Delaware State journal, advertiser and star. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1832-1833, 1833-07-12

lflcu Gil, you We no lucc, IL went OH just
as click as lie.
mo, 'says l, tension the hull!' ssStand
at ease till you see me again, and then
streaked it down to old Miss. Cranes
Tavern, about two miles off, and waited
till the General come along, and afore l
had mixed I'd glass of switched up they
came, and the General look'd as chirk
and lively as a skipper.
SNOW" says General we are going
right into Downingville, and no man
here is to give any orders but myself"
and said this loud enough for Mr.. Van
Buren, and Governor Woodbury. and all
on EN- to here me, and they was all as
hust arter that as cows in clover lot
Then we all mounted, and on we went
I and the General little head on EN-.
And when we crossed the Brook, says
"dont be afraid oft string pieces here
General--we amt in New York now" I'll
follow you Major, ''says he 'thro' thick
and thin--I feel safe here.
Jist as we got on the mole, tother said
of the Brook, we came in sight of Down
ingville-and.says there's where live,
when Pm to hum, and the sight Of our
house make me crawl all over. I'm sick
Of Washington and if Downingville folks
only know'd half what do about one
Teller you've brought along with you,
they'd want to take him like streaked
snake by the tale, and snap his head off.
Amt that snug farm" saysI. The Gene
raj rize right up in his stirrups, and says he
I'D go east of sun -ize any day, says he,
10 see SIGH a place" l thought should
go right through M! shirt collar, for
the Gineral was tickled to pieces. No
thing has held a candle to it that he's
seen.
t, Seth Sprague has put the children all on
the school house-you could mt see an atom
of the room--with green boughs, and singing
at set place he had made; and when l and
the gineral PASSED by they made it all ring
again, Itcll you; whether it was facing the
sun or what, but he looked as if he was e'eny
jst going to cry, (for he is amazin tender
hearted critter.) list then Sargent Joel who
had charge of the field piece in front of the
= Meetin House, touched her off; and didn't
: minute-says he ssMajor, shouldn't wan
" nothing better than dozen of them guns t.
change the boundy line along here jest to sui
you"-''but look Major what on earth ha
got into Mr.. Van Buren's horse"-sur'
enough Sargent Joel had put in leetle to-
a much waddin, if any thing and Knock Bissel,
/ as sly as weazel, slipp'd in swad of grass
lr that hit Mr.. Van Buren's horse and set him
IN capcring, till he kinder flung him. I was a.
o Wrath as murder--says sswhere is hep
~ and I arter him full split-he was clipping il
across the orchard, SO that you might put ar
egg on his coat flap, and it wouldn't role of.
a. / streaked it round the corner of the stone
- fence to head him-but afore I got to him he
had kitch'd the horse, and was clearing out
in of the country-and afore this he is slick
H. enough in the Province.
III They tell different stories about it, blu,
~ Deacon WILDLY seen the hull OIL it, and he
r. says Mr. Van Buren, hung on like lamper
=, eel, till he was kinder jerk'd up like g
III trounched toad, and he came down OH the
on horses rump list as he kick'd up behind, ant
on that sent him clean over the fence into thu
re Deacop's potatoe patch. He turned over Sc
he fast in the air you could not tell one eent
ph from tother: but his feet struck first, and h,
20. stood there, the Deacon says, and made a
~ handsome bow to the folks as if nothin.
pe on earth had happen'd 10 him.
ke The review of Capt. Finney's compan,
did take the shine off them are Boston an,
e l Salem sogers, tell you; but they was all S
9Th keen arter the Gineral that, all 1 and Capt
sh- Finney could do, we couldn't keep the lin
;tb strait and they all got into such snarl tina
., you might as we'll try to straiten sheep
ha wool.
nc The bell was ringing all the while-tw
l people was up there with stone hammer
as pounding on her, Gaze uncle Josh had Son
he und took the bell rope, and tied one eend on
raj to the steeple, and carried tother ecnd owe
the to the Deacon's chimbly more than II roc
tcb off; and every inch ont was hung full
onr flags, and where there want no flags he ha
~. got all the cloth out of the fulln mill, an
i'T the gals and Downingyille boys had gin a
kei their handkerchcrs and gowns and hann
and shirts, and it was so high up. and the win
|, kinder struck EN- all together SO you could
tin, tell check shirt from an old Continenta
ing The Gineral was ticked half to death; sa,
nee he, sMaor, that looks about right. 1T dot
go So says 'Gineral, il that aint Union ! dol
- know" He's as keen as a brier to catch all
yer, thing cunnl,--he don't care where he is; i
'ess snorts right out.
tile As soon as we got down to the mectir
And house door, Zekel Bigelow gin him the a,
)n't dress. 1t was stuck as full Of Latin wor
here and there like burs in the wool of a str;
,,1 sheep; and Zekel, who knows eeny most e
II cry thing, don't know Latin yet--he kce
Anu the packing yard, and salts down more fl
'ae- than any man in counties round; and 1t W
ont real curious how he got along.
han He'd throw in the salt; and then the pick
Don and the nitre, Jest little t time--and VIII
he come to talk to the Gineral about pl
,y,s servin the Union and the Constitution, it W
4 list the thing---and when he talked abe
~ them are Nullifers, he cut, and shaved a
es d. made the scales fly, l tell you---every h
en- on the Gnerals head stood straight on eend
bark and there stood the crtter Ezekiel right aft
got him, talking like book. and his head v
Just as smooth, and every hair on 1t slick'd do
ould with dpp'd candle, and that are kew
lJ,;S ,uonlI oil yhe fclts behind which u