Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1829-10-19

Goodfai h,-was married I.sI night, sir. gu IS
he WON'T be here. Sylvester b"ggitoy =
building stone wall down there. Ema'na"
Fl ,ggsle>h cut his TOO, chop2ing "ooe' SIT"
Peleg Dousterswi,le !-gone a canning
Parmenio Yeiverton !-ha"liug MS M" Ps
Abraham Bel,ringrr !-shoei"g deacon 2vs
horse, guess nell be along soon, sir. JACK
Markings pike !-hsllo there answered VOICE.
gruff as the boa,swam's Of a seventy !our
" Answer 10 your name, sir; silence orcer
there in the ranks" said the captain, whr" me
srrgran, continued. Billy B"b>'ay coming
SIR, hrlIowed the voice of another JACK 'ar'
while he reelrd along, dragging BY the ''uzz',
an OLD biunderbuss. Take your place IN '"e
ranks, sir, said ,hr captain. Ana wha'i In VIC
devil do you call me for you landiunoer, ie'o,'-
ed the ,ar, reeling towards the iihe' WINE W.
sergeant wen, on JOE Bowline!-ayr, aye SIR
I'll be there as soon as have o''rnau'eu '"''
catuch boz, or what the devil do you caii u
Say where you are, said the cap'ai". hy.'
ave. sir muuered Bowline. and continuing 10
his eomnan;ons-if h- Iaudlubber calls me- a
gain when j, is not by watch, III cauik up his
sp-akinp ,rump.t with this bunch e bones.
d-n me, doubling up his 6s'. But look
here Jack Martins pike, he continued, III not
stand here frying in he sum- les so and get a
summer and splice our min brace. Come b'li
Bobs,ay, we'll top our SOON aud be of Hal
| ,herr, vueilera,td he captain, every man Keep
his pla, e, Ill arrest The frs, one who dlsooeys
my orders-go on with ihr roll, sergeant-who
| continued Nichodemus CoInriatkei. here,
! answered voice as if coming from the
ground. Where? exclaimed the captain, sep
gu, hire Corncraoker and shew yourself. Up
on which li,,e fellow scarcely three feet high
with rusty gun, and an old fashioned militia e,
| 70 coat, with pewter buttons slh,os' the SIZE "i
saucers, and the skirts reached d"wn 10 us
heels, ster ped out in front, aud looken proud 8
lof lily around.
How old are you Nick? said tie captain
! Almost twenty one, sir, said the man. Ser
gesnl, said Nh" captain, you may strike TINS
mans sme IF the ROLAND turning TO the
l,,le negr" I'D, you may 80 home Nick. I'M
Ill you grow bigger b., uncle tehiel >ays I'm
cd enough % train, said Nick, choaking with
vex tion 10 think tha, he could not psss muster
Go home you powder monkey looking skunk,
| said Bill Bobs,ay, you are not so big as gu
| nf grug-go home or III put you on the top OF
a quar- pol where you'll never get down
Silence there in the ranks Bobs'ay, said The
| Captain. command here.
Look here captain Crookshanks, said Bob
| stay grinning horribly. none Of your author {!
dye see, if you Come a,hwart my bows III
cut your haws,r-you never was out oil sigh
OF land in your life, you fresh wafer LAID crab
you swapping tu' L. Of mill pad; dye spo'e
III close up he hatch way OF my mouth ! u
| | do may old Da, Jones sink me in nis locker.
A,ast Bill said Bovine. let he ubbe' alone;
he don't know chiver hole from a caboust-
house; give US char of that pig tail round
your tarpualin there-twistipg as m.'h as he
could clrveriy stow away Id his mouth, from
,hree ,r ruu, yards which was wound round
Bobs avs hai, the ends reaching down in from
% b. handy.
The captain seeing he ungovernabl" sta'e OF
Bob,,ay, M"'lngspke and BnwIine,. paid nc
moe ,ten'ion 10 them, bu, continued attend
ing hr roll cell, wh,cn wa, soon finished and
the company prepared 10 20 'hrough he Man
url exc else.
Attention Eyes righ Eyes Ief Steady
having with pre-. isipD been ude led, he bega':
Snouide, AIMS What's that ia k? says
B BIS ay- shoulder md ms d-n the oo"by,
does he sposs we've got no shoulder, or arms?
The captain went on, present arms ORDER
rms advance arms, &c While the tars
looked ou-one le,s"rely leaning on hr but Of
his gun, while the muzzlr was sucking IN
he ground; another holding his by the ~, II e
| ), ith both hands, the but over his shoulders
b bsay was rummagIng an cid cartridge box
for Amt, while his gun lay down on the ground
besde him.
Give US one Of them are cart idges Bill said
JACK Marlinespike II do III % D.
find your own ammuniioH, answered B"b>
stay. In the mean time h. hid 10, dei his
ola b bus jus IS he raPiai gave notice
TO wheel in o pIl
| Tit s.iiois nn srengt'e res moving. rm
ed in wi rem ~ the real; AMI l"e wo'd
mark ime b,i"e given, Bob,lay finding t",y
were ahou, to march, laps us companion
| NJ ,rlnspike on .hr shoulder, says haf pint
# d ~ Plug hot gno,e '"ndr' Done, sa%'
! ia K, and ,o,t,y Used old Connecticut, as
he slled ii, AID le of. Dead a, hrrrifss, bv
| Cd! throwing down his gun, aud II ng
his prize. Pm de.u SHOT Jack-hes II
FOUNDER only hett him.
| He was continuing when the captain came
up 70 know who had discharged his gun in this
4 manner.