Red Wing sentinel., 1859-12-10
A CRow DINNER.

may certainly lose III our telling, we
may succeed in giving the point.
Shorty attcr6the war with Great
Britain, M :.ristocratic English gentle
man built fine residence in the vi.
cinity of Fort George, on the fNiaga-
RI frontier, and, in accordance with
the old country idea of cxc'usiveness,
he enclosed his ground with a high
tight fence. Here .he lived like All Old
English gentleman-one Of the olden
timc-with the exception that none
but the elite Of the Province and the
officers OF the neighboring garrison
were permitted to pass his gate. There
was q good understanding between
the American officers at Fort Niagara
and the British at Fort George, and
the men were occasionally permitted
tovisit back and forth. Among the
American soldiers was queer chap
who suffered terribly, was very fond
Of hunting, aud was always getting
into some kind Of mischief.
One day this chap took the small
boat that lay moored at the foot of tho
walls OF the fort, and crossed over tc
the Canadian: shore for, q hunt, lie
wandered over several miles in the
rear Of Fort George without meeting
any game, and on his return, seeing q
crow on a tree within the enclosure o1
the aristocratic Englishman, be scaled
the hi gh fence, fired, and brough,
down his game. Colonel-or whatev.
cr his title may have .been-wc will
call hin. Colonel, anyhow-witnessed
the transaction, and advanced while
our soldier was reloading. He was
very angry, but seeing the Yankee
standing coolly with loaded gun IN
his hand, he gulpcd down his passion
tor the moment, and merely asked il
he had killed the crow. The solder
replied he did. II am sorry,'' said
the Colonel, "for be was pet. BY.
thc.hy, that is pretty gun, vii! you
be kind enough to let me look at it 20
The Englishman took the gun, step
ped back Il few PAGES, took deliberate
aim, and then broke forth in y TRADE
Of abuse, concluding with al order to
stoop down and take bite Of the crow
or he wouldsblow out his brains. The
soldier explained, apologizcd and en-.
treated. 1t was no use.
There was shot in the Englishman's
eye--there was no help for it-and
the suffering soldier stopped, took a
bite Of the crow, but swallow it he
could not. Up came his breakfast
his dinner the day before, aud it real
ly appeared as it he would throw ul
his toe-nails. The Englishman gloat.
cd on the misery Of his victim, and
smiled complaccntly at every addition
al heave. When he got through vom
iting and had wiped his eyes, the Col
handed him the gun, with the remark
"Now, you rascal, that will teach yo,
how to poach upon Il gentleman's en-
closure"
The Yankee soldier took his gun
and the Colonel might have seen thu
deyilain his oye 1.-THE had looked close
Stepping back he took deliberate ain
at the heart Ut his host, and ordered
him instantly to finish the GROW. An
grySexpostalations, prayer and entrea
ties were, useless things. There wa.
shot in tho Americans eye then, "a.
there had been in the English eye be
fore. There was no help at hand, anc
he took q bite Of the crow. One bitt
was enough to send all the good din
ners he had eaten lately ON the sam.
journey with the fare of the soldier
and while the Englishman was in a,
agony Of sickness, Jonathan escaped
10 the American shore. soq5i
- The next morning early the Com
mandant at Fort Niagara was sittine
int his quarters, when Col. --- wa
announced. Sir" said the Colonel
leone to demand the punishment o
one of your men, who yesterday en-
tered my premises and committed
great 0Htrage. s "a 70 51.
" We have three hundred men here
and it would be difficult for me t,
know who you n,ean,' said the Amer
lean officer. 7a,.'' ~ q, =
The Englishman described him as
lengthy, dangling, suffering. stoop
"Ah! know who you mean, % saiit
the American officer, he is alway
getting into mischief. Orderly, cal
Tom. Al t3ssassoa J.
In few minutes Tom entered, an,
stood attention as straight as his -natu
ral built! would allow, while not (,
trace Of emotion was visible in hi
cOuntenaCce. IS ~ e.l... .ls5.,. tfs,,sf Iii. +.
=. officer .-Yonl, DO you know this gen
tlcmam? o .@. N.Y. =, 2: !
sTom-.-Ye-yc.ye.es, sir. aa9 u d Is IS
Officer Where did you ever. SCI
him before? 8 80 .aga si5
Tom--,(stuttering awfully, but re
tanning the grave expression na,ura
to his face)...l.l.I didi.,li-nel witt
him yesterday. = .ssz