The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1880-04-07
EEssSii II 1880
Daddy Sonny and WALLER
Hound.


Daddy sonny and WALLER
Hound.
Ever heard bout the scriinmags
I, ,pae and Case had with d bar owe
long The iRattlesnakes GreekY askeo
BB6ld Jers gGreen4ng, as he piled the
6gslan The FIRE in his coy littlecab
~ ar this jliage. Jerry is one d
Rsntefa III Pike county, and
ke,hiliiseence are peculiarly in
ttdfeeting =
s"i7 all about it'fore Case,
yc ki my son Case, don't ye2-
Icanesk ! h, y me AN : n IL
that etsF old lyal hoqn' Of n
khe'sd7 Z year old a comm ssTrS6g
ave start opt after bee tree. Wall,
weswas waikin long kinder qsribt
like, when an to a spudent that cusei
|edshonn' oftmine ee thealls6TesiSst
yell eyer i hear, az leter tbelbr3sh
( ssl |ehleRjus bISslS
bar IN be kanecdit that 6sr@ash't
ten loot long. WallSthe bar stood
still in the path an looked at me an
Case, an Case an me stood still an
looked at the bar, an I'll be gosh
hangedif it 'twasn'tso com'cal | just
sot down on the. grouns an LATED.
Then Case he got upon his ear, cos
we had no gun nor uothin' with us
,ceptin' an axe, and SO he yells to me:
sRecon ye'd better'n get up a tree,
niles ye want ter git chawed into
mince-meat," sez he. Jest bout thet
time Mr.. Bar made for Case, an I
Skinned up a tree.
sRall, he went for the bar with
the axe, an all of a student the ole
concen flew often the handle; SO Case
he started fur terclimb a tree as the
bar came fur him. Wall, sir, to see
Case climbin' that ar tree with that
bar after'm was morn | could stan
50 jest burst out lafin' agin. Then
Case he got red-hot mad, an the way
he slung the profanity roun' were
caution. Jest about the time he be-
gin calm me all sorts er names
that bar reached up and pulled of
one Cases butes, an, when he touch
ed the groun' he struck that ar butte
jest like that seventeen-year-old dog
of mine wud a rat. But the butte
didn't seem to satisfy him, so he
climb the tree agin. Case saw him
a comm so he yells out, 81 am gon-
er, dad" / sez, "Hold the fort an
give him t'other butte" Jest then
Case sez, I'll fill the ole cuss."
wall, sir, that bar clim' Almost
to where Case were a settin', when
all to once't see Case maxim some
motions with his fingers. Sez /, "Be
you a fixin' him?" Sez he, 81 be-"
Jest then the ole devil gave a terrible
roar an let go the tree. / t'pose
you'll hardly b'lieve it, but gosh
hang. me Y thet bar didn't turn. a.
etlfnilyeTss;lt tfri a = s;s,.
head. Yes, sir, its d. solemn fac
thet thet bar.fel on hiz' head so hard
thet he broke hiz neck. I. The whole
thing were so cussed eotnical thet /
got latin an fell clean off the limb
| was straddlin' an nearly broke my
neck. When Case come outen the
tree, sez !: what made the bartum-
ble?' He looks at me minnit an
then pulls out a pepper-box. Wall,
sir, that ar boy-I alters calls him
boy, though he's 3S year ole comm
hayin' time-had stole the ole wo.
mans pepper-box, jest to tant'lize
her, an that's what saved his life
He sprinkled the pepper in the bars
eyes an nearly drove him frantic, so
he dropped. But the strangest part
of the story is the dog When me
an Case went back after the bar
with an hoss wagon, I'll be blasted
if we didn't fin thet ole yeller houn'
up mother tree yellin' like sin. Yes,
sir, thet ar dog he'd been SO scarf
that he jist clim' thet tree. 'thout
thinkin'. Mebbe you think Tn ly-
in when ! say that bar weighed $50
poun's. ! never lied yet, an Pm
gettin' too ole to learn, fur Pm night
70 years OLE"