The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1845-04-04
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follow.
Certainly Josh Beanpole's general orders
were drawn up as we'll as any of Bona
parties bulletins. The plan of the CAM
paiga was excellent, and not man on the
ground but w0uld have betted ten 10 one
that Josh and his army would carry the pig
stye, but by the strangest chance in the
world it turned out that Count O'Rely did
not take Algiers, but Algers took him.
The rival armies took their stations, and
the battle began. Immense crowds Aocked
around the scene Of action, all wrapt in
wonder and breathless with curiosity to
vcw the great spectacle Of the capture of
Yorktown. All eyes were turned upon Gc-
neral Washington, the hero of this evenful
day. Josh did really cut most gallant fig
urc at the head of the American army ON
this occasion. His dazzling rcgimcntals
with their show of brass buttons and yellow
baize shone out among the general officers
of the staff, like the meridian sun among the
stars. His enormous cheaDcau surmounted
with bunch of cockercl feathers yard in
height. caused him 10 loom up from the rank
and file of the army like one of Don Quix-
ote's giants, while his legs being incased
in Il nonstrous pair of new cow-hidc boots
that came foot and half above his knees,
impaired Il most imposing military stiffness
to his gait" General Washington! Gene
raj Washington" exclaimed every tongue,
and every one agreed that
---Take him for all in all
They meier should look upon his like again.
The old men gapcd and wondered, the
old women did the same, the boys shouted
and marveled, The girls look ed on, stared and
admired. Josh BeaDpole never appeared so
irresistible before; Nance was absolutely de-
lighted, and every body thought she was
positive done for.
The first part of the plan of operation sue
ceedcd 10 admiration. The American scouts
discovered the British just in the nick of
time, and fell upon them at the moment
when they were about TO make terrible ha-
voc among Deacon Styles cabbagcs. The
retreat was ably managed and the marching
and communicating executed without any
other mishap than the loss Of a corporal and
two privates who got stuck in the mud at
Long Twisted Boggery; and a little, pursy,
ducklegged drummer who fell into Pegs
Run and was taken up for iipsey. The
grand attack commenced, the outworks were
carried by assault. The American army
pressed forward, General Washington -four
ished his sword and exclaimed son! on!
my brave boys" Lord Cornwallis mounted
the ramparts of the citadel and thundered
defiance at the assailants. Bang! bang!
went the guns,-Huzza! huzza! shouted the
spectators. The musketry roared again, the
drums beat terrible generate. the sky was
rent with shouts and shrouded in smoke
Sure never did pgstye present a scene so
sublime before.
But just at this moment all the spectators
were struck with surprise at observing an
uncommon appearance in Yorktown. The
firing suddenly ceased and the whole garri-
son fell instantly into most singular confil-
sion; presently Lord Conwallis came tumb-
ling over the walls of the pigstye with his
whole staff at his heels, and tho rank and
file Of the garrisons after them hurly y-burly,
pell nell, scampering off like mad. Every
body stared and was struck with asonish-
ment. But we must 60 back for moment
to explain the cause of this.
This same pigsrye, as we said before, was
cleared of IFS tenants day or two previous,
and the pigs shut up in another enclosure
1t so happened that an obstinate, surly old
sow, not liking her new quarters, contrived
to get loose early on the morning of the bat
tie. After roofing about the fields and
siuffing herself with a monstrous meal, she
trudgcd nsinciively back to her old dwell
ing where she got in unobserved while every
body was absent at dinner. There she snug
gled away in dark corner and fell fast as
leep.
But the roaring of the musketry and the
rolling of the drums and shouting of the
multitude and The tramping up and down OF
Lord CORVALLIS and his soldiers upon the
citadel at Yorktown, at length aroused the
snoring animal, and she opened her eyes
with most significant grunt, wondering
what could keep this dreadful pother DER her
head. Getting up and poking her snout in
the open air, she found her peaceful domcil
filled with men of war making such rack
ct and fantara as were enough TO drive any
hog in the universe crazy.
No hog could be more hoggish than the
one of which we speak. She was as cross
grained, snappish and malicious a piece of
pork as the country for ten miles round
could show; and more than that she was of
about four hundred pounds weight. In an
instant, she sprang among the enemy, and
knocked down platoon of them before any
one was aware of the new assailant. The
next instant she butted an aide de camp ou,
at the sally port, and gave Lord Cornwallis a
grip in the rear at the slack of his pantaloons,
which ruined tha, portion of his regimentals
forever and aye. His Lordship sprang over