Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-08-30
President TYLER as Road Overseer.
From the Soc York sun.

81 When people IN Virginia talk
about good families they mean
those who, by their own force OF
character and intellect, have been
able to maintain the ascendency they
Inherited from their colonial progeni-
tors. Thus, in reviewing the list of
distinguished men in Virginia, twill
be found that the same surnames
recur frequently. John Randolph
was only one of number of Ran
dolphs who have occupied exalted
Stations. The Daniels in every gen
Grafton have furnished celebrated
ind or lawyer. The F'loyds also
have long been distinguished people.
There is a county in West Virginia
named for Governor Floyd, Mr..
Buchanan's secretary of War. Mr..
George Floyd's plantation, UP IN
farewell County, enjoys much dls-
tinction among the people of the
neighborhood Mr. Floyd was an
eccentric man, who, among other
singular possessions, owned buffalo
Of the plains, bought from a travel
ing circus. The creature was suppos-
ed to be dying when MIR. Floyd
bought it, butt soon proved itself to
be worth all the dead butfaloes between
the Atlantic and the Pacific. 1t was
4 ferocious looking beast, and the ter
ror of the neighborhood Marvellous
Stories were told of its jumping
nowers. 1t chased the negroes, the
COWS, the horses and the pigs, and
several times gave Mr.. Floyd race
for his life. One summer the colored
people had a camp-meetlng in Floyds
woods. Great enthusiasm prevailed.
The meeting was kept going ON all
night as we'll as all day, and was
audible a mile away. One night,
amid the most tremendous excite
ment, when penitents by the hundred
were bowling in the straw spread in
front of the pulpit, one venerable
sister began to shout her joy, en-
couraged oy the minister, who preach
ed from an improvised pulpit, con
sisting of hogshead of water, with
two poles and cross piece in front of
1T to steady him during his gyrations,
The colored sister cried:
# de sabin' grace am come to dis
here old sinner. am afeared o no
n body nor nothin' Gaze de Lord am
here. Eff de debbil hisself was to
II lump down outen dem bushes on ter
4me jes' would say, 'Clar out, Satanl
& You amt got no bizness wild de Lord
'pinted Git away wild yo' horns an
yo' hoofsr"
Just then, according to the story,
8bellow resounded. Mr. Floyd's buff
falo, being determined to put himself
where he could do the most harm,
" made a run for the crowd, and, jump
ing through the thicket, landed in
front of the colored lady, and snort
ing, believing, and lashing his tail,
a began to tear up the ground furiously.
h She made a terrified spring for the
Mpulpit, but her weight broke in the
top of the hogshead and the preacher,
as well as herself tumbled into the
swater The buffalo, lowering his
head with a vicious roar dashed at
the hogshead In ten minutes the
camp meeting was no more; every one
yof the crowd had fled, leaving The
women alone with the
sbuffalo 1t was said that when the
8ld woman finally got on her feet
and took to flight, hotly pursued by
Il the buffalo, she never stopped run
ming until she got to Tazewell Court
81 House, twelve miles distant, where
~ the buffalo gave up the chase.