Butte record. (Bidwell, Butte County, Cal.) 1853-1858, 1855-04-07

Oh tuGn were i-Ot pSE SEuAichsiJ oiiAetSo1 }
but that he himself, on account of his
superior sagacity, had been already as
signed his sphere and situation. He
volunteered to show me some of the
celebrities With q majestic motion he
moved bis pathetic tail, and forth they
came in grand procession, the " Happy
Family" being headed By old Mother
Hubbagd's dog and Dick Whittiugton's
cat, in neighborly proximity.
From hurried inspection I was en-
abled to gather the following items :;
The Trojan horse was suffering from in
digestion Coleridge's "mastitf bitoh'
has just become the happy mother of
thirteen lovely cherubs, ard is Gas well
as can be expected - "the rat that eat
the malt that lay in the house that Jack
built says the Maine Law would have
spared him that early indiscretion !;
Baalm's ass had his jaw tied up with
the toothache; Rozinante was in good
racing condition; St. Georges dragon
looks much more amiable than l should
have supposed; Bucephalus and Old
Whitey had been fighting pitched bat
tie, and are on short allowance of oats
for insubordination the Fee Jee mor-
maid said she had got tired OF her caudle
and desired me to ask Barn
um if her tail must be continued; Jonah's
whale, some time since, swallowed the
Nassau street four-cent man, but gave
him up, like a second Jonah, and he is
now on his old stamping ground" again.
In the distance l perceived John Gil
pins horse, and the bull that was uncer-
enormously displaced from well known
architectural elevation, in a cornfeld ];
and was informed that Nebuchadnezzar,
who had not yet lost bis fondness for
greens, for sometimes shares their pas
ture with them. The Black Swan, the
Swan Of Avon, and the patriotic geese
whose intellectual cackling saved Impe-
rial Rome, were enjoying themselves in
catching tadpoles in duck-pond. Wal
ter Scott's dog MAZDA, Beth Gerlet,
Launce's dog, old dog Tray, and the
other "Tray, Blanche, and Sweetheart"
were discussing canine politics over
beef-bone. The Sea Serpent appeared,
but was so dimly visible that I could
only judge him to be about the average
length. Edgar A. Poe's Raven and
Barnaby Ridges Grip had just been
detected stealing corn from a quaiI-trap,
and hiding it in an empty powder-horn.
Many other birds of note were point
ed out, and their situations and pros
poets explained by the obliging Pluto.
And even as one of our most learned,
wise and illustrious rulers, and his
brother Rapperites, have demonstrated
that the spirits Of the departed are
busted in employments similar to their
earthly ones, SO did my reliable Pluto
state similar facts concerning the hon
orable company of beasts, birds, and
reptiles. His discourse ran much as
" Know, men Of earth, that shadowy
horses still throng your streets, harness
ed to intangible drays and to incorporeal
express wagons, and still tailfully drag
three>cent stages; they still
live in your live in your stables, Craze
in your pastures, and drink at your
pumps; drivers malignant, though un-
seen, still lash their unreal sides with
cutting whips, until they become over
come with CHASTITY ire, and viciously kick
over their spectral traces; defunct racers
still haunt the scenes of their former tri-
umphs, skim with feet unshod round the
inside track, and scornfully turn up their
goblin noses at the fastest earthly time
on record transparent donkeys wag
complacently their celestial ears, and
brush off airy flies with unsubstantial
tails. Swine, full grown, although un-
seen, proud as in life, ferociously prowl
about your streets, seeking what they
may devour, and expressing with inau-
dible grunts, their Paradisiac satisfac.
ton bodiless pigs squeal under foIrnless
gates, dogs still follow, with unheard
tread. their dreamy masters, wagging
their placid phantom tails, or searching
through their shaggy hides, with savage
teeth, for spiritual hsas. POlecats. in
visible, still haunt your barns, searching
for airv chickens, finding ghostly eggs ir
uuhe.rd of nes.s-thea stealing, and