Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1858-04-03

sonage, drawing me aside by the coat button
L am an attorney and counsellor at law, but
business is poor here. BY the way, | ought
10 nave mentioned that have always worked
nard Tor the party, aud never dieamed of ask
ing anything. Anybody will tell you so.-
But what was going to ask you was, wheth.
er, II l would come down your way, there
l would't think OF such a thing if il wasn't
Tor my Strengthened circumstances. There
don't seem to be nothing for me to do up
here"
Ah thought I, he is thinking of going TO
| New York to practise, and wants to know
about renting an Office there. SO told him
1 Certainly, he wonld have no difficulty lin
getting one, though it was rather late in the
season."
Eyes know that" said he, a. ought to
have been on hand at the fourth of March
But you really think could do something in
that way? And about how much do you
think it would be worth ?"
l told him there was great difference in
the rents, that they ranged from fifty dollars
up to FIVE hundred, and even eight or nine
hundred.
"Yes, so supposed, from what seen about
them in the blue book. One of them eight
hundred dollar ones would be just the thing
! for me-"
| could not help thinking that it would be
a long time before he would do business
enough to warrant him in renting on eight
hundred dollar Office. But before the coloquy
proceeded further. it was broken off by the
landlords bringng'the information that it only
wanted fifteen minutes the time for the
! down train, and "that they were waiting 20
escort me TO the cars"
Having by this time come TO the conclusion
! that Smithburg was one vast asylum and all
! its population were lunatics, submitted res
ignedly to the programme that appeared to
be marked out for me. | walked out. the
crowd within respectfully following, and the
crowd without cheering vocilerously as !
made my appearance.
Captain O'Flynn's Smithhurg Guards wero
drawn up in line before the door, in their
gorgeous uniform of yellow coats with green
| fncings, and blue pantaloons with red stripe
down the side. and were standing in obcdi-
ance TO the order present arms!" They
wheel into marching order-the drum and fife
struck up "Hail Columbia" General Smith
, took me by the arm the other two committee
men divided between them the honor Of car
ryng my carpet bag, the citizens paired off
! in twos behind us and away we marched TO
the railroad station, crowd lining the side
waving white handkerchiefs, the crowd cheer.
ing, the dogs barking, the little boys with
sticks and paper caps marching along side,
and General Smith, oil the way pouring into
my ears the deep gratitude Of the town for
the visit, the equally deep regret that they
had not had time to get up more befitting
celebration" and urgent entreaties that !
would repeat the visit when Congress ad-
journed.
Arrived at the cars just in season, parted
from my hospitable friends on the platform
with more hand shakings, and whispered
entreaty of "Don't forget the Office" from my
shabby geuteel friend, and as the train moved
of, nine senatorian cheers from the assembled
gathering actually drownded the locomotives
whistle.
had become so used to adultation and ad
miration by the mornings experience that
half expected to be greeted with similar de-
monstrations aboard the train, and half won.
dered whether the city bells strike up peal
of welcome in honor of my return, and wheth-
er l should find the Common Council and
General Sanford with the first Brigade of n.
Y. S. NJ. waiting at the depot to escort me to
the City Hall.
| Nothing Of the sort transpired however,
Nobody took any particular notice of me,
| had quite sunk into my original insignif-
| cauce.
walked to my lodgings without exciting
any attention in the streets. Reaching there
] pulled of my new boots, which had proved
rather tight aud sat down in easy slippers to
rest and cogitate npon my singular adventure.
Some writing on the inside OF the lining of
one Of the boots attracted my notice. ! took
it rp and read, in a large rouId hand
"Franklin Pierce.
The mystery was explained In hastily
purchasing ready made boots, had bought
q pair made for the President. When set
them out over night to be blacked at the
"Smlthburg Hotel" the waiter read the name
and communicated the Important secret to
! the landlord, from whom it had spread like
! wildfre through the town. had been pass.
ing with the Smthburgers for President
! Pierce
have not ventured to show myself in
| Smithburg since. | have never heard of
General Pierce's going there either, so sup
pose they are not undeceived to this day.
Dad MOrtOn's Rest,