Arkansas intelligencer., 1844-08-03


Billy of Little Pigeon,'o and myself
Now let me promise, that this was not inte nded
as general affair''-but got up by a few of the
" Boys" Of "this neck of TIMBER" to amuse
themselves and pass the day in an appropriate
manner. There were several of their friends
who were absent, among them the % Rev. A. H."
"Litte Beavor." I" Toby Small" and Little
Red" On account Of whose absence, " Roman
wore Grape the little finger of his left hand and
carried nonion in his pocket to use on certain
occasions for effect. After taking " few draps
Of Thruston's MIXTURE" Ito preven, the sun from
having any bud otfsct.) 1t was determined to
proceed in regular style about tho celebration -
although our nunbers were small, we felt conf
dent we could g. do the thing up brown" and
therefore, it was proposed aud carried by aCc,a-
ma ton, that "UncIe Ellick take tho chair, Tor a
seat on the grass, there being no chairs handy }
preparatory to organising the meeting, and " Ro.
man" was appointed secretary to report the pro-
ceedings FOR your paper.
On motion of Billy D--y, the chair appointed
a committee Of three 10 select from those present
an orator and reader Of the Deea ration of lnde-
pendence. The following persons wore named j.:
"Billy D--y," "Splugens," and "Oe -"
who alter consultation, presented the name OF
DIR. Physic to read the DecIa ration, and M-d--c,
to deliver an Grafton. Whereupon, M--d-c beg
ged to be excused; saying that " he had not had
the slightest idea Of such an honor. and was con-
sequenty unprepared. In fact, he had not sup
posed 1t would be any thing more, from the short
time in which it wns got up, than meeting Of a
few friends, to pass an hour so in social inter.
course; but if the company insisted on his ac-
ceptance Of the honor, that be would to the best
OF his humble abilities, crafty their Wishes" At
which, M-d-x cried out" good lick" " hit
him again." &C., and the rest of the company vo-
c.feraed--" ,ce insist" After few preliminary
movements, moislening of the throAts, &C., all
was ready.
When Dr. Physic read tho Declaration in a
clear and manly tone, and in his manner showed
clearly that he knew what he was about, and
looked as 1t he understood II, Just as much as if
he had said lm some at reading, but if there is
any thing can do better, it is explaining what |
read. But we had not lime 10 call for his expla-
nation OF 1t; besides, each of US, no doubt thought
we understood it as well as he did. Before pro.
ceedlng further, it was again thought necessary to
"sphce tho main BRACE" and all hands took
{" horn" M-d-c, then arose, evidently much
embarrassed al being so suddenly called upon; yet
he responded like a trump" (as he is,) and de-.
Ilvered an grafton, which dad him infinite credit; ;
as much by the ability with which he handed his
subjects, as the varied cha aracter Of topics on
winch he discoursed; and can only regret that
""'o - '"e nn,a- taken by " Roman" 10 give
will Inform you of the principal subjects touched
lie commenced by explaining the necessity of his
taking grounds, which had been so often and ably
travelled over before, and begged the indulgence
OF tho company IN case he should in avoiding the
Old beaten track. and entirely loose sight of the
subject, and speak Of things he better
quaned with. lie then reverted to the condition
OF the country as colonies-the cause of disagree.
neni with the mother Countrywide acts of viO-
hui H., r.
which drove US to rebelon-the Decln ration o: In
dependence. and the patriotic motives which 90
verned our forefathers in all their acts in those
tunes that Tried mems souls" When on this sub.
Ject, he spoke with vehemence, an en:husi ,sm
and eloquence which touched every hrnrer, and in
this way he proceeded on to the present condition
Ut our government. and stability Of our Instltu-
tons OF education. &c.-he review ed rous forms
Of government, and clearly demonst rated that ours
was the best on the face of the earth-he spoke Of
all the great improvements Of the day of farm.
ing; in fact of every branch of business and
once IN while, in spite OF himself, would retro
gade and get in little whiggery, (Which is his
worst f'uit.) thore was one pscnIiarty for a 4th
OF July orauon, which was perfectly new to me.
and no doubt produced by his thinking more of
that than any thing else. That is, no mnttor
what subject he was on, he universally wound up
with 'oOmen and horses. with both of which he np-
Peared p"rfectly conversant, 40 much so, that the
Impression was left on the mind Of his hearers,
that although well informed othor subjects
still that he had more erperiemce in matters con-
necied Uih them than any other subjects treated of
in his Grafton. When he got through. to our sur
prise, ii was half past 2 o'clock having spoke
two hours, riyiting the attention o his audience
so hxedly that they took no note Of time.
We next went to the spring. one and all to drink
to the Orator Of the day, and Of "ths neck of
TIMBER
Just at this time dinner was announced, and We
lost no time in prepa ring, but trotted" off immed.
ately. and on arriving at the place where the ia.
BILE WIS set, (about one hundred yards from the
spring in q fine shade,) were truly surprised and
delighted with the style in which our host Joe
Raney,' had every thing arranged. The table
was loaded with all the good things the country
could afford, could be procured Oh the short notice
he had. and the little" extras" give evident proof
that the estmable wife Of our worthy host, mad
had a " finger in the pie,'' and knowed also, how
to do things up brown''-than none knew better
how to cater for the wants or p,mper for tho ap-
petite Of the most fastidious. 1t is sufficient to
say-we cat, drank, and were merry. The only
thing which did " fall Short was the "inguns,' -
M-d--x having decidedly p'ncAant that way ;
and being no ladies' present, he did fail to graft
fly his desire as long as the - nguns" lasted, and
even went so far to beg Roman" for the one
he had in his handkerchief, which of course he
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