The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1879-12-09

into the very top limbs, sot thar, when
his pursuers cum up, tremblin and
shakln like he had the ager, with his
shirt all tore to ribbons, and his legs and
feet bleedin where they was cut and
scratched all to pieces with the brush
and brlars.
His friends tried to coax him down
from the tree, but all they could do
they couldn't get him 10 move n peg
"Cum down, Samy /" ses Billy Will
der Whatupon yearth Is got into you
to cut slch antiok this mornin 2"
Sam never sed word, but Jest kept
on groanin and screamln, and holdin
tight to the tree.
Come down, Samy we's your
friends-nobody shan't hurt YOU" ses
one.
"Oh, don't take me this time, Mr.
Devil !" ses Saw, lookin down as wild
as loon.
" Nonsense ses Bob Moreland.
"Thir amt no devil here. Don't you
know us, Sam Cum down and less go
before you ketch yer deth !"
"Ow low 100000 !" ses Sam.
"Oh, don't be fool ~ ses John Hen
bricks, who was one of his watchers
Cum down out of that Nobody aint
gwine to hurt you ~
But all the coaxin in creation couldn't
move him peg. He know'd the Old
Boy was after him, and he was deter
mined not to give himself up as long
as he could keep out of his reach
Findin they couldn't do nothing by
reasonin with him, they all agreed to
go away and hide themselves, and see
If he wouldn't come down by himself.
But thar he sot for more'n over, max
in the ugliest noise through his rattlin
teeth that ever mortal heard, lookin
about all the time as wild as buck
rabbit but without movin to cum
down.
"I'll bring him." ses John Hendricks
and with that he sent a niger to town
to bring him bottle of Ticker. AS soon
as the Ticker cum, he tuck IL and went
to the tree and ax'd Sam If he wouldn't
take sumthin to drink.
Cow ow Loo oo-oo !" was all that
Sam could say. After trying in vain TO
convince him that he wasn't no devil,
John sot the bottle on stump, little
ways Off from the tree, and then went
and hid himself agin to watch
BY this time the sun was up several
overs, and the frost was Off the ground.
Sam begun to git monstrous dry, and
after looking all round, and being sure
the devils was all gone, down he cum,
and gwine to the bottle, tuck a good
swig. That brung him too little, and
after waiting few minits, to see how 1t
operated, his friends surrounded him
and carried him to his room, whar
every thing was soon explained to his
satisfaction.
The whole circumstance crowd out
of "a fox hunt what the boys was gwine
to have that mornin. They had cum
after Bob Moreland, what lived next
door to Odum, and blowed their horns
to wake him up, which sot the hounds
to yellin SO.
The doct or was sent for, and poor
Odum was put to bed agin. He was
hurt considerable in his airin, and
wasn't able to be about agin for sum
time. The dreadful cold he got liked to
kill him, and scared him SO bad that he
swore off drinking any more as long as
he lived, an jined the temperance socie-
ty the fust thing when he got well.
He has never had anything more to
do with "the man with the poker" and
is now one of the greatest total absti-
nence men in Georgy. He has had his
shirt what he wore that mornin made
into banner, and whenever his society
has procession, he carries it, as he ses,
for warnin to all drunkards. He don't
work any harder now than he used to,
but he's gittin along right smart, and L
wouldn't be surprised to see him rich
man yet before he dies.
An Essay on Man.