The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1878-06-15
! For This Democrat. n-l.a a.aot.
,Incidents'in Western Life.
"Truth Stranger than Fiction
ny A CITIZEN OF CALHOUN COUNTY.
CONTINUED FROM LAST wEgR.
:" CHAP. XI. o.

ealeu beech nuts have climbed under
the uAtursla bridge and aoatcd down
The Lts!Is KvuaSha river have hunt,
u tic Mid deer in. tho upqut4nips Of
Calhoun, y and. ran down Opossqu il
the low laudsIoE Virginia; I havs. bssn
chased by . rattle snake, andiihugged
BY . blaqk bc.r; bavc. stood upon the
poiut Of asOuc spIiutsred peak, aud
from its dizzy height have snulfed tue
ali, Of freedom, aud fought tho musqui.
tos, without aiuching hase stood in
deep recesses Of some moulsain gorge,
when the gloom was Al blaeE as the ra-
yen's wing-dark as the regions Of
unblcstio,eruity !; have heard tho scream
Of the eagle, tho howl Of the wolf, and
the tLuuder. of,the cataracfs roar,--!
but never had / such feelings, as when
Goorge,Lyuch, and, Pres Pew turned
their internal stud horses loose On mo
coming down the mountain opposite
Glenville. Narrow was tLe.road and
s.raighs" ,awas the vay, down, tbs
mountain side. I..was riding ahead,
when Pew called to MIC, to stop, saying
hc couldn't, hold lhisi horse,i and if l
didn't stop he would dismount and let
him 60, l.told him to lct;hls horse 60.
aud :ha himself might g9to splace
where. l have informed. they use
. good dcal !. Of brimstouS l didn's
think be would let his horse loose. but
he, did, audIhcro tho horse came down
tue steep descent. jumping knocking,
suortiug aud plugging as.if thA devil
was at bis heels, aud Pew ,ou the dsv.
lis back; l hsd jus. ,ime to slip out
Of my saddle and hug the .bauk. and
didn't hug it close, when the horse
dashed BY like shooting star ia a
cloudy night. The road was 50 steep he
Jcsould mot stop to say, how are oa,and
as::he passed he kindly took of ons-half
NJ my saddloJskirts. Giving Pow a.
few inverted blessings, not forgetting
Lynch who was holding bis horse.
following whoa whoa and every now
aud then giving him lick behind with
hickory .wi,hc to make bin Zip up
bis tall I succeeded in getting gttho
gentlemen Ion level ground. Getting
this time in the rear, aud witha pocket
full Of rocks, I let drive at them. aud.
away they went down tho pikslikc.
young John, Gilpius, as fast as their
horsercouliL iLfupr until theglgetto the
Fiserepfosa0 GlsuviIlO .~hesa The road
+tgsnSadqsn plhc Fivor;stbqy tried to
tuFh kbeits ,Lorses,, but ;shaplsito thq:
Lord thsycould'nt make tue! rifle aud
id)thsyoiweur horses aud.ridersr plu
jun llpia ajupl into tho EpillL pond.
The .waylthe,.Water flow NssRogagiQu,
10, thsiuasiyes. and old Sam tBtannon
WHO sawYis, told ne aftotwAsdsd that be
Thought il was Amphitiits. nursing her
babes :updes the, swsyes-tvo sucking
.hurrieanes. After seeing The gentle;
'niau properly immersed, ! rode to the
ferry and d crossed oyer. { sssa.i... v.
That evening "a after shifting and
shaving, ! quis!lyisl slipped = bowie knife
! between NY shoulders, put 40 old fash
'iOped, ass. !" pepper-box" ia my pocket,
and>ealIed At, Mr. Pew's TO inquire Of.
ter hi, health. His kind lady met me
az The door, and with 4 sad smile
(Which disarmcd me,) Informed me
that Mr: Pew was indispo,el, having
been caught out, in . thunder