The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 184?-1851, 1850-06-26

days as writing of tales in winter. T-'t'7
ANCIENT AUTHOR.
always begin with an apostropAe, Oh!
sprlc, spirit, and spectre oil The dlsembodied
horse Casar!-lclL hand leader Of Dandy and
Dgby's mail stage!-sprainer Of the ankle,
in thy speed up The Hard scrabble hjlIs!-
where IN The universe OF dead and live beasts
art how now? Thy bones lie, well know,
'neulh knoll in Hampshire, wheron grows
as gaudy harvest Of corn as any scene sees
cora that has come to this vcritable me-
IlrupoIis, and been biped through its streets.
piping hot corn Of which mayhap have
partaken--and thus, according TO Ilamlet's
tEeury hav4 eaten.thCe, Caesar! s-se
But where is thy splli'? All me!---it is a
mystery Of providence whittier horse's spir.
it goes, when cxied from the flesh. II is
like the cigar smoke that is puff d into the
air, and gone? Or is il inhaled by the
stander by at his decease, who catCheth his
beaIb, and thus becomes one of your speed
and 90 fast travellers, benamed Hall or
Trollope, who gallope'h through county,
kicking vt whatever beseemelh him good.'--
Answer, ye departed horses, and ye living in
heritors Of their spirit! ..ss
Thy three co-mates in travel, Cesar, musI
forget.
Whip!- smack! y crack land we are of
on the ppst.road for Belltown. 'Bell-lown
is all in busile,' wheezed what might have
been entitled Falsloif enlarged in front
corner OF the vehicle.
sBelI~town in a hustle! An ounce ol
powderin blaze! What has Bell,town 10 de-
with bustleF totAHe r
AN election for constable is enough 10 siil
the blood, aud excite The feelings of any
people,
'Ay, ay-you are right-you are right
A cons a lie is the lord mayor You're countr!
towns. Ii ia not every man that knows bes
how to handle truncheon or stave --wher
rightly 10 break heads, and when to leave
uubroken.' i e
'Thy silly merriment, iriend,' softly sale
The voice OF Bell~IowII quaker, 'pr0verI
that peradvenure in times pas. tho stavt
hath touched thy head toe rudely.'
"A Joke cracked, proyeIh not always {
cracked head,' responded the one who hat
thus far played the part Of the mall-slag'
wit: 'you are aware that to a pismire pippiI
seemeth mountain; and no doubt Bell
town constable is a mighty man. when seeI
through the mngnifying eyes Of his vIllng
subjects. Pay, have you grand corona
tion, when this potentate is lnduclcd init
Office" -.r,.g,. .g
.There is horn sounded, and drum beat
replied the sociabe Lambert of The corner
shut TO tell you the truth, tho constable
nobody in BelI-lown; il is his daughter, who
in pair Of bright eyes, carries more infln
ence than all The wrIts, precepIs, and sum
\ monses ever issued in Chlisiendom. .a
These words Of The fat gentleman SCENE
to touch peculiar chord in the right arm {
4 friend Broad-brim; for, with filul twtcl
he pulled down his raven beaver so as 10 hid
a dawniDg blush--like Night suddenly droI
ping her Grape clouds over the red flush
the west.
The conversation had, somehow or othe
received its deaih,blow. In vain did The "
and querist apply tentaives and cork;screV
10 draw more from his companions. Falstt
had evidently betrayed himself and broug
:. scandal upon the character ofa whole villug
7 He would have uusaid what he had uttered
10 would have wiped the blush from Il
quakerss cheek--but the vehicle rolled IN
then into the great village Of their discours
and displayed spectacle wort -thuusaI
dramas, apd Ten thousand such description
as can afford ". . teg8 1l& aem
In the first place, Bell town is one Oflho
old maidish settlements which father Tin
has battered aud hawked al most unmerc
g fully carrying away bricks from chimney
taps, and shiagIes from housssfOOls, makIl
the scattered trees in IFS highways bear Il
lieeness Of grandslaiheFs who have Just cor
y out Of solRe super-human struggle, wi
. limbs dsloca,ed aud crowns sca!ped. aa
As The inhabitants were TOO temperate
!, have tavern, and 10 lawless TO have col
A. house, The election was held ina haTbe
y sbOp. From the top Of bis professional PO