Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1852-11-19

h' "a fl,'F ~ itLL-l..s sti 'tsdilHn tEEtt 9un
! 30 an bHn Esr srtt r!---.i ,isYguoH .eID3
stTruth crushed TO fearth rise again,
will boys This proved true in leHYs pease. He
soon recovered from the injuries received in his
pork speculation, and is now about again, smart
as ever, but in nowise cured oEhis mischieSionss
Let us enter-in imagilation-the domicil of the
Albnghts, end see what's going on. 1t is a little
past eight o'clock; the tea things have been clear
ed away, and everything looks comfortable and
quiet;th head of the famiYis seatedtin his ann
chair reading the village paper TO his tbeter halfs
a, homemade dip burns brightly on the little
work table between the old folks, and BY its Light
we discovered Jerry, snugly ensconced in the cofs
ner of the fire. place farthest fr9m his Eire. lRhs
lap lays an old pet tom cat psIfectly contentAeA A
with its warm birth and by the Ioguish twiakle Of
Jerrys eye; it IS evident that Something's up He
Carefully takes small parcel out of his pcekets
and brings to view four hnAf wslnut shells, fhole
lowed out like little boats, together with piece Of
shoemaker wax. Holding the wax To- the Ere
till it was nice and son. he places some Of itn5
to aoh SHE'LL and then faStsnS tie eats feet iHto
them s,shs.,t y,.,t- s,to..... t.. ,fs
GiyiRg the cat Q, pitch and q toss, Jerry leaned
back to see the fun little thinking it would kick
up such a raeked,a as that which followed. Poor
tommy, on striking the fooE ratified and tumbled,
jumped and clattered in eyeTyl direction, in man
neT that would knock the eenceie out Of any cas-;
tinet player N the world. "a 90
ttWhat on earth is.thnt boy up4o now q sex
claimed the old man. starting from his seat md ma
king for Jerry 5t..5.i.. ..sj.....:4.i;i
The young scape- grace bounded fom the cor
ner and started on run asoiind the room, his fa
ther close after him, and the newlyshod cat little
ahead ofboth.I This comieal race ddn't last longs
for the catsoon became frantic, and hetthrough
the window, and The old man collaIed JeSIy, gave
him larruping, and sent him to bed. 'af5"hi
attThat boy fairly worries the life. cut ofme,p
Said Jeuy's mother, after he had retired- He's So
full fmischbef there's no getting along with him -
sFThat's q fact, mother,'' replied the old man.
ttand he is now old enough, suppose we send him
from home 10 Shifpfor himself psee by aa adve1e
tisement in the Chronicle that old Hawkins, at
the tCornersI wants smart intelligent lad, to-
tend his sto;e and think it would ben good place
..Yes,', responded the old lady, 81 thinkwadi
best send HIM he'll keep out of mischief fqE q
while, at least" ,..,,,.--..-..f-I.
In the miotning Jerry was accordingly packed of
to the countiy merchant, who liked his Appearance,
and agreed 10 take him on tTial. ,Ii.HsgaJE u .a}
Our heIoget on finely for the frst few weeks.
and became great fayorite among the ,.tfolks.'at
fthe ssCorne1s''1 He was 50 quick and ohlising
and su ch dear little fellow, as the giIls called
him, for he invariably handed Them THEN paIcels
of tea, sugar, raiscns, &e, with sweet smile and
hoped they d have aSstgood dms, At the next pair
ing bee. The novelty oflthe place soon began to,
wear off, however, and jerry set his wits to work
TO hatch up schemes Of fun and mischief. ~ i.s
Like all country stores, Hawkins had It's set OF
lounge1s, who wbIled away their time IN talking
politics. specializing on the weather and crops, and
/ playing FCuSChGLS
mong the hangers on weretwo inyeterath odfsnck-
ers' named Swignm and SwaggeB. who were al
ways opposed to each other IN checksts or arssrr
ment.sa They would mount little connterthatIam
across at the buck part Of the store ttbl0w"
away TO ihe annoyance Of everybody within hear
JsTry rese1yed to stplay them q tIlck, n IN, OF
tdeI to get rid Of themif possible. ASingle boan
upheld one end of the narrow countef.S This JeI1
" loosened from the floor ard fixed it so that II
could be ierked ontiyery easily; he then fastened
stout cord to the foot OF the boands EaR along
back Of the counter to the other end Of the store
placed some decayed vegetables in close proximity
under the counter, and then waited ms ichance.-
Shortly after fixing the tap, and while JerrY was
expaining the aodus opergtldi TO couple ofbloom-
Ling country girls; in came tie old codgers and took
their fayorite seat. They were soon engaged in.
