Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1834-03-27

him, Why, says be, Gipersf d.
barkin up the rong-trse this ,iyns - ss
] Jest see that rakoon jump to ~. '0f
tree, and afore this he is |. mi. -. .
there in the woods-she Gine,sl, ,., ~
him he was mistaken, and Jest ,h.a -. =. :
old farmer cum out, and he 49, y. .ss
Gineral what on earth he was r,,.s. ~
down that tree for, that il was c. Ia !.
the best bee trees on his farm. and ~ =
supplied his family and the pei.s S asa
round with honey for a good s. n
seasons, and the bees was Just sws,.y
agin in it.
And with that the Gineral ro,.~
thy, and .ell'd the Niggers 70 CO, ,w sss'
and down went che tree, right ss,a,,
the orchard fence, and says II. G;s.
raj if the, rakoon amt there. % a. -.
cut down the apple orchard, Ell va s
find him; and the Niggers kevt !, !,
but afore they cut down many ,,..'
the old farmer larnt wisdom: and !.
come 10 the Gineral and tell'd him y
was right arter all, for the fakoon w..
jest where he thought he was, and !.
had jumped from one apple Tree to A.
other, and was now in his cellar--sna
with that the Gincral called off II.
Niggers, and tell'd the farmer il Va,
well he had found the rackoon a, 400,
as he did, for he'd cut down .,e,y
tree in his orchard; and so Itelrd him
says the Gineral, he might keep ,hs
rackoon for larnin wisdom.
Now, saysI, Gineral what was ron,
notion; why, says he, Major, if ! hsdm
done jist so, il would gone an roupd
the country that | know d noihin .bom
rackoonin; and jist so with the B,nl
ifl give up my notion moo, folks viii
say | know nothin about BanEin: and
afore I'll do that, I'll break every man
in trade from one eend Of. the country
to tother. III let folks know afor. |
am done, that Andrew jackson know.
as much Of Bankin ~ he does Of Rae.
koonin.
Well, says I, Gineral, l don, "a,
how you git SIGH notions. Nor / don't
mother, Major, says the Gineral, butt,
has always ben my way when I pit,
notion to stick to it till j, dies natural
fdeath-and the more folks talk arm
my notions the more stick to en-.
Now says |, Gineral, that was . prit,y
good story you've been tellin, and I'd
like to tell you one-and the Gineral
he filled his pipe, and | began: A spell
ago, says |, my old Grandmother Dan.
forth-by my mother ide--4youknow
says ], Gineral, my mother was Dan.
forth-and so / tell'd the Gineral a, far
as | could all about the hull Daneorth
family, and gittin that strait, got back
agiL to my old Grandmother Danfor.h
well, says l, she owned an old hea
that was one of the curiesest critters
that ever cluck'd.-This old hen wss
never remarkable for Iayin eaQs-bus
she was a moster hand in haschin ou
emmy old Grandmother Dsnfor.h
used to keep this old crittes always
busy, and 50 fast as she hasched ons
batch she'd stick under her anothss--
it got so at last all the other fowls q.
bout the place would come and slide
themselves in along side this old hen
and lay their eggs in her nest--somf.
times ducks-sometimes geese--and
sometimes dunghill fowls and Bansums.
it made no odds which--ths old hen
would hatch EN- all out, and was jss.
as tickled every niornin with the young
ones as though she had laid the Eggs
herself--and was all the while ruflsd
and rumpled, and ready for fight
and so tell'd the Ginerala good long
story about this old hen--and about
her troubles--and how. the other fowls
used to impose upon her, and so forth.
The Gineral was a good deal takea
with this story, and he has been ,elia
ONT to Mr.. Van Buren,, and Amos Kin.
die and the rest Of tho Csbinet--ssd
one on 'em came to me to know what
BARN that story had On The Gosers.
n,ent--and all | could say about it wsa
that the Gineral tell'd me. his rakosa
story, to show how important il va
for him to stick to a notion right q
wrong--and he didn't know exactly
how he got his nctionss Thought ID
tell him the story Of my old Grandma
Their Danforth's hen, see if that would
throw any light ont.
Then they wanted to know i'll intend.
ed to compare the Gineral with that Old
hen--and / telld en- It want 50 mirh
my business a. other folks--it wss.
nough for me to tell the story jest 1k
was. One thing however, says ], =
pretty cartin, and that is, the Ginersl
has got some plagy odd fowls about
him, and that pretty much all on en-
have been dropping their eggs under