Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1830-10-07

A COCK IN a CUPBOARD,

remember passing a winters wight. in a very
strange manner. When Twas asatt ls years
old, being qaartered nearsa country village,
| bought a fine game cock not ia fight. bat 10
keep lie was as fine . feathered biped ss
ever struttcd ea q pair Of legs. had him
carried home, where he and | arrived about
five o'clock, on = winters evening. II 80 hap
pened, that another youth and mvself we're
obliged for a time TO occupy one small sleep.
ing apartment, | had a full sizsd bed in Il: nv
companion occupied a small travelling bed,
which fitted him ike a coffin, folded M into
a portsnanteau in tue day, ana WAS laid outat
night by bis servant. No sooner had I%srriv-
ed than ! was summoned 10 dinner. bat what
must lido VITA Chanticlccrs | was puzzled:
so ! put him pro ~tereoye, inte a dark vsodea
cupboard, close to The ioor, among . pafeel
Of old shoes and coats and pans. and shuttle
door. Chandelier. no doubt, Blade the best
Of his quarters and went to roost. went eff
10 dinner, and in the hurry and hustle Of a
party, Target the cock as cvgpletely as il he
had never existed,
Now II 50 happened, that my friends little
bed vas planted with the pillow end close to
this same cupboard, the s~leeper's ear alalost
touched the key hole. ts< cupboard not being
bigger than q good sized box. About twelve
O'Clock came home, Get up into anv bed fell
fast asleep, still naccEscisns Of Chanticlcer
and all that was soon 70 snsiss. by friend
had been last snoring 10 the arms Of Morpheus
for an hour gone.
Hsw loag lslepi Icannet tell, but I Was
startled with q lengthencd roar, which made
me think semc horFied csnyulsfon Of natsre
VAS taking place IN the whsle country. All
sghast, aud bali ASLEEP, listened, and pre-
sently was made fully aware Of what had
taken place, ard would be pcTsiated in, Cor
these birds, be it kps1yn, crow full twenty
minutes AZ a stretch, qaarter aainuts tins. /
thought i quite unnecessary to awaken my
fresd, since to sleep was impossible.
" The esck's shrili clarion en- The ec4oing .orn,
No rore shall rouse him from his io~ly bed"
These lines da not apply iony friend -Oa
went the cock, ycllias 1T shsrt. stated inter-
walls. more like a hsrse aeighing than sny sther
noise | know. The cock was nst aware, that
my friends ear was sply half an inch distant
frsla bis swn beak.-Nor was he aware. that
the cupbsard door acted as aperfsst aeuag
ing board. So on he weat, rearing lis sFisoas
in a style which set the furniture ia the room
into a state OF iumult. beg fhe reader will
not fancy that which was not the case: the
crow was net an abrupt, short, desp crow;
there was nothing Cultured ii it, il was quite
the reverse Of the Iyroiess MINISTRIES; every
crstshet OF IL came fFsa the thrsat, clear,
angry, loud, and ABOVE al long, very long
Presently | heard manifest proofs Of unessi
ness from the tenaAt in The truekie- bed-Dn
won't the busle, again and again repeated. At
last | bearea ! voice cry, "Oh I2Ed what IS
thatsn The cock was siieat for a faoUeat, ill
again he blew his angry pipe. "Good Gedl
what i. that hsrfid ncise?a Again i. was re-
SEATED loud enough to tear down the house. !
could bear it no longer, the desire 10 laugh
was insnpportable; so | crarDmed the bolster
into my mouth. The cock contiuued his ara.
tins: iny friend struggled with the horrid
annoyance. and also with sleep, till at lasl
Chandelier, by one violent effort. upset the
pan spon which no doubt he was rercheu
This compound Glamour rsisedmy friend upeH
It's legs. la a dreadful rage, mixed nitI
aIsaxement and curiosity, he dew 10 the Tin
der bex to strike a light When | saw tie eN
preston Of his face putting at the match ans
eaFaing the cock al the same Instant, il wa0
m,suilerahly comic; bn, il would reGnirc rh
s4 steal not 10 explode will laughter when III
question to me 81 "Oa Gear, dear, what i