Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1869-04-14

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lOOkin' abeOut over the pTairies, and
thinkin' heOw beautiful the great All
Bein' had made the world, an what aw-
ful Taters this Sile would raise, when 1
saw big drove Of cattle jist one side.
wUr admirin' heOw fat and slick they
wUr and loOken' at the good pints,
when an almighty great brindle bull
jumped eOut'n the tail grass and begin
tew shake his all fired great curly head,
and beller, and switch his tail, and paw
the sides over his back. I concluded it
best tew let on like waTn't afeard, an
50 7 begin tew whist Rake her deOwn
SAL an, other good tunes, thinkin' as
heOw I'd slip past the blasted old cuss
but jist as I got opperzit, he gin a snort,
and begin to walk tO'Tds me, stOppin
Oncet in q while to fetch rake in the
sile with his fore feet. put in a few
quick steps 'beoUt then, but was afeard
to run, Gus I knOwed ef l did he'd feel
encouraged. Putty soon he begin tew
come on the trot, an then let out in a
kinder canter. Then he riz tew lOpe,
an seein it wUT no use a waitin' for him
to quit, I jist lOOsened these ere legs OF
mine an come down to my best time.
" looked abeOut fur suthin' tew climb
but there I wuT in the Cussed prairie an
not pea stick teW be seen nearer than
q mile ahead-heOw I did want to stop
right there and cUss the blasted praries.
/ gin glance over my shoulder an see
the everlasting Gus, with his nose deOWn
an his tail up, bOmin' jist on the dead
lay deOwn, and let my legs count an
other notch. The chase wUT nip and
tuck till got near the creek, when I
see bull maxim, q leetle grain the best
/ time-he wur only 'beOut q hundred
yards behind me. Lord, JehCssyfat! but
I felt QUeerish when I wur saTtin he wuT
gaining, it give me stitch a skeer that my
heart 'peared to dissolve in dish water,
an legs kinder lost their feelings so
couldn't run. But I could see a lot of
. trees ahead q leetle ways, an ef I could
hold eOut three minits longer I'd be to
'em. I looked back, and, the sufferin'
| Moses if the bull Warn't in 20 feet o.
me, his eyes all green, an his nOstriIs
| looked like I might a put my head in
/ 'em, m as red as bolt o. new fiannin'!
I got almost to the creek, when I feOund
the timber wuT all on the opposite bank
from me, and the bull so close I could
almost feel his breath on my back.
thOrt Of my family in that Offel time ;
sez Farewell, little Jed, and you SaT-
re Ann, my gentl cOmpaniOnD Jist at
llldI lLlSLdllL L SEE q SlulLLJ Oll Tie Dduh
of the creek, and made a spring for it
eXpectin' to get on the top ont, but ii
happened to be hOller, an I landed in
side I list had room tew squeeze deOwn
in it and get my head below the top, an
not darn bit too soon war In, for as my
tOpnot went down, Mr.. Bulls head came
up whack against the stump till every
thing jingled.
q You'd better b'Heve I felt thankful
wur housed at last; and the old cuss OF
a bull, wasn't he disappointed Lord,
how he did rave round that stump,
switch his tail, paw his side and beIler
| I peeped up at him, iist to see how he
wur gettin' on, but I kalkeTlate I peep
| ed down agin Offel sudden for I hadn't
MORN got my head up when his horns
/ came straddIe of it an his skull hit the
stump like a maui. That little incerd-
ent convinced me that the best thing l
could do was, in the language of Squire
/ Wheeler, to LAY low, watch black ducks,
an Chaw pOkerOot.' Jist as I'd made uE
my mind not to put my head up again,
l felt the Offelest pain in the leg l eveI
see, and at the esane time somethin' com
menced to whiZ, WhiZ, down in the bot,
tom of the hOlleT stump. tried to look
down to see what on airth could il be-
but the hOller was 50 narrer I couldn't
get q chance to look, and all at Onct il
pOpt into my head that there wuT q rat.
tlesnake in the stump.
