Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1882-04-27


ovo huzsin oil over tho congregation Ole
Bulin hisself looked down at me over his
ole copper specks, on hit sed js es plain es
o look cud say bit: .Yu am thar, ar yu-
durh Ju, hits well for yu that yu cum.' 1
wud been we'll fur yu, eff [ hadn't cum,
but | didn't say hitjis then. Thar wer q
lnonstrus crowd IN that grove, fur the
weather wcr fine, am believers wcr plenty
foun' about Rattil suaik Springs. Ole
Bullin gin out, an' they sung that hyue,
| yu know:
"Thor will be mournin, mournn yere, an
mournin thar,
On that dredful day tn cum."
"Thinks I. ole hoss kin hit be possibil
enybody hes toe you what's gwne tn
happin; an then tho't that nobody kuow'd
hit but me, and wer oumforted. He mex
tuck hissef a tex pow'fiy mixed wifi beim-
stone, nnd trimmed wifi blue flames, no
then he opened lie commenced outu the
sinners; he threatened em orful, tried tu
skeer EN- wifi al! the wust varmints he oud
think Owe. an arter while he got ontu the
SUN. He tolo Gu how the olo He'll sar-
penis would sarvc EN- ii they didn't ropout;
how cold they'd ornwl over thar nakid body,
how like outu pitch thcy'd stick tn CT en-
they crawlcd; how tney'd rap thar tails
roun thur n3lks chottn cost, poke thar
tungs up thar noscs,.un hiss intu thar years
This wer the way they wcr tu serve men
folks Then Ii turned outu tho wimmen:
tolc EN- how they'd guile intu thar tuzzims
an how they wud crawl down nnhcy char
frock strings, no odds how tito they tied
en- az how some or the o'des' md wus
ones wud crawl up thar loiy an 'rayi on-
der thar garters, no odds how tito they tied
EN-, % when the two armies owe Hell sar"
pints met, then. That las remark
otch EN-. Owe ALI the scrcamin an,l bol--
lcrin an loud cr,in, ever hearp, beguc
all at onst nIl over the Whole arouD jis cs be
holle,cd out that word then Tie ken on
n beIerin, but ! got So busy jis then, that
| didn't listen tn him much, tur saw that
my time fur ncsEun he'd cum. Now yu
see, George, Id cotch seven or eight big
pot bcllicd lizards, an he'd en- in Iirtil
narier bag, what had made pnrrus.
Thar tolls all at the bnttim, an SD crowded
when lie wer ravin ontu his tip toes; an n
knowcnst to enybudy. ontied nay i,.y oyn
reptiles, put the mouf owe til, ondcr the
mouf of his brtvhcs laig, an sot iusu
pincbin thar tails. Quick cs gunp,wdcr
they uil tuck up his bar lniy. naking Mise
like squirrls climbin shell t,,i hiokory
lie stopt preachin rich, /" the ddil owe
the word 'damnatiun,' az looked fur mo.
ment like he wer 'istcniu fur sumthin-
sortcr like II ole SOW dus, when >ho hears
yu whstlin fur the dor.s The tarifich
shape owe his fectcrs stop't tho shoutin anJ
screamiD; instantly yn cud hearn cricket
chirp, | gin long uroau, an hill my head
n twixt my knees lie gin hisscf suu
orful open hanncd slaps wif fust orn hand
an then luther, about the place Hh.v VI
cut the bes steak ouren a beef Then he'd
fetch u vigorous rough rub whsr Losses
TIL sprouts; ,hcn he'd stomp one foot then
luther, then bof 1T onst. 'Jnru be run lis
han atwecn his wnis,tun an lis shut an
rcnch'd way down, an roun Wit hit then he
spread his big aigs, an gin hs back good
rat'lin rub agin the pulpit. like hog
scratches hissclf aSin stump, lcaoin tn
hit powful, and twitchin an >qnirming all
over, cs cf he'd slept in dnrg bed ur onto
Il pisant hill About this ;imc, one oye nv
lizz,rGs scared aud hurt by all this poundin
an fcclln, an scratcpin, popped out his head
frum the pAs,un's shu; collar. m his ole
brown naik, an wer survcyin !hn crowd
when ole Bullin struck at il" jil too late, lur
he'd dndsed back aglu The he'll dcs irwin
ole raskiFs speech now cum tn i'm, M Scz
he, pray tur NE brethren "a Ssierrn. fur
is a r"stiln wif the great incmy rite nnw!
an his voice wer the mos pitilu t. imblln
thing ever hcnrn Sum owe the wiu,men
totch painter yell. an a young dor,nr. vii
ramrod aps, lcan'l tuw,ri me mnnstrous
KNOWN like. and srz he. 'Gar case nvc De-
lishus Trcm MUS Inoid d my head an
seq |, 'fas, spechuly the trrmcrjns ,rt, m
lse feard hit hHint at hits worst. Oc Bul~
Inns cy ycs wer stiokin out like ontu two
buck eyes flung agin mud wall, an he
yer cuttin up more shines nora cOckro,c',
10 hot skillet on wcnt the caw ham
mcr coat, an he flung hit ahlne in like he
wer a gwno inlu il fight; I've hid no Jacki,
tu take oft, so he unbuttonci his gelusos un
vigrusIy flung the ainds back over his head
lie fo,ch his shut over handed durnd
ste taster nor g"i quito y pasted one,
and then flung hit strait up in the mir,
like he jis wanted hittu keep on up fur
''cy bat il ln"""d o"tu .hcS jack, au
seed one Of ,1y izza,d, vii lis tail up
a racin about nl over the ole dirty shut,
shared too rad tn jump Tcn he yin
'ortcr shake an s;omp'n' kind 0' twia'
an he come outer his briiehcs. 70 took
'em bY the bottom of the lDips and suu,,,