The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1851-02-06
The Mil of Atholl's Glen =
lAfter Ossian, BY Punch J


Wherefore is theeye Strange surrounded
with ring Of purple?
II is the mark Of the Soulhron knrcklc
, the fstmark Of the Cambridge under.
graduate, heavy. handed brniser
Cambridge undergraduate, bruiser nf,he
heavy hand, wherefore ddst thou darker
the eve Of Strange? Why bungedcs. thou
+ mp The pceper Of AlholI?
The Autumn winds arc singing the cor
onach ofthe Summer in G,euiilt. A moan
ing S Of no end of ghosts swcp, through the
hollow glen. There, with The red md
brown lenves falling around him. stood the
Chief Of Clan AlholI, with party Of ladies
and gentlemen.
4 Shroudedin tho mist of the distance com
eth Sandy Maclarren. With him behold
two stranger forms approaching. Onward
1 they come with the sturdy tramp Of youth;
stout arc the cadgcls which lhey grasp in
their nervous fists.
\ Ho, there, ye that range unhidden the
Glen ofTilt! Halt, ye wanderers from ,he
land Of Cockney! Stand, ye jumpers Of tie
counterl
i We nre no Jumpers Of the countcr-no
wanderers from the land Of Cockuey. We
come from the meadows that arc wa,ered
by the Cnm--from the abodcs where Icarn-
ing dweleth 10 her Colleges md halls--
Thither journey wo on this beaten track.
\ And who The deuce art thou that bintleresi
US?
Ken yc m. the Chief Of Clan A,s.oI'
the touris, -bs fling Duke Of ;'e inpassahle
glen?
For The Chief of Atloi's Clan VIC care
40, dump; the Dake of lhe impossible
g!cn VIC vaac not at a farhing We have
! passed the Asses Bridge, wherefore should
we no' pass thy glen? Duke of the impass
able glen, stand on, Of the sunshine!
Fire flashed fromihe eye Of 4 hol, wrath
hlszed from the coun,cnancc 1t. Strange.
/ By he collar he seized the foremost, yoa,b.
Back! return by the way thou camest.--
Back. or BY the beard Of nv ten ,lnasanl
ancestors, ye shall rrc the day Back L
say, on yonr lives ye sons of Gran,a.
Unband mo, Chiefof Clan ! thoil, or who
ever thou art! Unhand me, ! say. OF viIl
punch thine head. Thou wilt not! ~.
Hero goeih, then; take that G,r tbs self.
i Together they rushed-thc son Of Gran
IA and tho Chief Of Clan At'iaii, Farious
was the Chief, and wild, and aroused w-s
i the undergraduates monkey. Blow WAS
exchanged fer blow, lunge for lange, slash
for slash; heavy was the connlaIing. and
the knocks rcsoundcd. Lond shouted the
gentlemen; shrli were the screams o! the
ladies'.
The Chicfwas overcome with fury. and
| hit all abroat Wary was,le Canlabrimian
youth, well trained on tho pleasant b1mks
Of the Camto encounter in stanl-np mill tho
brawncy bargae. Sharp fell the singer
on the proboscis Of Strange; fisl flowed the
caret from the conk Of Athnll. One, iwo
were planted on the optics Q! the Chief
darkness swan before him; then fell a
s,unner on his ducal fronispiece, aud he
was doubled up by a Gnisher 10 The bread
basket. lie staggercd-hc fell Into the
arms uf his faithful henchman--even the
arms of Sandy Maclarren.
/ TO the rescue, Donald Of The iuiicd chin!
Roderick Of the red moustaches. to the help
Of your chief! Hamish of,he pipes-D Dail
gal the ccchlcss--clay more for Clan
A,hq)l.
The eight hands Of the four bold grnon,s
are ~ once On the collar Of the Slsscnach.
As many more grasped the cHa; tails Of hs
companion-,hc Heelandmen were hraw.
From before the bruised face Of their Chief.
tain they drag away the sons "F Granta.
Mourn; for ccchymosis cucirclcs The
oglc Of Strange; lament; fer the visual or
gan Of Aihol is darkencd Raise the
sound Of wall upon thonsaal bagppcs!-
Closed is he eye Of him who would close
Glen Tilt to the traveller. Confusion sis
on the brow Of tho Chic.tain; the coante
nance of,ho Duke bcareth MARKS Of pnn |
ishmcn;.
= The Duke Of AtholI recently attempt |
ed to prevent three Cambridge students
from passing through his dnm7ina. The
studen,s refused to turn back. md bout
at fis,icuis cnsucd, in which the Dnkc got
worsted! II has caused much amusement
tothc English press. milling is the Eng
lish word for boying.]
4 rather pleasing Extremely SO 70 the
rccipicnt.) incident occurred in ibis city on
New Year day. On the morning Of 'l'a.
| day, number Of gentlemen connected
with tho Arch ST. Prosb, b,tcrian Church,
waited on the pastor, Rev Charles Wade
worth, md presented to him beautiful
Caskei, filled with S. gold pieces; tho sum
total being 500. The Caskc' contain
ing the mnnificcnt present, was made -
Paris, and is nh exceedingly beautiful
piece Of work. The whole affair was high |
| ly pleasing to the reverend nen''cm'n.
Phila. Parcrl |
There is stream in Tensas (fo,) par
! ish named Nnn Burcn Rayou. So called be.
cause NJ one can tell which wly It's cor.
rent rUn7,