The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1870-10-31

VII El,h ole ole eepprpis, rope girth an stirrup
leshsTs' with, a loop for the foot. Oh
Sock ees es they called him, had jist got bacl
fFum mill, an vur turned inter the yard
saddle ID. an an al, tu pick grass, ] xur slur
gin r0un' too, outside the house; fu
they ,hsdent ared me in when they so
down tu eat: Sock nosed round till b
found a big basket what belt . little ~.
tered corn, corn, an be pp. in, bis he'd ~ gisit
slipped Up az ieTked The ,: handle il! owe
his horns. Now, George, du yu know tn
mater oev "a COW brute? Thsyfs the durnd
est fools ov all the beasts (allers 'sep.in
oy the L.oyenngoods, fur when they git
inter tribulashun they NOS hutbin. but t,
Efhut thur eyes, beller, an'back an keep
backin',, Well, when ole Sock foupdiihise
in darkness he raised his he'd, an mad'
vun lungc ngin the house that shook th'
daubin out, then fotchs . bcllcr which
mcut have been hearn mile, IAN sot intel
a an consnding sisiim ov baokiu'. A big
Grawfsh whar no uhar. Fust agin wur
thing, and then anu;her, among which
wus the bee bench, an dozen stands o.
bees. Nockin' down that bench fotch ou,
all the bees, f,in' mad, tue whole airRus
full oy 'em, ready ,u pitch inter eny,hing
what moved. The house sot ontcr slopin'
ground, and the yard door wur even with
hit I; SO Sock jjist backed in onder a dub.
ble head Of steam. a BLOWN an i bawlin.
an the leder ov the biggest army ov bees
ever seed out at wun tine, they filled the
basklt. they lodged onto bis sile till hi,
wur ez thick ez a waggin tung. an strate
up in the air a. that, lookin' sorter like a
dsd pine kivered With ivy. They win ia
fact all over him, an' at work with all thar
mites, maxim him feel good an hot, an
imProrin' his temper miscly, Ov all the
burned times 80 ever hearn tell ov war
thar or tharabouts. He cum tale fust
agin the ole two story Dutch clock, m
fo,ch hit, Dustin The innards outen it,.he
little wheels wur all oncr the floor. Next
pass he fosch up agin The foot ov big
dubbil engine bedstid, an rared hit onto
ind, an punchin' wun ov the posts thru
the glass wiuder:. The mex. tail fus. ex-
pcrditien vur agin catakornered cup:
bord, VIA. soon .kotch darna.ion He
smashed the glas, dores in, uPse.in his'ah'
then stompcd everything inter the shelves
all to gible,s, asrying to back furthsr ia
tha, derecshuu. % Pickil krocks, presarre
ijar'. vinegar jugs, saed bags. yarb cunsb-
es, pnrogorrick bottils, aig baskits an delf
we're all mixed id permiskusly, an not
wuth sor.ih' BY abou, a aolIef aD' haf:
Next he got far back acrosss the rune
agid the board pertishuu; he went thru
ike hit he'd been paper an tuck about six
feet sIuar ov hit insplinters an skraps with
him inter the rune whar thay wur a ea,in.
an' new the irin' ov bees, au' dancin' an
dodgiu' begun. - -
Clapshaw's nam wcr deef es a dogiron,
an SO, at the ind or ,haiibil next tu whar
Sock burs. thru the wall; tail end on az
he cum agin her cheer, histin' her m hi,
onto the tnbil. Now the squawkin', an
cussin'. an the snashih' oY things an
ni1in' ov vittils begun. They he'd go, sew
tsral,t ,tabils tugether ,u make thong enul,
SO he ji,s rolled ''em up top ov ono an,
other, nu' thar sot ole Aissis Clapshaw .
stra$dle oy the top ov the pile:$sn ftin
bees like onto mad wind pill, With her
calkcr cnp in-wun hand fur a Yepun, an
cruet frame in ,other, IN kicksn like she
wur ridin' a lazy boss arter asdOctOr
Tators, cabbidge, meat, snpc, sop dump.
Inns an the truck ye waller EN- ID, milk
plates, pies an every durn fxir yu cue
think ov in a week. wcr thar mixed al
smashed like bit had been thru a thrashiy
masheeu. Old Sock still kept baekini
an backed the hole pile. ole oman an all
| with Eve ur six uther bee f,ers an few
cheers, ou.cn the big door, an down sew
en- inter the lane; au' then he turned |
| fifteen hundred pound summerset hisse
ar,er 'em. an lit atop on all the miIedul
mess fat onto bis back. About the tim,
he got tu bis feet, ole mad Burns-y,
know how fat, stumpy an cross-grainet
he is enyhow-made mad snatch at tn
basket an kotch it, but cudent let g
quick enuf. for ole Sock jist blowed, bel
Tered an histed the ole stud heels fust in
ter the ar, an he lit on Socks back al
he'd the baskit in bis hand. Jiss es,ool
cs ole blackcy cud see, he tOar off doSl
The lane (tryiu' to out run the bees) s,