Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1856-11-29

fore ndulgej in had always been condacted
on the wing, and consisted merely in his pitch
ing into somebody with kind Of flying artil-
lery, so that he was about as much used to
this kind of fighting as one OF our city-bri-
gade inspectors would be if he found himself
dodglng Camancha rife bal!s in Mexican
swamp. 1t would be natural to suppose that
'hio eagle eye nov sighted up" and that the
rash chicken would Instantly have paid the
penalty OF bis folly, tat ne did not do anything
of the kind
As the cock struc,i hin, lie slightl7 elsva-
ted his wings, Gs elderly gentlemen elevate
their eyebrows when they heard OF the mad
freaks Of younger members OF tho family
bucked his head .l.e gooso entering barn
door, twcted bis into most uncomfortable
position, 20 tGks n birds's-eyo viev of The
matter, and then calmly walking away from
the iracible individual who he'd irsulted him,
drew himself into a3 sper2al position ss
possible, and waited 10 see what would hap.
pen next.
His curiosity upon this point, however. was
destined TO be very soon gratifed, "for "Sa-
tan" having once tasted blood, waived all
difference Of rsnk, and Few OF hiya again liks
a fury.
Three times did the eagle receive th,ss un-
warrantabe assaults without giving way to
his temper, and although bis feathers were
flying about and the blood trcking down his
breast, be stj.l seemed indispose5 to light
Every time that Satan" struck him, q yell of
delight broke from the Cubans, and to them
the fate of the pondescript seemed inevitable
but Glover and his com panions maintained
an imperturable silence, their only fear being
that ca unlucky blow of the spurs might reach
vital part before the eagle had awa-
kened 10 q sense Of his danger
But the time had now arrived when Amer
lea was to assert her majesty, and the Haban-
eras we're to learn the danger Of triHiug with
her eagle
The last blow the gallant cock was ever to
strike had been strlck, and as the blood spur
ted from deep wound made by the saas. the
eugle, raising himself to his graudest height
extended claw, and seizing the brave but
doomed bird by the back, and pinned him to
the earth IS il be had been nailed there.
For an instant be gaGed upon his falleE en-
emy--
with that stern pride which warriors fee!
In foemen worthy of their STEEL"
and then--l blush to tell t-with his other
claw, Deliberately pulled his head off!
Do not smile, reader; il is a very serious
thing to have ones head pulled OF, even if
one is chicken; and when we take into con-
sderation what q chivalrous chicken this WAS
that was SO unceremoEiously decapitated, and
how contrary such proceeding was to the
usuG. c0urtesies OF the cockpit, the subject
becomes grave one. Such foul innovation
upon the rules Of propriety was heretofore
unknown among chickens; and although it
il t-"o that "Satan" h~l e"Iy racaiuad What
hs had 30 often dealt out to others-deeth-
yet he had always killed his adversaries in
high-bred, chicken-like manner, and never
Al l,r r,;I l.. H. e
emy to the ground, and then pulling his head
out of its socket, as dentist would pull q
tooth.
0 Cruickshank why were you not in that
vicinity then? Why has not that picture been
faithfully portrayed by your truthful but sar-
castle pencil?
Collins might have written another ode on
the passions there displayed, or John Bun
yam filled another "pilgrim's Progress" with
personiications from that scene. Death was
there in the form Of o hesdless chicken vic
tory in the shape of u burly boatswain NAL
ice in the sinister looks of the enraged Gre
oles; while dismay chagrin, and vexation
were faithfully represented by the comGtted
Signor, as he stood with the body Of the de-
ceased in one hand and the head in the other
looking first upon this picture and then up
on that" But besides these beautiful images
to the disgrace Of the waggish sailors
there was sad transpositior OF an emblem
that they were bound BY every tic Of duty to
have preserved intact.
A modern poem, which has been made trite
by its beauty, tells us that once upon time
Freedom
"From his mansion in thesua,
Had he called her eagle bearer down,
And given to his mighty hand
The symbol OF her chOsts land
and vet without the slightest regard for all
this, the said eagle had been tarred and ieath-
cred until the majestic monarch oi the cloud
had been converted into creature which, H.
stead of soaring to heaven as the pressager
OF liberty, was running about cockpit, look.
ing very much like an old schoolgirl IN pan
talettes with wide ruhles, OF even more like
one of those strong minded females who pass
| their declining years in asserting "Womsns
rights" and higher laws" and who generally
become "Bloomers" about the time they cease
to bloom. Nevertheless, the grlish sttire
and innocent uncOnsciOusness oil the eagle
were not sufficient to appease the wrath
of the hackers Of Satan !" and II they had
been fallen angels themselves they could not
have looked more ready TO .venge the death
OF his Satanic Majesty than they CID to
aVen8e tne uealn VI MS uaIiesaA0'
| The cry of unfair, unfair" arose trom all
sides, and symptoms OF a row were quite pre-
valent, when Glover sprang into the ring,
and snatching up his bird, rosFed out with a
voice of thunder. that his comrades we're
willing to abide by the decision OF the judge
and that they wanted nothing but what VAS
right" adding, however, psrenthetcslly and
soto poce," that "if the judge did not know
what right was, he would probably rsesiVe
some instruction upon the subject before they
! left"
Fortunately for the sake Of peace, the mat
| ter was too plain one TO admit OF much dis-
pute. Satan" had been fairly pitted against
the nondescrift, and if the nondrscript prefer
red pulling his head of, to the laborlous me-
thod OF killing him by spuIrlng and pscklng
at him he had perfect right TO do So.
Whether the judge had overheard the con,
clusion of Wills remarks whether he had
perceived curious fat-lookiug pistol, with
six holes in it, which the fellow han contriyed
to leave sticking out OF his pocket; ana whe-
ther either had any influence in briglng his
mind to just decision, are points which Ike
many other gentlemen on the BENCH he re-
served to HIMSELF but his decision wac GER
tsinly given promptly 10 tsvo, o, the Ame5- AMER