Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1858-12-02

PERlLs OF HosrETTERs BtTTERs-A cores.
pendent of the Trinity (Gal.J Journal, in which
paper we always find something interesting,
gives the. following account of his bitter expe-
rience:
Ed. JoURNAL:-For want of water we have
broken up camp on Fillibuster Flat and have
driven stakes on Ferry Bar, for the time being.
am camped on the north side of big pine log,
sleep in the open air, and have fine view of the
comet every night. Last evening fell in with
lot OF old cQuaintanceS-fne fellows-tooIl
something, ofcourse. Sat down and chatfed
awhile, drank again; Sawed OFF, at ''seven up"
and drank; had stag dance and drank; PLAYED
"ercre' and drank; SONS fellow sang Yankee
doodle, somehow, thought there was more
doodle lit than rightly belonged to that old
air, but we drank, and in this way we passed
the time merrilY until midnight Somebody
suggested "HosS-St6t-ter's btfers; it being a
new drink to me, heSitated at first but, having
read 'Raray" on Hosstaming, thought could
manage anything from a sucking coltito a Cara
cas- hull. tsesg a.st.4
Well, we danced, sang, Saved Off and drank
until two or three O'clock in the morning. AS
| endeavored to rize from the liable, I noticed
BclshaZzar'ss weakness in my knees, looked
round for the handwriting on the well-saw
nothing legible but "HoSs-Stut-teT's bitters' on
afplacard the size of a ten CENTER leaned against
the decrease and watched the man behind the (
counter pay out cable, until i thought Ijsaw n .
storm brewing, and left. Some m0nomanical
demon, whose ditching hallucinations exceeded +
anything ever saw, had contracted and COM
peted about 1G0 rods of ditch after sunset +
most of itin the trail, and as crooked as dogs
hind leg. 1t was too crooked to walk in; tried
to iumpit but lit on the same side again.
managed to get around it by @ading the river
twice. Aslslooked back at the cussed" crook
ed thing (the last two rods sticking up in the
air) thought il that job did not sour on the
contractors hands, / was mistaken in the ditch
owners.
Succeeded in getting to camp, ''sucd" the
heas around, and "turned in" o, such sleep!
such a.dream! Thought l was aid-de-.ca,np to
my old commander, the hero of San ,Jacinto,
saw him throw his protectorate over the crum-
bling republic of Mexico, in the way OF hot
shot and red pepper pods, Saw the ghost of
my great grandfather leading on to The chaygea
heavy battalion of lancers; my auimal, a noble
charger of,thc Maltese persuasion succumbcd,at
the first fire. got entanged in his gaudy heads
gearing, from which couldnoteXtricate myself
raised up on my elbow to gaze at the battle
before me; mounted rifles, dragons and lancers
were moving in every direction. The battle
was principally on horseback: onsmy left the
Texas flying artillery adonkeyNSithaI2 pound
er laShed on each sidc) Was doing good eXecu-
ton; onmy right the ghosto my aunt Jerusha,
hoopcd and crinolined, was going through some
equestrian exercise, greatly to the admirationpnd
astonlShment of a lot of country cousins of the
butterRut uniform wild horses were Scampcr=s
ing up the'moantains, and l0aded mules were,
coming down. A fine span of cream colored
mules hediZzened with red fly nets and silver
mounted harness, impatient for the charge, were
paving ut my stomach drove of yearlng
colts were humping me in the ribs with their
heels. Prior and Lecomnte laid down at my
feet and diedlilse good christians, without Strug-
gle just then saw the stars and stripes wave,
from the top of the cathedral the victory Was
complete. A moment more my brave conna!.-.
der kneltby my side, heavy brass band struck
up "Hail to the Chief, and as l awolie 1 could
see some 10 or 10 men dangling in the air, sup
posed to be deserters. 1t is now ten o'clock in
the day, and | can see fireworks in every direc7
ton, aud hear hundred bells, which suppose
is in honor of our glorious achievements
In the last, six, years Ol, CALIFORNIA; life have
drank Considerable: San francisco bust-head
whlskey, slap-jack brandy, earthquake gin, and
this French ~cnre-yOu-SIw or klGyou-Sure-
some such name. But "Hoss-st-n-tt-e-,'s. Bit
ters!" (hic) d-e-a-r Journal. g-gg-g-ets me,
(hc) it does. f. NL I ~
feel serions, think something of getting my
hqit.shingled andlecture on Temperance, (hic:)F
JAclNTo.
VICTIM TO MS PROFESSION. Snow, who
belongs to that long suffering but most amiable
class, editors wives, gives vent TO some Of her
troubles in this wise;
',Atr. Snow knows the name of every paper
published in the United Statesaird England, but
She can't for the lile,of him tell the names of his
children. He knows just the aye of every
American. gjournal, b1tuhe docs not know the
age of his own bahies he knows iow every
contributor looks, but don't believe he can tell
whethernay eyes are black or blue. 3a2
.fhe world says Mr.. Snow is getting rich
All know is, he gives me money to -ctothe and
feed our boys, and that, TOO, without complaint
of poverty. | hope the world is right in opih5f
ion, and am fully satisfied that it is, 1 Shall
advise him to resign his editorial houors,an
spend few months in becoming acquainted
with his children. The little ones Will feeLmuch
tiattered in making the acquaintance of so lit.
erary a gentleman. :" i.ssl ssgl .l.
Whenever. you Wish to get up story in the
sensation style, doitin this wise: If youhave
occasion to remark that your hero drank a Jug
OF bhcr, say: "Ele reveled in the ioan-coyered
liquid -ho swallowed ifwildly sfariouSly
cd tprlbleatb-again sank his nose mouth and
chin into the gigantic tankard, and with ap-
pulling oath, that shook the rafters of the crazy
sGarn, shouted - lis done! ha, ha! I've s,tigi
5ged it all-all--every drop! ha, ha' You see at
once the picturesquenesS of the latter mode of
descriptions and YET. you will observe, after at,
thateNPreSscs the same event as the first mise
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