Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1859-08-19
HERE SHE GOES AND THERE
SHE GOES

a uay vi IVY s443ce We zen III viz Gtnue
man who took pains to acquaint himself pei
sonally with the facts at the time of their &C
currenee, and who vouehes for the truth of tn
subjoined narrative:
Net long since, two sty1th-looking person
put dP for the night iq thet1pper part of tb
city. On the morrow after ordering their bill
/ they sent for the landlord, who was not Ions
in waiting upon his aristocratic guests.
al wish to purchase that old clcck up stairs
will you sell it ?" asked the elder, while th,
! younger cast bis eyes over the columns of {
newspaper which lay upon the, table Th,
| landlord, who had get no great value upon the
clock, except as an huif-loom, began to snqpec
| that it might possess the virtue of Heywoodt
chair, all filed with coin; and almost involun
/ tarly the three aeAnded to the room which
coatained it.
The fact is, said the dealer, i" 1 once Ror
| twenty pounds withSR clock like that"
/" Twenty pounds " calculated the landlord
Yes. You see there Is one just like it in
a room down in Essex, and n fellow bet me he
could keep his fore-fnger swinging with the
pendulum for an hour only saying, Here she
goes. and there she goes" He couldn't do it.
/ walked t1,c money out of him in no time"
You did. ! II couldn't walk it out of NE,
I'll bet ten pounds Gu do it on the spot"
Done! cried the Singer
The clock struck eight, an with his back
to the table and the door. The lacdl2rd popped
into a chair.
Here she goes, and there she goes: aud
his fore-fnger waved a curve, his eyes fixed o..
the pendulum. Tie fellows interrupted him !:
Where is the money? ? Plank the money -
The landlord was not to lose in that way
His fore-finger slowly and surely went with the
pendulum, and his left hand disengaged his
purse from his pocket which be threw behind
him on the table, All was silent the dapper
man al length exclaimed
90 Sha ] deposit the money in the Land of
the waiter?"
Here she goes, and there size goes! !" was
the only answer.
One Of the wags left the room. He heard
him go down stairs, but he was not to be dis
turbed by that trick
Presently the waiter entered, and touching
him upon the shoulder, asked
mir. B. are you crazy? What are
you doing? ?"
Here she goes, and there she goes?" he
responded, his hand and fore-fnger waving as
before.
The waiter rushed down stairs, called one of
the neighbors, and invited him to see his mas
ter They asccnded, and the neighbor seizing
him gently by the shoulder and in an implo-
ring voice. said:
Mr.. B., do not sit here. Come, go
down stairs what can possibly possess you to
be sitting here? "
Here she goes, and there she goes T" was
the only reply, and the solemn face and the
slow-moving finger settled the matter.
"He is mad, said the friend; d" we must go
for a doctor"
The landlord was not to he dupcd, though
the whole town came to interrupt him.
You had better call up his wife" added
the friend.
Here she goes, and there she goes -" his
hand moving ON.
Iu moment his wife entered, full of agony
of soul.
My dear, she kindly said, look on me ;
it is your wife that speaks
Here she goes, and there she goes! !" his
hand continuing to move but his wife would
not go; she would stay, and he Thought she
was determined to conspire against him, and
make him lose the wager. She wept as she
continued
"What cause have you for this ? Why do
you do so? Has your wife -"
Here she goes, and there she goes :" and
his finger seemed to be tracing IFS airy pro-
grcss, for anything she could ascertain to the
contrary
My dear" she still continued, thinking
that the thoughts of his child, whom be fondy
loved, would tend to restore him, shall call
up your daughter?"
" Here she gees, aud there she goes!" the
landlord again repeated, lis eyes becoming
mere and more fixed and glazed from the stead
mess of the gaze. 4 slight smile, which had
a great effect upon the minds Of those present,
p aged upon his face as he thought OF the many
unsuccessful resorts TO win him from his pur-
pose, and OF lis success in battling them. The
physician entered locked at him in silence
shook his head and 10 the anxious inquiry of
the wife, answered:
"No, madam. The fewer persons here the
better. The maid had better stay away; do
not let the maid -'
Here she goes, and there she goes !" yet
again in hormony with the waving finger, issu-
ed from the lips of the landlord.
"A consultation will be necessary said the
physician. Will you run at once for DR..
Al"
The kind neighbor buttoned up his coat and
hurried from the room.
In few minutes DR.. A: with anoth-
er medical gentleman entered the room.
"This is a sorry sight, said he to the doc
tor with him.
Indeed it is, sir" was the reply. 1t is a
sudden attack one Of the"
/ Here she goes and there she goes" was
the sole reply. The physicians stepped into a
corner and consulted together.
| at is advisable, l think, that his head be
shaved" said one to another, who assented-
g and will dispatch servant for barber "
! resolution which he put into effect.
! Here she goes, and there she goes!" al
most shouted the Landlord, as the minute hand
arrived at the desired point.
The barber arrived. He was naturally a
talkative man, and when the doctor made some
casual remark rejecting on the quality of the
instrument he was about to use, he replied
"Ah, ha Monsieur, you say very bad razor
'Tis beautiful Look. look Very good, ISM
he?"
"Here she goes and there she goes y scream
ed the landlord, his hand moving on-hi
face gathering smile, and his whole frame ii
readiness, convulsed with joy.
The barber was amazed. Here she goes
and there she goes, he responded, in the bes
English he could use. "Vare shall / begin ?
Vat is dat he say"
4Shave his head at once" interrupted th
doctor.
" Here she gees, and there sic gees" erie
the landlord, fer the last time, as the clod