Tombstone epitaph., 1891-01-18
UNCLE IKE AND THE BEAR.
Beck Bottom Fact Story Of . Fresase
 Down in Georgia.

A Beck Bottom Fact Story of . Freshs4
 Down in Georgia.
 Speaking bout bahs." broke in an- other. you nevah hearn tell of my Uncle Ike a tellin of a story that want rock bottom fack. He wuz In the Har'sou fresh. and got out cypress ovah on Bah Crick when the fresh 1t come. What he didn't know about tahs the bahs didn't know themselves. He could tell whah the biggest bahs used by the mawks on the trees, and the young babs by the lit- tie mawks Lohd. wouldn't this fresh we knocked him all out of int. Hs thought that was a big food and ho usend to tell us boys. 'Pshaw. you young bucks don't know when thar's . big rise in the rivah. You oughten for to have seen the Har'son fresh. But that aint comin' to my Uncle ke's bah story. My Uncle Ike, he was . cuttin' of cypress ovah on Bah Crick, and his shanty was 'pon high knoll. and the watah had kivered everything in two states, 'cept. ing that knoll. One night along about the turn of the night thar come knock on the doh and my Uncle Ike sez Como in. and who should step in but . big black bah light was blazin' from . pine knot in the chimley. and Uncle Ike rig up in bed to see who mout come in on him. and thar was the bah. and the teahs was runnin down his eyes. My Uncle Ike was about to rech for his gun, but when he seed the teahs streamin' down he hadn't the heart to shoot. and the 'pealin' look was too much for Uncle Ike.
 'Drownded out. by thundah, said my Cncle Ike.
 1.-The bah nodded his head.
 Hungry as a bah. too, said my Uncls Ike.
 1.-The bah nodded his head.
 "'An' you'd as soon lunch on me, said my Uncle Ike; and this time he rech for his shootin' iron.
 1.-The bah shook his head and began te
 "'I won't play low down trick on that bah. by thundah, said my Uncle Ike, If he snakes me out. Thar's Q pot of hominy ovah by the jam. says my Uncle Ike to the bar; help yoursel.'
 1.-The bah went over and took the clap. boahds of the pot and went down in 1t with his nose and eat half of the mess. "'Go Go, the whole hog says my Uncle the maunin if aint inside of you
 Well. sah. gcntlemans, my Uncle Ike odJ tAO Oetu Cut tuO WuOAo AlcSo, oAQ tal0 down on the puncheons by the side of the bunk. with grunt. The next mawnin' the watah was lappin' the doh step and was on stand, and for foh days the bah and my Uncle Ike ct outen the same pot. On the fifth day the bah left early in the mawnin'. and that night little aftah the moon rig, while my Uncle Ike was setting by the freight smokin' his cohncob pipe and wonderin' what had become of his cypress raft and the bah, thar comes the same rap at the doh. and who should come in but the identekittle bar, not teah in his eyes, but his leetle black eyes shone like bead. and he lays down whole hog right by the side of my Uncle Ike.
 Hog and horniny, by thunderr says my Uncle Ike We'll, sah, the bah kep' my Uncle Ike in hog and hominy until he took tho raft down the Savannah"
 ''Im somewhat of liar myself" said one gentleman. but I'll not tell my alli- gator story on this trip" and the dis gusted native bid us good night.
 'Now, thar's man admittin' he's liar himself" said the man who told the bear story, land you couldn't expect him tSeI believe another mans story, but every. body who knew my Uncle Ike never hearn of him telling of a story that want Q rock bottom fack. Savannah News