American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1826-12-05

| a Day at Post Riding The editor of the Bucks
County Patriot, lately, during the sickness Of mis-
post boy rode post himself one day. with his paper.
His trip furnished materials for column, from
winch the following paragraphs are extracted:
About an hour alter we parted, perceived man
wing IN the fnldd OF TIRE road, in state Of insen-
si5i!ity--a tualy dead drunk. AS my suky could
not pass without moving him, 20, out and rolled
him to one side OF the road and This unceremoni
GUS procedure did TOT waken him. To ,he button oil
his coat was tied string, the other end of which
was issten,d to the leg OF pigeon. The poor bird
kept i's position without hoiering and when /
,tnoped down to observe IT more closely. saw that
it, egeiids had been seuotd up! A shudder passed
across mr., as be held this helpless victim of drunk
en- bsrbary. The poor bird was prepared after the
manner oil stoot pigeon, such as used in trap
ping. as de- oy 10 others. But why this innoe chi
object mutilacd OF this season, " hen lie could
be OF n use as decoy, could not imagine Tax
ing knife from my packet, gently cut the airing,
and cutting away al;o, The threads from its ey elds
raised the hi'd ION the earth 4, like being d
vested of he tirs that bud il TO lower v orld. il
rose. rejoicing towards he glo ious heavens ,p
ped the value OF II pigeon into the mans pocket
| Tor did not WISH 10 commit highway robbery
got INTO my sulky and drove ON.
had been riding about five miles under the damn
hills that oserhang the river road between Newhope
and L"mbr'vi'le, and as suddenly emerged INTO
ouHuy oPotf Starte 10 the
side, (hapPily he is not given TO running away) at
The sight OF decrepld negro, who lay in the grass.
enjoying the tersor Of an October sun. He was ex
ceedinely feeble, and his fragile form seemed una
bic to retain the vital spa rom one hour TO ano.
ther His brad was white-his eyes were sunk
his cothrs were ragged--in his hand was shining
oakrn stick, aud on his back was tied green bap
in which deposited his whole earthly treasure
fiddle II said BIZ Goldsmith. that he never
disdaned the conversation of any man for il Q ood
he might be benefited by il, and if bad his own
might probably Improve it, | halted opposite the
old man, and inquire his name Pete Tbomp.
son." was the answer Fiddling Pete, | suppose,
seid !. Yes Fddling rete, they call me- he replied
So made few more inquiries of this same Tid
ding Pete. He was pensloner on our aims house
had talent for music, (thoueh small one,) and
being permitted 10 go out in the summer contrived
by Kidding OF dances aud weddings, to make few |
coppers. Poor Pete was ninety years old in.
CURED OF those who knew him, whe her Pete wa,
uppler-the answer was, No, he was always sober
How much more honorable, thought /, "a. |
made another Aouri,h of my two feet whip is The f
oio age OF this han that OF the miserable sol
whose rafting carcass had JUST passed. If dire ne
eessity compels him, in he evening of his life 10
ask for charity from his fellows, how consoine must
the reflection be- that it produced by io, or
lncmperance. That the powsrs hich God hath
given him, have not been pros,uted and perverted
from their original high calling.