Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1859-11-16
Sweet day so calm, SO cool, 90 bright,
The bridal Of the earth and skY"

The bridal OF nd siy."
I've gottwo splendid wooda pipes plenty of irst-rae
smoking tobacco and box of German matches in INV
pocket Ii is day of days for Flatback provided the
is right Flatback won't bite on the wane of the
moon; nothing but nigger-knockers bite theh-nigger-
knockers and eeis However, We going to try moon
moon Billy Twins that the planetary bo-
dies have nothing TO do with sh-s all confounded SUI
perstton.
from the poles the hooks Suherlands best baited
with two long each, few crumbs of bread are
cast in to keep the roach and other little fish busy
go the snkers far the middle of the stream rs be poles
will allow the corks after wabbng for little while set
tie down and set auntiy the water the poles as-
ened between the roots and the rrepressbe pscatora
conflict begins Billy Twins leans against the trunk of
the old beech; next him is Billy Y; then comes Dr. n
the best fisherman Of the party and lastly self perch
ed far out on projecting root They tell me the
rotten and that will fall in the water but know nv
weight better. The fish don't bite fast. predict that
going TO have bad luck, Billy Y. does the
thing. Billy Twins swears that "boun TO take
en-" Dr. Y. sits perfectly silent. We all watch our
corks-no movement desutory talk springs up
mainly about the Harper's Ferry affair Billy Twins
swars that an attempt will be made TO rescue "0d
Brown" "le Of opinion that the country is full Of
aboltonists that these oilcoth and tabecloth men
that tramp about the State nothing but emssares of
the underground railroadthey ought all TO be hung
And all these Northern preachers professors and school
teachers that have amongst ought to be made to
swear an oath of allegiance Virginia or else be ime.
datey killed. lie think <eGizzard is the very man for
the present crisis. Ding 'em he'll swing 'em Giz-
I
he BILLY L will be of twelve to follow him and
shoot him sight wherever found. Brown ought to be
hung drawn and quarered his head stuck the pen
itcnary and the Of him. suspended in in va
rous parts of the State, all who behold. The
militia ought TO be thoroughly organized. He wondered
why old Gizzard had done this before. Fine every
man $40 who don't attend muster, etc, etc" DIR. Y.
thinks he has a nbbe, aud begs Billy TO stop talking
which he does reluctantly.
We all admire the glorious weather, the lovely day,
the sweet secuon by the river side under the beechen
I, he ..s0l
heads, sit under the bank and shaking
down Danaeshower Of golden leaves from the trees
There is pleanty to interest and charm beside the
world of inanma,e nature around u.s. The treetons
full of robins eating grapes How they chirp, and
Hutter and shrek and dash aboutl f half afraid and
altogether delighted like parcel Of school girl bathing
In shallow creek. Crows by the hundred wing their
level fight the field back Of u.s. cawing they 60
They preparing to hold in the pines over
there. Here comes gust of black birds They wheel
impetuousy and aght In an instant as II drilled, high
the limbs Of dead birch tree right opposite u.s. on
the other side Of the river. There they are all in
lump, the black rascals looking unconcernedy
as you please. IL s as much do to keep Billy
Y from banging away at them. But IL will do TO
the fish. Whewl robins and black birds 90 of in
a tumultuous cloud. What's the matter nowy Aha
No wonder you few so quickly my little fellows. There's
. hawk, big gray one, comes swooping, noisecss
wings, out OF the sky BY jngo he's it, forty feet
from Shuhi he's gone, without a sound, before Bill
ly Y. can get to bis gun. fIalo halo what's that"
"Ouerg "Ouer.T "Oucr; the dcvil-it's a mus'rat" -
''No, 'taint-its duck" "'Tant duck, either, it's
didapper" "There he is there be is; saw him when
he rose Billy Y. is after him; but he might as well
try TO shoot witch without silver bullet. We bear
his gun go Of, aud he back, presently bringing
a 6eldark in his hand the yellow breast all rumpled
aud the brown wings hanging limp and ifeless.
Meantime, DR.. Y. has caught ono or two fish. small
white sdes Billy Twins In great wrath has pulled
ont hideous niggerknockcr and have bad glorious
nibble Billy v. Is in bad luck, thing has touched
his stopper he is restless and keeps moving shout
the great annoyance Of that exemplary fisherman Dr.
Y, model Of guetness and taciturnty. Billy Twins
that Billy " has got the "cy hand" and that's
the the fish won't bite anything he has touched
Whcrcupon make pun, bad any Of Woody Latham's,
and say that Billy VS. evil hand has given his pole the
pic.evil Billy Twins svars he will Nil me for fool
We hear squirrel barking down The river, and the cvi
hand" goes aner him and brings him The fsh be.
ginning to bite pretty veil, two medium sized
haback have been landed by Dr. Y. Again there Is si
ence interrupted only by the restless and unlucky Billy
T. and two little Niger grls who picking peas in the
coruted across the river The corn has been topped,
aud stripped Of is broad foddcrblade each stalk holds
out heavy yellow pouch giving promise Of endless pone
for the coming year. slight rustic 10 heard IN the
weeds over the way. Perhaps the paudges there-
glorious hock less than hundred have grown up
In Uncle Jims plantation during the summer and have
come down 70 spend the fall In the Iow-grounds But
while We look, small inqulstvs head, with Roman
crest aud eye half hidden in white ciFclet peers ou,
OF The weeds. and presently snuous graceful neck, s
hned high, disclosing breast cuirsssed IN blue bur
nshcd steel-it is lordy peacock with his mate anx.
iousiy inqurng the meaning OF those strange forms,
seated on the old root against him. And now a
shadow with expanded vinra In the mpid depths