Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1880-09-09

Joe took notion to 90 In swim
ming, and had just got his clothes
off when he saw Deacon Smiths
bull making at him. The bull was
vicious animal, and had come
near killing several persons, con
sequcntly Joe felt "jubus." He
diGn't want 10 call for help, for he
was naked, and the nearest place
from where assistance conld arrive
was the meeting house, which was at
that time filled with worshlppers,
among them was the "gal joe was
paying his devoirs to-" So he
doGgcd the bull as the animal came
at him, anC managed to catch him
by the tail. He WAS dragged around
until nearly dead, ard when he
thought he conld stand it no longer,
he made mp his mind he had better
holler, and now we will let him
tell his own story
$50 looking at this matter in all
its bearings, cum to the conclu-
sion that [ had better let some one
know where | WAS. So | gin IL
veil, louder than a locomotive
whistle, and il war'nt long before
| seed the deacor's two dogs com
ing down like as if they war seem
which could get thar first. | Enowed
who they were arter, they'G jine
the bull agin ne. SO, saz l, old
brindle. as ridin' is as cheap as
walkln' on this route. if you've no
objections I'll Jest take deck pas
sage on that ar back of ourn. So
| warn't long gittin astride of him
Then if you had been thar you'd
have sworn that thar warnt any
Thing iinuiah in that ar mix-the
sile flew so orfully, as the critter
and | rolled around the field-one
dog on one side and one on t'other,
tryin' to clinch my feet. l PRAYED
and cusscd and cussed and prayed
until conldn'tyteH wliat}I did last
aid neither warn't of no use,
they were sozorfully mixed mp.
t'Well, L recon L had rid about
half an hour this way, when the
old brindte thought it is time to
stop to take n supply of wind and
cool IF a little So when we got
round TO a tree that stood thar, he
naturally halted so scz l, old boy
you will lose one passenger sartin
So | just clum mp branch kalker-
lating to roost till | starved, afure
I'd ride around that arr way any
Elcnger- / war making tracks fol
the top OF the tree, when l hearo
somethin' maxim an awful. buz-
zin' overhead. kinder looked
mp, aud if-thar wasn't-well, tllar's
no use swearin'-but it war the
biggest hornets nest ever built
You'll gin in now, Isreckon, [ j.
canse there's no help for you. Blu
an idea struck me then that
stood q heap better chance a riGin
tEe bull than whar | was. Sez
old feller, ifyou'll hold on I'll riJ'
to the next station anyhow, let tha
| be whar it will.
so | jjst drapped aboard o
him sgin' and looked aioft TO Sc,
what l had gained by chapgin.
quarters; Pm a liar, If thar warn
nigh half bnshelfof the sfiugin,
va' miDts ready to pitch into M
when the word sgo' WAS gin.g Som
on6t1n bit the d. gs, about a quar-
struck me, and Che rest charged OIL
brinidfe.. ''Sss' s''~ "'s'
''fhis time the dogs led off fus,
dead bent for the deacon's 5 and, a
soon as old brindle could git nnde
way we follered and as was
i deck passenger, 1 had nothing, t
!. -dolwi steefins the crait4lif I ha
) we shouldn't have Inp that chan
r mel, anyhow. Bntas said tefor
: the dogs tnck be lead, ,brindle an
] next, and the hornets directl
sarter-the dogs yellin', ), brindi
Ibellerin, and the hornets buzzil
and lstingin. f.sa lsiss 3 IS
Well, we he'd got about .tw
hundred yardsif from the house,an