Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1847-11-26

SAYS "a small bucket full of spoils.-
Whichever side gets in, shares the spells,
don't theyP' SO they first grinned, and then
they ups and tells me thai virtue like mine
was its own reward, and that spoils might
spoil me. But it was no spoils that spoilt
me, and no loaf and fish that starved me
I'm spoill because | couldn't get either. Put
not your trust in politicianers-I say it agin.
Both sides used me jist alike. Here I've
been serving my country, more or less, these
ten years, like a Fatriot-going TO town meet
ings, h%urraing my daylights out, and getting
as blue az blazes-blocking the windows,
getting licked fifty times, and having more
black eyes and bloody noses than YOU could
shake a stick at, all for the common good,
and for the purity Of our illegal rights-and
all for whatl Why, for nix. If any good
has come Of il, the country has put i, into her
own pocket, and swindled me out of nv arm
ings. ] can't get no %oficel Republics is
ungrateful! II wasn't reward | was after. !
scorns the base insinivatien. only wanted
10 be took care of, and have nothing to do but
to take care Of the public, and I've only got half
nothing TO do! Being took care of was
the main thing. Republics is ungrateful;
Pm staggered if they amt. This is the way
old sojers is served" .r
Peter, having thus unpacked his o'errraught
heart, hPaved a sigh or two, as every one does
after a recapitulation of their own injuries,
and remained for a few minutes wrapped in
abstraction.
Well, WE'LL" said he, nournfully, sway
ing his head to and fro after the sagacious
fashion Of Lord Burleigh-'l live and learn
live and learn-the worlds not what a man
takes it for before he finds it out. Whiskers
grow a good deal sooner than experience
genus and patriotism amt got no chance
heigh-ho! But anyhow, a man might as well
be under kiver as out in the open air in SIGH
weather as this. It's as cheap laying down
as it is settin' up, and there's not SO much
wear and tear about it,"
With a groan, a yawn, and a sigh, Peter
Brush slowly arose, and stretching himself
like a drowsy lion, he walked toward the steps
of a neighboring house. Having reached the
top Of the flight, he turned about and looked
round with a scrutinizing glance, peering
both up and down the street, 10 ascertain that
none of the hereditary enemies Of the Brush
es were in that vicinity. Being satisfied on
that score, he prepared to enjoy all the COM
tort that his peculiar situation could command.
According 10 the modern system Of warfare,
he carried no baggage TO cucumber his mo-
and was always ready to bivouac with
out troublesome preliminaries. He therefore
placed himself on the upper step, SO that he
was Just within the doorway, his head reclin-
.ng against one side of it, and his feet braced
the other, blockading the passage in
a very %ei1ectual manner. He adjusted him
self in position as carefully as the SybaIite
was annoyed at the wrinkle Of a r~ose-leaf
on his couch, grunting at each motion like a
Daniel I,ambprt At his toilet and ha ,Oada
minute alterations in his attitude several times
before he appeared perfectly satisfied that he
had effected the best arrangements that could
be devised. After reposing for a while as if
4" the flinty and steel couch Of war were his
thrice-driven bed Of down." he moved his
head with an exclamation Of Impotence al
the hardness Of the wall, and taking his time
worn beaver, he crumpled it up, and Modified
the austerity of his bolster by using the crush
ed hat as a pillow.
"That will do" calculated Brush, clasp
ing his hands before him, and twirling his
thumbs; and he then closed his eyes Tor the
purpose of rejecting upon his condition with
a more perfect concentration of thought than
can be obtained when outward objects dis
tract the mind. But thinking in this way is
always a hazardous experiment, whether it
be after dinner, or in the evening; and Peter
Brush soon unwittingly fell into a troubled
muimuring sleep, in which his words were
mere repetitions of what he had said before,
the general scope Of the argument being TO
prove the received axiom of former times,
that republics do no, distribute their favors
in proportion 10 the services rendered, and
that, in the speakers opinion, they are not,
in this respect, much better than the princes
against whom his mother cautioned him
Such, at least, was the conviction Of Mr..
Brush at which he had arrived not by theo-
ry and distant observation, but by his OWE
personal experience.
1t Is a long lane which has no turning, and
1t is a long sleep in the open air, especially
IN a city, which does not meet with %interrup.
uon. Brush found it so in this instance, as
re had indeed, more than once before. Sew.
eral gentlemen, followed by a dog, arrived al
the foot OF the steps, and after a short CONVEX.
satlon, dispersed each to his several home,
One, however, remained-the owner of the
dog-who, whiStling for his canine ~favorite,
took out his night-key, and walked ND the
steps. The dog, bounding before his master
suddenly stopped, and after attentively regard
ing the recumbent Brush, uttered a short "a.
pid bark.
The rapidity of mental operations is sncl
that it frequently happens, if sleep be disturb
ed by external sounds, that the noise is in
siantly caught up by the ear, and incorpora
ted with the subject of the dream-or perhap,
a dream is insiantaneously formed upon tn,
nucleus suggested by the vibration of The
tympanum. The bark of the dog had one Of
these effects upon Mr.. Brush.
Bow! WOW! waugh - said the dog.
There's a fellow making a speech spains
our SIDE" muttered Peter; "bul it's ali tall
where's yonr facts l-prinl your speech i,
pamphlet form, and I'll answer it. Hurra,
for US! everybody else is rascals-no,binc
but ruination when that fellows princinle,
get The upper hand-our side forever-we'r
The boys"
"Be'still, Ponto !" said the gentleman
snow, sir, be pleased to get up, and CAR,
yourself to some other place. Idon't know
which side has the honor of CLAIMING Won
but you are certainly on the wrong Side a
present."
"Don't be official andarouble voursel
about other peoples business" said Bmsh
trying to open his eyes "don't be oficiaI
for it isn't the genteel thing"
Not official what do you mean bv tina,