The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-04-13
For the Union.
THE OLD FARMERS WARNING.

Lafontalnes liable 1.-THE oil ana The
limiting what il thinks Of the conquest of Ireland and
Scotland the East Indies and Algeria, the nvasons Of
Spain Portugal and Egypt the grabs of jamaica Aden
Gibraltar Malta Corfu. the Tigre and Marquesas islands
the little frocs Of Mogador and Copenhagen the nno
cent peite gucrre against the kairs the Chinese beiu
op and hundred ct ceteras But THAI Is old and worn
Intelligence Here is something, the French would
say stout ein dactualaf which in vernacular
"a regular fit for the times 1t is Kentucky farmers
deathbed warning his children who promised faithful
ly to heed III in the form OF an
ApoloeuE
good rife shot from Florida there lived youth who
owned a valuable horse called CUBA The Jonathan
Society," composed of aud thirty gentlemen, very
thrifty and independent admired "Cuba' very much.
The youth who had TO school among Them and had
imbibed their notions anxious TO join them with his
property as soon he should become of age In the
mean Messrs Maine Florida aud North Carolina sent
him lumber to build house and stable with Lynn OF
Massachusetts, him shoes for himself and horse New
York and Virginia. wheat and hay Pennsylvania pIoughs
coal and iron Georgia and Carolina rice the West corn
oats and bacon; New England fish and ice, clothing
straps and harness, clocks and onions California gold
all of them in dne provided for him. and their ships
always full and IN return he them nice sugar
and coffee rstrate tobacco and precious woods To be
sure the youth had old ugly and crabbd tutor whose
Don his face olive, and his heart flint
He hated him. for he knew his object up his sub
before he OF age wherefore he piled the heaviest
duties the lad only OF sloyslty and fidelity but
amport and export for all ercanse he got produce
be away aud then he'd take his whiting knife away
from him FOR fear he would Scuba loose and ride over
his friends (who promised him protection by the
mouth of James Monroc,) and would whip him most I'M
mercifuy, aad point AZ garo be always kept in sight
Don had two erones way yoodcr whose names were
John and Non SO John, Non, and the Don would some
times make hobby Of Cuba and charge flbusterisn
the Jonathan Society, whom they dsked exceedingly
merely because the boy very fond Of them This
the society Indignantly repeled by resolving such npu-
dence from Non and John "coek and bull story Bot
they persevered and IN order to rob the boy Of hs par
mony, they entered dark night into concase
with big negro, whose Fatsfa who lived by
stealing penians, right in the neghborhooa aud had
killed his masters long before Don would occasionally
come 10 the Gulf and bother the Jonathan
ships perpetrate Al home little bits larcenies
feel their pulse and tell bis plotting friends and the
society instead Of mndng what these fellows about
and giving them their walking sticks kept dispa,ipv
among themselves about ongsetted questions start
ing such issues whether the Of civilization
be psedor in the dark ages into suursiss and
conyents whether America should steal her wall from
China and whether Fame Is 10 be found ID pools or 10
iount eicon the Potters right straight to work
and terrific crash heard about the Gulf and scream
which pierced the air. Disputes were hushed and on,
rushed the Jonathsns pehaps % shat e stable when 10
there lay the youth wetering ia bis blood the hors. 80
useful gone; hend-lise negro scamuerinq with
him At distance the stable burning and the lurid
flames crossed and their farms an ere their .hus
lost their trade and commerce lef save
Joa, Non and the Don who had preserved for The de-
uded men the ssahdor with these shor, hut fatal words
too LATE yIRiATHus