Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1871-11-30
THE WIDOW cCLOUD'S
MARE.
By sUT LoYINGOoD.

Thar cum tn TINS country, OnSt,
cussed sneakin lookin reptile, named
Stilyarda. He were Matched ia a crack
in the frosty rocks, whar nutmaigs
are made out O. maple, and whar vim
min paints clock k-faces, an pints shoe
paigs, an the men invents rat-traps,
man-traps, an new tangled doctrines
fur the aid ov the devil. In fac hit
am his garden, whar he kin grow what
won't sprout any Whar else.
''Well, this critter look't like a cross
atween a black snake an fireman's
ladder. He were eighteen an a 'alf
hans high, an modelled like onto a
shiugle makers Shawn boss, an wer
as yaller as water dorg wifi the jan
ders. His eyes were like ontu coon's
an his foot wer the biggest chunk ov
meat an knotty bones ever seed tn
have no CUTS intu hit. Now eff he had
one gif what wud make yu take tn him,
| never seed hit, an eff he ever did
good ur a straight ahead thing, 1 new
er hearA- hit. He cud praps be
skard intu actin right fur mint ur tu
at time, but hit wudn't last. He cum
amung US a ole field schoolmaster-
soon shed that shell, an cum out as
oily, slippery lawyer as ever tuck
fee. Why, he'd helt his own in a
pond full ov eels, an a swollerd the
last durn one ov EN-, an then sot the
pond tn turnin shoe-paig mill. Well,
he practised on all mistortinat devils
round that sarkit, till he got sassy,
got niggers, got rich, got forty maui
ings fur his nastiness, an tn put a cap
sheaf ontu his stack ov raskality, got
religion, an got tn Congress.
''The fust thing he did thar wer tu
proffer tn tend the Capitol grounds in
inyuns an beans on the shears, an tn
sell the statoot ov Columbus to ten
pin alley, fur sign, an the she injun
wifi him, tu send back the balls. He
stole the Roman sword ofen the stone
pictur of war thar, an fotch hit tn his
wife fur a meat chopper. He prac-
tised lor ontu yu fur enything yu he'd
from a handful ov chestnuts tu plan
tashun, an tn tell hit all in mint
when he dies he'll make the fastest
trip tn the center ov SCOT, sorrow, an
smoke on record, not even sceptin ole
Iskariott's fast time.
| ii,
! -steat a hoss by accident, got Still
yards to. 'feud him, got intu the peni-
tentiary, an Stillyards got all he heC
"a half hound dorg, an ole eigh
day Yankee clock, fur sendin hin
thar.
"He tuck big young mar from 1
widder, named McCloud, fur losin
land case. SO he walked out intu tina
neighborgood tn gether up an tot
home his fees, an / met up wifi him.
He he'd the clock tied ontu his bacl
pack peddler fashion, leadin the ma
in one hand an the dorg by rop
wifi tother. The dorg wer enterpri
sin an led too fast-the mar wer sui
Ky an led tn slow, an the clock we
-tu heavy, an the day hot, an he we
hevfn-a-egaad time generally wifi
J feesS-his. sweat, an his Inean Cnou2h hts
So he commenced tryin tn hire me t
n help him tu town, fur a gil ov whisky
/ ''Now, who ever hearn tell ov@a gi
ov whisky in these parts afore !? VIII
= hit s0rter sounded like inch of cord
wood ,enr ounce 0v scornshucks. H
!. suited me. So 1 sot in fu fix wa
d tn put gill ur so .ov pussonal dis
d comfozt onder his Shut, an / did it
u u Sez /, 'Yu mout save that whisky
" yu dus asI tell Yu: ss.Jis. yu git alto
that she hoss thar, tie that ar dorg
: rope round her neck, set the time m
up ontu her back, Anime yu, an t
hit round yersef; that makes her to
the furniture, tote yu, an'-lead yer w
erbil dorg, while yu govern the NOV
ment wifi good hickory an them bi
die strings, don't yu see?
''He pouched out his mouf, nodd
his head five or six times, bend
but one iint bout the middle ov tn
long yaller neck oy hisn, an sal
Vas, good surgestshun, Mr.. Low
good an / sot in tn help him fix
IS. things. peeled lots ov good bal
: got the clock on ahind, back to ba
wifi him ontu the mars bar cuplin, {
tied hit round his carkus like l me
them tu stick as long as hit run, ur
lived, an hit cum durnd nj duin /
h He sed hesthot the thing wud wo
5m- lnS an so did 1. BY golly, 1 seed
on on; redish brown fire a playin in the ma
eyes, an quick twitching in her flal
what 1 knowed, an understood
Ai' mean, that shed make orful thir
happen purity durn' soon. The sh
7ie pint ov StiIyard' s tail bone, an
clock legs wer & maxim lively surge
shuns tn a devil intu her as big a
q Vearlin.