The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1860-11-30
Local and miscellaneous.

nave OtsH DuEnlSBiD5 t1riE slel1lI~ortiA Aoi tuF
last few days. That snow went f'gllmmering"
very suddenly.
-. Rather impatient--the gentlemen who
are after the Bedford P. o., with "sharp
stick" with lamp on the end Of it.
-. Subsided-the tree white young men
who with soap and cape and lantern" made
the "welkin ring for ''LincoIlen. Ditto, the
| free coIored gents that assisted them.
Hard to beat-that ''fne fat gobbleF"
that we didn't eat on Thanksgiving day.
49,. Cut our acquaintance-the gent who
stole our axe. Hope be mayn't cut himself
over two inches in his calf the first time be
uses it,
go. Gone to jail-oui new Sherif-took his
family with him. "Know all men by these
presents" sc.
| 49,. Flailerng portra. of ''Housst
Old Abe'' IN the Abolition organ oflast week.
Muggns thinks spectacles would improve
/ it.
... .NoTlcE.-Robert Brown, Esq, takes
this method to inform his friends, that he will
black their boots at half price since Lincoln's
election. Conservative Republicans will OF
course give him call.
| 80. Complimentary communication
( from Pieasantyille in the last number Of the
Abolition organ-especially 10 the gentlemen
who played douglas and his mother on horse
back" aud made speeches on "amalgamatiou"
and '4he course we are to pursue"
.... i large bear was killed few days ago,
| by Mr.. BFumbaugh, Of Morrison's cove, on
the Mountain between Woodberry and Hope
well
... The hog JsUer is raging in this place
to an alarming extent just at present. The
friends Of lat hogs hold their regular meetings
every evening at the store Of J. M. Shoemaker
& Co, whore the merits Of the porkers are
discussed ad infnitum. Several respectfully
large pigs have been killed, one of which
owned by Alex. De65augh, weighed 429! l5s.,
another owned by Simon Ling, weighed -395
=, lbs, and two owned by Maj, SAMSON, II
| months old, weighed together 727 los.
... BEDeoED LycEUa, The members Of
the Bedford Lyceum, will please assemble al
the Court House, on Saturday evening, next,
at O'Clock, P. NJ, for the purpose Of re-
organizing said Lyceum. All persons InteTes-
ted IN its success will please attend.
49,. The following verses surrePltiously
placed among our papers, are Indignantly re-
lJected. If the author had spark of humanity
about him, or if he had ever experienced bu.
siugp twinge OF the "rheumatics," be would
never have been SO cruel.
Oh, don't you remember, Southampton, dear Ben.
Southampton way down on the line
| Where the hills tall and the people amt
small,
and the views are confouudedy nae
/ and don't you remember the smile on your face,
though soon It was changed 10 a frown
foF WHO could be jolly and act with good grace,
when his "cussed old buggy" breaks down
Rno" you don't swear-you couldn't dear Ben.
But your thoughts were not pleasant know.
When you found on the mountain the rain pouring
down, '7
Whilst your ''tarnal old critter'' wouldn't 90.
Go back to that place and try IT again,
Yoa can DO it in less than dav:
But sbun the cold rain, and you'll save yourseu
Aaddon't take sses 5usgy and 5ayl
-. RoHRER's PRACTpcAL CALcULAroR.-
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