Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1834-02-06

/ right out II done me good, in these times, 10
see the gineral ticl<led at any thing. As soon as
/ the gineral could say any thing,-says he, Major
| call back fancy and Barry and Amos, and haw,
| hsw, haw, says the giDeral-and Just then, got
the notion why they all scampered off so-and
| sot dowa right in front Of the gineral and we
haw, haw'd l tell you, for more than half an
| hour.
| And SO 10 rights, we got to tallSin again, and
the gineral he wip'd his eye, and blew his nose
Jistior all the world tho he had been erwin
! and says he, Major, it amt strange, they was a
leetle afeard OF you, for do you know list as you
come IN, some on EN- was sayin about the plagy
post Office accounts-If they didn't get en- strait
pretty soon, you would git at EN- and chop EN- all
i up into mince meat-and list then sure enuf in
fyou come, and then haw, haw, haw, says the
| gineral, agin. Well, says he Major, Pm clad
the people about beginnin TO look at Won pref.
~ much as / do. / knew, saws he the time
would come when they would say knew what
was what, when ! got you to be with me; and
says he, Major, let's look at this AK and the gin
eral ne rnob'd his specs well, says he, that is
splitter amt it-why, says he, if man ony got
iathered he could shave himself without a bar
per, Tor this ak is as bright as looking glass end
sharp as razor; and here is the makers name
too "'starks & Co. Carthage, New York"
do wonder now SAYS the gineral if that aint the
STARK" who lick d the British at Bennington
spell ago. amt certain says J. Well, nor /
mother, says the gineral, for do you know Major
nave been IN so many wars myself, that some
tunes mix EN- up, and have now got so much to
attend to here, that am bothered about names
ana places and times, most plagily. Now there
Is our little district attorney our folks telled
when appointed him bank director that he
was Jist the kind Of man we wanted ''to ride
bIddle and upset him, and when they telPd
CT 'rldIn, "upsettin,' and mentioned bis name,
] got notion in my head that he may be the
same man Eve heard tell on, who took ride
once, and then wrote a long account ont in poe
try.-Well, says /, Pm not certain Of that moth
er-but Eve got notion that the man you mean
was John Gilpin. fThat's the same man, amt
lt'" says the gineral. No, says !, ] guess ii
amt, for he lived in London go, that makes no
Odds" says the gineral; sfor they used to call
Philadelphia the London of America. w ell,
says i, then il must be the same, aud II he's got
the squire to ride him, guess il will turn out
pretty much such another ride--for, says /, the
squire is a pretty good horse for tight pull-but
don't think he'd stand easy under saddle-it
amt the natur of that breed.
Well Major, says the gincral, must thank
those folks for the any how, and soon as
the senate pass upon that message we sent EN-
tother day about other presents you can have
the AK. Very well, says /, gineral, and if con.
gress don't pass upon something else, as to git
things leete better in the money way, 1'll
want that ak, for we shall all come to chopin
agn for Twin.
want you to send printed copy Of this letter
to the makers of that ak, and when you git my
letters to you printed in book, send EN- one
Of the books with my thanks for the ak.
Your friend,
]. DOWNING, Major,