Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1829-07-23

tahHALE MINUS yuF sIdf EaiEis E~@
II TO the public, as it was written about two
years ago. The scene is laid in one OF the
Southern Ststes, IS IT wss then, infamed by
party animosity, ami the soil Of orators OF all
ranks and oplnions-Bs'nmor Fnerah
PRESENTING STANDARD.
"rhose gallant souls who shoulder guns,
And twice a year 60 out a framing
Ii was as fair a morning as one would
| wish to behold; when, obcying the call
of the rolling drum, captain Blinn bet.
ter known TO the public as orator, and
lawfully elected a member oil the legs
.ure) marched with measured step to
the muster ground, having a clean buck
tail stuck ~ his nat, and a w%oollen sash
tied round his body, whereby was sus.
peDded a large cut aud thrust sword,
which, from its venerable and welghty
appearance, might have been the very
isame weapon which Goliath drew upon
the heroic David; but it was not. On
his right shoulder lay a knot OF plaster
ed yellow cotton, which passed for an
t~epauIette Of a commissioned officer, for
lsuch was he who had almost filled up
the measure o! bis cauntry's giory,p
"Shoulder asmst' exclaimed The
double iargsd commander, and a gen
| egal confusion ensued among the broom
sticks and corn sticks. Right tacei'
Keep of % my heels" says m -
reckon you don't know your right arm
from your left,' says another You
iei" exclaims a lhitd "Silence!" thun
dets Barry Blinn, Instruments tune
Bass drum, bank! suar-drum, rub a
dub! fife, toetle-tootle! bugle, t%errata.
tcita! Quick time, forad.marcht" Mu
! sic strikes up
"Come III ye bod Wrginiaos,
IN have you for To kaow,
last for to isht the enc my
Were going fer 10 got'
"Take care To wheel 10 the right
march, Fsrred march Trail arms-
Shoulder arms. BY files to the front,
form platoons, match!'
Thusthey proceeded biggledv plggie
dy, enc tumbling over the otber, until
they arrived at Squire Dodd's. where
they were greeted by the !eud cheering I
Of q legion Of ragged little urchius, who
rushed out Of school in spite OF the |
threatening shake of their old psda
gogue's hickory switch But what ia.
spired the warriors most, GBd brought
the glow Of conscious pride in their
leather c~ountenances, were the smiles
OF a band Of far spectators, who stood
crammed together 10 the windows, and
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under the piazza, which stretched a.
long the front of the Squjre's house a
ned from the gallent captain sutficed as
a hint, and the military baEs struck up
the fashionable air OF "Poily put the
kettle on" 10 eomplimeDt,o the ladies',
who giggled, and as a grateful return,
waved their handkercbIefs and kissed
their hands to the brave defenders oil
the fair
'asiti- front-left, no-right dress!
back there, back; heads up-eyes
right--steady- nowfront-. order armsin
A bucket OF Nhjskey now went its wer
~ round, much To the encouragement
OF home mafnfactufe s; for no man tell
short Of a half plat. the usual guage OF
a backwoodsuan who knows the true
use Of bis gullet. Fallstatf was a fool
to either of them, for his leather lined
paunch se.doorknew any thing stronger
than sack, theirs were proof against the
of modern whskey.
When the best part of the Days sport
was over, the troops were again called
to order. and what few rifles there were
among them, proved by their unsteadi-
that their bearers had lost the best
part of their understanding, though
they had taken in an additional quaint
ty of new spirit. At The roll OF the
drum, a fine plump country lass stepped
from the crowd of damsels,
a standard, or rather a yard or
OF white hcmespun, with a turkey
buzzard surrounded by thirtcen black
worked in the centre doubtless
intended for the American eagle and
the thirteen ~stars:) over the whole in
blazing letters o fbroad cloth was worked
the motto, georgia and State Rights "
The abashed dsmsel, (who, but tor
her bushes, would have borne a fine
semblanee to joan dare, when that ia
spired heroine stood with her cnGntFy's
b~annerupon the battlements of0r!ssn.
after passing her arms twice or three a
the under part of bar nose, and
.sniveljDg a little to give interest to her
appearance, held the banner out, and
spoke as Observation-Disclosures: This