Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1857-12-17
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OUI The fIkE, Dec. IA, 1901.
Mr.. EDITOR: We do not trouble you
often, and probably there is no one more
grateful than yourself. but having been
beyond mevins distance from home, and
finding an item or two we thought worthy
a CaronicLe Kitten. we beg respectfully your
tolerance to submit them Out the pike.
things are undergoing no particular change.
Tine sun continues to bes'ow his smiles
dinrnally, en- the premature winter has made
a perceptable Innovation on Nst1re's sum-
mer face, but apart from this, We are, as we
were when We wrote you last. But we
have been prowling about some. not seeking
whom We a ightdeveur, but to catch an idea
exchange a thought, %enliven our nature; TO
see some Of your Old friends, and some o.
our me1rrne relatives. Were at the village
OF Barnesville, that "City upon the HILL
the theme OF Tyro's dream We Gid not
find il. as pictured by that lucid brain, still
there was sufficient 10 elicit thought and e.
rapture the eye. To note all we seen.
would be to transcend our limits in your
columns. as well as thiev:ng items from a
higher order OF Cats. than our post Oh wa
rants. But we saw the Warren corner Kit.
ten, and the tidy pretty M'ss.-- Of the
same class. Likely darbys them David.
particularly the last mentioned, who, # we
are allowed to conclude from general sp-
pearan:e. is much of a lady. and will prove
a dangerous competitor for the. LAIR Cat
shin. since our Fan IS no more.
The Institute convened on that day, in
all probability vour highness was present,
we heard yoa were rustica'ing lat week;
any way, it is said there were some Big
~s,eecI IS got up, and al Of them on exceed
ingly short notice, much TO the credit of
the SPEAKERS, and ed ;i~ation of the assem-
bled. Being compelled to attend to out door
business, we did not hear them, but all the
orstory of the day did not escape US. a
brilliant piece Of original was decIaimpd on
Rude corner, by the BarnesyiiIe Gentle
mans Ethiopian Demosthenes. the r..
Hon. Rev. Samuel Williams, Esq Will
iians is undoubtedly a man of parts (par;s
LIST and 3D. as well as of color, and it is
truly gratifying to great men, TO see how
heartily the muddy water ~.iterati, appreciate
his wise claws and modern ~ins,ances."-
Sam q believe it is popular to abbreviate
the m OF orators) descanted lsngthily
and Justify. concentrating his wonderful
powers upon the "hypocrscy" of mankint
in general, likening them to a bag Of colorcC
beans, rhHe being the prevailing color
His comparisons were forcible illustrations
of his remarkable genius, but, being Of very
ordinary talent %ourself, and failing to appre,
ciate his ponderous argument. we turned
away TO mourn the weakness Of the grow
ing generation, and to see a-f9ht. That,
news, sint it, A regular old-fashionec
square-toed rough and tumble, but this wal
not in GAINESVILLE. See. I'll tell you nov
it was, as well as I could gather.
Jenny and Paddy we're Iaboring together
when Jenny saw fit to give Paddy the IL
over his dish of palaver, when Paddy swore
"by NV soul its not my mithers son that u
tax it," and taking his body ifs; at arms
length, tork poor Jemmy's dimensions OIL
gracei, in life proportions. Jenny teelin.
fof his friend, returned favors and-hist
harki Pardon me a moment. Ali | see
now! That poor devil passing my window
has been to Vince ing, the story goes, an
there he goes "g!oriously drunk" So it i.
when the "Cat's away the mice will plsy.'
But to the fight. The result was, two pal
of two colored eyes, two bloody noses. an,
a pair Of mad, bad, glad and sad lrishmar
We returned by way Of Fidelity, but Edit
not being at home, land nobody else.) bus
ness hs6 suspended, and we did not hal
Ia ngle has tied up. Caught himself in hi
own net. Fell out with MaGame Rumor
Strengthened himself in the estimation of III
T~nteHigencer; proposed and disposed; gre
philanihrnpir; found a sable object of pity
and a nonstrous %rufian; (cf another COLI
thnugh) wrote, re-wro:e, resolved and di
,otued, evaf GRATED.
See here. Who'll call the roll. carry tn
stripes and trot the Temperance bugle nov
I suppose you've heard of Fans desertior
Very sorry TO lose Fan indeed, but do nj
complain much. as We learn that becomin
tired Of active public life, she has retired +
plat the remainder OF the act with the IA
fens. Yours, &C.,
B-PH.