The Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1850-1852, 1851-07-10

Daylight appeared and oh What u
scene. One fllow threw up his hands
and exclaimed. "GuoJ God wi.h
.o;nc pretty gal would come and marry
me aiId tan. me oui Of this CARED hoir' -
10 Which another fellow responded,
You sAy right comradc. Rum is the
bulwark o; the na,,on. II i, hadn't
been for rum you wouldn't been here
II hadn't becu fo- rum I wouldn't been
here: yes, and If !, hadn't been FOR rum
tia, young man wouldn't have been
here tpoiuliug TO me.) Turned over
again. le.. said l. he, right, rum u,
the bulwaik Of the nation.
breakfast time arrived. Where wa,
the breakfast, One would disappear.
and reiutn with bone o; mca, and a
chunk OF bread, and so they kep, i, up
until all were supplied.
My turn came, and I disappeared
aud returned like the rest After fn-
isling the bone Of meat nud chunk of
btcal. the s"fgcan, stepped up 10 me
and says, Young man, /toli you last
nirIt when you wanted to enlist. 10 fol-
low me to the bsfia,As. look q, the bai-
racks, sleep in the barracks, and if you
liked the barracl. I'd cnls, you in the
harracks in the morning. The time has
arrived. Now what do you say to the
barracks" I" 1 seized my bundle.
'raighiened up nj full length, and com.
mented " Mr.. Sergeant, sir--you have
our heartfelt thanks for your Kindness
nn this occasion. Fellow soldiers, al
lew me at the same time to express my
-ratciul feelings to you, and at the same
time beg leave 10 remark, whilst on the
snbjcc, Of barracks. that I have come
to the conclusion that IA barrack is a
barrack rhm is barrack or, in other
words, which il no doubt familiar to YOU
all, hGrr'c0-burico, Wc-ir0. ,cack - I'm
out
A, the conclusion Of this speech de-
parted, aud after Il great deal of excr-
lion. managed 70 get word 10 a friend
rrsper,ing my situation. and begged OF
him 10 meet me in n certain corn.icld.
lie did 50, and, through his aid, | was
suddenly meiamorphosed once more in.
to Il gentleman.
In concluding this little scene, would
beg leave to caution my friends, if ] al
any time should pass them on the run
they may rest assured there is compa.
ny Of soldiers behind somewhere in the
ncighborhood. ! never think of run.
ming except on such an occasion, for
adopted the following rs motto, when
II boy-ge"tfcmcn arc ntrcr IN a har1y
SIZZLING GUN AS WAS a GUN.
Ny mother WAS a good woman, bu
she MAS ianoccnlly the means of my
committing many errors in life. Ther'
was u gun in our family. beautiful gun
mounted with silver and gold, and alto
ge,hcr such gun as is seldom sccn.--
My mother has said many times in my
presence" That gun Is thine, vii
liam" She had repeated it so Otter
that ] began TO bc impressed with th
idea that it was mine, | had right Il
do with il As pleased. Accordingly
one day, feeling somewhat in a miiiar,
mood, took the gun on the sly, place,
it on my shoulder and paced Broadwa,
up and down, imagining | was som
great general. OF course aitracie,
some attention, which added to my van
i,y--ror no boy had such gun as tha
a man who had observed me for som
time finally took the gun, examined
closely, and watching a favorable oppol
,uniry, said, MY lad, l will give 20
fifteen dollars for this gun" Fiftcc
dollars was more money than ] had c,
or seen at that time of my life. {
course ! snapped at it, took the none,
aud rushed home, exclaiming, Mothc
; | have sold my gun for fifteen dollars
, No pen can describe the scene. ! Va
kicked and culi'cd the house Was raj
! cd from the foundation officers, Sc
wants. brothers, sisters niggcrs, wcI
, sent in every direction for the gun, an
some cf them no doubt running 10 IN
! day but the gun has never since bee
J seen. Now had this been only bcar
] | tiful gun. or even an uncommon gun,
! would hardly ply for the perusal
: these few liaes. Blu, when tell II
. reader il was more than an uncomm'
e gun,--that i, was a gun presented |
f Gen. George Washington as u mark
;. respect to my grandIaiher,--I am sa,i
:, Aed they ~Iil feel inclined to drop
n tear with me over the los, of that Gu
= Ny affection for guns has been bligh,
a ever since.
1 G." Miss Susan Nipper gives lo