Semi-weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1852-1853, 1853-07-27
BY THE OLD UN.

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ran no smoother IN Cd lsAsSseSSS &SS1SeA tASA !"
does elsewhere, aud 1eA who wsS 9tsse faAS9fg Sl'
his mind to treat ASHasef 10 &Ss> %aS Stss<eS "
the voice OF the Seasea her SSeAes> SAs@sSsg Inv"
his bea,ehaMber doors .>,n
9 Sally what are you getting W !" the middle
of the night for 2
~Tell him it's most m,oraiag," whispered joe
"Cant tell ib~ said Sally,
an make it a truth, then, sud Joe; anu run
ming to the huge old fashioned clock that stood 1"
one corner, he set it at hive. -
Look at the clock and tell me what time II Is
cried the old gentleman up stairs.
:. It's FIVE by the clock" answered Sally anu
corroborating her words, the old clock struck i've
The lovers sat down again and resumed their
conversation Suddenly the staircase began to
creak.
/" Good gracious It's father. ;"
g" The deacon by thunder % cried joe Hide
me Sal IN
Where can hide you Z" cried the distracted
girl.
. S"O o, know" said he, .'Pll squeeze into the
p. clock case And without another word, he con-
cealed himself in the case, and drew tho door be-
hind him.
The deacon was dressed, and sitting himself down
by the cooking stove. pulled out his pipe, lighted
it, and commenced smoking deliberately and calm
~ -
Five o'clock, ell 2" said he. "Wcll l shall
have time to smoke three or four pipes, and then
I'll 90 and feed the critters"
Hadn't you better feed the critters fust, SIR
ana smoke afterwards 2" suggested the dutfu
Sally
"No-smokin clears my head, and wakes me
up, answered the deacon, who seemed not whit
disposed to hurry his enjoyment.
sBurrr-r-r-whiz ding ding ding went
the clock.
" Tormented lighting" cried the deacon, start
ing up, and dropping his pipe on the stove !;
'.what'n creations that 2"
q It's only the clock striking 6ve!" said Sally.
trenuously.
Whizz ding ding ding ding! ding!" wen.
the clock furiousy.
Powers of marsy ]" cried the deacon. "Stri-
kim FIVE it's struck hundred already" =
deacon Barberry" cried the deacon's better
half, who had hastily robed herself and now plung
ing down the staircase in the widest state of alarm
What's the matter with the clock"
"Goodness only knows" replied the old man.
g It's been in the family these hundred years, and
never did know it to carry afore."
Whizz bang bang bang went the clock
again.
eth bust ilselfy' cried the old lady, shedding
food of tears, " and there won't be nothing left
of it."
SITS bewitched" said the deacon, who retained
a leaven of good old New England superstition in
his nature. "Any how" he said after pause,
advancing resolutey towards the clock, " III sec
what's got into it,"
so, don't" cried his daughter, affectionately
seizing one of his coat tails while his faithful wife
chung to the other. Don't" cried both the women
together.
Let go my raiment!" shouted the old deacon.
81 amt afraid of the powers of darkness"
But the women would not let CO. so the deacon
slipped out of his coat, and WHILE from the sudden
cessation of resistance, they fell heavily to thu
floor, he darted forward, and laid his hand upon
the door of the clock case. But no human power
could open it. Joe was holding it inside with
death grasp. The old deacon began to be dread
fully frightened. He gave one more tug. An
unearthly yell if fend in distress, burst from
the inside and then the clock pitched headforemost
at the deacon, fell headlong on the floor, smashed
its face, and wrecked its fair proportions The
current of air extingushed the lamp-the deacon,
the old lady and Sally fed up stairs, and Joe
Mayweed, extricating himself from the clock, eff
fected his escape in the way in which he had
entered.
The next day all Appletown was alive with the
story of how Deacon Barberry's clock had been
Lewitehed, and though many believed his version,
solne and especially Joe Mayweed, affected to dis
credit the whole affair, limiting that the deacon
had been trying the experiment Of tasting ftozsa
cider, and that the vagares of the clock case ex-
lsted only in distempered imagination.
However, the interdict being taken off, Joe was
allowed to resume his counting, aud won the con-
sent of the old people to his union with Sally ny
repairing the old clock, till it went as we'll as ever.
1t is truly amusing to witness the attempts of
the Wing party to prove the unsoundness of
General Pierce's Administration on the subject of
slavery. Certain executive appointments are exut-
pgIy pointed to by these papers as proof positive
and undeniable of the abolition procvities of our
Chief Magistrate. 1t is scarcely necessary, how
ever to read to the end of the article of that des
crptleHto find virtual contradiction of the charge
thus paraded before the public The same art-
Gle almost Invariably attacks the President for ap-
pointing such ultra pro slavery men to office
jefferson Davis, Judge Campbell (of Alabama
P. Soule, Col. Gadsden, Edwin De Leon, and
: others too tedious to mention. After perusa of
the whole peeeone finds it almost impossible to
deeideswhether the President in the opinion of the
Wing writer, is appointing men too much agdislsi
or too much for slavery. Every. candid reader
must admit that this is fair sta tenent. the re-
cent articles that have appeared in the opposition
ne Democratic press Of this State should have
NO nesl'anon IN expressing frankly and freely its