The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1883-04-05
Auderspn 0ntelligenser,
Tie Collie Medicine.

says: A butter peddler from Honey Lake
relates with great glee how neighbor Of
his was cured Of too frequently tippling
the gin bottle. This neighbor married a
young, handsome and spirited lady, and
for month or two all went well in the
house and about the farm; then the hus.
band fell back into his old track. The
wife demonstrated, and for time the
husband reformed. Presently, however,
she became satisfied that the bottle tip
pling" was going on. When she spoke
to her husband about the matter he
sw0re that the ''aroma" she detected was
that of collie medicine he was taking,
he having developed a most intractable
collie, for the relief Of which he had
brought home and paraded a bottle Of
medicine
The wife was confident that there was
kept somewhere about the premises a
considerable store of n very different
kind of medicine. She kept her own
counsel, and at the same tine st,ict
watch In q day or two she discovered
under manger in the barn the secret
hoard. She said nothing Of the discov-
cry to her husband.
Soon after the husband had business at
neighbours some two miles away. On
his return he was somewhat surprised at
seeing note pinned on the trout door.
He hastily advanced and read as follows
Ben: You will find the key of the
house where you keep your collie mcdi
cine. have taken Kitty and gone
home to my mother. Father and brother
Bob will come TO morrow for the trunk
in which have packed my things
NELLIE.
The husband rushed to the barn. At
q glance he saw that kittie, his wifc's
mare, and the side saddle were gone,
darting to the manger he hauled out his
corpI]ent dcmyohn of gin, and suspend
ed from its neck, found the key OF the
house.
Securing the key he sent the deminhn
whizzing and crashing against post Of
The barn. bounding forth !se rim niid
mounted the horse be bad left standing
in front of the house.
Away he dashed. 1t was ten miles to
the house of his father-in law, and he
was determined to overtakc his wife
before she could reach it or kill horse
in the attempt.
Said the butter man "hcw, seed
I'en's wife como over tho hill, mile
south Of my house, on her little mare
Kitty, and begin to perform some queer
abolutions. After she'd got over the
brow of the hill she paced up and down
the road for time then she rid up and
looking bit she turned about and rid
up and down the road few times; then
went up to the brow Of the hill again
30 she kept doing. and once or twice
she got of and led Kitty up to the top OF
the hill.
III was puzzled as to whether she was
waitin' for somebody or had lost some.
thing while On her, way to her fathers
place, some four miles beyond my house
was Just about to walk out that way
when seed her wheel Kitty round from
the brow of the hill and begin to ply her
whip.
''1n half a minute she was hyin' pas,
my place like mad woman. l stood at
my front gate by the road side, ready &c
holler out at he, TO know what was llp
but bless you, she never looked t0'ard.
me. Her eyes seemed sot in her head
her face was pale, and Mt every jump she
let into Kitty with her whip. swar
her riden' skirt fairly cracked as she
bounded past
"Jist then heard tremendous clut
tor behind me. Turnin' about, seed
Ben comm over the pitch Of the hill
on his big black hOss, like wild Co
manchee. He was ridin' with loose
reins, leanen' away for'ard, and diggin
his big spurs into his hoss like he'd rir
h!' insides out.
He passed by with hair and coattails
sailin' back in the wind, and never
turnin' his head to right or left. tel
you, million thoughts went through i1fry
brain in q second. All the stories I'd
ever heard about jealous husbands and
insane husbands went through my brai II
in lump, and do believe, if I'd had
my gun in my hand, I'd have taken Il
wing shot at him on suspicion.
II seed Nell look back once and then
laid the whip on Kitty hot;er'n ever
Ben was goin' like the wind. knowcd
Nell was headed for her fathers and
seed plain as day that Ben would get
her fore she was safe landed.
"At last ne was upon her. It was
then neck and neck for time with Ben
reachin' out for Kitty's bride. At last
he gotjt; aud the two horses gradually
slowed up TIL they finally stopped. I
mounted my gat--post all of tremble.
expectin' to see something happen.
aThey stopped in the read talkin' nigh
unto hal On hour, then I saw Ben lean
over and Nell lean over till their two
heads come together.
"What, that mischief" says I, "kiss-
in instead of killip. Well, that sort O.
tracas gifts nielp After the. head bump.
in the pair turned about and came
slowly joggin' along back:
"As they passed me called out to
Ben to know what in the living jingo it
all meant. Ben began to stammer some.
thing, bout half of which never got out
through his big beard. When Nellie
sings out to me, "only race for kiss :"
and giyin' Kitty cut that made her
bound ten feet, she called out to Ben {:
"Come on A race TO the top of the
hill for another |" and away they both
went.
"That was Eve years ago, and I never
knowed the meaning Of that wild, ha.
rumscarum ride till bout three months
ago, when the story bout the "colic
medicine" leaked out among the wimmen
folks. For good time after the ride,
however, remembered Of the neighbor
men wondesiR phtt hadsdoths over Ben
that he hsdSshut down ON his gin all Of
sudden, and wouldn't so much as take
glass of Oregon cider.
''To this day no doubt Ben thinks he
had desperate chase after Nell, and q
narrow escape of ner gettin' into the
home den long with her big brother, her
father and his mother-in:inw and I've
never said word to him bout how, she
fooled long under the brow of the hill"
MANS NEED OF THE SABBATH
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