Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1861-08-14
EPISTLE FROM
CLOWN EAST.n
NEWPORT, r. l., August 6, 1861.

DEAR ELDER:-Fccling languidiy in
dolent and wicked this afternoon, have
concluded to punish you with short
epistle. ] would not do it, but am in
capacitated for any active service-l'vo
lad an experience.
By the way, my dear fellow. your cog
cared, contemplate, junction City. seven
by-rine paper comes to me with astonish-
ing irregalarity. If you serve all your
friends as well, YOU may become hugely
popular some day.
There is very pretty girl just
over the way. She is sewing by the open
window, and rather draws my at ention
from the BIZ in hand. BY Dino. she is
lovely! If We We're staying here long
enough. should try to scrape her &C
quaintance. l wonder if she is ford of
peauuts-but of course she is. I tell you,
Lutte, the consumption of this fruit by
The Young folks of New England is i'm
mense. l conjecture that the offer OF n
handful Of peanuts is considered an evil
Gence of sincere affection.
asserted that 1 had had M expert
ence. 1t came of my love for fishing
We are enthusiastic on the piscatorial
subj ct in all its branches, and off South
Of T. l. Island is ''mighty place to take
EN-" We had previously fished in the
sheltered parts of Narragansett Bay with
great success, but this morning we sailed
for deep sea fishing. No more of your
little minnows for Us! no more soup, tau
toy, or old maids we were fishing for
the leyiatbans of the Great Deep. In the
Silly night had visions of it-nibbles,
that made my arm bones rattle in their
shoulder sockets--bites, which whirled
NE in a complication of somersaults Tor
as Worcester writes, somersets, over the
yachts deck-yanks, that made the firm
timbered vessel culver from kcelstone to
Texas-and | had a vision of my victim,
Nonstrum, horrenduna, ingens. iafornse,
Gu, pelaqus ademptus est, as Virgil would
say hhe was drunk, lying prone upon
the deck and painting for his accustomed
Hydrate of Oxygen with Chloride of So
dunn in solution.
Don't fret the CATTLE" ELDER
I'm coming to my experience shortly, but
as 1t left me somewhat weak. pray let me
,itillate the salivary glands with some
mild, genial, and innocent beverage.
The scenery fringing this arm Of the
sea is very hard to look upon. being
mainly solid granite; but the boulders
are covered with groves of sorrel and
mullen stalks which tend to mitigate the
solidity of the scene. Some people pre-
tend to account for the stony appearance
Of this vicinity by saying that when the
country hereabouts was building, his Sa-
tanic Majesty being employed as mas er
mason on the job, was one day carrying
bis apron full of stones from White MIS-
to build pier around the outer extrem-
ity of Long Island, and while flying over
Massachusetts bis apron string broke.
scattering his burden far and near, and
his Majesty took the accident in such
high dudgeon that he positively refused
either to pick up his load or build the
pier. Sailing down the bay, it looks as if
this tale might be true. but there are OBJ.
jections, and will adduce one. Satan al
ways ties without wings; now would the
vibratory motion of bis caudal appendage
sustain aud transport cargo of granite
bOulders sufficient to plaster all New
England south of the White Mts? The
assumption is absurd. DEAR ELDER. we
are both aware how prone people are to
resort to some ingenious and fanriiul ex
PLANTATION of great problems IN Nature,
rather than rely on patient, scientific re.
search. With this sage reflection, let us
dismiss this idle tale.
You have noticed how q thoughtful
man, cast amidst new and strange
scenes, for long time tracing effects to
causes, seems to learn anew the lesson
mat al things were created for mans
e0nfort; to raise his thoughts from COM
mon trivialities to higher things and turn
reflection upon his Tuner life. So I. bav-
ing long gazed upon the surroundings of
Narragansett Bay land this is written in
uunini,yl turned my attention to my
IN ards" The turning occurred as orr
e"lan' boat parting roll of foam, swept
g m a rocky point into the open water.-
re were "rocked in the cradle of the
sea rather violently, for Yesterday there
, ~"i a snif gale, and today it blows pret.