The daily crescent., 1851-03-31
Editors CreseentHappening the other day be the
office Of friend Of mine. who ardent and aborious stu

office Of friend Of mine, who an ardent and laboous stu.
dent and particularly attached inquiries what may be
termed the mnuta OF history, from which he contends that
much more Of real instruction be obtained thsn from such
works sGbbons However valuable the latter may be- my
eye CHANGED TO fall upon manuscripts which,
closer inspection. found to be the Chronicles of Wimbledon,
an offering made by the patriotism of friend to the village
of his birth As intimacy warranted the liberty. turned
over some OF the and being pleased with the nau6
the STYLE l. with considerable difficulty, obtained his consent
TO publish few OF the chapters. have selected them from
pleasing portion of the work. and ahoug they sup
the reader TO have knowledge OF what had been
previously narrated trust that their will be
entirely maed thereby. and at rate that the publication
OF the entire history viii soon enable him crafty his curl
those points. In the meantime, you will accept
these fragments from
THE CHRoNIcLEs OF WIsDLEToS.
| have related how worthy Mayor, Anthony Van
Twahe persuaded some young OF the village make
inroad upon Senor Don Furosos Watermelon. patch
promising that if they would but maintain themselves the
possession thereof for short time, he wond bring up
forcements which would enable them carry off all the
neouS should they not even retain possession of the patch
itself have told also how the expedition failed and how
consequences thereof several OF the psr prosecuted for
an attemp, steal and our Mayor ohers for having
couneled and assisted them therein. Ind descend now oh
Clio! and Cahiope and perch upon my pen while
narrate IN language behttng theme the indignation
which boiled within the bosom of that renowned descendant
Of WIhemos kieit and General Van Poenburzh at hay.
ing such accusation made against him. He foamed and
stamped, and sweled with rage until he actually
asenngs O his neither garments his thereby
IN most unseemly manner. Gathering them in his
hands, he paced the room TO and fro for time making
the Josts trembe under his tread until last stopping before
full length portrait Of William the Testy he thus apostro
phized II: Oh, image oi my great ancestor, thou who
vast known To turn thy back fight, and beor. the
whitening blast OF whose ALL the bold wife of thy
bosom covered and fled why you from that frame
and sally forth ayenge wrong? Alas! the eye that oce
dsrled flame the that once welded she lies
bling with the sod. But the blood which fire thro1gh
The veins still flows those of this body they shall feel 10
their who have this insult upon me'' He then
vowed that he would degrade the village of Wimbledon
by submitting other jurisdiction and that however
much his individual wishes might lead him to meet with
bOness from which his official dignity should
have secured him, the important duties which he oy ed to
Wimbledon would never permit hun to leave the village
where his absence would Inevitably occasion the most terrible
disasters to the hen. roosts and cabbage beds.
