Daily Republican., 1888-05-25
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In Bath County, Ky, by the banks o
q strong brook named Rose Ran, whiaf
Ia poem and . picture, ssood, yaAfi
ago, the cczy cabin home OF Uncle Ned
Wells, Via was . cheraotar In shat 70
gion. Uncla Ned had . drawing voios
which would have made glad the hear
OF Mark Twain, and he was "geniA
humorist" who never wrote line. "a.
continually told funny stories, however
and through these was always pre- sent
cd In q most Ridiculous light.
Uncle Ned carried the mail on horse,
back from village near BY 10 the
mouth OF Big Sandy. on the OHIO. . dis
sAnce Of ninety miles, twice q week,
70 day the Chesapeake and Ohio rail
way carries 1t every day, over nearly
the same ground In few hours. Ere
quently rode with Uncle Ned, late Of
nfternoods, from the school In the vii
lage to nv Rrandfather'a place in The
country, Uncle Ned's little patch oil
ground being slice off OF the farm on
the farther side from the village. He
would take the Big Sandy mail hone
with him at night and start ON his jour
ney over the the hills the next morning
On snoh occasions Uncle Ned would
delight my boyish understanding with
bis amusine storieP, and one time he
told me this one.
at wus about the time Of the waugh
OF eiRhteen.twelvs, an they wuz oil
baa.en' up for volunteers to fght the
British. Soijerin' wuz all the 20. l
wuz a good, big chunk OF boy, an ]
Guided TO beat me up comp'ny. 81
atrly one Sunday mornin' I bridleo
dsd's old sorrsl blind mar, old Poll,
did, an started out to gethsr up tn,
neighbor boys. room got poosy fail
bunch on UNI together an marched ZEN
down on the water gap. acrost the
crick. Me bein' captain, l formed nm
In soIser streak or fight in 'front.' OF !
great big ysller-j jackets nest tibet ]
knowed wuz thar, en- also knowsd q,
how them ar yaller jackets wuz Bpilin
fur a f2ht. Imhde the boys pull of
sher shirts, to show Their brav'ry, an ]
tuck of mine too, but tuck powerful
good keer to wrop o blAnkit aroun me
Then tole mer Brother Ben-he wNi
| mer leftensnt--to run stick in tht
hole TO let the yAliar-inokets know .,
how the iuimy wer thar. Ben hadn'
morn done 1t, tell about seventeen
quarts er them leetle aller solgers came
on ten thar Notifications, with thor bag
nets ready for waueh an Their uniforms
D lookin' shiuey. About q third on I'M
lit on me, nushsr third on cd Poll, an
the bAlance sorter scattered themselgei
amopgst the boys.
Tho battle was short. shArp ct botl
ends an pintidly ipcisive. The CON
p'Dy lis out an scattered sill over tina
country, an Poll abe struck off throt
the woods, an, bein' stalk blind, sh,
fell over pile OF logs an th'ow'd N,
shout fawty foot. l struck on my head
an /, stunned me so 'st didn't gil
home till mornin'; then / managed Il
crawl in, somehow or nuther, an / WI,
swellsd about the head till looked fol-
all she world like pizsned pup. whsr
| got thar, aees dad out In the pAstul
with old Poll, for she wuB thar.
dunno how she got thar. but thar she
| wuz, an dad hsd her with her head tied
mp to the forks Of ssplin', an wuz Q
drinchin' the old mar fur sbe botts.
The bolts, you know. 10 moas.'out
Eweliin' to . beast, an them yaller-
Jackets had stunR old Poll fun youiu
| 70 cuin, an fun one eend to tother
Alter that dad lArut what tho msttoI
WIZ, and toAds evenin' he give me q
sweeinin' with or apple sprout shat ]
never had no need OF maxim q meme.
rasdy On, fur bit wuz writ 10 red marks
AcEost my back till looked good deal
Ike q Scrtsr psrAn bulatin' star spAn
gled baDu or, en- fun that time on
wouldn't keerad Of dad had voldn
ssered an goot whooped by the British
Hovs'meyer, whom dad died years attel
that 1t WOE fur month that the worl
looked like after supper ct dinner time
II guz dark 10 me In the middle er tn,
| day, an amt never struck aB good {
friend ez dad wuz seuce, kAse my pc
Old mother died ~ l kin riosolaot.
WILL VIssCHER.