The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1857-09-18

half do put me in fearfu hazard of broken
nose, or even total overthrow upon the pave
ment, and the loss Of a treasure which | guard.
pray you, gentlemen, let this fault be amend-
ed. Is II decent, think you, to get tlpSy with
Zeal for temperance, and take mp the honorable
cause of the Town Pump, in the style OF topper
fighting for his brandy bottle Or can the ex-
crllent qualities of cold water be no otherwise
exemPlifed than by pIunging, slap dash into
hot water, and woefully scaIding yourself and
other people Trust me, they may. In the
moral warfare which you are 10 wage-and in
deed in the whele conduct of your Iives-You
choose better example than myself, who have
never permitted the dust and sut:y atmosphere,
the turbulent and manifold dsquietudes Of the
world around me, 10 reach that deep calm well
OF purity, which may be called nv soul, it is to
cool earth'S fever, or cleanse It's stains
One O'Clock Nay, then, if the dinner-bell
hegins 10 speak, | may as well hold my peace
Here comes pretty young girl of my acquain-
iancr, with large stone pitcher for me- 10 fill
May She draw husband, while drawing her
wafer. as Rachel did of old Hold out your
vessel, my dear There it is, full to the brim ::
SO now run home, peeping at your sweet image
IN The pitcher as YOU 90; and forget not, in
glass Of my own liquor, TO drink Success TO
TUE Town PUMr ~ HaWt50rne
SHOOTING PIGEONS WITHOUT SHOT.
A correspondent at ChiIlcothe, Ohio, under
date OF February %, records. the following
anecdote as vyritabe fact:
A week or two since the woods and feeding
lois around this city were perfectly alive with
Pgeons-aS indeed they are every fail and
spring Among the many who seized their
double barreied guns ana rushed 10 the saught-
tr was my friend k--h, from Bucks county
an eager sportsman; 50 Eager upon this occasion,
indeed, that after driving at =: 40 speed some
hre OF SIX miles ont from the town, and seeing
his horse properly put away, he discovered with
dismay That he had left hls shot bag at home!
Here was dilemma for you. And 10 make the
incident Inlolefa5le, the morning Was SIMPLY
perfect, and the birds setting and rising ID
clouds What was 10 be done! That was
question uPun which Sam exhausted his iDge-
huity, without arriving at any satisfactory con-
cluSon Having gyrated two Or three times
around the eighty acre lot, to the music OF some
pfoiaue eXclanatIonS, hr became calm enough
10 make Up his mInd for the return trip igeou-
less Just at that moment he saw anolher
sportsman drive up 10 lhe fence near by, and
SON recognized Capt. 4. An, how
lucky thought sam; J can oeg, buy, or borrow
some shot Of him. But-Uut-w ii Ee has
d Short supply, and declines divide in view Of
The multitude OF blrds7 Ali / have an idea.'
Good morning, Capt--. A beautiful
morong tbs, for shooting; and the pigeons are
as thick as biackoerFes.'
'Cootn morgrn, Herr K---k,' responded
the new comer, VINO Is one OF the most gentle
manly, but not one oi the sharprsi OF kraut and
sausage consumers; me think We have plenty ut
shoJteG dis day
Yes, plenty of sport, Captain. But | say,
Cap, do YOU see you coffee nut tree at the edge
Of the timber! It's org leaves sltl hansng, look
like pigeons Now that tree viii attract all
The BIRDS 10 light upon IT, S'poSt We build a
blind there, a;d shoot together to-day! We
can take IN thousand or Two guess.
Very coot, Herr k--k,' responded the
German, and ina few minutes the cornstalk blind
was erected, and the SportSmen enSconced be-
hind II. ready Tor business.
Ga came the long line Of birds, crcling
around the feeding ground for moment, and
then settling upon the coffee nut tree III tens,
tiities, hundreds.
'All ready now, Captainp whispered Sam.
Yah answered the excited captain.
Fire 10 them, then'-bang bang! went both
guns and dozen birds werr tiutlerng on the
ground beneath the tree, besides two or three
that sailed oil wounded and were lost.
Pretty we'll done exclaimed Sam. But let
them lie, Captain, we will gather up the Spoils
when We get tired of killing.
And so they shot all day long, sam taking
especial pains to fire simultaneously with X;
and when on one or two occasions, he accident
ally fred alone, the id gun hung dIe,' or
something got IN bis eye just as he pulled the
trigger and resulted in clear miss. In the
evening they divided some one hundred and
forty birds b-tween them, and drove home in
high glee over their good sport and heavy game
bags To this hour, the captain has not learned
the fact that Sam did not fire charge of shot
all that day.
He DRNKs.-tlow that sentence falls on the
ear! How the dark shadows of coming DESPAIR
settle on the hearts Of those whose life IS bound
up in his life! How his mother prays he NAV
not become a drnnkard; and his sisters hope he
is sowing few wild oats. But the old men see
further and shake their heads when they hear
be drinks! Young men, standing on the threSh-
old OF life, buoyant in hope and unried energy,
DON'T drink! Your character, success and hap
plness in lfe-your immortal destinies beyond
life are all at stake. Don't drink! Look not
upon the wine when it gveth its color in the
cup, for al last It biteth like the serpent and
stngeth like the ADDER
How TO GET a HAr.-'Say Pomp, you Mig
ger, whar YOU get dat new hat?
sWhv AZ de shoD of course ,