The Prairie Chieftain, Volume 1, Number 4, Monticello, White County, 15 October 1850 — Page 1

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A TiHT DACE, COTiSlDJllllTi

BY TEE SWAMP DOCTOR.

During my medical studies, passed in

a small village in Mississippi, I became acquainted with a family earned

Ilibbs, (a Mora de plums of course,) residing a few miles in the country. The

family consisted of Mr. and Sirs. Ilibbs

and son. They were plain, unlettered

people; honest ia intent End deed, but

overflowing with that which amply made

tip for all their deficiencies of education

namely, warm-hearted hospitality, the distinguishing trait of Southern character. ; They were originally from Virginia, from whence they had emigrated in quest of a clime more genial, and a soil mora productive than that in which their fathers toiled. Their search had been rewarded, their expectations realized, end now in their eld age, though not wealthy in the

"Astorian" sense still they had sufficient

tct keep the "wolf from the door," and

drop something more substantial than condolence and tears in the hat that poverty

hands round for the kind otTerinjrs of hu

manity,

Tha oil man was like the generality cf

old planters, men whose ambition is em

braced by the family or social circle, and whose tho'ts turn more on trie relative val

ue of 'Sea Island' & 'Mastodon,' and

improvement of their plantations, than

the 'glorious victories of Whiggeryin Ken

tucky,' or the 'triumphs of democracy in

Arkansas.'

The old lady was a shrewd, active dame, kind-hearted and long tongued,

benevolent and imparlial,makingher coffee E3 strong for the poor pedestrian with his all upon his back, as the broadcloth

sojourner, with his " up country pacer."

she was a member of the church as well as tha daughter cfa man who had owred a

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The son I will describe in a few words. Imbibing his parent's contempt for letters, he was very illiterate, and as he had not enjoyed the equivalent of travel, was extremely ignorant on all matters not relating ta hunting or plantation duties. He was a stout, active lellow, with a merry twinkling of the eye, indicative of humor, and partiality for practical joking. We had become very intimate, he instructed me in 'forest lore, and I, in return, giving amusing stories, or, what was as much to his liking, occasional introductions to

my hunting flask.

Now that I have introduced the 'Dra

matis Persona;,' I will proceed with my story. By way of relaxation, and to re

lieve the tedium incident more or less to

a student's life, I would take my gun.walk

out to old Ilibb's, spend a day or two,and

return refreshed to my books.

One fine afternoon 1 started upon such an excursion, and as I had upon a previ

ous occasion missed killing a fine buck, owing to my having nothing but squirrel shot, I determined to go this time for the

anilered monarch,' by loading one bar

rel withfuleen "blue whistlers," reserving

the other for small game.

At the near end of the plantation was

a ne spring, and adjacent, & small cave.

the entrance artfully or naturally con

cealed, save to one acquainted with its locality. The cave was nothing but one

of those subterraneous washes so common

in the west and south, and called 'sink

holes. It was known only to young II

and myself, and we, for particular rea

socs, kept secret, having put it in requi

silion as the depository of a jug of'old

Bourbon, which we favored, and as the old folks abominated drinking, we had found convenient to keep there, whither we would repair to get our drinks, and return to the house and hear them descant cn the evi'3 of drinking,' vow no drap, cept in doctor's truck, should ever come on their plantation.' Feeling very thirsty, ! took my way by the spring that evening. As I descended the hill o'ertepping it, I beheld the hind parts of a bear slowly being drawn into tho cave. My heart bounded at the idea cf killing a bear, and my plans were formed in a second. I had no dogs the house was distant and the bear becom

ing 'small by degrees and beautifully less.' Every hunter knows if you shoot a squir

rel in tha head when it's sticking out of a

hole, ten to one he'll jump out; and I

reasoned that if this were true regarding

squirrels, might not the operation of the same principle extract a bear, applying it

low tlvnin tb.3 back. Quick as thought I levelled my gun i.:. 1 fired inii.:dh g to give him tho buck

's'.. ;t v.hm hl3 body cprcared; but what

was my surprise ana horror, wncn instead

cfa b;rr ichirg cjt the parts , erejerked

the mistake; -but as soon as he learned it,

he broke out in a huse laucrh. Oh, dod busted! that's 'nulli you has my pardon-

ought to know'd you didn't tend it; 'sides,

you jis scraped the skin. I war wus

skecred than hurt, and if you'll go to the

nouse and beg me off from the old . folks.

I'll never let on you cuddent tell copperas breeches from bar-skin.'

