Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-07-11
KNEW ALL ABOUT sT,,..
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' .'' VINO was at one time On.
in as Arkansaw's Secretary Of S,.
wytcherly, a direct descendant ~ y III
matist whom Pope loved becor.
wise enough to hate; Peg Leg Ro,,, ~
I went a-fishing. We set out v;,s ) Y
tention of going to Wolf Skin I'll.
after getting off the train at the Ias'
and especially failing to find . Ign ,'sa' pa
we started for the lake, PURSUING , eys,s
hot and sandy that Peg Leg Bot,iss rcd
and swore he would rather S;s stGsl
longer expose his combustib,s ~ aa
scorching sand-banks. weg,tbaENa
Peg Leg and were urging him u 81 ,Se
Christian fortitude-knowipg All .pa.k
that he would not even prsy 70 q, ,ae u
five or thirtytude-when ons % =, Wes
joyously exclaimed: "e bml
''Yonder comes steer.waoo,r
In an instant we Were happy y..
danced, Wytcherly sang. and Ho,s@ E.s
ed himself around on his VIII VIC
kicking up cloud of dust which
into the air. The steers Were SSS
an old negro, between whose ,S Sns
eyes and comical face there s,.mag shScl
perpetual struggle for mastery y. Us,
take us, after immediate payme, ,as s@s
sum, to the lake. Couldn't pr,.n, asaS
he intimated, rs soon As 4 r,i, nss
might, but he warmly ASSUMED ma. sa
he should get there with us TIA, WE
be just IS essentially there as ,b0,'.
had been born there or had come IN
chariot. s
Understand steers, do you,, D..
asked, rs We rode along.
The old fellow, pointing a,,h
which had alighted on one of ~
killed with the cracker OF his wb;ns
noying insect, and replied: s
Drive steers fore could w,IL n
'quainted wild 'em den | is wild huns,
suns. Wy, slh, steers hab o.,
'quainted wild me an 20, "a s,r;.S
me dat we'se chawed tcrhacke, ,s.
like white folks, DE way da u,,e,
fur dc weed WIZ pi,ful. whu, ",
dat little jug?' addressing Bowl @a
''Snake-bite remedy"
"Wall, sab, Use powerful glad "a.
wus dc WIS snake-bit pnsson l., - :,
,r 60 yer cher seed FIR rattle a,l.
outen de woods, grabbed er hol, a -
chawed on me till he wuz tired on, =.
sab, made me powerful unhappy "
yer'd pass dat jug diScr way. pleas -
We could not deny his reques, -
ally as he had been SO terribly bin,
we allowed him 10 take fyc.ipcb ~,
"Are you feeling any better ~.
"Oh, vas, sab; oh, pas" mhEn i
breast. "Dar amt 81 mauychano, =
me now. / spies to pc >nakebt"
Look out" cried BOTTLES. don, A.,
too close to that hank"
"Who, haw, come hcah! wak o.
heah! Doan put ycr,c'f 10 no oap,S,,.
sab. / knows mo- rr bout stem 4,
Moses did bout de- Bible. an p,l,.
dat he printed tie mos o ii, | ir, =
snake-pains comm On me ct cn. va
yer'd han me dat jug. All, again rkA.
his breast, 'sec how dem s,.r, y.ar,,
up wheneber ! takes crpull at ds, rrp-t,
Oh, da's got scns,'-Scn~c like g, a,
pussOn. Who, whar Yer gWinc' vhaa
come heah?' The steers had s;rvd
brisk trot. Gee, come hcah; gt, hal'
The steers, leaving the rad, vtr al,
ing across an old field. .Whc-lsI.
massy.'
The internal brutc> were rushing iosvs
dense thickct. The did ncgro iuuAl.
of and loudly called ON H. 10 follow 3
example, but somehow Ne bad nj II
presence of mind. The steers, like II
ricanc, struck the thickrt Ny stan 80
q crash. The trees were cOycrd VA
thorns, and il seemed that every lbn
pointed towards us Before wcgh ihSt
| knew that my clothes all hut lev sllrA
were gone. When the >iccn rtachd d
other side of the tcickr;, they s,Oypst N
began To eat grass rs though nothing X
happened. As best ! could, with esk
most torn from my head, ! looked Al u
companions. What sight lSia
wooden leg, having bccn nkCd 81 "a
caught i'm a wheel and broken. aud Dat
think that all of Us combined had % do
ing enough TO make q rag doll Bgfi
mouth had been rudcIy torn Opn atd y
artificial teeth were hanging with sh,sf
expression, on swinging limb. 0f ~
ing-pOles were broken, and the lines wa
had been swept from the baskets, Veit "a
gled among the bushes, while pot LIZA
as though the great misfortune o. s4
his white-oak leg did not suffer hadih
hook fastened in his bulbous nos. Wp
up and began the painful work Of drsyz
ourselves away. Where was the Cd
gro? We had not gone far until wms
him, placidly sitting with his back wv
a stump, while our jug held PS"
conveniently near him
"Steers got peartcr when da lCuh q
want gwine ter die irnm de leks
snake-bi,e. Oh, vas, ! knows all q -
steers. lister chaw tcrhacku Wld On
rushed through dat thickd tr G'Os
flies on. Steers might Guns dh ~
oughter jumped of, den yer woa'Gn ~
80 much like yer been run ihFVusn ~
sige grinder Wall. II nn ~koh ld'p
bus'n ness at de- Lake t'rday. "a -
knows all er bout steers. "oSaN-hF