The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1869-03-29

bottom afore felt another oiicl keen bite
in my leg, | made a rush to get out
sagin, but the cusssd Internal bull drove
at me, an was obliged to pop back agin,
Alter squeezed down into my stump
agin, | would bet barrel O rum that Sa-
rer Ann would be wilder in lcssn ten
hours. / tried to cipher out which would
be The most beeomin' for Christian, to
be pizcned to death /, BY an. oHul great
snake. or have my inrards slhg to tue
four winds by a cussed briudle hull, J
Ethot o the u,urlyrs-of Amos billed in lie,
Elizer slnearcd with honey, and Joseph
tempted BY fo:iifar's wife, an concluded
that OF to profit by their example, an
grin an bear it no matter how much it
went agiu The grain. But | gotjist then
an oful bite or tew, IN ter save my soul
couldn't help sticking up my head, an
the bull bein' on hand let drive an filled
my eyes full of dirt an bark; SO deowu |
bobb"a agin fur snailss. Inow bcgen to
get bites ciIc' Frequently. an' in bad pla-
ccs; the whizzili' got louder. an' 1
squirnied, an twisted and scree,cllcd at
u fast rate, an in graJbiu' reolnd l
ketchcd and got bitc.' H'5' &c. F." Y
II held my holt on to1it. and behold !!
1t proved to be nutliin' buta yallcr JACKET!
Wllcnl found wasn't snaik Bit, l felt
| su'hin' git my stumick like bag o
Fshot. a'Glory to God SCI |. j may live
to purtect tho widder mi fathcrlcss yt !!
ful, for d mint as il didn't keer fur al
the yaller jackets. between the Mississp.
pl and the slissouri-but tho blessed Je.
rush!s pIhadh't seen one there where L
seen athoufand in another minnit. The
kwliolc heller o that stump got yaller with
EN- couldn't stand it long that way.
tried to think O some kind o prayer
suitable to: Tho occasion, an commenced
Now Hay me down to sleeps" but by
Jewdas,I couldn't pray for cussin' ]
jist swore, bull or no bull, we're gwine
to emigratc from That peculiar spot; but
every time put'n,y head above thestump.
the bull pitch d ut me, an hit the stump
just like a Observation-Disclosures fcfocious,
with his eyes. MS green ah'C tlazin' as lire.
an the foam droppin' from his mouth.
81 was bobbin' up and ,deown so con-
tinncrly that t.wuz about half tile time
in',he stump an hslf,lic time cont, an
at last felt the stump begihnin' to give
way under thu tlumps Of lhc. Internal old
brindle ,hcathen.. au'r, swear my heart
riz straight on end. j made up my mind
to get cout 'thot, somehaw, rnty quick,
but Just az the minnit ! raised up my
head to jump. eoutau' lun, tic old GUS
came atm me, with head deown aud tail up,
at locomotive speed ,3an' MS LODGED down
he struck the stump. tore II up at the
roots, an shot inc cout like ! was a bomb.
shell, clean over the bank ilicr the eraek
ana after mic come stump, bull and all.
The fore feet, or some on en-, Of the bull
struck me right on the, back AN | reck-
on that's what tore the ocarpc..bas-
knockin me clean down inter the muddy
bottum o tlleicresk. Wl,eniI ria the first
thing ! seed were the old feller's tail, ap'
asl couldn't swim a lick, I made grab
for itand made him tow me ashore. When
VIC got there | let go,gaT run one way,
while the bull ran another, an that's lie
hull long aud short ont. 5a.i n 4