Delaware inquirer. (Wilmington, Del.) 1859-18??, 1859-06-04

ly appeared upon the scene, tall, awkward,
ungainly looking fellows whoa once attract
ed the attention, Of . number Of those upon
the ground, He had long, pipestem legs and
arms, broad, fat feet II enormous dimensions,
a 1ank starved, s5dadraled body and stoop
shoulders, snrmoupttl ,yta larges heavy look
ing head which f,ops would :, suppose, was
enough to capsize him, were II not that he
had such extensive understandings. His
1noutli'nlight be said aolreach froinear to ear
vet, there was o good humored expression
about it that, in spite of his ugliness, prepos-
ed you in his favor. His nose was long, and
hooked somewhat like the biliP6f parrot !
but the most experimentation was his eyes.
They were very large, deep black and as if
to complete the singularity of his appearace,
each one of them seemed to have q strong
curiosity to know what the other was doing,
for which purpose they were constantly en-
deavoring to see over the bridge of the parrot
like proboscis. He was dressed in q brown
cloth swallow tailed coat, ornamented with
huge brass buttons, the waist under his arms,
and the sleeves too.short by about six inches,
pair Of green worsted pantaloons, the bot
toms of which had long since out the acquain-
lance of his ankles, pair Of cowhide shoes,
n red and yellow plaid vest, broad shirt col
lar doubtless intended to stand, but in con-
sequence of lack of that all important article
starch, il made but a siekly effort do So,
and 10 cropn all a broad topped, bell crowned
hat. His clothes were in perfect keeping with
their Yearer and more odd looking speoi.
men OF humanity than this uncOuth figure
presented, you would not meet with in days
journey. tHels .eea " ti. ID.
Now this individual was well known
throughout the village as good natured,
half simple, half comical genius, whose name
l..,A a.
only appellation by which he now went or
had for years received was Gimlet-eyed Nose.
His appearance upon'the common was in
staptly hailed with shouts of.u4,y4t, j i
:. Here comes double sighted Nose, - " clear
the track for Nose" +" Hurrah for old Gimlet-
eye" and such like ordinations. Every
body was glad to see him, for they knew that
wherever he went he was sure to create mirth
and amusement. i1aw1in -5isaH,
Chow are ye old boySp G How are We hossS'
"Give us yer paw " How do ye find yerself
anyway old fellerr' said several as Nose
came up. 4..f... ia
"Fust rate, boys, fust rate, :" said he. shak-
ing hands all around, fact is I'm alters in tune,
alters the same old onchangeable chap as ever
| was, never alter does MT.
"That's fact, - cried some one, " He's
nobody but old Nose now an forever"
"Stan' back, an gin the ole coon chance
to cool off an git his wind, " said another.
I" move we have a speech out Of him, a
regular grafton, bout the fourth o. July, am
Ginersl Washington, an SIGH like" said a
third.
That's II, a speech, a speech, let's have
speech" "Gimlet-eyes forevern cried all
hands delighted with the idea of having old
Nose Z" express himself" Come OH old fellow,
come on, an let us have ii, mount the stage,
| k,,t s,,at "a fhat
yet, they had no stage to mount him on, and
some half dozen or more of the party set out
to see if they could find anything to build one
Of whilst the remainder stayed and tried to
prevail on the new conner to deliver the much
desired oration."
"Id rayther be excused, boys, indeed |
would" said he. Il amt used to public speak
ing, an I'd feel so strange gittin' up afore
so many people, an then Pm afeard folks'd
think 80 queer to see me goin to talk to 'em
No, no fellars I'd rayther not.p -a.4..
4" Yes, but you must, though" said they
" so there's no use tryin to get out N it.
We're bound to have speech, for II 3 indie
pendence day, an II wouldn't lie dom right
ii we didn't have no spoutin.I
" But I'd be at loss to know what ter say,
an then you'd all larf an that ere 'ud make
me fell bad, It would.
"No you wouldn't nuther. | know a darn
site better nor that, 1t 'aint no trouble for you
to speak, and thus they coaxed, plead, per.
suaded and iiattered him alternately, until al
length he consented to do as they wished.
By this time the stage was prepared. Il
was very simple in its construction, being
merely couple Of empty barrels placed few
feet apart with board laid across them. UPoI
this the orator mounted. He was Immediately
saluted with three hearty cheers, after which
order being in some measure restored, he tool
off his hat, pulled large calico handkerchief
from his pocket, blew his nose, bowed and
began as follows.' u -a ps .-af
Friends, folks, an TELLER citizens;
For the purpose Of divarsifyin' the day
fun, an bein' airnestly impertooned by
number o'these 'ere honorabl an respectabl
persons here afore me, hevf'agreed to gin y
little talk about why ye're a celebratin' thi
here great day. As We all know-If ye don
know ye ought ter--thisis the birth day of tn
ole American Eagle and ye're have to com
memorate 1t. When look around upon y
my heart rises rite up from my stumik, an
feel like shoutin' 81 Hail Columbus" II doe
me good ter see so many o'my county
men enjoyin' themselves, eatin cakes an can
dies, an drinkin' lemonade an wliskey
swearin' iightin an indulgin' other innocen
amusements ginerally. The fourth o Jul.
. has from the creashun o. the world been re
markable as bein' the day on which the ever
lastin' constitution OF the United Kingdom o
Ameriky was rote by which we were al
changed from state o. sin an misery to
free born people yes TELLER citizens, from
set OF Injuns,-fur we was all Injuns once,
said the speaker, rolling up the awful ''gim
let's" and looking, or endeavoring to lool
i. very wise-we have been transformed into
mighty nashun. Every man ia a queen, an
every woming is King in this country, bu
as fur my ole woman, guess she's a leetl
r o. BOTH any ways she's tarnation usefu
4 piece o. furniture, she gins all the erdor
o about the house herself, and has nothing a
!. all to do, only to obey lem. She's a fine wo
r ming she Is, but this is digreshn-to returi
&. to my subject as rs sayin, my ole wOming i
Q q rare Jun she's-here he was reminded tina
e his cole wOming'' had nothing to do witt
: the "fourth" whereupon he did return to hi
/, ''subjeck." III. t- f
o Now he went ON, 'when in the year of on
o Lord Annie Dominick, Fourteen hundred an
ninety two the King of Europe tried fur I
d tax the inhabitants of the globe fua their te
= they got mad an all of 'em swore as no,
, they'd see him on the other side o. J0rdin
9 aiore they would consent to any SIGH unlawfu
Z perceednk, indeed they declared they'd di
fur liberty or death, rather than do it, prov
a ded their lives was spared to live that long
i am then lot of 'em said as how they'd rit
r a paper tellin' all about these unjust dom
d consistently they all met at the White Hous
II one day an one of i'em named Ethan Aller
who was pretty tite, said he'd jist as lief
;. the job as not, therefore it rev0lved onto hin
q accordintly, 30 he went at II, an it WASH
Il more nor about week fore il was all fnishe
3, an from the fact Of its hayin, BEN rit with
n tItaN all ,td H..