Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1858-08-21
From the wester1 Dendocrat.

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"a y A CHAPTERS s'sAS - sfss
A,,;t cs,Sa n mass ia the latter year Of the reEn
of Thomas, the son of Bragg who reigned over The
province Of North. Carolina whose border extehdeth
even to the great sea on the east that the pedpie
began TO cast about in their minds, saying wl1efe
shall we look for another rulers st-7snq
And they took counsel together, and said let US
send wise men to the great city which IS called
Charlotte two days. journey from the mountains on
the west; ~--st .sAs.s
And let them choose out for us man Of wis.
dom and understanding, and unto him will We
hearken.
And it came to pass that on certain day these
wise men began to assemble in the city Of Char
lotte, wherein aforetime valiant deeds had been
wrought during the battles of the great kings.
And they came even from the borders of the Vir-
gnes the borders of the Keitttes and the enter.
ing in of the great river on the east nsomuch that
the inns of the great city were unable to contain
them.
And behold, a mighty man named Jennins, whose
surname was Kerr, who dwelleth by the street that
leadeth towards the north gate of the city, stood up
in the midst of the people and said,
Seek yc out four young men who shall 60 out and
find lodgings for the strangers in the city, and 10!
they shall eat at my table. IS
Now Jennins, the son Of Kerr, was possessed OF
corn and oxen, and much sheep. And the men
marvelled greatly at the light and glory of the city
And it was SO, that when the young men had made
end of lodging the strangers, behold the city was
quiet and they all slept.
And on the morrow they rose up and sat at the
table of Jennns, and were filled.
Then the men with one accord began to say
Jennins is some and greatly to be praised. And the
thing which he did pleased the people
And straightway they began to assemble in the
council chamber where the judges were wont to
judge the people.
And they reasoned one it'll another and did cast
lots; and behold, the lot fell upon John the son of
Ellis, who was onesof the judges OF tie people,
man comely to look upon and OF great wisdom, who
dwelt in city about days journey to the north.
And the wise men proclaimed it from Dan even to
Bersheba, and counseed the people, saying: Let US
exalt John the of Ellis to rule us. that
may be well with US and our little ones in the land
of our fathers.
And the wise men returned unto their own viii
lagos; and the thing which they did pleased the
people; and they took of the finest Of the wheat
and did make cakes and killed the fatlings OF the
tocks. and rejoiced exceedingly.
Now it came to pass while the people were re-
joicing, that Duncan the of Mac, whose surname
was Rae, who aforetime had troubled the people,
nsonluch that Pierce the tetrarch caused his young
men to send him to the fenced city of the heather
that lieth against the great sea, suddenly ap-
peared among the people.
Now Duncan, the son of Mac, strong young
man and of great powers Of speech, and had dwet
in the city Of the heather for the space Of four
years; and hearing tbat his people were about to
choose ruler he took shipping and came into his
own country from whence he had departed, for be
was a man Of great spirit and wanted to be ruler
And it was so, that when Duncan appeared, the
people were troubled, and he lodged with one Syme,
printer. mighty captain among the philistines,
whose house is in the city Of the great ruler
And they agreed together, and brought out the
engines of war to fight against the people.
And Duncan said unto his followers, 10. beyond
the great river on the west, even the Mississippi,
great inheritance of land shall be yours if made
ruler
And the people pondered in their hearts what this
meant, and they began to wax wroth with Duncan,
and sad among themselves: How this give
US land, seeing he is without power, like unto our
selves.
And behold, Duncan sent greetings to the great
captains Of the whigites and the know nothngites.
saying: Getyou down into the plain with your mighty
men OF war, and let us set up the great hungus-
fungus, even the humbugabus. taxabus, and righten
the people SO that they exat not John the of
Ellis.
And it was So that the fifth day of the eighth
month the people came together for to cast lots for
their ruler, and many of the wise men of the whig
ties refused to fight against the people.
And the thing which they did made Syme, the
phlistine, angry, and he cursed them in his heart.
And Duncan went out and sounded the great
ramskinabus, even the ringdum bobolink-a .dooden,
which he brought from beyond the great sea, even
from the city of. the heather.
And behold, the people were not frightened, but
waxed strong and strove with Duncan, the son of
Mac, and Syme the philistine, and they cast lots
And it came to pass that the lot fell upon John
the of Ellis; and the people were glad and gave
shout, and rushed upon the humbugabus and
smote it that it fell, and they spoiled the hunsus.
fungus from the borders of the Keittites the
south even to the great hills toward the going down
of the sun and the borders of the Virgintes the
north.
And the people allowed Duncan the son of Mac,
to escape alive into his own city, and the land had
rest.
And behold, Duncan "heard something drap"
And the rest of the acts of the people are they
not recorded in the papers.