The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1853-08-03
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From The Kuickerhocker Magazine.
A Mock Epic.

IL must have been sheer envy on the part
of MIR. G. Conklin Neppins that excluded the
following stirring "pome" from the columns
of "The Quog Litery Gem" We take an
early occasion to do justice to the talents of
the author, X. n Pepper, Esq, who writes
us that he "has chose the hydraulic measure
because, next to hydrdmctcrS, he considers it
the most eflectooal
"suDJEcK: COLLISION BETWEEN A ALEGM-
TER AND wATER-sNAIK TRIUMPH or THE WA
TER-sNAIK: DEATH OF THE ALgGAiTrR u
"Thcrc is an iland on river lying,
Which runs into Gautimaly, warm country
Lying near the Tropicks; covered with sand /;
Hear and there a symptum of Willow,
Hanging of its umbragious Inns and branches
Over the clear strcmc mcandcring far below.
This was the Home of the now silent Alcgai-
ter,
When not in his other element confined:
Here he would set upou his egs a sleep,
With ey observant of flis and other passing
Objecks; a while it kept n going on so;
Fercles of danger was the hapy Alegaiter
But las in an evil our he was forced to
Wake that dreme of Bills was two sweet foi
| him.
l morning the son arose with unusooal splcn
der,
Which also did our Alcgaiter, coming from
the water,
His scails a-hinging of the rails of the son bacl
To the fountain-hcad which tha orieinl,
sprung
But having had nothing to cat for some time
he
Was slcpy and gapd, in a short time, widely
Unloading soon wclth of pcrl-whitc teth,
The rails Of the son soon shet his sinister c,
Because of their mutoal splcnder and warmth
The Evil Our (Which sed) was now come;
Evidently good chans for a water Snaik
OF the large Specie, which soon appeared
Into the horison near the bank where reposc'
Calmly in sleep theAlegaiter before spoken Of
About so foot was his Length(tho he crawld
And he was apcricntly a we,l-proporton,,
Snall.
When he was all ashore he glared upon
The land with approval, but was soon
'Astonishcd with the view and lost to wonder
(from Wats)
(For jest then he began for to see the Alcgai
tcr.)
Being material Enemy of hisn, he worke
hisself
Into fury, also a nj position.
Before the Aligaiter well could opc
His eys Gin other words, pIrceve his danger
The snaik had envelopcd his body just 10
Times with 'foalds voloominus and vast (fror
Milton)
And had tore Off several SEALS in the conf
sion,
Besides squesing him awfully onto his stomi,
Just then, by n fortunate turn in his Affairs,
He ccazed into his mouth the carelcs tale
Of the unrehccting watcr-Snaik Groan dc.
peratc,
He. finding that his tale was fast squesed Fl t
Terrible, while they roaled all over the ilan,
1t was wcll-conduckted Affair no noise
= Disturbed the harmony of the Seen, ccscpt
Onct when Willow was snapped into by I'll
roaling.
Each of the combatence hadn't a mint ft
holering.
So the confick was materially TREMENDOUS
But soon by crate fource the tale was b
complete
Ly OFF; but the eggzertion was too much
For his delicate Constitution he felt con
preston
Onto his chest, and generally over his body
When he ecspresd his brc.hng, it was vii
great
Difficulty that be felt nspr'd onct more.
OF coarse this State must suffer a revolootio
So the Alcgaiter gave but ycl and egspire,
The water Snaik realed hissclf off, and SUI
vcyd,
For say 10 minits, the condition of
His 70: then wondering what made his Ia
hurt
lie sloly went Off for TO cooln