Promising thatl would use my influence,

I proposed taking a drink and that he

should tell me how he had incurred his

parent's anger. lie assented, and after we had inspected the cave, and seen that it

held no other serpent than the one we craved, we entered its cool recess, and

II. commenced.

'You see Doc, I'd heer-ed so much

from mam 'bout her dat's Shumach and

his nigger Swage, and the mile a minute,

and the Croton water what was gin him and how she bleved that if it warn't for

bettin', and the cussin' and fightin', run

ning race hosse's warn't the sin folks said it war; and if they war anything to make her 'gret gettin' religion and jinin' the church, it war cos she couldn't 'tend races, and have a race-colt of her own to comfort her 'clinin' years,sich as her daddy had afore her, till she got me; so I couldn't rest for wantin' to see a hoss-

race, and go shares, p'raps, in the colt she war wishin' for. And then Pd think what sort of a hoss I'd want him to be aquar-

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ter nag, a mile critter, or a hoss wot

could run (fur all mam says it can't be

did) a whole four mile at astretch. Sometimes I think I'd rather own a quarter nag

and then we could run up the road to old

Nick Bamer's cow-pen, and Sally is al

most allers out thar in the cool of

the evenin'; and in course wo wouldn't

be so cruel a3 to run the poor critter in the heat of the day. But then agin, I'd think

I'd rather have amiler, for the 'cit&ment

would be greater, and we could run down

the road to old "Withers orchard, an' his gal Miry is frightfully fond of sunnin' her

self thar, when she 'spects me-'long, and she'd hear of the race, certain; but then thar war the four milerfor my thinkin',and

Pdknew'd in such case the 'citement would be greatest of all, and you know.too, from dad's stable to the grocery is jist four miles, an' in case of any 'spute, all hands would be willin' to run over, even if it had t6 be tried a dozen times. So I never could 'cide on which sort of a colt to wish for. It was fust one, then t'others,

till I was nearly 'str acted, and when mam, makin' me religious told rae 'one night to

say grace, I jes ihut my eyes, looked pious and yclbd out, 'D n it, gI' tird in

"ccut five minutes artor, came near kickin' dad's fctumak oiT, under the uUo, thinkin' I war spurrin' my critter in a t'gl.t

plo.ee. Co I found tho best wcy v::s to get the hoss fust, and then 'term:. e whether it should be t?a"y Darners and tho

cow-pen; Tdliy Withers and the peach or

chard; crSpilhncn's grocery with the bi-ld

'You've seed my black colt, that one

t:t dr. i's f-".'.cr rin me in his will when

1.3 di;d, and I 'spct thj reason ho v.i t'.:tlli r:.--,V :tl.or.' thvev unth f jr it's more then he h:.d -when he was

The hoss war a heap the wuss for age and change of masters; for preachers though they're mity 'ticular 'bout their own comfort, seldom tends to thar bosses; for one is privit property and t'other generally berried. I seed from the way the preacher rid that he didn't know the animal he war straddlin'; but I did, and I 'termined I wouldn't lose sich v. chance of trainin' Colt by the s!u,i of a hoss wot had run real races. So that night, arter prayers and the folks was abed, I and Nigger Bill tuck the bosses and carried them down to the pasture. It war a forty-aker lot, and consequently

jist a quarter across for I thought it best

to promote Colt, by degrees, to a four rniler. V'hcn we got thar the preacher's hoss showed he war willin'; but Colt, dang

him! commenced nibblin' a fodder stack over the fence. I nearly cried for vexment but an idea struck me, I hitched the

critter and told Bill to get on Colt and

stick tight when I gave the word. Bill got reddy, and unbeknownst to him 1

pulled up a bunch of nettles, and as I

clapped them under Colt's tail, yelled4 Go'.'

Down shut his graceful like a steel trap

and away he shot so quick and fast that

he jumpt clean out from under Bill and

got nearly -to the end of the quarter be

fore the niggertoch the ground; he lit on his head and in course warn't hurt so

we cotched Colt, and I mounted him.

'The next time I said go, he showed

tha age hadn't spiled his legs or memo

ry. Bill and me agreed we could run him now, so Bill mounted Preacher and we got ready. Thar war a narrer path

of the track between two oaks, but as it

was near the end of the quarter, I expect

ed to pass Preacher before we got thar so

I warn't afraid oi barkin my shins.

'We tuck a fair start and off we went ike i peeled irjun and I soon discovered

that it warn't such an easy matter to pass

Treacher, though Colt dur. delightful; we

got nigh the trees and Preacher warn't

past yet, and I began to get skeered for

it warn't more than wide enough for a hoss

and a half; so I hollered to Bill to hold up, but the imperdent nigger turned his

ugly pictur, and said, 'he'd be cussed if

he warn't goia' to play his hand out.' I gin

him to understand he'd better fix for a

foot-race when we stopt and tried to hold up Colt,buthe wouldn't stop. W e reached

the. caks. . Colt tried to pass Preacher

Preacher tried to pass Colt, and cowollop

crash, cochunk! we all cum down like

'simmons arter frost. Colt cot uo and

won the race; Preacher tried hard to rise but one hind leg had get through the stir

rup and t'other in the head str.ll, ani he

they went through his saddle tlanket.and like to bored his nag to tha holler. By gosh! but it war a quickener the he-is kickttlll the passun had to hug him rcund the neck to keep'from pitchin' hirn over his head. lie next jumpt up 'bout as high as a rail fence, passun holdia on cna tryin' to git his spurs but they war lockt

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ght hiithV her r:-L:;tc3 cr.e sllz,

next on t'other, and the third f.:r pssim, -bs had chawclthe hcris till lirdj cf lb a sadJfe and lersofhJs tech war left, snl "'-s voice sour ied as holier as a jackassnicker in &n c! d 'sr.w-rr.ILL 'Tio her-sss war ncse and nes? jam t-geiher so close that ra rim '3 last kiverin.

his breeches split plum across with the i and passaa's f.rrj bad got bckt. e.r:d bs-

er;d striped h: er for the pic.

strain, and the peace cf wearin truck , twecn bl-oachcd dor-esile end stri-cdha.