When thOt of that I made an Offel
plunge to get eOut o. the cOnfOunded den
but the cussed bull warn more than SIX
feet of, and the mint he seed my head
he came at me full chisel. The fust ]
knowed I had lodged back inter the
stump again, and hadn't MORN touched
bottom before I felt another Offel keen
bite in my leg. I made rush to get Out
again, but the cUssed internal bull dove
at me, and l was bleeged to pop bach
agin.
AS I squeezed down inter my stumT
agin, I would er bet gallon o. rum thai
Sarer Ann would be a widder in less'r
wnuId be the most becomin' for a Chris.
tan, to be piZened to death by a Offel
great snake or have my in'aTds slung tC
the four winds by a cUssed brindle bull
I thought Of the maytyrs, of Amos billed
in lie, Elizer smeered with honey, anC
Joseph tempted by Potifer's wife, anC
concluded that 1 OTt to profit by theil
example, an grin an bear it no matter
how much it went agin the grain. Bu
I cot list then a Offel bit or tew and Il
4 save my soul couldn't help stickin' VI
nv head, and the bull bein' on hand, Lei
drive and filled my eyes chuck full O.
bark and dirt; so deOwn bObbed agaiI
fur snaiks. I now begin to get bites
OfTeI frequently, and in bad places; the
, whizzin' got louder, and squirmed anC
twisted, and screamed at a fast rate, anC
, in grappin' round I ketched sOmethin
: and got a bite in the hand.
, held my hold on to it and behold =
1t proved to be nothing but a yaIIel
, Jacket! When I found I wasn't snake.
bit, I felt sumthin' left Off my stumicI
like q bag of shot. Glory said I, q
may live to purtect the widder and faith
erless Wit! l felt for a mint as if did
MT keer for all the yelleT jackets be-
) tween the Mississippi and MissOuTi-but
the blessed Jerusha! I hadn't seen one
there to where I see a Thousand in an.
other mint! The whole hOller of thai
stump got yaller with 'em. I couldn't
anditIong that away. I tried to think o
prayer suitable to the 'casiOn, and com.
menced Now I lay me down to sleep;
l.. but by Jewdas, I couldn't pray for cuss'
= in I jist swOre bull or no bull, was
, gwine to cmigrate from that particular
> spot; but every time | put my head
, above the stump, the bull pitched at me
and hit the stump list like maui; he
/ looked offel ferociOus with his eyes as
green and bIazin as fire, and the foam
! drOppin' from his mouth. Twas bObbin
m and down so COntinerally, that,
was about half the time in the STUMP
and half eOut, and at last 1 felt the
stump begin to give away under the
thumbs the Internal old brindle was Civ
J in if. and swear my hair riz straight
on end. made up my mind to git eout
o. that, some heow pretty quick but jist
at the minnit l raised my head to jumI
out and run, the ole cuss came at me
; with his head down and his tail up, al
= locomotive speed, and rs I lodged deOwT
he struck the stump, tore it up at the
; roots and shout me eOut like I was 6
; bOmhshell clean over the bank into the
=, creek; and aUter me come stump, bul
, and all. The fore feet OF one on 'em, o
; the bull struck me rite on the back-ant
, + reckon that's what tore the Carpet-baG
-nocking me clean down to the muddy
I bottom of the creek
When ] Ilz, the fust thing seed wul
I he old lelIcr's tail, and as l couldn
: swim a lick, made a grab for 1t anC
, made him tow me ashore. When h(
gOt there, l let 60 and run one way
while the bull run The other, an that
The hull long an short ont"
Tie contract authorized by tuc re
- cent act Of Congress for the transfer @
t. land grant and right of way bctWeel
! Denver and Cheyenne, to the DanVer Pa
e. citic Railway and Telegraph Company
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