No had of these gone forth than ali
the cd women in the village became exceedingly alarmed,
and commenced suc chaerng Of tongues that by the
pure effect OF perseverance, AMI will they finally persuaded
of the join them Indeed, sal-though for
the Of this fact do youchthat three
eight boys actually matched the Mayors house offered
their services to defend him in the Armng
with bean poles from his gadn, he carried gh the
dr, and then his satisfaction the
which they had conducted themselves that exercise, and his
profound gratitude for the p0mPtness with which t had
iowsr support Of his honor and that of the village
be dismissed bem-no however, until with his usual hos
pitaity, he had passed round the bottle and Now,
was hunted Dy someand mention il only illustration
OF the extreme eGeSs of mindshat the whisky wss
the great lnducenenI for this visit fact however, which
told by who got from another ho said tat
bs had i, t,,n, ons r thn.s nta,an ~ i4;in -,
,yi ,h,.,yo ,hn, ,ba chain of ,,hi,;a, j. r. oI h,a
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hnny viii he nspent ion ot this inydiau, remark
# any should he wanted is that the whisky of the
ordinary quality Of red head, and could have
fnrn,hed an indncsmsnt tn INV ono think ,hea,os m,
b, Islander will never he epea,ed o Mt eest that il will no
onrs, find c,edence even with The nost p,eiudced
In the meantime the excitement the old
becoming intense Throwing aside their knitting and sewing
o,e, the aee which their easy natured sponse sb,k
inc tba bs.ds vond mimi IN the boes in thai, garmen
,nis., nroots in the Coveynment the dis
cnssou of which would not give time 10 their danes TO
r.n,ir them Nosie, among these was Dame Snooks vho
lived next door to the Mayor and who was noted for ay
mo tho fopsSt ,opgns in The copntrv Tbopgh bsr ,c
1uanance had long been cut by all decent PEOPLE, she still,
,aip.d tb.t kind of inperce which ia commanded Inv
ready "a or snch terms M ut foo liar and ohsrs which
odssv tcr inland ,h history tn he road hv Gorbds
me IN rseord Her inect bowove, yp, of the ,yaak kes,
order and she was compeed to harrow the depth of her eo
which she afterwards dressed up in all the flowers of
bllnvsgae rhetoric from Dame ,haterbox who lived in
Bnye the town where the trial was to take place This
latter was woman of some sprghtness of mind and de-
r.pcy of language though from the sentiments which she
frequently expressed it was ected by many that her char
acer wa no better than it should be- She on the present
OCCASION ayOwed with hariihood and maintained with an
ingenuity peculiarly her own though even she was led by
into some awkward contradictions that Furoso had no right
TO the watermelon patch that he cultivated it badythat
the Mayor and his boys could make four or five times ms
many melons on the ground and that thew
ought TO have it, and moreover that il was no harm TO ea
from such lazy, trih ng fellow.
And now this matter was rendered still more complicated
and threatening by the introduction of question: from diff
opy the prominent events of which, if nv life ia spared
ppose to record but which for the pesant postuons from
the that there are very few readers who are capa.
be of comprehending more than ons subject at a time
truth the force of which has been fully felt by the of
the law who have consequently forbidden more than one
issue to he submitted TO jury tor' says Lord Coke
is impossible such usually compose that body
determine at the time the questions: Did John Doe
c0nueu the said and? and aid he eonrcv 10 Rtchard Roe
and the parties must select one Of thoss or the cause can
never go to trial But even the rules of compositions like
ell things ese must bend to necessity, which here comes
inform my reader that this question related the
ereigny and Independence of the village which was al
legged was indirectly attacked by an attempt to subj lis
Mayor TO tha dominion of the law Row | do not know
that any very distinct ideas attached these
but those who have been Mt all observant of nature
will he matter of surprise that words should be quite
as po,ea, ~ exciting storm as things quality which is al
trbuted by plosophic friend of mine. their aerial and
peculiarly elastic Be that may, however, they
certainly had that effect upon the present OCCASION for
-oou' was ans.' W u'o " WIZ" WIZ, i',' ta" ''e se'rot
"en o"e'e 's ''"s vi 'e ""ase W NC o'o"sh, 'o' pu
10 was then discovered that the Mayor had lent Them all
tn the hoys who in their nrecpit,e hrb from Fnrosos
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ne" io"" e away, a. nus pee" ue'ofe ,ec"""'eu' 50
ha te'e 'ou'u oe 'ouho oV 'eW om mtskeu' "ilhodt
locks and swords and scabbads which could not
he made tn match These however xsre bn,nsbed mn
tL w. ,raiIi q, .rI ,ya i,I , a ";t ~ =, :
consist O the very same party which had gaanty you
eered its services Lint was scraped bandaces were out
aud a., al, sdss vare bea,d the notes oc p,anor, e. IL
anu u" AT ', s",' " W." ~ ~ VI ,'''oh iof 'ha'
contest whicn AL now Iesa"e M as Tor the Mayor
had sworn, by the spirit OF his great ancestor, William The
Testy that his aggreors should take him without