Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1854-07-25
Porthe Intslllgeneer.
OUR PET SQUIRREL.

OUR FRA 62u4fkHhb,
lie was Chained to be sure, but the chain was long,
y. And as lshtGa a chain could be
And he safe where sweet birds RECALLED him with songi
In the tUrk o! stAtelynee.
We fed him with almonds, and nut, by the score.
Which ho daintIly nbblsd uni
Aud we gu. Stlon II eyel squirrel before,
Had his drink roma avercup.
He had nothing to do, nom morning Ill night,
Butto cat, drink, play, and TO seepi-
Audit seemed 10 Afford him especial delight
on his kind wArdeT's shoulder to leap,
wc thought him content, and well might he be,
With scarcely want u'supPlicd,
Aud yet there was one-ihe want 10 be free
Which this chain, 10 his lUnSnss denied.
Perhaps be had lett, In tie woods whence he came,
EoEO chlrner, still Eondly desired
Pe'laps a squlrrGlS love lie the same restless hane
2 as that by our fair oneS inspired.
Perhaps he was we'd, and had there lett to mourn,
A mate lie yet lunsulshed TO see
Perhaps Thoughts OF youngsters, TO hail lila return
To Tie neat In some old hollow tree
Perhaps he had homej and how humble so e'er,
The blessings Its pTeclns accord,
oh who but will fancy Ills own home more dear,
Than exile with splolldor abrolli
All who that has sighed for VILE, ehldcuGud friends,
And logged for their welcome ugninI
Win blame poor Bum, who TO Gain tLese sweet ends
TuEged aud strained I'll released from Ills ehaImi
lie is on to the woods land there my relate.
TO his wonder struck audience OroundI
How little 10 envy, III human estate,
In his sojoulm amongst us he found.
He may tell them lie slept In house that was made
For his comfort by night and by day
And YET, not go toundly as when, In the shade,
10 rested from labor or play.
lie may Toll them tic test IL never complete
Which the feast, without effort. Iscelves-
That Tie almonds we brought him were hot alfso sweet
As Tie n.ts ho had hid In The lcayS.
lie may tell them the drink, tie lewsrd Of no ueed
HSerIion Of toll had inducedi
Though served him IN 81 yer, was vapid, indeed,
10 the drlusht the sought Iumlei produced.
Tic may tell. In a word, that In mans boosted LOT,
Though flowers his paths may adorni
There be bliars aud plants, the ice forest has not,
And fruits her pure subjects would seorn.
ELLvSDALI, Va. W. Il. u.
A Snow ARcn.-The newspaper called the
"Slule Of Name" published ut Portland, says
that one Of tie greatest cuioSilirs ever witnessed
at the White Mountains is now 10 be found OF
'Tuckennan's Rnvine,' about three miles from The
Glen House. 1t consists oil an arch Of pure SLOW,
spanning the brook that tUmbles over the rocks
from the SUBMITS Of the mountains. The lnyine
is the receptacle Of all The snow that blows from
The top Of Mount Washington, aud there can be
no doubt but that during the winter il accumulnes
to the depth Of several hundred feet. As the
brook begins 10 ruE in The spring il wears lis way
through under the snow. which gradually meliS
away OF tue appearance OF sumnIet, making the
cavity larger and larger. On the 10th Of July the
rayine was visited by several gentlemen. one oil
them being an engineer, by whom tbe orch wos
measured. twas found 10 be 1870 feet long, 81
wide, aud 40 high, on the inside, and 266 H. loGg
and 40 feet wide OH Tie outside. The snow loIm-
ing the orch is twenty feet thick. The gentlemen
walked through The arch in the bed Of the brook,
and ale their dinner at the foot Of the cataract,
which falls thousand feet down The side OF tile
mountains. The nrclI is on the southeast side oil
the mountain. und is exposed TO the rays Of tie sun
during most Of the day. Last year II remained
until August 10th, when n warm tnin Of several
days continuance melted 1t away.
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AN EyENrFUL CAnEER.-At late term OF the
supreme court Of Lowndes county, Georgia. n
man by the name VI GRhom was convicted Of
manslnughter, and sentenced 10 the pententiary OF
the age Of nineteen years. Tue Wakulral (Fla.)
Times gives few incidents in the life Of this
young man. which ate calculated 10 excite sympa
thy in his nsfOrluncS:
At tie nge Of thirteen he was attacked by n tiger
who. otter tearing HIM badly aud crushing UOilI his
jaws, left him for dead under covering Of leaves
which lie had piled on him. Subsequently lie was
caught in sugar mill and lost one arm, was bitten
twice by rattlesnnkes. and struck senseesS by Il
flash OF lightning. llisgIenteSt calamliy occurred
n few months ugO, wien he killed one Il his
neiPhbors in drunken lrock by stnbhing. Since
then he has laid in prison, aud has now term Of
six Yeas Ia serve OF ZONE trade suited 10 his peucu
liar hyscnl condition. IL there lie any extenr.
Oling circumstances ~ his cnse, We should be glad
10 see them brought Ia The notice Of the Executive
for the exercise vi Oflicn cemency. We doubt
very much whether any man living ever encount.
cred similar ptus. THIS is said TO b. true Te
coTu without Tie least lnncy or invention.
FLOCK OP SHEEP KILLED BY LI0nTNIN0.-'The
Rutland (Vt.) Herald suites that AZ sheep aud is
la ,ynFiL coma. LiII.1 raor - ,Ya,,