Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1854-10-26

buttons tew apple sass, ef wont, as poor
feller as be, gin jist ten shillins and upwards
tew know what's kinder busted raound here.s
.sWould you s''ssaf s 8
Wouldn't 1 ? BY golly, squire, guess
yeour the critter kin jst tell us all abeout it p
'sI'am just the man that can"
II knew yeou be. Grea-a-t kingdom, let's
hear all abeout it,
''His-s-h,' said the humorous man, ''Tve
been sounding you"
'Yeou don't say so? echoes the citizen of
Nutmeg.
Yes, sir; we have to be cautious
'Eh, yes abstractedly responds the Nut
meyer.
Can't speak out to everybody
So eaB
Yes. sir: now / know you re a good egg
'AiggsY
Good egg-scund to the core.
'Saound? wouldn't wonder, never ailin' but
once in my hull life then had the darndest
scratchin' time yeou ever did see, reckon.
Ever had the itch, squire 2
Never, thank you
%, not at all, squire, you are quite well
come, as Uncle Nat said, when he shot the
Tngin.'
Well, sir, now I'll give you a whisper. an
idea of what's up and if you love your coun-
try
'Mef'
The land of the free, and the home of the
bravep
.Grea-a-t Fourth of July. pitch in the big
liaks, squire
Our own dear native land.'
That's the ginger goit squire says Nut
meg.
Now, sir, just follow me over the hotel:
so-take chair Here we are-now, I'll
give you the secret You see this is grand
society
'.lh, yes
And the greatest secrcsy is to be adhered
to. Now rise, hold up both hands, high
above your head so ; now swear
Swear? can't dew it, squire-agin my re-
ligion.'
Are you an American 2
AMI? aims nothin else, by Bunke,
Hill. w Es .E6
VIII you stand by your country?
sWiIlI? Yes, sir till Gabriel toots his
horn?
Then swear that you will stand by the
American Eagle, the stars and the stripes,
and never reveal the REGRETS
Fourth of July and Bunker Hill = chimes
in the excited Yankee.
That's it, good, good egg said the
humorous man. Now, sir, you are one of us,
you are Know Nothing
'Yeou don't say SO ?
Yes, sir; now we have some mysterious
signs and countersgns, by which you can tell
a brother of the society, When you see
man looking at you with his right eye shut,
his hands in his pockets, and cigar, should
he be smoking, in the left side of his mouth,
you may know he's Know-Nothing.'
'Eh, yes
We'll, then, you go toward him. and shut
your left eye, ro you bite your thumb, of
the left hand if he bites
Bites /?
Yes, if he bites if he is reelly one of 'em
he will say something in grumbling tone
something like what do you mean? or do
YOU mean that for me? Then he bites, you
see; then you advance close, and say, slowly
mix a weed in cullyD
Dutch, amt it ?
We'll, not exactly, it is our language, He
will then say, what do you mean 2 mind, he
will be very apt to say that, once or twice,
sure You reply, 'nibs.' don't forget, 'nibs-
tag his nibs Gully
'Nibs-eh, yes
'Nibs, Gully, hops nibs !? You then ap
proach close up, shut the right eye, grasp his
hand, and put your forefnger alongside of
your nose, 50 He will then up and tell you
all about it.
'Ae viii ? How many fellers in this.town
have joined this society,"
o. hundreds; nearly everybody you meet
are members it's raising the greatest excite
ment Imaginable
.'Beats Millerites? was one of 'em'
Beats everything out, sir. Now, here's
the oath you swear by this emblem ele-
waiting boot jack.