The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1840-09-12

! Rllsten 10 lo0k upon. me beam was made
Of seasoned hickory, and inscribed "THE
| CONSTITUTION" the coulter consisted of a
kind Of stuff called "Free So6fGge;" the
share was SPECIE, and the broad side was
made Of "[i.ged Principles"
All prelminaries being arranged, the
word was given, and the teams started. --
The bull aud COW worked together remark
ably well, and if it had depended on them
alone,they would perhaps have been turned
up in some sort of way. But the plough
proved 10 he defective in many respects;l
beam turning and twisting in every dircc-
ton, made the furrows crooked, and the
panic" cutter sometimes running in very
deep, at other times sliding ever the surface
without making any impression. Besides
the ground was slrewed with kind Of
stones called "Republcan principles"
which, whenever the plongh struck one Of
them, was sure to firt it, or make il leap
out of the ground, and Tip the ploughman
over.
The soil consisted chiefly Of two sorts,
Republican ground and Arstosratic ground,
with here and there little admix'ure OF
both. In ploughing the eastern fields the
Federal team got along tolcrably well, the
bull and COW pulling strong, and when lhe
plough struck upon republican ground, the
family followed with kind of mattock,
called Reg stry law, Alien law, 81 Proper.
ty Qualifications" with which they scarfed
the surface. Here, too, the Democratic
team did 6rst rate work as far as it went,
but in consequence Of tie numerous " log
TolIiugs," that had been lately made, il
could not work to the greatest advantage.
But when the mid-lands was entered upon,
it was then ihat the Democratic team began
to 90 ahead. Never was work done QUICK
er and betler-never where furrows straigh-
term short the whole of n. York, N.
Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Vir-
GINA, were finished before the Federal team
could "nark off a land" The Southern
and Southwestern lands were then entered
upon, through which the Democratic team
worked its way with the utmost case and
regularity, the teamster, Martin, attracting
the universal admiration of ever behoIde-,
for his frank and straight forward course. -
On this ground, the black bull began to give
out, and finally laid down and refused to
6udge sno'her step, whereupon the Federal
family resolved to supply his place with
a colt called, Cotton Speculation" in the
hope OF being able to do some work; but
the colt having never been tried before they
put boy on his back named Mickey Bid.
die, as Tip had never been used to plough
with any thing but "hOrned CATTLE"
But the troubles of the Federal family
had began and there was no telling where
they would end. Their rope began to un-
twist their plough bad become blunt, whilst
all the time the Democratic team was push
ing ahead, following by plaudiis of Uncle
Sans children. After these lands had bean
finished by the Democratic team in the We
ry best style, ii could be easily perceived
how the match would terminate, and many
Of the federal family began fast to lose their
tempsr;but as the Western lands were vet
TO be pIodghed, they rallied their spirits for
smother effort. The colt was turned out
and the bull again yoksd up, as the plough
man preferred that kind of team. But here
the COW gave signs Of falling, and i. was
the opinion Of the doctor that she had svmp.
toms OF the murrain, as she had for some
time ceased TO give milk, or in other words
had "S'spended payment" The bull,
however, stood his ground verv we'll though
it was seen he had lost much of his strength
since he left the eastern lands. Old Tin
did his best TO hold the plough, and kcpl
his eye all the time fixed upon tho rome,
refusing to answer question during The
whole operation, "either 10 friends or
foe" After scratching along over the west
in bungling manAer with a small log cabin
perched upon the plough beam to keep the
cutter in the ground, they struck upon a
place where an immense quantity of public
stores were deposited, called "Fors Step
henson" Here the pOughman suddenly
let go the plough, and seizing torch
which SONS one carried, pushed toward
the stores and attempted 20 set them on fire.
This was happily prevented by little
fellow named Creghan, which so earaged
cid Tip, that he Immediately broke his
long silence, exolaming, "T resignv' and
taking to his Aesls, trotted off to North
Bend.
All was now dismay and confusion in the
Federal family-some followed the plough
man. crying, $50 il ITp," others screamed
out "the cider is sOur,"-whiIe others
gathered round the cSw, as ,heugh sha was
able to afford some relief but to add 10
their grief, she seized with sudden mala.
dy,a after founderihg while; she"Jurs-
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