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Rattlehead's travels, or, The recollections of a backwoods man that has travelled many thousand miles on the highway of human destiny, brought about a revolution in domestic happiness, and effected a general shake-up of creation. Byrn, M. Lafayette (1826–1903).
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RATTLEHEAD'S TRAVELS: OR, THE RECOLLECTIONS OF A BACKWOODSMAN, THAT HAS TRAVELLED MANY THOUSAND MILES ON THE HIGHWAY OF HUMAN DESTINY; BROUGHT ABOUT A REVOLUTION IN DOMESTIC HAPPINESS; AND EFFECTED A GENERAL SHAKE-UP OF CREATION. BY DAVID RATTLEHEAD, M. D., (THE MAN OF SCRAPES.) AUTHOR OF "THE ARKANSAW DOCTOR," "RATTLEHEAD'S CHRONICLES, ETC. PHILADELPHIA: LIPPINCOTT, GRAMBO, & CO.- NEW YORK: LONG & BROTHER; STRINGER & TOWNSEND.- BOSTON: REDDING & CO.; FETTRIDGE & CO.- BALTIMORE: BURGESS, TAYLOR & CO. 1852.
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RATTLEHEAD'S TRAVELS.
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"The old gander held on to his holt, and went 'FLIB FLAB' from side to side, as they went streaking it through the air"—Page 81.

RATTLEHEAD'S TRAVELS: OR, THE RECOLLECTIONS OF A BACKWOODSMAN, THAT HAS TRAVELLED MANY THOUSAND MILES ON THE HIGHWAY OF HUMAN DESTINY; BROUGHT ABOUT A REVOLUTION IN DOMESTIC HAPPINESS; AND EFFECTED A GENERAL SHAKE-UP OF CREATION.

BY

DAVID RATTLEHEAD, M.D.,

(THE MAN OF SCRAPES.) AUTHOR OF "THE ARKANSAW DOCTOR," "RATTLEHEAD'S CHRONICLES," ETC.

PHILADELPHIA: LIPPINCOTT, GRAMBO, & CO.— NEW YORK: LONG & BROTHER; STRINGER & TOWNSEND.— BOSTON: REDDING & CO.; FETTRIDGE & CO.— BALTIMORE: BURGESS, TAYLOR & CO.

1852.
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ENTERED according to Act of Congress, in the year 1852, by B. B. WILLIS, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States. T. K. AND P. G. COLLINS, PRINTERS.

TO
JAMES H. BYRN, ESQ.,
OF TENNESSEE,
These Pages
ARE DEDICATED,
WITH THE KINDEST REGARDS
OF
THE AUTHOR.

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PREFACE.

FELLOW-HUMANS AND DESCENDANTS OF ADAM:

WHAT is the use for me to Write a long piece in the first of my book to convince you that it is worth reading? No use in it; so you will please not look for it, and then you won't be disappointed. I have no claims on the public, only the price of the book, Which the publisher will be apt to get, or he won't sell it.

Do you want to know why I wrote this book? If you do, it's not hard to guess; but still I'll tell you. I wrote it to make money; and, if I am not disappointed, I will do it.

While I think of it, and for want of something else to say, I'll tell you something more. I have one or two other things I am going to bore you all with before a hundred years: the next thing will be "Rattlehead Popping the Question," rather rough to bore with, but I am going to try it.

Now, I've said what I wanted; you can say what page: viii-ix (Table of Contents) [View Page viii-ix (Table of Contents) ] you want when you get through reading the book. But I hope you won't let me hear it if you say anything bad. If you say anything good, justput it in the newspapers, will you, and much oblige your friend,

RATTLEHEAD.

CONTENTS.

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