Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1834-01-09
WHOLE NO. 1877.

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And gin him look The GineraL
twisted his face most shockin, & scratch
ed his head too But he went ut it agin
as spunky as ever, for he is an amazin
tutf crtur in fight, and hangs hike o.
snappin turtle when he gets hold. He
banged away n spell agin like all naturs
and jest as he took his specs off to give
EN- rub, gin him the reply agn.-
The GIneraI gin his face another pIagy
hard rumple, and ] sat watin for him to
fire agin. Says he, Major, that's u
saarp piece you are firin with there. It's
a peeler, says Gineral, tell yost-bus
you hnint got the best ont yet-it's jest
Citing warm, says l.
" Major, says the Gineral, suppose we
change batteries; let me take that reply.
and you take all these documents. t'I
ike to fight, says the Gineral, when
\ there IS ten to one agin me. So do i,
says Gineral, and 50 we'd better fight
it out as we sit
y The Gincral looked spell at his pa
per agin; and says he, Major, reckon
we had better have a truce. Not now.
says |, Ive got my h. nd in now, and
want TO see the fight out. Well, says
! when any ore attempts To drive the Ex-
ecutive;" and with that he got up, anb
took off his specs, and put eHs IN his
] pocket, and put on his hat and took his
= hickory, and fetched whack on the ia
= table-"VETo, says he. That's enuf,
! says Gineral.
And now, says the Gineral, letTsgO
c and take walk, and so we went. The
n Gineral did, say nothin for more than
S a mile, and mother. So to rights, says
: he Major, every body says money rs ve-
X ry scarce. That's true enuf, says j,
d and it's not got as scarce as il will be a
= fore winter is over; and then telpd tha
d Gineral the cause ont Well, says the
'e Gineral, believe you are right; and il
I'd the worst comes to the worst, says he,
'e wen have new Bank, and that will
III make money plenty agin, wont it, Yess
t. says i, ! suppose so ; bat we cant git n
le new bank, Gineral, till this ones time is
- out, and that's nigh three years-and
IN long aH,re that time, says l., there will
e. be trouble cnuf, as this one must be all
" the time collectin in it's own money; and
nc folks will fail, and be bankrupt; and theU
X twenty new banks will do no good.
- don't see that, says the Gineral. If we
a. could make new bank now, says i,
o, right off, and let it take up the BUSINESS
on Of the old one, it wouldn't make mucls
rd odds. But the law wont allow that, Gin-
n cral And Jest then the Ginerai got in
he way of witching with his suspender'
in buttons behind, ana to rights he broke
vs. one off, There, says he, Major, here
ng is this conlounded button off agin.-
ays Well, says /, that's small matter; here
The is tailor's shop-let's 60 in and max @
oil him put it on-and so in we went. Tha
I'll, tailor happened to be one Of our patty,
nd and he was tickled To death TO see Tie
zee Pre- stoent, and .hought he was goin to
'to get an Office right off, and was plagy
5 cut down when he came to find il was
'n, only button off, and so he jump'd back
or on his board, and sat down on his heels
our agin, and said if the Gineral would take
lr. off his pantaloons he would put the but
lys ton on in few minutes ] looked a,
EN- the Gineral and he looked at me-and
all we both on the tailor. Why, says the
y" Gineral, this is the worst thing, Major
It ! ever met, Pm stumped completely
al, 1t will never do to risk walking home
with this button Off, for if t'other on.
on comes off, it's all over with me; and G
er. 81. here without my pantaoons till tha
md fellow puts on IA button, l'll kitch my
al, death a cold. look here Major, says tn,
J OF Gineral, that other button is takin all tijs
Nv, strain, and it will come off in less thar
be- five minutes-what is to be done L
and seems to me MAJOR, said the Gineral
'ell that no man is placed so often in sucl
ave zeal trouble as am Yes, says !, Gin.
ney eral, but it's fortunate for you to have
'es, me always with you. know it Major
Of says he, and hope you will be as true
ell, friend now as YOU have becu,-and will
ats that says to the tailor, cant you fix thing,
the now, 81 as to git all over thi' trouble E
ring There is only one way, says the tailor
his and that I've stated; and another thing
the says he, the Gineral wants a new pair
rict You rascal, says the Gineral, you can
and make better pair, and one that fits m,
,al- better if you try month-thcse panta
ays looms said the Gineral, are better than
y" new pair; and if they only had new but
n a tons here they would last me to my dy
Iow ing day. Ii takes me months aud weeks
Md To get PAIR 10 sit easy wont have 6
sat new pair, says the Gineral, that Pm de-
,cr- termined on. sec, snys the Ginersl
ent. what you are after; you want new job
as Well, says ], Gineral, let me try; an,
FIRST with thai ] wax'd \ thread, aud got new
he button; and whilst the Gineral stood up
s. sol down behind him and stitched Oh