Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1858-07-16
For The Inquirer.
WOODBERkY .LOCAL.v
WoopBERRY, July Il, 1858.


Mr OVER Leather Cracker came to town
ther Cracker l.eather Cracker is an oasis in
swilderness of mountains A China or Japan
surrounded with barbarians Isolated from
the balance Of mankind, it is free, indepen-
dent, sovereign State. Only subject to its own
inyincbi4 customs, its own hard-earned repn-
tations; its impregnability to barbarians With
out, and the workings of its refined, rnagnani-
nous aud all-powcrful policy at home, has
gained for it world of notorlety, which only
wants to be heralded on the mighty wings OF
the press to the four quarters of the globe, to
distance the widespread fame of Imperial
Rome, or the more modsrn conglomeration OF
all celors, manners and castes-the British
Empire Leather Cracker has the adyaEtage
of either Of the two characters ahove,i being an
American Institution Literally Americ4 IN by
position The State of Leather Cracker is
situate in tho Counties of Bedford and Blair,
for-the very good reason that no one county
could contain 1t all; no, never! Yon nj ght as
web presume another sun in the solar $, stem,
as to presume leather Cracker to be located in
| 10 one municipality Ii is too yeasty, too
barmy! Its charaeterics are too national -
! It's fortunes too transcendent
the Ridge, famous elevation all ousr this
great county of ours On the East by Tus-
sey's Mountain, on the South by the Pulpit
and West by Stonerook's Hill 1t Is needless
10 say, that these places are classical places IN
the literature of Leather Cracker. They are,
| aud famous places of resort, too Leather
Cracker has It's Niagara, its Saratoga, and Its
Bedford Springs, all arrayed after their own
xrhi oh = oil
| lowed The State is divided into four Coun-
ties Hoover, Falkner, Kaufmln and Miller
The capital is situated at Maple Run, where
| the Legislature holds its sessions, or ut least
did year or two ago, and acted upon the
great public measures of the day, pertaining
to Leather Cracker, Leatacr Cracker against
the world 1t may be considered great pre-
SUMPTION on my part, TO relate the history of a
nationality, without also giving the source
| from which such Sublime and beautiful name
as that Of Leather Cracker has been derived -
| Yes, sir, almost think so myself, therefore
shall supply you with the only data which /
possess, aud which | extracted from the ar
chiyes of the State, while l had the distir-
gushed honor of holding seat in her Legisla-
ture, aud it can, therefore, be strictly relied
| IN.
1t appears from the record, that at an early
| day, although rot anterior to the era
-ssAn old man,
With an old soul, and both extremely blind, y
sauntered Forth one still clear night, to sswatch
the timid deer" the chief occupation of the
hunters oil that day and date 1t was in the
buckskin age, and siugularly enough, our ver-
cradle friend wore buskskin unmentionables. -
say it was clear, and not only clear, but cold,
cold. awfully cold The old man reached the
lick, and secreted hmse If in the boughs of some
poris rom Che Old mans ss Hat night Oh
but it was cold. So colcl that 1t makes me
quake to think of it ugh how cold When
the old man left his perch, and brought him
self up standing on terra ,sSma, his breeches
were so badly frozen that it required no effort,
on bis part, to stand. No, there they stood
as formidable as the Colossus t,f Rhodes The
old man vainly strove to put biz uself in motion,
bat for long time without any apparent sue
cess. Eventually, tie unnentiC mables began
to yield reluctantly! They heay,. ID, they moan-
cd, they groaned, they cr-cr-or; scked bang
crack. until the hills resounded With the ex-
plosioas of those breeches Po lr OLD mau
How little did be dream that his Dative land
would long be remembered by this gratis per-
tormancc of his breeches! Now, Mir. Elitor.
this picture is Leather Cracker.
Well, as said before, Leather Crack Yer came
to town the other day to attend LAVISH it 1t
was equal in performance TO o circus mon
keys aud all Leather Cracker got dru nix
numerically drunk Leather Cracker al raw
ed itself against Leather Cracker "N Then
Greek meets Greek then come, the tu of
war ~ Both parties pitched, and foam ned,
frothed and sweated Now, one party were
the aggressors, then again the other party Fere
the offenders The one swore Justify; the
other swore equally Justify Both strippei to
fight Both agreed il was all a mistake T.
shook hands liquored were happy that it ,as
such grand mistake all right no, DOT Ill
right fell out another free display, Ma lc
up, and went off to renew the same programm 9.
only varied in words. Towards evening Lee: i.
thcr Cracker left with bricks in their hats an d
TASKS in tEcir pockets. Great country, is 4
not
Fearing that you might form the impression, /,
that there are no moral, refined, or religion
people belonging to the State of Leather Crack
er, would simply say, that, it you have form
ed that imsEession, feel sorry, because car
mention tH%f6f three as fine men as ever gracet
any community, such as George Solesby, Johl
Stonerook, twhose venerable ancestor wore til Q
veritable breeches) and john p. Hoover, VIII,
have jointly made every honorable effort t.
cause the light of day to penetrate these be. :
nighted regions. But Leather Cracker against
the world. II
SYLVESTER STYLES.
A New CENT PIECE. We have seen, say b
the Boston Post, specimen Of the new col
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