The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-06

GENERAL DIsNIAv.
Special to The Caucasian.

all cared for and shut up for the
night. then pat some corn in the
basket and started down 10 feed 8
SOW and pig | had down in the
swamp back or the field. The reason
| had put this SOW down there was
because she vas mischIevous about
the house. Every time my wife had
q hen 10 come Off with . young brood
of chickens. ducks or turkeys, or q
quarrel with the neighbors, for
think she could hatch anything Sue
wanted to with a setting hen, she
would gobble up everything but the
SOW, and to that she would add fresh
fury, Hepsie said she was not going
tostand it any longer, Threatened
to throw rat poison in the slops,
She was a mighty good SOW and |
loud the most healthy place for her
would be down beside the creek.
Then she would get under the house
and grunt and g )wl, whine, snore,
Wheeze and sneeze all night long,
Besides she would scatter feas
about the house, and if there is any
thing IN this world a woman does
rot like it is u flea. Hepsie said she
did not mind their board bill, but
their travelling expenses almost
brought on crisis. | was of her
opinion. Every time one of these
fleas started out on the road she
would make aounce heavy enough
to have hurdlei a whole drove OF
night mares. Then she wo1ld get
up and hammer that flea with the
heel of her shoe and the firedog till
she walked up the baby and set him
to sQualling, and some how ] never
could sleep mighty sound under such
circumstances. | right then and
there made up my mind that that
SOW should be sent off to herself.
Well, | was going on to say, |
stood down there and called and all
Of them did not come, so | walked
over to Jones to see If any Of them
were in his field. | got to the gate
and followed. Mr. Jones came tC
the door and told me to come in.
tCld him | thought 1t best to say
something for fear his dog might
bite. He SAID, don t mention that
dog, he has had my family and
plantation IN an uproar for two days
hain't you heard, NoI And l hain't
seed the like in all my born days
/ noticed all of them had cloths
about their heads and some moved
around with a difficulty. Well, be
seated, and I'll tell you what has
happened. [ sat down. Says Jones
you see that boy over there, pointing
to his youngest son all drawn up il
the corner between the fire place
aud his ma. | noticed two or three
big bump knots on his forehead. He
will be the ruin Of me yet. He
brought more calamity on this
household than | ever witnessed in
all my life. AS | WAS plowiOg long
side the ditch, Jim was shrubbine
with the hoe at the other end. There
was a big hornets nest in little
sweet gun in the brier patch at the
head of the ditch. The boys ha(
trained the dogs TO bring anything
back to you when you would throw
it out. Jim picked up stick
threw it at that hornets uest anC
bit it "kerda5." No sooner the 60:
made a spring for the stick. l thInE
every hornet followed that stick t.
the ground, The dog grabbed th,
stick and the hornets grabbed th
dog. They applied the business ent
pretty vigorously, the dog yelpet
and lit out for Jim and he saw wha
was up, so he bawled and struck ou
for the house. Pretty soon the do;
passed jim, left a feT Of his hornet
to attend to him. Jim yelled,
thought the house was ou fire, | pu
out for the house, | run my tongue
out and | have not drawn a res
long breath yet. Well, in thai
dog jumped oyer the back fence, am
in the back door, passed through TIL,
sitting room where the old lady wa
sewing, left few of his horuets t
attend to her. She liked to hay,
sti6ed herself to death with the bot
tie Of hearts horn, pouring it OF
every time one would pop her. Tha
dog went on to the kitchin ruI
through old aunt Dir abs feet, left
few Of his hornets TO attend to her
She founced, turned over the boilin;
kettle Oh the cat. He ripped, ravec
and snorted, and plunged himsel