slirk school and keep up a ravin'
state Of devilment all the time
This yere Jim Wolf I was talking
about, was prentice, and he was the
best hearted fellow, he was, and the
most forgiving and onselfsh / ever
see well there couldn't be a bullier
boy than he was take him as you
would, and sorry was when / see
him for the last time. Ne and
Henry was always pestering him,
and plastering hoss bills ON his
back, and putting humble bees into
his bed, and so on and sometimes
we'd crowd in and bunk with him,
notwithstanding his growing, and
then we'd let on and get mad and
fight across him, so as to keep him
stirred up like. He was nineteen
years old, and long, lank and bash
full, and were fifteen and sixteen and
tolerably lazy and worthless. So
that night, you know, sister Mary
gave the candy pulling, and they
started us off to bed early, so as the
company would have full swing,
and we wrung in on Jim to have
some fun. Our winder looked out
on the roof of the ell, and about ten
O'Clock a couple of old tom cats
got to rarin' and chargin' around
on it, and carrying on like SIM
There was four inches of snow on
4 the root, and was frozed so that
there was a right smart crust of ice
on it, and the moon was shining
bright, and we could see them cats
like daylight First they'd stand
off and yowyow at one another just
the same as though they was a cuss-
in one another, you know, and bow
UP their backs and push up their
tails, and swell around and spit,
and then all Of a sudden the gray
cat he'd catch handful of fur off
the yellow cats ham, aud spin
around like the button on barn
door But the cat was game, and
he'd come and clinch, and the way
they'd gouge and bite, and howl,
and the way they'd make the fur fly
was powerfulJ0I HG IL1i
"Well, Jim he got disgusted with
the row, and lowed he'd climb out
there and shake 'em off that roof.
He hadn't reely no notion Of doing
it likely, but we everlastingly dog
ged and bull-ra9ged him, and heal
WAYS Dragged how he wouldn't take
a dare, and SO on till bymeby. he
histed the winder, and 10 and behold
you he went-went exactly as he
was, nothing on but d shirt. You
ought to seen HIM cr-e-e-pin over
that ice, and digging his toe nails in
for to keep from slippin' and
above all you ought to see that
shirt lappin' in the wind, and
them long ridiculous shanks of
his'n glistniR' in the moonlight
Them company folks was down
there under the caves, the whole
squad of'em under that ornery shed
Of dead Washin'ton Bower vines
all setting around two dozen sassers
Of hot candy, which they'd sot in
the snow to cool. And they was
laughin' and talkin' lively; but bless
you they didn't know nothing about
that panorama that was goin' on
over their heads. Well, Jim he
went a sneakin' up unbeknowns to
them tom cats-they was a wiskin'
their tails and a yoW-yow-in' and
threatnin' to clinch, you know, and
not paying any attention-he went
a sneakin' and sneakin' right up to
the comb of the roof, till he was IN
a foot and a halfof 'em, and then
all Of sudden he made a grab for
the yalier cat But by gosh! he
missed fire and slipped his holt, and
his heels few up, and he topped on
his back, and shot off the roof like
a dart--went q smashih' and a
crashin' down through them old
rusty vines and landed right in the
dead center of all them company
people, and sot down like yearth-
quake in them two dozen sassers of
candy, and let off q howl that was
bark from the tombs! Them girls
well, they left in a hurry, you
bet They seen he warn't dressed
for company. All done in a sec
ond. 1t was just one little war
whoop, and a whisk of their dress
es, and blame the wench of them
that was in sight. He was gormed
with the bilin' hot molasses candy
clean down to his heels, and had
more busted sassers hangin' to him
than if he was an Injun princess; ;
and he came prancin' up stairs, just
a hoopin' and cussin', and every
jump he give he shed some china,
and every squirm he fetched he
dropped some candy. And blister
ed Why, bless your soul, that
poor critter. could not really set
down comfortable for as much as
a week of Sundays.--Mdrb 1t0aia.
So far as heard from the majority
for the Constitution in South Caro-
lima is $4,000.