The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1890-02-27

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up fo@ the night | then pu;
some corn In the basket pnd
started dpwn To feed \ Sow aud
pig had down in the swaiap
back of the field. The reason
put this SOW down there vas
because she was mischeivous
about the house Every time
my wife had a hen 10 come oil
with a youngbrs,od of chickens,
ducks or turkeys, or quarrel
with the ueighbrrs, for | think
she conld hatch anything she
wanted to with a setting hen,
she would gobble up everything
but the SOW, and To that she
would add fresh fury. Hepsia
said she was not going TO stand
it any longer. Threatened In
throw rat poison in the slops.
She was a mighty good SOW and
L loud the most healthy
place for her would be down
beside the creek. Then she
would get under the house and
grnnt and growl, whine, snore,
wheeze and sneeza all uight
long. Besides she would scatter
tieas about the house, aud If
there is anything in this world
woman does not like it is n
flea. Hepsie said she did not
mind their board bill, but their
travelling expenses almost
brought on Il crisis. | was of
her opinion. Every time one of
these tleas started out on the
the road she would make n
tiounce heavy enough to have
hurdled a whole drove of night
mares. Then she would get up
and hammer that flea with the
heel of her shoe and the firedog
'sill she walked up the baby and
set him to squalling, and some
how | never could sleep mighty
sound under such circumstan-
ces. | 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 to the door and
told me to cOfue in. / told him
thought it best to say some
thing for fear his dog might
bite. He said, don't mention
that dog, he has had my family
and plantation in All uproar for
two days, hain't you heard. No.
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 difficulty. Well, be seat
ed, and Pll tell you what has
happened. | sat down. Says
Jones, you see that boy over
there, pointing to his youngest
son all drawn up in the corner
between the Fireplace and his
ma. L noticed two or three big
bump knots on bis forehead.
He will be the ruin of me yet.
He brought more calamity on
this household than ! ever wit
messed in all my life. As was
blowing long side the ditch, Jim
=, was shrubbing with the hoe at
. the other end. There was a big
= hornets nest in a little sweet
gum in the brier patch at the
, head of the ditch. The boys
! had trained the dogs to bring
! anything back to yol when you
I would throw it out. jim picked
| up a stick, threw it at that hor.
: nets nest and hit it "k ,rdab.'
\ No sooner the dog made a spring
for the stick. | think every
hornet followed that stick tt
, the ground. The dog grabbed
The stick and the hornets grab
bed the dog. They applied the
business end pretty vigorously
q the dog yelped aud lit out FOL
Jim and he saw what was up, sC
i he bawied and struck ont fo
the house. Pretty snoE the drs
passed Jim, left few nr iii
hornets to attend to him. jim
: yelled, | thought the house wa!
on lire, b put ont for the house
n | run my ton ue out and | have
not drawn a real long b catl
g yet. Well, -ir, III; dog jumpe'
over the back fenre, il.n in th'
back door, pas.ed throu4h th'
r sitting room wi!crc the old lad.
was sewing, LETT ii few Of Iii
. hornets to attend to lte.. SBi
q liked To have stiflrd herself t.
death with the bottle OF hartS
HON, pouring it on eve y tim
one would pop her. That do
went on to the ki.chin, :ui
through old aunt n1uah's feel
left a few of his hornets to at
tend to her. She fiounced, turn
o ed over the boiling kettle Oh
p = the cat. He ripped, raved all,
~ snorted, and plunged hirnsel
g through a window pane out j
ut the flower pit.
e, 1t got too hot for the old VIC
oi man and aunt Dinah and the
nt IT made for the yard. They he
es at the door. My wife sad wha
is the matter? Dina was look