Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1846-07-03
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HoRNBY, OXFORD Co., NAME
May Is, 1916.
MTsTER RITE-SUR: Fathers bin over to
Paris Hill to see aunt Be,sey, and says how
he seen one of your papers, and thought by
the reading that was IN it, that you knowd
eenjest everything. And so as we all want
ed to know somethin-niost pertickerler-
father said I'd better Wright TO you.
Wal you see, uncle Josiah went down to
Portland las. week with load of hoop. poles
and beans, and when he come back he set US
all in mnss by the news he (echt. He says
the Mexicums have taken Orygon after a
battle of foriy-four minIt~ and 40 seconds,
an shot Mr. Polk right through and through
An it was thought every day they would com
over into Vermont to tai 4 gilcral c IS an
~ ~ Us 1ro5sp, " yeSnat, M rite,
'lwould done yer heart g, 'Sd 10 seen the way
our folks dander riz whc? they heard this.
Lefienant Libby run OF to his house rs
hard as he could sprii\ an got his great
sword that the Legislator gave him for his
sarvices in the Madywosky war-an back
he come, full chissel. swearing he'd never
shethe it aein till he'd sGuinched it IN the
hearts blood Of some tarnaI red coated Mex
icum. An of he started down the rode-his
wife lryn to he'd him of, and two of his chill
dren hangin back at his coat-tais ; but twas
no use, they couldn't stop the leftenant. He
sworc he cared nohin for his wife or chill
drcn, when his country called-that gineral
Cass needed him an 20 he would if the old
harry stood in the way. An so gIvin great
flourish with his syord-which so skeered
Mrs. leilenant Libby that she lost her bal
ance an fell over harrar that was behind
her, ker-hoop-an kckin off little Ephe an
Bill from his coat tails, h, set of full split.
Deacon Wiggin moved that we should all
90 to the meelin.us and held public meetin,
an when we'd all got in, deacon was appoint
ed cheerman and me clark. AFTER setin
a mint the deacon got up and SAID the OBJ
ject of the meetin was to consider the news
| from portland; that the meelin was now open,
and the cheer would ls7sr, TO any remarks.
He'd no sooner sot down, than up jumps
kurncl Pe,tiah Peabody, an o Jerusalem
how he pat in wish every federaist and
other inenemies Of the country could heern
il.
'Feller citizens says he, this here is a
great country, an can lick ~Sreat country un-
der the high kanopy Of hGpng (cheers.) y
Didn't we lick the all fired Isuish twice. an
got all ready to do il agiu down TO NADIA
wosky And now" says -se, who are these
Oudashus Mexicums that have mraded the
free style of this great republick' who ar
they say H-'"ho ar theS screamed out
Judy kyer, poking her lS:en bonnet over
the gallery rain. who sey. indeed =
IN tell yor; thsy'r goou1( holhin, rotten,
yaller faced, sneakin, aplma magnetism,
niger lovin, pesky frenct w.. FISHERS. that fl
gineral Jackson about the banks, and lryed
to stop the veto, an got 49, stamp act! =
the bloody minded villns,' says she Il could
scratch their eyes out, could. Hoo. roar 7
shouted the kurnel, when ant Judy sot down.
'Hoo-roar for the wimen Of Ameriky real
grit till,-same twas in tbs Eavolutory war.
Teller citizens, the couutrv's safe while this
here spirit of 76, as we've just witnessed,
burns in the busums of the fair sects'-but
the kurnel couldn't 60 on his compliment to
the wimin set EN- as crazy as bed bugs. a
dozen of EN- got up at once an give us so
much of the spirit of 76 US the kurnel called
il, that i'll be shot an biledfT lie, if il didn't
seem as tho that war two or three young hur-
rvcanes in the house. The deacon hollered,
Order, Order, ill he was hoarse as bull
frog but two old wimin held on in spite of
him I; the'd got steam fairly on, and didn't
seem TO know how TO shut il of.
AT last Ensign Pike an the town clerk had
to 90 up an gag them with their own shawls,
and then the meetin went on.
We passed good many resolutions
some regular cinchers, tell you. III show
you one OF two Jest for curiosity.
Resoired, That no people in The hull, GIN
eral, universal world are so free, vortoous an
happy as is the people of these suvrin states.
Resoired, That Texico, kallefornio, Mat
tymoras, Korphus Christie and Madywosky
was originally part of the union an orr Ia
be- annexed. RICH, of.
Resoiped, Tina, the hull military force O