Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1869-04-27
HU MO US.
sut Lovengood's Daddy Acting Horse

dozen times, but we never see 1t without read
ing it with the same interest as when we first
saw it, as SUITS inmitable style will make US
laugh in spite of ourselves-and hence we
Reproduce it:
"Well one mite, dad he lay awake all mite,
a snorp' an rollin', an whisperin to
mama, an next mOrnin' sess he:
"Sut. I'll tell you what we'll do-Ill be
boss myself, an pull the pow, while you
drive lue. an Wen brake up corn ground. an
then the old quilt CHATS mam) an the brats
kin plant it or let it alone. jist as they d-n
please"
So out we went to the paw.paw thickct,
and peeled a right smart chance of bark, an
marin an me made :eers for dad, an they
become him nightly then we would have a
bride, so gifts an old umbrella what found
= it's lIstIe foTked piece of IRON sorter like
unto pitchtork. you knOw-an we bent an
twisted it >nrter unroa birdie bit. small shape,
dad wanted curb, as he sed he hadn't works
ed for some time. an mi hit sorter feel his
oats and go to cavortin.) Well. when we
got the bride ana all fixed on dad. he champ
ed the bif j.>r IKE ruio boss he was always
a most c"mpj,catcd durne Did fool. eny how,
an mam alters sed So when he wasn't about,)
then put on the gerrs an dad an me goes
to the field. 4 leadn' dad by tho bride. an
totin' the gopher pillow On my back When
we come to the fence | let down a gap an
made dat mnd he wanted to jump the fence
on ms aii tours boss way hitched him into
the lrpher an away we went. dad leanin'
forward tu his pu I'm night pGart. and we
mad sharp p!nw.u'. dad riuht oyer the bushes
and Sprouts. ~ume as ae boss. tie only dlt-
ference Tee werr un Two irgS Presently we
come To g ,r~,rf~ac patch an dad. 1" keep ny
his kurac'e boss nui=e'i square into It,
and tore down hornets nest nigh unto as
big as a boss head. an ell the tribe kivered
him right s:rare,
He rared kicked once or twice and fotch-
ed squeei wuSser nor ara boss in the district,
aud sot in runnin' away just natural as
ever you seed | let 20 the lines an hoered
Whoa, dad, whoa hut You might well sed
whoa to a locomotive. Geew hilikins how
he run. When he'd come to bush he d
clear the top ut IT. gopher and all prnps he
thought there mOu; be another settlement OF
bald hornets in It. and that it safer to 90
over than rhrue. an quicker Gone. Every
now an then he d paw one fore se" an then
t'other. then he d rive hi-Sef open handed
slap that sounded ike wagon Suip, arunuln'
all the eme, and keyr:en that gopher about
as fast an high from the ycarrh as ever
to the fence. he busted rite thrue it taring
nigh unto seven panuciS, >catrer'n an break
in the rails mtiIy, aud here he left the go
pher, gcers. single tree and k!ivis all mixed
up, not worth duru. Most Of his shirt stuck
on the splntereG end Of a broken rale, an
nigh unto pint of hornets staid with the
shirt astirgin' it all over; the balance on EN-,
about gallon and halt, kept on with dad.
He set out jIst fast as hornet could t1y,
for it were the ti-htest race | ever did see,
down through the scdge grass they all went.
the hornets maxim it look sorter like smoke
all around dads ball head, he with Dothin'
on but the bride, an nigh unto a yard of
pillow lines saiIin' behind him
| seed now that he was amin fur the
swimInin' hole in the creek. THAR the bluff is
over twenty five feet perpendicular to The wa
ter aud hits nigh onto twenty iceT deep. To
keep up his knractcr as Il h0SS when he got
to the bluff. be jisD eapcd IF, or rather he
list kept on ruhnin kcrsluu2 into the creek
he went; | seed the water H. plum above the
bluff from whar was. Now, rite thar, boys,
he overdonc the thing. if that was what he
was arter, for there nary boss ever ioaGed
fool enough to leap over such place; 4
cussed mule mout have done it, but dad warn't
acting mule.
[ crept up to the edge an looked over; thar
was old baldhcad, for al! the ycurth ike
peeled onion. bobon' up an down, an the
hornets suilin' around turkey buZzlrd fashion,
and every once in a while one and sometimes
ten. would make dip at dads head He
kept up rite peart dodgu' under sum'iIncs
they'd hit him. aud sunItjneS arter, an the
water was kvcred w.th drowned hornets.
What on yearih are yc dom thar, dad 2
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