The Red Cloud chief., 1875-05-20

o hour. and when they were all gone
ne 81, down and h.w!ed became there
were no more. II Wa y pifiiul sight In
zee. One day I took him TO the
barn TO Kill rats: ii sas completely
undermined With holes aud ] stationed
him 81 a hole on one side. and | Wen 10
another place and punched them mp
Well, the rats began Ia pour out AID he
killed a hundred: and they commenced
coming too thick for INN, and he csught
three in his mouth, and got one under
each foot. and her I wish l may ne
smashed il he didn't back up and stick
his tail in the hole to stop them until he
had killed what he had: after he hal
killed those, he openei the hole %
let them come again. but every little bit
they would get too fast FIR him. and he
would back up and stop the hole. lie
did that SO times and killed 2,4S11. rats.
Poor fellow! TIE strain on ms mind
was too much for him; and he died
next day of npoalexy."
Alter he had finished, ON one would
ask about the half of q rat, and he
would say "Oh 1 can't just explain it
but / know tie figures are right; il oc-
Cured sone way in averaging"
IT any one should speak OF travelling
after night, The Was ready with his
story:
"Gentlemen, I once made a rcmarka-
bic dive after night. l was driving a
six horse team. and my ligh.est horse
weighed a ton. had to Cross a long,
open, rickety bridge, about a hundred and
eighty feet high. that would hardly bear
q hundred pounds; the bridge was two
inches O than my wagon, but by
allowing the tire to jut over an inch on
each side l could make it. My wagon tire
was only an inch and a quarter wide,
and you see l hadn't much to play
on. The night was very dark, dark as
a stack of 'niggers,'-so dark that ]
couldn't sec an elephant four inches
ahead of me. Well, I drove to the
bridge. whipped my team into a galIop,
and crossed it as straight rs an arrow,
but of course | felt a little queer"
IL you were talking Of stout men he
would tell this:
"Gentleman, I once lifted a o der,
able load for n man of my size. 1t &C
Cured in this way: / was recovering
from a severe sickness, and was as weak
rs a child. was sitting in front OF my
house one morning, when my kiln al
lumber took fire. I was seasoning 100,
900 feet of lumber to build a milk house
with; it was supported by several
posts. When I saw the fire / shouted to
my men U had fifteen hands working for
mel to go and push it down; they went
and tried their best to do so, but couldI't
bulge il. Well, I got mad-very mad
and I went and seized a post, and, put.
ting all my strength against il, PUSHED
THE PILE oF LUMBER DOWN, but must
confess that l felt sore for a few hours
Or sometimes he would tell this:
"Gentlemen, l wal recovering from
cholera. l was very low and weak, 50
weak that If you would fan me right
hard l would fall over. ! went out rid.
ing one morning on u large, powerful
horse I suppose lie would weigh n ton
the wind vas blowing a gale; as l was
crossing a rotten bridge his front legs
fell through, anu I thrown off. Wei
I didn't know what to do. l COULDN'T
see anybody around; the horse was floun'
dering about and if something wa.n'
done pretty quick he would break his
legs. Well in a sort of mad frenzy ]
put myself against his breast and gave
a tremendous lift-that made me SET
stars and I raised him right up; but
am bound to admit that IT made me sc
sick that 1 couldn't ride, and / had t.
walk home"
If you should ever happen to hav,
chickens for a topic, lobe was ready witt
this story:
"GentIemep,'- he always began hi,
discourse IN the p%olitest manner,-"it j,
singular how long a chicken will live
without air. A remarkable thing once
happened to a hen on my fathers farn
when ] was a boy. We had an old white
hen that was setting in a barrel il til,
barn. Well, when We cut u hay W,
piled it in tie barn, and by accident W
covered up the old hen about 90 feet
She remained covered up more than tive
years. When VIC moved the lay off o.
the barrel there was the old hen. II wa.
a very pitiful sight to see her, she was q
thin; when / lifted her up she seemed
considerably tighter than a feather; ana
as soon as tie fresh air struck her she died
I think that when fresh air strikes any.
thing that has been confined a long timt
that way IT will die"
If you were discussing politics anG
candidate he would give You this one:
'Gentlemen, some years ago, when
lived in C%ulpepper county, Virginia, m!