Wisconsin herald, and Grant County advertiser. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1844-1845, 1844-11-09
VOL. III.
LANCASTER, SATURDAY. NOVEMBER g. 1874 NO

son may prove profitable one"
NY uncle filled a bumper of port
and considerably motioned TO me to
follow his example. proceeded some.
what in the following manner:
at is more than half a century since
| madcmy first appearance in London,
having been invited TO spend a few
weeks. with distant relation, one La
Idy Maclacklin. was at this period,
nineteen. sufficiently good looking,and
esteemed quite miracle of wit and
wisdom in the town of Hoganton,
whereof, my father was the vicar.-lt
was doubtless, entirely, owing TO re-
putation for precocious talent, that |
obtained the countenance of the lady
in question. Lady Maclacklin, was a
literary lady and accordingly, at her
SORE S, | was trotted out and exhibit
ed, as our rarer monsters are, when the
connoisseurs were obliging enough to
pronounce me a cub of very conSidera-
BILE promise. At length, on one men,
orable occasion, my keeper introduced
me at kind of club recently establish
ed. which took its name (doubtles, in
token of humility from the hose of
one Of the more eloquent Members
Here, to my great relief | was not
called upon to roar, colder and better
lions,' had been provided, and 1 nau 1t"
opportunity of listening to the argu-
ments of a profound doctor, who was,
at great pains to prove that everything
lis nothing, and that by consequence
there is no such thing as anything
that matter has no actual existence,
and that it is no matter if it has"
cit was a most interesting and i'm
portant theory, and while deliberating
on the effects so startling a doctrine
would produce among my friends in
Hoglnton, my reverie mas interrupted
bya light laugh behind me. Turning,
| | beheld the loveliest mortal, eye ever
lighted upon. Mr.. More talks of sun
ny smiles, what they may be, | don't
pretend to guess, but of earthly smiles,
hers was the liveliest and sweetest, a
smile Of innocence and happiness. All
pains for the advancement Of meta
phys sizes at Hoginton, dissolved on the
instant, and. leaving matter to take
care of itself, l summoned up courage
to address my charmer. 1t would be
Improbable to trace our conversation,
suffice it to say, that returned home,
with sovereign contempt for all phi
losophers, thought Lady Maclacklin,
looked more bilious than ever, and set
down TO address an ode to--to whom I?
Ny 'laughter-loving queen,' of course;
but her name? an elderly lady had re-
peatcd il in my hearing, but had no
ear save her voice, no consciousness
save her presence: each sense was held
in thrall as | gazed upon her, and the
name, true to its sex, kept coquetting
with my batfclcd energies, lowered in
shadows about my memory, now adj
vancing, now receding +; fifty times
was / on the point of fixing it, and as
often it iIIuded my grasp so giving up
the attempt, | inscribed my verses, as
lis customary in these cases, TO Phyl
lis, called myself, Damon and there
the matter rested"
"The longest, dreariest week that
ever waded elapsed, ere we met again
it was a similar party. and fortunately
some one had procured for the occa
sion, live Indian chief. a great deli
cacy in those times, when red mer
were not to be met with on the omni
buses of tue pale faces. This phen
omonon, despite the articles with which
fin Difference to British prejudices
he was encumbered, obliged the com.
pany, with lively series of dance
and songs, descriptive as we were as
surcd, of the sack of wigwam, to
, gether with the scalping broiling an,
devouring of the devilled prisoners
In conclusion, so grateful was he 70
the applause bestowed on his exertions
| that he good naturally volunteered t.
close the exhibition, by then and there
cooking and eating real child, could
such commodity be found.
"Meanwhile, we, my charmer and
, myself, sat apart, happy and unnotic
ed, till the party began by degrees, to
: thin, when perceising a magnificent
turban. with little old woman beneath
lit, busting in the direction of our re
treat, said abruptly, 'One word ere
, we part, let me crave thy name ?