Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1833-12-12

nj WAS m the middle ont, ana Mr. van
Buren, and Major Barry, and Amos
KindIe, and raft more Of our folks, all
seen'd to be Standing round, firing of
rockets; they would squirt up over the
Giueral, and burst, and then shower
down stars, Qest as folks tell on toper
night when the stars all did git caper-
inl-and jist as they would come nigh
the Gineral, these stars would git togeth-
er ard burst agin /; and then you could
see no,hin but "glory" and not mite Of
the GineraI.
Well, thinks !, if the Gineral can
read the Message with these specs, its
more than can. But l stuck to it,
kept t,rnin over the leaves, Till l got to
the Treasury accounts, and the Bank
business, and the deposits, and matters
of such nature-I had read all that over
30 often before with the Gineral, ! had
il all by heart. But when l came to
look at it through them specs, it was no
more like it than ] am like Mr. Van Bu-
rem. The accounts was all jumbled up,
and then came another spell of "glory"
agin; the letters and flyers all turnin into
q crowd Of folks and THROWN up hats;
and there was squire Bddle sandin at
the door of his bank, and Clay and Web
ster and Calhoun, and a crowd more Of
such chaps about him, with clubs in their
hands keepin off our folks, s,who all seem'd
10 be tryin to git into the windows; and
some had got in and was JET comm out
with bags on their backs, and among en-
! could see the cashiers ol'the new de-
post banks, with as much as they could
stagger under, and all carryin label
with "gIory" and "huzza for Gineral
Jackson" and then agin up went an an
other batch OF rockets ! and there was
the Gineral in another blaze Of "glory;"
and list as fas: as turned over the
leaves, and look'd spell, every thing
would git to caperin agin, and end in I
blow up; and could ist git glimps OF !
the GineraI all kiver'd up in "Glory." \
Well, thinks ], if things look so to the !
GineraI, as they do to me thro' these ;,
specs, ] don't wonder so much that he :,
don't always see'em as other folks do;
and then went to work, looking into the y,
contrivance; l give one screw u twist :.
one way, and the glasses flew round like =
a fash; and took up the message agin, :,
and had another look, the letters and 9.
figures wonld all jump about spell, and a,
change sides; and when you come to G
read 'em, they warnt noihing like what +
had written 'em, SO | kept on turnin =.
he screws, and dippin the springs, and =,
every time Ie,try another look, things 49,
Kept all the while looking different and "
~ and by got 'em so that things look'd n,
ist as they are; and as they look tbro' Az. ~.
WILL th,aI, .c th;. ."
eat all natur. And the more look ID -,
nto the c0ntrivance Of them are specs, ' c'D
ne more l began to think that they -. -.
new thing or two in Albany. And VI
ow, thinks /, III leave these specs as -"
ICY Eow arc, and let the GineraI take a ~, ~,
,ok at things as he used to, before Mr. : o.:
an Buren gave him n pair Of specta- .I ..'h
les. And so the next morning, when ~,
e Gineral come into the Cabinet room u
, chamber, the first thing he said, says ~ 40
;, "Major, III take good care how ] c.
1t these specs in my pantaloons pocket ~. -,
.in." And he took 'em out of his side
,cket, and begun rubbin 'em "now," ~ ~
VS. he, "Major, jist let me take another ''I
ok at that Message. want to see, ,os
Us he, how the Treasury counts, and ''I'
e Bank matters look once more, for do >, =, -
u know, says he, Major, don't know on;, r;,
'ch about tigers, and every time | hppd
I'd that over, I'D git puzzled. But Lila IS,,
,pose its all right; and as soon as git - l.
lzled with such matters, or any other c.
tiers, / seem to think the people un- ,;.,i,
rstand il if [ don't; Tor can almost ac,
ear can see 'em jest as glad, let me n.a.
or CIV what | will ne thpy all was on l'""
" soy 80 III ~ 'r,, that
ned over the Message to that part the soD, sno
neral wanted TO sac; and he put on his .,,;,,, .o
cs, and wen, on 70 readin it. ,ho
kept my eye on him. lie look'd a after
u, and blnk'd, and twisted his mouth, Com
took Off his specs and rub'd 'em. and gent
I'd agin, and twisted his eye brows; not !
she message on his knees, ana De- the {
to reckon on his finger--for he is de Mt
,ter hand at that, and can do sum last
nigh upon as quick as | can with Sena
ESQ to rights, says he, Major not f
/ like the looks Of this bit--how so ed a
, II Well says he l don't know, but these
ont look as it used to. And with that nator
ooked up over the manteltree piece, take
started back and look'd agin, and Fl,
ted his eyebrows and lips y'agily, take
to rights says he, Major, whose M,
ness is That IN plaster! why, says i, maki
$ Nr van buren, and good IKE crede
10. wen, whose Is that! why thats table
rn, says /, and it looks for all the On
Id like you--and with that he Jump ,bon
Up and took his Hickory, and with Pot,e
lick, he smashed both on 'em into mr.,