St. Paul weekly Minnesotian. (St. Paul) 1860-1861, 1861-01-11


sold my bed at auction--Zouayes sleep b
the foor. -
Besides, it isa good thing TO know ho
to sleep without a bed-in case Of war.
Spinkey and his brother cams to sce IN
room after got it arranged ior practice
they Zouaved little. 10y way OF setting IL
example.
found out by the actions of the Spr
key brOihes the exact dimensions of IN
room; it is three flip flaps long, and
handspring and two back somersault
wide.
By means "f "a tlip-hap you disconcer
your enemy's aim and draw his fire, thel
you kill him. a tiip-hap is good thin
10 do---in case Of war.
BY means of handspring, you revers
your position, aud your bewildered enem,
cuts oil your foot, instead OF your head
Then you xiii him; then you screw on
wooden leg and do so again. When yOu'y,
done it twice, you've killed two eneme,
and only lost two legs; and after that
you can only lose wooden legs, which ars
comparatively cheap, especially If the wa,
is in well timbered country
a handspring is splendid thing to dc
in case o. war.
By means Of forward somersault vol
leap oytr your enemy, when he charges or
you; then, by back -omersauk YOU fall
on his head from grral height and stun
him then sou XII him.
A somersauit is an indispensable man
oeuvre-in case Of war
Our company-Spinkey commanding -
eau g through the manual OF arrls com
picto, and only touch ground three times
they do all the loading in single somer-
Sault, springing into the Air at the word
Up !" with their mussets empty, and
loading exactly together at the word Of
command given by Spinkey.'witn speak.
irg trumpet, and firing by files as they
came down.
When Spinkey left my room bsgan to
practice; for I'm very anxious to progress.
! Our company has all been drafted into Ker
/ figdn'. Contingent, and we must all be
ready.
Tried somersault first, as thought it
looked very easy All you have to do is,
| TO throw your heels up and your head
down, and then bring your head up and
yOur heels down; it's the easiest thing in
the world--apparently. When came to
try it, thought the floor looked unusually
hard, so put pillow in the spot where /
thought my feet would come down, rs |
didn't want t. hurt my heels. Then ! took
oil my coat, tied my snspcnders tightly
round my waist, took a short run from the
corner OF the room, shut my eyes, and .
When recovered, which should Judge
Was in about three quarters Of an hour,
had bump on my forehead as IL I'd been
hit there by base ball, which had stuck.
Il took me fifteen minutes to get up on my
feet, for felt as If my legs aud arms had
been distributed over the neighboriDg coun-
try by gnnpowder explosion; and it was
some time before my mind Was disa b,lsed
of that impression.
Judge that something interfared 10 pre-
vent the artistic execution Of my c0ntem-
plated somersaut, tor my head evidently
struck The ground as soon as my heels I,
went up my nose had received severe |
confusion, and the results were, q map Of |
some unknown country done in red on INV !
Rb'!t front, two vest pockets full Of blood, |
and my hair 50 stuck together with the |
NN'''N iA"' ihos fAtR W ssSA tHS uGaSs kE ID
ped like 4 prize fighter. Whether | broke !
the window with my head when went |
down, or with nay heels when came up, !
Is comparatively im,natesial---certain it is |
That here was 4 hole in the sash big enough !
to throw a bushpl basket through without
touching the edges. 80
A. to the pillow, i. didn't seem to case
my feet after all perhaps it was because
neither Of them cane within rod Of It,
for / discovered that while broke nv only |
water pitcher with one heel, ID put the
other through my picture ii .Iohu 9.
heeiian, M ms favOrite character OF Ct.am
pion oi the World
mustered up courage 10 three DAYS to
try handspring, but the results were
not salts tlStactory, being merely new and
extensive assortment of bumps and orui
SeS.
Then | sent for Spinkey-Spinkey
taught mo The art can do it now! do
it all the iime-l keep doing il; il fact,
don't do anything else When come
down to breakfast, generally walk OH my
hands around the table, and give each one
OF the b"arderS natronizing shake OF nv
slipper; then | turn handspring oyer
the table, and come down easily in my
chair, anl read crlumn IF the Tribune,
while the people are looking in tie sir for
me TO cO,na dowa never sleep on bed
nowadays; sorretipes hang myself :N
the toes to tn gas fixtures sometimes | !
suspend myself by my little finger 10
staple in tie wall 4, sometimes | balance
myself on tay rusty sword. Or take a short
nap on the point Of MY bayonet; I've
practised thrnstlng with my bayones and
sword till there isn't picture in my
whole collection that has its regular num-
Der Of features Dolly Davenport has on
iy enc eye, and fraction of Il nose Ed
ward Forrest is playing Hamlet without
any top 10 his mead, and John lleepan with
one arm and Il big noe in his ribs, is
lighting fo,n Say ers, who has no legs, and
nary an eye in his head. I've pat up
target on the brisk partition that separates
rae from the next house, aud have fired SO
many balls into it, that the bricks are not
now more than an inch and u half thick,
and expect every day to kill baby or
two in there, when do ! suppose | will
have to apologize. havn't killed arybo-
dy for good while, and really ought to
get my hand IN again. If you shouldn't
hear from me next week, yen may con
cluie that~iR going through the tarcca
slaughter, and that I'll write as soon Us [
can ge' ont on bail.
Confidently, DoEs7lcKs, p. B..