ian exciting argument, and, were laYin 1t DOWN IN
fine style, when all at once the counter gave way
and theylay sTrawling and swearing on their backs
among q lot Of ancient pumP cabbage Carrots
and beetss while Jerry and the girlswere Laughing
Iand rubbing their hands togetheT at the other end
ofthe Sto e. with such exclanhtions as Crickeys
Iwhat fiinPi ttoh rnyI what snashl, and then ran
down to see what the mntter wasL itFhe oldeoyeys
went muInbling out Of the store and were not seen
again for some time. r.. 4 ID ts,ti 81 ~ i,sa
= One day Mri Haw kins came into the store rather
unexpectedly, (as it was supposed he was offtuy-
ling nm eggs. &c.,1 and found a great oyergrown
countrymnn stnaing himself with figs, nuts, and
candy, gusto that threa tened atotat annihi-
llAtibn Of the sweet meat stock. ~ .gs
Liberty to help yourself in that StYfel' shouted
lT5a,IEinse hssiyGa tfiss 1Fii tla ;I-i. ~ -
dies riding my horse and told me to help my
sdlf till he came back, tered the clown, drop
'Eping aihandful of figs and three smoked ihemng.
T. Jerry soon made his appearance. The horse was
covered with sweat and as he lode up to the dooF
lHayfkins pulled him from thu sd1e and thIeatened
'Ifhat iffe ever left the store again in his abseces
HE would break every bone in his b5dy and;send
u him home IN a basket ~ ssii M iiist4isl4
JelYy now tried to gain his employers fayoIby
close application to busness; but bls greatest dEaw
Iback lay IN being loo smart. The next day, While
weiRhinE ont four pounds he slapped the
.Eweight into the scale with flourish thai seneM
rolling of the, cepnter into q basket o.
6id Hawk kins new into passion ana s%ore That
lheshouId leave the store theveIy ttimelhe com
4 Imitted blnndeI.ie fs.ss uGitssl; nf Es5gb
+ Things went ON smoothly after this fos wsskor
a. fiII one aftereoon an old woman came IN with
1 d chdfn to be fIIed with nolasses.s She had "a
Il lgreatmanypr do upg and neht churn
Iwould do as well tog get theii any
Iother utensil,s silsSis,s 3a..ss,.i,.
sHere, Jenny said Nh. Has tbs INTO
1.-The cellar, keep he gallons and en yon
yEhaYe drawn itilull, call "a g.I i4,ll
tYes, sir, replied Jenny, open the PAP laqog
/ and descending into the cellar ft. - -.
He sbon filled the chufn, and all boys, eelng
yaih oEfis strength, he eudeayoTea 70 ee.Ll y UP
without assista nee, TO SHOVE how strong vas
On reaching the ton step his mn Gle iel qosgll
came the churf on the edge OF the hooI an over
sht1fiie th moi spread over tue poatus nAe.
lsyrip Oh 4 iaek !s Tsl
II This1vas TOO much fpf Hay bipsi he made p eoa.
lyulsIye spring for the Young SCAMP, but lls
AZ t6e sfbeef 1ess, down he came WIN 2
fat on his back, bIngit nth hlIl, m nus
the old woman vi stood MN.
4 and the cellar way
i ola, sndst,, shouted The old swomatf
tsYbu. Young scouadIels e his Hag