Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-11-17

y" sNo's "Spit Sanlc into my head ttut
things weren't going on right; SO l pretty near
~ gave myself up tce-totally TO the good of
the republic, AMI left the shop to look out for
itself. l was hrimfull of patriotism. and so
uneasy IN M mind Tor the salvation of free
dotn, couldn't work. Tried to guess which
siic Was gong TO Win, and | stuck To IL like
wax: sometimes l WAS u one side, sometimes
1 Was u totsicr, and sometimes l straddlcd till
the eie,tlon was over, aud cam. up lust i'm time
~ Jine The burr5h. Ii was good | was after:
AMI what good could | do, il | wasn't ON IN.
l;cted side! But, after all, il was never a bit
oil US. Whenever the battle was over. no
matter what side was sharing out the loavcs
AMI The fishes, aud | stepped up, Ill be hanged
II they didn't cram all they could into their
own mouths, put their arms over some. and
rab at all tn" rest with their paws. and saw,
'uo ava! whit. man, you ain incapable" ca.
pao'e! what's the reason | amt capable? Tve
Boi as extensive a throat as any OF 'em, and 1
could swallow the loaves and fishes without
choking, ii each loaf was as large as a grind
stone ald each iisllas big as a sturgeon. Give
rs'er a chance, and leave him alone for that.
ihen, another time, when callcd-,.l want
some spilcs, saws /; a small bucket full of
spilcs. Which ever side gets i'm, shares the
spiIcs, don't they? So they first grinncd. and
then they ups aud tells me that virtue like
NINE was It's own reward, and that spiles
might spiie me. But il was no spilcs that
spit me, and no loaf and fish that starved me.
M spit because ! couldn't get either. Put
not your ,rast III politicianers. | say il again.
Both sides used me both alike. Here Eve
pceh serving my country more or less, these
Ten years, IKE a patriot, going TO town meet
inSs, h%urrding my daylight out, and getting as
blue as blazcs, blockin. the windows. getting
licked fifty times, and having more black eyes
aud bloody noses than you could shake a stick
at, all Tor the common COOL and for the purity
oil our Illegal rights; and all for what. WHY,
Tor NIX. ii any good had come OF it, the coun-
Try has put II into her own pockets, and swim
died me out OF my arnings. can't get no Of
lice! Republics is ungra,eful. 'Twas'nt Of
hcel was after. | scorns the base insiniva-
uon. only wanted 10 BE- took care of, and
have nothing TO do but take care of the pub
llc: and I've only got half, nothing 10 do
Bong took care OF was the main thing. r.
publcs IS ungratelul; I'm staggered if they
amt lhlsis The way the old %sojcrsi is served. ~
feter, having thus udplcked his DER,
irauSht heart, hcavcd a sigh or two as every
one does, alter a rcrapilulation of their own
injuries, and remained Tor a few moment.
wr ped in abstraction.
"Ncll, well" sail h. mournfulIy swaying
hls head TO and fro after the sagacious fashion
OF Lord Burleigh; Give and learn; the worlds
not what man takes it TO b., before he finds
IL out. WHISPERS grow a great deal sooner
tilan experience. Genus and patriotism amt
got no chance. Hcigh no! But any how, o
man might as well be under kiver as out in
the open AIR IN such weather as this. Its as
cheap laying down "a it is setting up, and
there 5 not SO much wear and tear about it."
WIN a groau, IA yawn, and d sigh, Peter
brush slowly arose, and stretching himself
like a drowsy lion, he walked towards the steps
oil neighboring houss. Having reached the
top oil the flight, he turned about and looked
around with a scrutinizing glance, peering both
up and down the street, To ascertain that none
oil the hereditary enemies of the Brushes were
IN the vicinity. Being satisfied on that score,
he prepared TO enjoy all the comfort that this
peculiar situation could command. Accord.
ing to the modern system OF warfare, he carri-
ed no baggage 10 cucumber his motions, and
was always ready to bivouac without trouble
some preliminaries. He therefore placed him
sell on the upper step, so that he was Just
within the doorway, his head reclining a.
gainst one side OF ii, and his feet, braced in a
very eiiectual manner. lie adjusted himself
III position as carefully as the Sybarit who
" w IiuN VI n TOSt tCdl OIL
ms couch, gruuting at each motion, like a
Daniel Lambert at his toilet, and he made
minute alterations in his attitude several times
before he appeared perfectly satisfied that he
had tfected the best arrangements that could
De devised. After rcposing for a while as il
tne hinty and steel couch Of war were his
tlrice driven led Of flown, he moved his head
WIN an exclamation OF impotence. at the
hardness OF the wallsaslHng his time worn
beaver, he crumpled ii up, and Modified the
austerity OF his bolster By using the crushed
hat as pillow.
THAT will do" calculated Brush, c~laspinq
his hands hf IRE him. and twirling his thumbs;
and he then closed his eyes for the purpose of
rejecting upon his condition with a more per-
icct concentration of thought than can be OBJ
tanned when outward objects distract the mind.
Bnt thinking in this way is always a hazard
Gus experiment, whether il Dc after dinner. OF
In The evening; and Peter Brush soon fell in
10 a troubled murmuring sleep, in which his
words were mere repetitiOns of what he had
said beioTe-the general scope OF the argument
being TO prove the received axiom of former
times, That republics do not distribute their
iaVors IN proportion to services rendered. and
tiat, Ill the speakers opinion, they are not,
III this respect, much better than the princes
D. 'hf" W. HiyNtltI cautioned HILL
Such at lest was the conviction of Mr.. Brush.
al which he had arrived not by theory and dis
tdnt observation, but by his own personal ex-
perienCe.
It's a long lane which has no turning, and
lta long sleep in the open air, especially in a
CITY, which does not meet with interruption.
Bursh found 1t so in this instance, as he had
indeed more than once before. Several Gen.
tlemen, followed by dog. arrived at the loot
OF the steps, and, after a short conversation
dispersed each to his several home. One
however, Iemained-the owner of the dog
who, wbistllng Tor his canine %favorite took out
bis night-key, aud walked up the steps. The
dog, bounding before bis master, suddenly
stopped, and after attentively regarding tic
Tecuinbent Brush, uttered a Sharp rapid bark
u rapldity Of mental operations is such
that IT frequently happens, if sleep he disturb
ed by external sounds, that the noise is instant
ly caught up by the eur, and incorporated
with the subject of the dfesm-or perhaps a
dream Is instantaneously formed upon the
nucleus suggested by the vibration of the
tympanum. The bark Of the dog had one of
the A. effects unou NJ u.,.L