St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1891-10-17

popular namesake Of the fiatt. Zebulon
~ Somerindyck. Esq.-an illustrious
TRINITY OF merchant, mayor and post
nssSer-end there enliven the passing
nonrs with incidents Of homely pathos
and thrilling adventures, from their
own experiences, on the western from
tier. To be sure some of these incl
uents were entirely fresh to the narra-
corA Is we'll rs to the audience. But
IN such cases the freshness belonged
entirely to the story-teller and his tale,
ana not to his audience; and somehow
spurious yarns were seldom repeated.
When each man was settled into his
familiar place on box, barrel or chair.
and the magnetic circle of fellowship
became fully established, each passing
circumstance would revive the memory
OF some experience. and the current of
recouections would remain unbrokcn
until the small hours of the night
On one occasion of this kind, Is q
Few OF the earliest arrivals had
dropped in" faint squeal was heard
rom . remote corner of the room, and
the ''store cat'' emerged from behind
pile of boxes, with Q big mouse in
her mouth She proudly marched be-
fore the spectators, to display her
prize. After rubbing her sides af1ec-
tionately. against such boot-legs as
were within her reach, and receiving
many admirinR strokes, she deposited
her victim on the floor and began to
tease and torment it by allowing it to
almost escape-only to be drawn back
again by . sharp and crafty paw.
After watching these maneuvers for .
time IN old guide broke the silence. He
was universally known BY the express
sive title of Lonesome Lively" in cell
ebration Of his abnormal desire to es-
cape from everybody's society. and Of
his phenomenal delibcration.
''How'd ye like to hev q grizzly play
with We like that?'' said he, watching
the cat Silence is commonly supposed
60 give consent; but as no one acqui-
esced in the proposition. he seemed to
take it for granted that he was called
upon TO defend and prove that the cir
cumstances suggested were not desir-
able.
"A lot of ms fellers had worked the
SOLITAIRE pocket till there wasn't .
solitary speck o dust in her pocket
nuther in ours,-an' we perceeded to
pack our duds and make fur t'other
side nv Jordan creek. The rest ON 'em
were soured on the kentry and swore
ez they wouldn't eat nor drink till
they'd crossed over onto tother side.
Ef they'd . made the last part o. thet
resolooshun sometime afore, an stuck
to ct they'd . punished n mighty
sight less o. poor whisky on this side O.
Jordan, l recallect
$50 it war late that night when We
snatched bit O. supper an stretched
out ex tired dozen legs a. ever made
spolces around . camp fire.
''I'd made up my mind that the back
end o. the next day would find us with
more to eat er fewer to eat il. 'Kord-
ingly, next mornin', when we struck q
big patch of chaparral, I switched OF
from the party an told 'em ter keep
str.ieht ahead fer q clump big pines,
t'othcr side tn chaparral; an If didn't
fine 'cm in five hours %hey might hack
track an hunt me up Meantime l was
about to try my luck fer game. They
agreed. an we parted.
.'The chaparral were . mighty solid |
growth. sort o tunneled through here
an thar by the trails l pegged right |
along fer IN hour or moro, all the time |
keepin' my eyes an ears open fer signs
o game. The trail I was follerin' |