The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1861-07-19
The War Fever in Baldinsville.


sble man. Such men must be encouraged.
They don't 81, news very fast in Baldns
vile, as nothin but plank road runs in there
twice week, and that's very much out of re-
pair. SO my nabers vast much posted up
in regard to the wars. Squire Baxter sed
he'd voted the dimicratic ticket for goin on
forty Year, and the war was dam black re-
publican lie. Jc. StacApole, who kills hogs
for the Squire, and has go: powerful ms
Gle into his arms, sed he'd bet s. he could
lick the Crisis in fair stand up fight, if he
wouldn't draw knife On him. SO it went
some was for war, and some was for peace.
The schoolmaster, however, sed that the Slave
O!igarky most cover at The feet of the North
ere year had flowed by, or pass over his
dead corpse. "Esta perpetual. And sine
qua non also" sed |, sternly, wishing to
make impression onto the villagers. :" Re-
quiescat in pace" sed the schooimaster.-
Too troo. too troo," ansered, Its scan
derlus fact.
The newspapers got along at last, chock
full Of war, and the patriotic fever fairly bust
out in Baldinsville. Squire Baxter sed he
didn't b'Iicvc in Coercion. not one of EN- and
could prove by file of Eagles of Liberty in
his glrrit, that it was all WhiS lie, got up
to raise the price Of whisky and destroy our
other liberties. but the old Squire got putty
riley when he heard how the rebels was cut
/ tin up and sed he reckoned he should skour
up his old mushit and do little square titin
for the Old Flag. which had allies bin on the
ticket led voted, and he was to old to Bolt
now. The Squire is all right at heart bat
it takes longer for him to fill his venerable
Bler with steam than il used to when he was
young and trisky. As | previslv informed
YOU, am captn of the Ba!.insviIie Compa-
ny. riz gradooaIly but majestically from
drummer's Secretary to my present position.
But ! found the ranks wasn't full by no
means and commenced for to recroot. Hav-
III notist Sinera desr on the part of young
men. who are into the Crisis, TO wear eppy
Its, determined to have my company com
posed exclusively of otiiserS, everybody to
rank as Brigadeer -Ginral The fo!ering was
among the varIs questions which put to re-
croots:
DO You know a masked battery from a
hunk of gingerbread!
DO YOU know eppylit from a piece OF
chalk
If trust you with a real Gun, how many
men OF your own company DO YOU speck you
can manage to Kill dIrin the war?
liav YOU ever heard OF Ginral Price Of Mis-
souri,, and can YOU avoid sim!er accidents in
case of a battle?
Hay you ever had the measles, and if SO,
how many
How air You now?
Snow ne your tongue, &C., &c. Sum Of
the questions was sarcusstical.
! The company filled up rapid, and last Sun
/ day We Went to the meetin house in full uni
form. had seris time glttln into my mil
/ itary harness, as il was bit for me many
years ago; but finally got inside of it, tho
it lifted u.e putty clost. Howsever, onct into
know me, Mrs. Ward ?" sed |, walkin into
the kitchen.
know YOU, YOU old foo9 OF course |
do
/ saw at once that she did.
| started for the mcetin house, and I'm
, fraid | tried to walk too Strate for cum very
near tai!In over bdckards and in attemptin
to recover myself, my sword got mixed up
with nv legs, and | fell in among a choice
collection of young ladies'. who was standin
near the church door aseein the soier bows
come up My cockt hat fell oil, and some
how my coat-tales got twisted round my neck
/ The Young ladies put their hankerc!trS to
their mouths and remarked: "'Tc he" while
my ancient female single friend, Sarv Peas
lev, bust out into a loud larf. She exercised
her mouth so vilently that her new false teeth
fell out on to the ground.
"Miss Peasley," sed |, gittin up and dus,r
myself, you must be more careful with them
store teeth of YOUR Il or you'll hay to gum it
agin.'
Methinks had her.
I'd bin to work hard all the week, and |
felt rather snoopy. I'm fraid did git half
asleep. for OH hearing the minister ask, "Why
was man made to mourn ?" sed 81 Civ it
up having vague idee that it was 4 co.un-
drum. 1t was ontortlnit remark, for the
whole meetin nous. lookt at me with mingled
surprise and Indignation. was about risn
10 pint Of order, when it suddenly occurd
to me WHARF was, and kept my seat blush
in like the red, red rose-so to speak.
/ The next mornin | rose with the lark (N
B.-I don't sleep with the lark, tho. a
goak.)
My little dawter was executin ballids, ac-
companyin herself with the hand orgin and
she wsht me to linger and hear her sing
"Harh hear angel singin, a angel now is
into the wing"
"Let him fly, my child" sed l, a-buckin
on my armer, must forth to nv Biz"
We air progres.in pretty well with our
drill. AS all air commandn otfisers, there
amt no jeusy; and as we air all exceedin
smart. it t'ain't worth while to try to outstrip
each other. The idce of a company composed
exclusively of Commander-in-C Chiefs ORIG
gernated, spose | scurcely need say, in these
Brane. Considered as a idee, fatter my
self it is putty hefty. We've got all the tack
ticks at our tongs' ends, but what we partic-
ly excel in is restin musk;ts. We can rest
muskils with anybody.
Our corpse will do its dooty We 90 to
the aid Of Columby-we fight for the stars
Well be chopt into sassige meat before
we'll exhibit our coat-tales to the toe
Well fight till there's nothin left of US but
our little toes, and even they shall defantly
wriggIe. "Ever of thee," A. WARD.
C. Gen Scott has prohibited the sending
of dispatches from Washington to the press
in relation to army movements. This is right,
as it is evi lent much mischief might some
times occur by premature disclosures. 1t is
also relief to newspaper readers, who will
be spared large amount of the merest bosh.
We shall have no more positive predictions
OF "a grand forward movement tomorrow,
and every man will be allowed to do his own
guessing.