Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1869-05-27

lhe'd feel encouraged. Putty 500
he begin tew come on the trot, an
Fthen let out in a kinder canter.-
Then he riz tew lope, and scein
wur no use q waitin' for him I,
! quit, l jist loosened these ere leg
ofmine an come down to my bes
time.
81 looked abeout for suthin' tev
4 climb but there ! wur in the cussiC
prairie and not a pea stick tew b,
seen nearer than a mile ahead
Heow | did want tew stop righ'
there and cuss the blasted prairies
l gin a glance over my shoulder.
and see the everlastin cuss, with bis
nose down and his tail up, comm
list on the dead lay down, and lei
lmy legs out another notch. The
chase was nip and tuck till / go'
near the creek, when see the bull
maxim a lettle grain the best time
he Wur only beout a hundred yards
behind me. Lord, Jehossyfatl but
| felt queerish when | wur sartin lie
wur gainin; it gave me sich a skeer
that my heart 'peared to dissolve in
dishwotcr, and my legs kinder lost
their feelings 50 l couldn't run
But I could see a lot Of trees ahead
lcetle ways, and eff l could hold
out three minits longer I'd be TO
'em. I looked back, and the suffer
in Moses if the bull warn't in
twenty feet o me, his eyes all green,
and his noscrils looked like | might
a put my head in 'em, and as red
as a bolt O. new hannin. l got al
most to the creek, when l feound
the timber wur all on the other
hank from me, and the bull so close
| could almost feel his breth on my
back. | thort Of my family in that
offel time; sez I-'Farewell, little
Jed, and you, Sarer Ann, my gen
til companion Jist at that instant
l see a stump on the bank of the
creek, and made spring for it, ex-
pectin' to get on the top ont, but
it happened to be holler, and l Ian
ded inside. l iist had room to
squeeze deown in it and get my
head below the top, and not a darn
bit tew soon was in, for as my
topknot went down, Mr.. Bulls head
came up whack against the stump
till everything jingled.
"You'd better believe | felt thank
ful | wur housed at last; and the
old cuss Of a bull, wasn't he disap-
pointed! Lord, hcw he did rave
round that stump, switch his tail,
paw his side and beller! I peeped
up at him, jist to see how he wur
geftin on, but l kalkerlate peeped
down agin offel sudden. For l
hadn't more'n gotmy head up when
his horns came straddle of it, and
his skull hit the stump like a mule.
That little incerdent convinced me
that the best thing l could do was,
in the language Of Squire Wheeler,
to 'lay low, watch black ducks, and
chaw pokeroot.' Jist as I'd made
up my mind not to put my head up
again, felt the offelest pain in the
eg ever see, and at the same time
commenced to whiz,
whiz, down in tlfe bottom of the
loller stump, ] tried to look down
% see what on airth it could be,
out the holler was so narrer I
get chance to look, and
Ill at onct it popt into my head
lat there wur a rattlesnake in the
stump.
"When l thot Of that l made an
'ffel plunge to get cont O the con-
'ounded den, but the cussed bull !
yarn't more than six feet off, and
he mint he seed my head he came
it me full chisel. The fust knowd /
had lodged back inter the stump
Igain, and hadn't mole'n touched |
lottom before l felt another otel
teen bite in my leg. l made n
ush tew get out again, but the
'ussed Internal bull drove at me,
md l was obleeged to pop back
igin.
"As l squeezed down inter my
tump agin, l would er bet a gallon
! rum that Sarer Ann would be a
yidder in lcss'n tew hours. tried I
o cipher out which would be the
most becomin' for Christian-to
Ie pizened to death by an offel big
snake, or have my in'ards slung to
he four winds by cussed brindle
JUL. | thought Of the martyrs-of
Amos billed in lie, Elizer smecred
yith honey, and Joseph tempted by
ootifers wife, and concluded that
ort to profit by their example, and
grm and bear it, no matter how
much it went agin the grain. But
got jist then offel bite or tcw,
md to save my soul couldn't help
tiekin' up my head, and the bull
,ein' on hand, let drive and filled
ny eyes chuck full of bark and dirt,
o down l bobbed again for snaix.
now begin to get bites frequently,
nd in bad places; the whizzin got
Ouder; I twisted and squirmed, !
nd screamed at a fast rate, and in
,rabbin' round I ketched somethin
nd got bite in the hand.
81 held my hold on to it, and be-
old it proved to be nothing but
,yaller jacket! When l found l
iasn't snake bit, l felt sumthin lift
# my stumick like a bag of shot.
1loryp said /; II may live to per-
5ct the widder and the fatherless
I'll I felt for mint as ifI didn't !
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