Eaton Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1843-1856, 1856-01-17
'sMlscelloueolts
SEEING THROUGH A GLASS pARKLY."


I'VE know not when we have encountered
sketch more ludiciOusly maulln than The fol-
lowing. 1t out. .Burtons Burton 10 ..The Too
dles,' and Siaggers, like a kindred pictures of
our Georgia friend, IS. T., published some
years since in The Knickerbocker
A quiet dinner at The GRarJ House, with a
couple Of bottles ofehaa,pagne, ailayed by a
cup Of coffee aud reg1lla. The long Sum
mer afternoon was growing saorler, Sup
poSe,' said Jim E., I'VE yIsitthe sCadsIny
IF Natchral Scl'ences."
sReady,' we replied, and o cloudy omnibus,
filed with misty people, rolled us somewhere
very smoothly. We had TO get out Of that om-
nlbu7; we walked little ways; remember
mounting so very steep stairs.
'Heie we are 'mong the d-deBizens of the
past said B., .Oh !! what great Jaws
they've got! S'pose they came TO life, what d
you DO th-thenP quoth B., steadyng him
himself against the side Of the gallery.
'Holla, fre '4F0
~ wouldn't DO said 3; they'd crawl
oil round your p-pahlaloonS, anl TO get inio
your hat, and----,
Here our patience gave out Jim b
saldwe, don't go on that way consider q
5 mans ieslIngs." I-3l ".y-
$50 do, says he; they'd be awful Stopp
says he; that p-polar beer winked at me-
S'Pose nov he was 10 come 10 life =
4 This last was too much for our humanities.
We edalong one OF The galleries, toward
an open window. We wanted fresh air.
!, J-iust look at those skulls; Chippeway,
Choclaw, Ch-chneSe, Cherokee, Egyptaia.-
S'poSe heg'd come TO life, whard you'd,
Here We reached The widow; breath of
air came timely in, and we wnked and blink
ed over q case Of humming birds, till b
murmured; 'Suppose-o,'
snow don't said we; what's the use r.
Amt they all, d dead and SO stopped up!--no,
stuffed we mean.'
=. .W-well,' said he, 4 w.wasn't goin' 10
.s'pose they were live, only g-going 10 s'pose
we SIT down on the floor here; Here are no
chains. What th-then Let's sit down.
b And down we sat. No unruly police told
us 10 move on; the janitor couldn't see US; no
visitors were about. We went 10 sleep.
is Oh |, how pleasant, how soothing felt that
gent c breath OF air. blowing ltom Tie Gulf OF
Mexico! Fos two days had we tramped
through the canebrake, aud, as at last, tired,
and wayworn we emerged from lis close, dark
cover, how welcome felt the breeze, how
grateful the sunlight, how beautiful The sight
4 OF the grass grown prairie, stretching away as
,aI, aIo,,,, ~, :, d., - - - "s"e
LOOSELY IU1L' hVoh, Wy pon, meGn, anu as nc crop,
pea ,ht vnsn, s.eeu, Wa,ins glass' wou'I
giaaiy nase s'oPpee ~ tnat ohee'iui spot auu
erea' ~. ., w. on MI mus' su' anu on we
-WeuS ~ sooes ,'t S,". nooy n'n was eaiieu'
ano W .ne oanNs ., Tue payon, we hau aInnel
seisea !" I'e.s ssSa, ~sS Un. :, ,ne inosa io'e'
" spos = ~ az. .ssnus, nn n.,,;,. - ha,e sen.
. maulnoan nye osa, WIN us uaik rope o.
= gIesh leaves, was ~ 1ui hgh. sus shsiIeteo
US rom me warm suni,sny .ne iealnel leaves
q ol 'le WHY Sane tusueu heai US; lhe palnieu'
: shos up Us iacei'ke ionsse; son, sleeh grass
s- carpeiea lne glounei auu Us we came 70 a nai
2 tng iesh OF wings anu lneil cly .ola US ina
2 wild ducks haa peen swimming IN the Bayol
Z at our SIDE. blfus o. bright pinmage wlnge.
+, Their way over lse open ground ; Inc shrll
2 chip OF ihousanas oi insects sounded on Inc
ear anu me spl.it Of ille indian maiden, on-
skskye-she VINO reyisi's ihls spot, leaving
even The delights OF another world for thi
dear pace - iet was inVislpiy hoVefini
sound, Anu We iegehd they 'oiu me seeme'
; possible.
in lie Vnkoyhe dweit vain het lrloe neal
Houma; IN summer tune, she would stea
10 lhe Bayou; and here ~ this paradise
oi Delights wouia she come 70 pe alone, u
30 We happy. ihe WIN piIas haew new net anaiear