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what's next the skin made a monstrus party flag as the old hoss, like drunkards to a barbecue, streakt it up the road. Mam war ridin' slowly along thinkin hov sorry she was cos Chary Dolin who always led her c iT had sich a bad cold an' wouldn't be abla to'sist hersing'n' to-day. She war practisin' the hymns, and had rot as far as whar it savs I have a raca to

run,' when the passun huv in sight an' in

bout the dodging of a diedapper, she

bund thar war thruth in these words, for

the Colt, hearing the hoss cornin' up bo

und, began to show symptoms of running;

but when he heard the passun holler wo!

to his hoss he thought it war me shouting

go! and sure 'nuff cfTthey started jis as the passun got up even; so. it war a fair race. 'Whoop! mt out but it was errsitin'

the dust flew and the rail fence ap

peared s irate as a rifle. Thar war the passun, his legs last to the critters flans,

arms lockt round his neck, face as pals as

a rabbit's belly and the white flag stream

ing far behind- and thar war Mam, fust

on one side then on t'other, her new call

ker swelled up round her like a bear with

the dropsy, tha o'd lady so much sur

prized she cuddent ride s'.oady.and tryiug

to stop her colt, but he war too well trained to stop while he heard 'go!' Mejti got 'sited at last, and her eyes gan to glimmer like tths sfen hrr dady's ghest axLig if he ever trained up a child or a race hoss to be afraid cfa small brush on a Sunday, she commenced riding beautiful; she braced hers; If up in the saddle, and began to maks calkerlations how she war to win the race, for it war nose end nose and she saw the passun spurring his critter every jump. She tuck off her shoes, and the way a number ten go to meeting brogan commenced giving a hoss particular Moses were a caution to hoss flesh but still it kept nose and nose. She found she war carrying too much weight for Colt so she began to throw off plunder till

nothing was left but her saddle and close,

and the spurs kept tolling still. The old

woman commenced stripping to lighten,

till it would not been the cloai thing for her to have taken ofTone dad more; end then when she found it war no use while

soy irnio a leauiiihl bt:

f ".COS. On they went like a srnE.ll earth-uake, and it seemed like it war coin' to be a dracn race; but dad when they got to Lira kt down with til his might cn Coll, scarrin' him so lad he jumped, clean ahead q passun, beitln, him by the neck, burin his own head agin the meetin'-houske, asd pitchin' mam, like a lam for the sacrifice,

piura through the winder 'mosgst the

mourners, leavin' her oulv garment fictte-

rin' cn a nail ia the sash. The men shot their eves and scrambled outon tho house.

and the women gin mam so much oftheir close that they like to put themselves in. the same fix. 'The passun quit the circuit, and I hava't been home yet.

Ths Foztey o? tee Bible. We wonder not at the simple faith of the eld Pagan PaathciiU,who saw 'their god in lha glorious sun, heard ' him in the winds whispering through the forest groves, and felt him in the silent beauty cf earth and sky. To this the Greek added the classical mythology which sprung from the cul

tivated brain c! that highly civilized people; and the Hebrews, whose religious idcas were far in advance pi the Greeks and til ether ancient nations, added the

EUiutria concept

Ion cf Go-i

active ruler and governor of nature, rid-

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ing upon the wings cf the wind;

the earth and taakutff tne pilars thereof

tremble, quieting it by the South win d.and making the morning stars sing together for joy, wrapping himself about with thick darkness, and employing tho lightning and the thunder as the ministers cf his

Thus in al! ths as:

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doubled up like a leg nigger in a short be 1, I lit cn my feet but Nijrr Ih'A war gens entirely. I looked tip in the fork of one of the caks, end thar he war sitting locking very composed on surrounding nature. I couldn't get him cown till I premised net to hu:t 1 i.n for disobey ir.

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orders, when he slid

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hcs.ves ar 1 w, nt to br I 'Next morning the fo

t. iron vu.e:i it c 3 ..- lver; i t ,i bosses had none out. I and fll sv

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judgment.

tuxa did the Hebrew recognize his God: and alike ia the sunshine,. tha rain, the fire and the tempest, d:d he hear "tha voice of the Lcrd. Hence the suellnia grandeur cf the inspired Isrselltish poets stand out with .starthtg brightness from the material Pantheism, cf remote t'meer and their jrreat thoughts have descended

through tha clrlirg ages cf the world. 'to beacon the way of truili cnil.feto allraea. Eliza Cock's jc"u",:zi.

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