Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-02-16
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An Exciting Ride.
Mike Fink on Deacon Smiths Bun

1 oHllhuIIsS, duu NC Idu unt SOC liz
lclothes oft when he discovered
/. Deacon Smiths bull making al
, him. The ballwas a vicious AMI
NAL, and had come near killing
twoor three persons, consequently
Mike felt rather "dubus." lie did
not want to call for help, and tire
/ nearest place from VI Whence assist
!ance could arrive, was the meeting
house which was, at that time,
1 filed with aSorshippers, among
J whom was "the gal Mike was
paying his devours to-; So he
lodged the BULL as the animal
came atghim, and managed to
catch him by the tail: He was
dragged around till he was nearly
dead, and when be thought he
could hold out 40 longer, be made
up bis mind he had better "holler. -
And now We will let, him tell
his own story -
so, looking at the matter in
all its bearings, | cum to the con-
clusion / had better let some, one
know whar was. So gin yen
louder thnn locomotive whistle,
and it warn't long before I-.seen
the deac9n's dogs coming down
as if they we're seeing which could
get thar first. ] knowed who
/. they were arter-;hey'd jiae the
bull agin me. $50 sez I, 'eie brin.
die, ridin' is as cheap as walkin'
on this route, ard if you've no OBJ
! jections, al jist. take u deck pas
sage on that ar back O yourn,'
SO l wasn't very long Citing
astride of him.
Then, if you'd been there,
you'd have sworn thar was roth
ing human In that mix, the siIe
flew 50 orfully, as the critter and
[ rolled over the lield--oue dog on
Eone side and one on the other,
trying to clinch my feet. I.prayed
and cussed, and cussed and prayed
until l couldn't tell which ! did
laSt--aud neither, warn t Of 10
use, they were so orfully mixed up
"Well l reckon | rid about half
an hour this way, when old brin.
die thought it was time to stop
and take a supply of wind and
tcool off little. So when he got
round to a tree that stood thar,
he naturally halted so, sez /, old.
4boy, you'll lose one passenger,
sartin. So I jist clum a branch,
ikalkerlating to roost thar till 1
starved afore I'd be rid about that
way any longer. | war making
tracks for the tree when | heard
an oreful buzzin' overhead, kinder
looked up and.i if thar wasn't
well thar's no use weafin'--but
lit was the biggest hornets nest
lever built. You'll gin in now.
I Mike, because thar's no help for
iyou: But an idea struck me then
! that | stood a heap better chance
|ridin' the bull than where | was.
| Sez /, old feiler, if you'll hold on
lTll ride to the next station, any
how, let that be where it will.
$50 / jist dropped aboard him
again, and looked aloit to see what
1 hadgained by changing quarters,
and gentlemen, I'm liar if thar
wasn't a half bushelpf the stingin'
varmints ready to pi,ch into me
when the word was Civ. Well, l
ireckon they got Z it, for all 'hands'
Estarted for our company. Some
I.f 'em hit the dogs, about a quart
struck me and the rest charged on
brindle.
This tune the dogs led off,
Ifust, dead bent tor the old deacon's,
and as soon as old brindle and |
could get away, we followed and
as l was only a deck passenger, l
had nothin' to do with steerm
the craft--if 1 had we shouldn't
have run in that channel, anyhow.
'iBut as l said before, the dogs took
1.-THE lead, brindle and / next and
the hornets dre'kly arter. They
yellinl,' brindle holleriu,' and the
hornets buzzin and stingin'.
"Well, we had got about hun
idred yards from the house, and
: the deacon heard US and came out.
/, 1 seed him hold up his hands aud
/, turn white. | reckon he was
! prayin' then, for he didn't expect
9 Ito be called so soon and it warn
,ilong neither afore the whole con.
= lgregation-men, women and Chi
ldren--cum oat, and then all hand
went to yellin'. None of them hac
!, tue fust notion that brindle and
t belonged. to this world. turned
rI)ny head as we past the congre
b cation. I seed the run would b
q up soon, for brindle couldn't sturr
Ian inch from a fence that stoot