Litchfield enquirer., 1833-12-26

could see nOlhin bul ylO aud not mite Of The Gin.
eral.
Well, thinks I, ifrhe GneraI eaaread The Message
with theSe sperks, II is mnre than can. Bot stuck
" u, Kept iurnia over the leaves iIl got the
Treasury accounts and The Bank business, aud the
deposits, and matters az such nalure-l had read all
that over often before, with the GiReTa, had il
~ . y heart But when cane 2 look a. !. through
Van Buren,. The accounts waa all jumbled up, and
then came another spell Of glory agn; the letters
and hgers NIL iurnin into crowd .! folks and throw
"a up hats; aud there squire Bidde sandin the
door Of HE hank. and Clay and Webster, and Cal
houOa and crowd more Of such chaps about him, with
clubs in their hands keepin OF our folks, VIII" allseem
TO he tryn 10 lila the wlndowsj aud some had got in
and was jisi comm cut with bags on their backS, and
among them could the cashiers Of the deposit
hanks. with nIue they could siagger under, and
all carryn label with glory and hOzEafor Gineral
Jackson aud then agin up went another batch Of
cts! aud there was the Ginerai IN another blaze OF
sslory; aud jest 40 FAST lIurned Oyer the leaves,
and lOok'd spell. every thing wanld 81, 10 capern
glimpse of the Ginera all kiSer'd up in tGl1-y.'
Well, thinks I, if things look SO TO the Gneral.
they do 10 me through these siecks, tont wonder
much that he don't always see EN- as other FOLKS IlO
aud then went work, iOokin intO the con,rsa
kgiVe one twist one why, AUD the glasses few
round like fash; ANIL took up the message agn.
aud had another look, the letters and tigers would all
jump abou: SPELL aud change sicesi and when YOU
come 10 read can. they want 1oihin like what had
written EN-, 80 kept on turning the screws aud slip
PIN the springs and every time ~ try another iook
things kept all the while iookn diffe ren,-and by and
by go EN- 60 that things lookd ies. as they are; and
rs they look through most speckE. Well, thinks /, il
this don't heat all natar. AID the more look'd into
the conirivance Of them specke, tile Ibegan
10 think they knew thing or two IN Albany. And
now. thinks l. III leave these specks they now are.
and let the Gnerai take look nt ihiNgs ~ he used
g, before Mr.. Van Buren give him pair Of spec'a.
cies. And the next morning, when the Gineral
come into the Cabinet room up chamber, the fl 81
thing he said, says he, Major, I'll take good
bow put these specks in my panaloone pocket agin
And he took EN- out al ha side pocket, and begun
rubbin EN- now says he, Major, jest let take
another look at that Message want sec, says he,
how the Treasury counts and the Bank matters look
once more, Tor d. VOW know. says he, Major don.
over, Id gia Puzsled. But suppose it's all right; and
and as soon as git puzzled with such matters. any
other matters seem to think the people understand
TIT tonti for can almost swear can see EN- jest
rs glad, let me do shy what will they all
0n the grand toacpr and that's ennE' So turned
over the message 20 chat part the Gine:al wanted 10
kept my eye him. He looked spell. aud hlink'd
aud twisted his mouth, aud took of his speaks, aud
RUBBED EN-, and ook'd agn aud blinkd and twisted his
eye brows' laid the message Q" his knees, and begun
to reckon on his 6ngers-,for he 10 n,aster hand
tint, and can do sum so, nigh upon quick rs
with a sIa'e-so TO rights says he, Major don't like
the looks Of this a. -how %, says Well says he
don't know haiti don't look il used 10. Aud with
that he iookd up over the saaWtle tree piece--and
started back and lookd agn aud twisted his eyebrows
and lips Plaguily, aud to rgh.s says he Major whose
Van Buren, and a good Iikepe loo. We'll. whose
10 ttaiT Why that's yourn. says sapd looks for
all ihe world like syou'and with that he jump'd up
h hod ' 90 s ekoy, ana WIN ~, one ?s ne smashed
ktndie with some newspapers, mnd the Ginera walk
ed right up 10 him with his hickory ia hand, and
the other hand hodin on his specaces--,he Gineral
blink'd At him spell, Amos bowsd-' who are you >
the Ginera. what do YOU WNut2s and lest M he