Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1847-04-17
From the Yankee Doodle
THE FIRST BOOK OF THE CERON-
ICLES or JONATHAN.
CHATTER 1

4NuW ~ CdhIC W pass III tbO5e ua0b luat -,
James the First reigned over the nation OF -
Jonathan, in the room Of John, %surnamsd l.,
the "Capting." (Now John had not died' =,
but had gone down TO The Old Dominion :,
and was buried alive with his fathers, and n
no man sought after him. But James ~
the King did evil exceedingly, beyond al f.,
that the Kings who had gone before him l.
had done. For he appointed tax gatherers g.
who did sorely vex and trouble the people,; /.
he also sought to root out the makers OF cot q
ton, and linen, and w%oollcn, and iron goods, 'p'
and grievously barassed the shepherds and BIZ
husbandmen. Moreover he nightly stir. 'ns
red up the hearts of the people to war and in
thought in his heart to make the children
| Of his younger sister, whose lands were q
nigh unto him, bondsmen and tax payers.
Now it was in this wise, that the King snt.
caused the war; his younger sister had q Que
vineyard near TO the river Sabine, IA ir and :
goodly to look upon. And behold, when
King James looked upon the vineyard, and
saw II wns a place to be desired, abound.
ing in darkies and c~rcolcs, and flowing rel
with sugar and mo'asses, straightway he IN,
coveted it exceedingly much, and seized
upon it, and annexed 1t to the land ofJona. enc
H. lii. thin
""f o0'"i'S - et' b"'n "i' '' flor
ter. But his younger sister suffered long, TX,
and would not lift up her hand against Bur
Jonathan wherefore the King waxed 'e
wroth, and blayphemed, and swore vehe. -
mently she should fight. -
Then he commanded Zachariah, the
captain of his host, Il valiant man, in whom
was the spirit of wisdom, to take three u"
thousand chosen men, march into the land
Of his sister (but the King straightly charg- q,
ed him that he should declare to the child. Iii
of his sister, that the land was Jonathan's; i4poI
'and / also," said the King, twill swear bes
the same thing to the counsellors Of Jona- lact
than, when they meet together to talk)." 4
But the King himself went moi to the war, booI
but remained at home eating and drinking, pu
and making merry with his wives and con-
cubines. Moreover, the King ordered tw'
Winfield, the chief captain Of all his host, "
to repair to his post (now the raiment Of
Winfield was the finest sleeps wool, and DO
bis meat was a '.hasty plate of soup.')s'
Moreover, Winfield was advanced in,
years, and had cut his eye.teeth, aud kept S,
his eye cooked both ways, And he rea- ms = :
soned with himself, saying, LII shall obey erec
the King, then will the enemy open upon fol
me in front, and the King and his conPa- : :,
ny shall assault me in the back, and the lire
place shall become too hot for me, and my Dol
travailings for the land Of Jonathan shall
be naught. . m
And behold, as he pondered on these lily
things, and slipped his "l'asty plate of soup" H.
his spirit Waxed warm within him, anu he rec
s~traightway declared unto the King, he ca,
would be hanged if he would bulge an nj.
inch. Then was the King wroth, and said vt.
unto him, "Ihe Wings do SO to me, and m
more also, if | don't pay the devil with
thee for thisI" Nevertheless. the word Of
the King prevailed not against him. H. -.
But the war displeased Horace the aer
Fourierite, and he rallied vehemently no
against the King aud cursed him in his we
heart, and taught the people also to hate On
him. Now Horace, vas a mighty scribe, he
neither regarded he the apparel of any
man.
CHAPTER H..
Now Zachariah did many mighty acts
and smoto the enemy hip and thigh, and
took prisoners the captains of their host, N.
and very much spoil, Of cattle and sheep
and asses.
But in process of time, the treasury of,st
the King was greatly diminished; and he in
called unto him Robert the steward of his
household, and said unto him, "Wherewith-
al wilt thou provide for the sustenance ofer
the army, aud the maidens ofmy household? Sc
And the steward answered and said unto nj
him: This thing will | do, | will comb
my hair and ahoint my whiskers with oil, Is
and put on a sanctimonious air, and gor'
unto money-shavers of Gotham, and it,
shall be, when they behold my face, that NJ
their purse-strings shall relax, and they 81
shall replenish the treasury of my lord the J.
king. And the saying pleased the king t,
we'll.
So Robert went unto Gotham, unto the :.
seats of the money-chaugers. And be
went unto the chief banker, named Flint
heart, and besought him, saying, "Lend
now unto me ten thousand talents of gold
and the king will see thee repaid" But n
Flintheart rolled up the white of his eyes, ;
and answered him saying, sis thy servant $
green, that he should do this great thing"
Likewise, also, said all the bankers.
But when the king heard thereof he was
greatly troubled, and wist not what to do;
likewise Marcy, the scribe, rent his pants. "
Now Richie, surnamed the Father" Y
was priyy counsellor to the king, and the
same was a cunning man, and plausible,
and full Of all manner of hypocrisy, and
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