The Woodville Republican. [volume] (Woodville, Miss.) 1847-1853, 1851-01-28
The Nm Of llhell's Glsn.t


WHY is the peeper Of AIholl closed
Wherefore is the eye Of Strange sur.
tronndet with ring &c purple
Il rs the print OF the Southern lsnuc.
klc--lhe iirst mark ai The Cambridge
undergraduate. heavy.handed brlliser,
Cambridge undergraduate, hruiser
Of The heavyhand, wherefore didsl thoa
darken the eye Of Sirasgeff Why
tudgest thou up the peeper OF Aholl2 +
Theautumn winds were sighing the
oranach OF the summer Ia GIeniilts.
A moaning as Of no end OF ghosts
swept ihroughthe hollow glen. There
with the brown leaves falling around
him. stood the Chief OF Clan liholl.
with party Of ladies' and gentlemen.
Shrouded in the misi Of ihe distance
conieih Sandy Mac arrou. With him
behold two stranger forms approach
ing. Onward they come with the
sturdy tramp Of youth stout are the
cudgels which they grasp in thcir ner.
voiis fists
IIo, there. ye thatrange the unbid-
den glen Of 'I'iitl Halt, We wanderers
from the land Of Cockneysl Stand ye
lnmpersof the counter; no wanderers
from the land Of Cockney. We come
from the madows that are watcrpi by
the Cam from the ab0des were learn.
ing dwclleth in her Colleges aud halls.
Thiiher journey on the beaten track.
And who the deuce art thou that hinS
derest lis
Ken 70 not the Chief Clan Atholl-
The ioulist-haiRing Duke Of The in.
passable glen7
For the Chief of Aiholl's Clan we
care not d dump, The Duke Of the i'm.
passabIe glen we value not a iartlling.
We have passed the Asses Bridge:
wherefore should we not pass Thy glen 7
Duke Of the impossible glen, stand out
Of The sunshine
Fire flashed from the eye of Atholl;
wrath hlazed from the countenance Of
Strange. By The collal he seized The
foremost youth. Back Return by
tho way thou earnest Back or, by the
beard Of my Ten thousand ancestors,
ye shall rue tho day. Back, | say, on
your lives. yc sonsof Granta
Unband me, Chief Of Clan Atholl,
or whoever thou ART Unband me. |
say, OF will punch thine head. Thou
wilt not Nol Here goeth then j;
take that for thyself.
Together they rushed--the son OF
Granla and Chief Of Clan Atholl. Fu-
rious was the Chief, and wild, and
aroused was The undergraduates mons
key. Blow was exchanged for hlow,
lunge for lunge, slash for slash, heavy
was the counterings, and The knocks
rcsounded. Loud shouted the geniIe-
men shrill were the screams oi the
ladies'.
The Chief was overcome with fury,
and tit all abroad. Wary was tie
Carabrigianyouth, well trained ou the
pleasant banks nf the Cam 10 cncoul
ter in stand>up mill the brawny bargcc.
Shary fell the singer on the probocis
oil Strange; fast flowed the cIarct
from the conk Of AlhoII. One. two.
were planted on The optics OF the
ciiicf---darkness swan before hia /;
then fell a sumner on bis ducaI frontis-
pice, and lie was doubled up By iin~
isher in the breyed basket. He stag.
gered--be fell 10 The arms Of his siaith.
ttIl beuchman-even the arms Of SAM
dy Macarren.
Tofhe Rescne, Donaly Of the tufted
chin Isoderick Of tic red mustacIes.
70 tie helpof your ChielI IIamish Of
the Pipes ougal and brecklcss--
clarnore for king Atholl.
The eight hands Of the four bold
grooms are II oice on the collar of the
Sasssnael,. As many more graspcd
the coat tails Of his coinpanion--thc
lIie.an'intn were braw. From be.
fore tie bruised face Of their Chirftain
they drag away tho sons oI' Granio,
Mourn for ccbymos il The ogle OF
Strange lament; for the visual organ
Of Albol Is darkcned. Raise The sound
Of wall upon i thousand bagpipes /
Cloudeiis the eye Of him who would
close Glen ilt to the traveller. Con-
fession sits on The brow OF the Chief
tain tile countcnancc Of the Duke
bearesh masks Of punishment
4-~~
Che Duke Of Athcll feccnily attempted
p preventthree cambridge students from pass-
ing through his dimense The students re-
fused totnrn back, and about Il listcags ensn-
ed, IL witch the Dnkc goI worsled II has
caused mach amusement 70 the English Press.
TIE Houston Telegraph informs rs
that Judpc Joscnh 2. Poffss d,ad snddenlv