Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1857-12-25

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US not forget in our rejoicings to-day that many
who are now sailing proudly upon the ocean Of
life will be wrecked by the storms of another.
year, and that, when ''merry old Christmas
comes again, he will miss many a dear one that
to-day fills his, or her place at the family.tire-
side greeting.
From Deer the Rirer--GuHirer 0utdone.-
Last evening we received the following note
from our correspondent doubtful" at Bridge
port. We think we heard of an occurrence
similar to the one noted by OUR correspondent.
The reader will be surprised to know that
Doubtful" is generally Reliable:
Dear LtelIigencer:-In compliance with
your request to contribute occasional items of
local interest to your columns, l hasten to in
form you Of a most remarkable occurrence
which took place on the streets of our village
this morning about half past seven o'clock. A
drove of hogs was passing through the town "a
daily sight at this particular time from some
where in. Eastern Ohio, followed by the lusty
looking drivers with their deafening cry, 'su-
boy, F" 'su-b-o-y." When they arrived at the
western end of the wooden bridge, some one OBJ
served that the number of the porkers had
been considerably essened since their entrance
Ito town. There were no alleys or byways
where they could have escaped, and of course
the mysterious disappearance occasioned a gem
eral alarm. SOmG thought that a great old in
visible porker devourer had been Mt work, 9th
ers that the earth had gaped wide open and
swallowed them, and this was pretty near the
truth. Tn observing eye Of one Of the more
clamorous "suboys,' in looking over the ground
they had traversed, detected the tail of q porker
sticking up out of the great sea Of mud near
the railroad depot. Thinking there must be n
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to the surface. seven hundred pounds of pork
This gave the drovers a clue to the whereabouts
of the balance of the missing. Whereupon a
seine was procured, and some twenty persons
proceeded vigorously to drag the pool,
The first haul brought out ten hogs. Then
several emaciated, motherly looking COWS were
returned to their anxious owners. One or two
small niggers and four bull pups were also dis
entered, and the grinning, dancing, yelling and
fully duInfounded condition of the people,
Several parents insisted upon having the sea
dragged further2in hopes oRtinding some low
headed specimens of Young America, long ali
sent from the parental roof The men being
fatigued with the exercise refused, and the
aforesaid parents fell to spanking the exhumed
niggers and pups as a substitute for their antici-
pated, but disappointed luxury.
Yours, DOUBTFUL.
In suggesting to "Douhtful' that his sigma.
ture is peculiarly appropriate, VIC mean no Of
Tense.
Playground Literature.-On this Christmas
morning, if young America is not solely en-
crossed with. other things, the following queer
specimen of playground literature will bring a
smile to his ruddy face. In introducing them,
an exchange says, it has many a time, in hearing
the quaint rhymes and odd concentrations of
ideas, tried to fathom the origin and meaning of
them. OF course our wits were unable to solve
the riddle. One ''count out" we remembcr is
zone ery,t two cry, tckery an,
Bobtai, vinegar, title and tan,
Harum scarum,
MaEerum, niarum,
ri Get out you little old man." 's-
Another runS as follows:
Kinks, spinks, rE
The devil winks.
The fats beginning to fry; r.,
NObodys at homel H.
But jumpin Joan, e
Father, mother, and 1 81.
GUT out,
With a long black snout, Ia
Out, pout, one. ~
Hickory, hoary hairy Ann, a1 >
--gz--sH BusybOdy over spani -r#i
Rare, pare, Virgin Mary, sr-
.. -r Pitt, pout, one, one. sa
Such pibberish as the following we never hear