Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-05-26
A PULLIN' MATCH.
Cleveland Leader.

Cleveland Leader.
A Leader reporter happened in Dan
Gators, just to light cigar, when he
heard the champion yarn about "Pullin'
Matches Drawing his cost sleeve
under his mustache the red-nosed man
leaned back on the bar and essayed-
"Seein' the barkeeper draw that cork
reminds me-"
''Of how you frescoed your nose" IN
terrupted the reading man.
He scowled and proceeded:
1T reminds me-"
"Of how your wife lifted yonr top
hair interposed the old bachelor.
''Git out y he retorted. ut reminds
me Of a taffy pullin'-' ),
ooh, come now, don't give US tafy,
sandwiched the bartender.
Reminds me ola taf,y pullin'-'
"Oh, pull in and let us ashore. in
jected the man whosquirts tobacco juice.
"You fellers are mighty afraid Of
water, that's Shore he growled, as no
yielded the arena.
Speaking Of pullin',' ventnred Ole
Renaissance, "pnts me in mind Of .
balky mare my father used to drive-a
high-steppln' bay, with a tail Ike a
shock of fodder. She could pull camp
meetin' when she wanted to, but she'd
look back over her pedigree occasionally
and wouldn't pull hard enough to draw
a blank in q lottery. One day the ole
man struck the foot Of q Morgan county
hill with three thousand pounds Of salt
on the wagon. That mare commenced
switching her tail sideways, glanced at
the grade and squatted down in the
brichin.' The old man saw he was in
for it, an he just sot thar and whistled,
unconcerned like, for half an hour; but
she didn't get homesick an 60. He put
dust in her ear, lifted her forefoot, blind
folded her so she couldn't see the hill,
r backed her, took the haw-swiDg, and
! all them highfalutin ways Of babyin'
brute cussedness. But it just seemed to
entertain her, and reconcile her to her
sedentary situation. Then he went to
q lammin' her in good old orthodox style.
0 She squealed aud kicked and slashed her
big tail about till it tangled round the
i wagon hammer an haunds as tight 90
k tow-line, and a leetle shorter than her
;, trace-ehains.
d ''she looked back, gave her tail tre-
I, menus yank, an saw it was fast She
j. gathered herself with shiver, give q
10 snort, an started up the bill like a
Y comet, snatching that wagon and three
r thousand pounds Of salt at the end Of
)" her tail, the other house lopin' to keep
# ny, an the old man bracin' back Oh thu
re lines to keep her back bone pullin' out
ID like a parsnip. Jest at the top Of TIT
to hill the tail.gate gave way, the sal
ne barrels shot down the hill, an the Of,
mare struck for home, nose out, tail taut
~ an, the empty wagon an the OF hors
et an the old man rattlin' along in.
no whirlwind Of dust and glory, like tn
IS, chariot of Elijah. They rounded up il
or the barn-yard without break, save tn
lis mare she was broke Of balkin','
ng "Wh-h.h-e-e-w y responded the ma
at who whistles.
"That beats any tale on record" sal
the reading man.
"Purty salt on the ole mare adde
be the bar tender.
ooh, that three thousand pounds {
we salt is to keep the story from spilin'
il grinned the red-nosed man, revengefull,
,ry "The biggest pullin' ever saw WI
nd out in the Rocky mountains" began Il
II whittier, whetting his knife OIL his DO,
,od top.
,ed "We struck grade among the bluf
, q where we had to splice two freig
q wagons together and put the whole Sc
ties enty yoke Of cattle on, hookin, chain
&c chain from the lead quarter Of a mi
md long. We put man an whip to ca
I'm, yoke an commenced crawlin' up t
mt mountain Ikea snake. just erthir
,od, yoke got on top the second bluff t
yoke was down in the cauyun, and t
ON. balance tuggin up the first bluff, VIII
AN the wagons stuck. The whips co
Or menced poppin' like a skirmish fire
. Of along thh line. The wagons neN
,om budged. The thirty yoke just spre
law themselves out, stretching the CHI