The avant courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1871-1872, 1872-02-29
kentucky jokes.

It was during the Presidential campaign
which resulted in the election Of Buchanan
4 that the writer OF the appended sketch,if
i company with three other politicians. rois
from Paducah to Boston, Ky, IN 4 hack
, They were bound for ONE Of the old fashioned
,barbecues. and be tells what happened On
the way thus: OH
The joking Judge N. was one OF the party,
and the bottles that peeped out from the bar
ket under the seat seemed to improve the
i sparkle Of his wit. til. flavor Of Ills jokes,
contagi0n. even reached the driver.
Orr fun was at its highest when. turning 1
curve in the road. we saw.sd0Wn its hot dus-
ty stretch, a solitary OK cart. with IFS owner
1percIled upon what proved to be bags Of corn.
/ As a kind of advance guard. 2 great, ugly.
brindle dog came trotting along in advance,
| and attracted by our ] Disc. he threw himself
Lin an attitude OF defiance, determined 70 dis
Ipute our advance. With his savage growl,
red eyes an erect bristIes, he indeed presented
formidable appearance. Judge NJ. could not
let such an opportunity tor apractical joke
pass. Said he: . 0
| ..I'lI bet the drinks for the day that lean
run that dog OFF the road, $500 . sst y
'.Don,,,n said we. eais
Stopping our hack, he got out, and threw
the skirts of his :. swa1low-tailed" coat over
his shoulders, stuck his old slouch hat on the
back OF his head, and going down on ..al
fours,'' he scampered toward the dog with the
most trightful yells. reminding one Of the
fable of the ass in the lions skin. This was
too mucn for the dog and bowling with
fright. he took to the brush. The oxen also
saw the fearful monster coming down the
road. and with one wild below they took to
the brush. with their tails standing straight
out behind. Away they went, with Wheel
bouncing if,:the air, bags of corn bursting
open, and spiiling their contents IN contin-
uous drill *-ssf .
whoa, Blaze ! Whoa Ball !. O. Lordy VI
what shall dos" cane from the frightened
man on the cart, as he was bounding from
side to side, now grabbing a .cart-po le, then
catching at bag OF corn rs it went over the
side. .-. j.. -. ...,. sa.a-..,- .,-. ..g..
\ This kind eof performance couldn't last /
without change for better or worse, as the
oxen went tearing down the steep bank Of
little creek and overturned everything in the
water, about waist deep One oxen. getting
loose. went up the opp site bank and soon
disappeared, while the other covered down,
1lteously believing as we came upsto the HI
'cene of disaster. There stood the poor man ,
n water to his waist, his wagon overturned.
md half his corn soaking in the water. while ,
he other halt was scattered IN the Woods. ;
Ie looked scared and pitiful, and said:
20, Lordy, stranger, don't never do that
II any more I'm ruinetl!" 5t5s MffHIlss
1t was splendid success, that joke, and /,
here stood the Judge holding on to sapiing ,
nd laughing till tie tears ran down his
heeks. - ffs II
We took up a subscription tor the poor {
elbow. The Judge headed the list with an t
mount nearly covering the damages. and we /,
dde,i to it until we LETT the man in thank 4
illness that he had sold his corn so well. At t
be barbecue the Judge bet all his money on a | {
ftle horse race. and lost, and from hat. and Q
he effects Of his drinks aata our expense, We /.
ad to carry him to- our hack on barn-loor. 1
Il. his way home he insisted upon standing
n his head.
Which was the ruined man Toledo Blade.
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