Litchfield enquirer., 1833-08-08

Downing was wTstea anu p"otshed tn eevetnl rNpeFs
 some tine since. we are now requeslsd .O give t .
 place ia our eOlumBss-
 To the Editor ofths N. Y. Daily Advertiser.
 DosCniRgpille. Qsth June, 1888.
 Dear Sir-This Is going, tO be rather
 lengthy letter. We've had rral times. be-
 gun to feet pretty streaked for O0r folks when
 I see what was done on Boston CommoDs and over there to little Cambridge. told you was going here to get things tO rightsi and when got here, found 'eIm in a terrible ta- kin about Ahat crowner's lie down tn York bay. There was nothing at all gOin on.
 Iwent full drive down to the meeting house and got hold of the rope, and pulled away
 like smoke, and made the old bell turn clean over. The folks come up thick enough then tc see what was to pay, and fill'd the old Tab ernacle chuck fGl and there was more out eide than you could count. Now says l, 'I'spOse you think there's going to be preach in here to-day, but ihat's not the business The Gineral is cOmin.' That was pnOuEh- now saysI |, be spry. teh'd the. Gineral last winter he'd see nothia till he got down
 nere, and if we don't make him stare, then there's no s1akes.' Where's Capt. Finny r. says l, here II be- says he, and there he was sure enough; the critter had just come out of his bush .pastur, and had his bush hook with
 him. Say I, Captain Finny you areto be mar
 shat of the day. Upon that he ja,nps right on eend. Now says I, where is Seth Sprague
 the scho0lmaster N Here be- says he; and
 there he stood withFhis pitch pipe up in the gallery. just as if l was going t0 give out the salm for. him. you just pocket your pitch pipe, says II 'Setb, and brush up your. larnin for we've pitched on you to write the address, Why Major says Ezekiel Bigelow, II tho't Twas to do that, and I've got one all ready <. Butt says ', you don't know nothin about Latin the Glperal cant stomnack any thing now without it's got Latin in tt. ever since they made a Doctor on him down there tO Cambridge 'tothsr day, but howsover.' says !, Zekiel. you shall give the address a aitcr all only jest let Seth ssick Ilt,le hog Latin into it here and there. And now, says I, .all on you be spry, and don't stop stirrin till the putidiH's done..
 Thenthey begun to hunt for hats and down the gallery stairs they went. And if there'd been 70 thanksgiyins and independence days eoniin in string.I don't believe there could bs more racket than there was in Downing vile that arternO0n and night.
 By 10 o'clock next morning, all was ready. l had 'em all stationed, and | wen out and come back or 4Ftimes acrosl the brook by the potash to try lem. HgOt white hat on, and shag bark stick, put some -four on my head, and got on to my sorrel horse, and looked just as much like the old gentleman as could. Arter frying them or 8 times l got lem all as llmberas a with, and the last time tried 'em, you've no idee, it went of just as. slick as ile. s.ss,, ~ @sas,sfs.s @1, ,si
 Now., says I, .tenahon the hull ' 7. Stand at ease tll you see me agin,' and then strea- ked it down tO old Miss Crane's tavern about two miles of, and waited till the Ginesal come along, and afore had mixed a second glass lOf swltchelI up they came, and the Gineral iook.d as chirk and lively as n skipper.
 Nowfsays l., Gineral we are going right into Downingville, and no man here is ts give any orders but myself' and said this loud enough for MT. Van Buren and Gov. Wood Oary anG all on 'en t0 hear mo, and they was ai! ss hush arier that as cows in clover lot. linen we aIl mounted, and on we ssent---T and the Ginerai leetle ahead on 'em. And when we crossed the brook, says I. 2. don't nc aieard Of the string pieces here Gineral-- Ma ,aInt ln Fork now I'll follow yOn'Ma- ger. says he .thro' thick and feel safe hcre.' as.sns V ,s993
 yist as we got on the mole, 'tother side of ne brook. we come in sight of Downingyille, ana says l, there's where live, when pm to hnm. and the sight of our house. makes me crawl alloyfr, I'm sick of Washington; and if DowningyiIle folks only know'd half what .io about one fellcr you've brought aioDg with you, they'd want to take him like n sfreakcd snake by the tall, and snap his head 0n. N Aint that snug farm1' says I. The Ginerai rig right Hp in his stUFrpps, and says he, Ia go east of sun eixe any day, says he, lo see sich a place Iihought shoald go right through my shirt collar. for the Gineral was tickled to pieces. Nothing has held } candle 10 it that he's seen.
 Seth Sprague has put the children all on inc school hOuse-you couldn't see an atom Of the rooE--with green boughs, and singing Det piece he had made and when and the GineraI passed by they made it all ring agin, tell yon whether it was his facing the sun pr what, but he looked as if he was e'eny fist 3 going to cry, (for he is amazing tender hearted critter.) List then Sargent Joel who had charge of the 6rId-piece in front of the Meetin House, touched her of; and didn't she speak This compOs'd the Gineral in he, Majur shouldn't want nothing better than a dozen of them guns to etange the b0undrs line along here jest to sustF yCu'--' hut laok Maj1r, what osi earth has got into Mir. Van Buren's h0tse2' Sure enuE Sargent Joel had put in a leetle too much waddin, # any thing, and Enoch Bissel, as ely as . Weaxel. slipr'd in 'swad of grass' that bit Mir. Van Buren's horse and set him capeFing. till he k;nder flung him. was as wrathy as inafder--says !, where is he r and [ arter aim full spiit-he was clipping it across the orchard. sn that yOu might nut m egg Ou his