Rutland County herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1848-1850, 1848-01-26
Peter Pewett--the destiny Of Man


VIVA, Peter. are YOU here again =
This 'imitar inquiry was last night al
dtc.sed to nm individual who seemed 10
have suffered all the vicis,jtudcs and ptlva
lions III person exposed to one Of f1r,uucs
lifelong storms The iulcrrocaiot was
one those locomotive city protectors yclcpi
wnichmcn. who. by the rapr.ng Of ihcr
iron bound s'ad on hc curbs,oucs al stated
intervals during the night. keep Up mag.
ncuc communication aud Geographically
inform one anolt,r lha, hlDs we'll. when
m truth all IS no, very oilcn MS IL might
be
Are you here again, | ask repeated
the vlCilan' Waterman
Wei ! amt no where else my old wide
awake somrambu'st SAID Peter
/ thought remarked the guardian OF
the night, i thought that you promised to
90 west when hsI the Recorder let YOU
of
so DID said Peter but ro.withnnnl-
ing all Fourth Of July hotalors and cand,-
dates fot Office say 'bou, this beiu' free
country, find fclcr can't do Us he like,
no how he can fix It,
And pray what in,crposed. said the
wn'chman 20 prevent yon from putting
your very 'auIabIc design, IN this instance,
lnro execution Z
Why, YOU nigh, Just as well AK. said
Peter, what has been ttippn' mo up and
holdn' me back through late, whenever
started after the omnibus OF forth deter
mined to nccupy an inside scat Cuss the
driver Of that ere good luck line, I've seen
him stop his bosses for the mcaneN kind OF
mcu but he never would hold on to give
Peter pcwou l,h, or # he DID, there was
break down before long, sure
Walchman--'Thcn to wha, do you al
rhule all th,s. PclcrT
PNct-'Why you must be green, old
ielIcr not to know tina, | attributes it to
my inevitable destiny, Of course tell
you there's no gettln' over it When |
was IN Fort Brown, used TO dodge the
cannon balls that the McXicancrs used to
throw IA on US from Muuv Morcs, tut
blow me # there was any dodgln' any
shyIn' tins here inevitable destiny is Ike
that ere suit OF tar aud feathers WIKI which
the western folks sometimes clothc TELLER
1t can't be- shook off
Watchmln-'O this 10 all gammon-all
stuff, Peter. What YOU call your incvlta
bic destiny is no justification for your con
duct That plea is never put IN the courts
it nint in the ordinances
Peter Well us in the ncwspapcss old
Teller aud reckon they're lecle ahead
of the courts or the ordinances. Don't the
new.pa pers say tina, lis the inevitable des
uny Of the United States to whip all ynller
McXcnns, TO annex all Mexico, and do
whatever else It d--n pcascs CHI Well,
spose ! ain, greater than lho United
States or irecr IS ON the inhrmllcs Of poor
human nn,ur1 | reckon not imagine
not Consequently. therefore, # | whip
my wifc-dlIn't the United States whip
cr-s,slcr--rcpublc aud wasn't 1t oil
inevitable destiny. Il left my old 'oomnn
when she gave me ali tongue md no tea
and annexed myself to another, has not the
United States annexed Texas and is she
no. now agolu TO hitch on to all Mexico,
incluIm' the Ca,yflrnans7 Wen, who
scs she shant, amt It IN her case, like my
own, all inevitable drHluy7 | tell you
again there's no backln out from this here
inevitable destiny llkccps pokln teller
on with sharp suck all The tune and he
can no more stop himself than n railroad
locomotive when Iho Engineer u,nt IN h,s
place.
Wa'chmnn--'O, all this may do very
well, Peter, for newspaper law but, as
Councillor Sharppracrcc SAID The other day
i ain, IN the books am bound, there
fore, to take you to the walchhouse, md
50 be executed his professional obligation
Peer feeling that IT WINS his inevitable dos
my 20 be locked up Tor the night went
along with all the passive composurc Of Il
r mem b ctuf the uonfcslstancc society.