The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1861-02-21

him; then you kill him. mf
A somersaultis an indispensable man
teuvre-in case of war.
Our company-Spinkey commanding
-can go through the manual of arms
complete, and only touch ground three
times; they do all the leadings in single
somersault springiug into the air at the
word up! with their muskets empty.
and loading exactly together a: the word
of comm and. given by spinkey, with
speaking trumphet. and firing by files as
they came down.
When spinkey- left ny room began
to practice: for I'mrvery anxious to pro-
gress. Our company has been all drafted
into Kerrigan's Con,in gent, and we mus.
all be ready.
Tried a somersault first, as thought
it looked very easy. All you have to do
is. to throw ycur heels up and your head
down. AMI then bring your head up and
your heels down. it is the easiest thing in
the world-arparently. When came to
try it. l thought that the floor looked un-
usually hard. so ! put pillow in the po,
where l thought my feet would come
down, as l didn't want to hur nv heels.
Then took off my coat. tied my suspend
ers tightly round my waist. took short
run from The corner of the room, shut
my eyes. and
When l recovered. which I should
judge was in abou: three quarters of an
hour. had bump on my forehead as if
had been hit there by brse ball,
which had stuck. II took me fifteen min
u'es to get up on my feet. for felt as if
my legs and arms had been distributed
over the neighhoring country bv gun.
powder explosion: and it was some time
before my mind was 6isabused of that
impression. d=r- st ~ .-r
/ jndga that something interf+red TO
prevent the artistic execution of nv con-
templat~d snmersanlt, for nv head evil
IDENTITY struck the ground as soon as nv
heels went M: nv rose had received a
severe confusion: and the resnI,s were, a
map of some unknown country done in
red on nv shirt front. two vest pockets
full Of blood. and nv hair so stuck -.
gether with the same fluid that had to
Get nv head crcrped likea prize fighter.
Whether I broke the window with my
had when I went down. or with nv
heels when came up. is comparatively
immatpr;al- ce rtain it is that there was a
hole in the sash big enough to throw
hnshel basket through without touching
the edges --
A to the pillow. II didn't seem 70 ease
nv feet after all. perhaps it was neither
Of them came within rod os it; for
discovered that while / broke nv onlr
water pitcher with one heel. I had M,
the other through John G. Heenan. in
his favorite character Of Champion the
world. - ..- s-e.-
l mustered up courage IN three davs
davs TO try hand. spring. but the sesul,s
were not satisfactory. being nearly new
and extensive assortment OF bumps and
bruises. -..-zT
Then sent for Spinkey-Spinkey
taught me the ar,--T can do it now-I
do it all the time-I keep doing it; in fact,
I don't do ANYTHING elsa. When I come
to breakfast I generally walk on nv
han.ls around the table, and give each
one Of tie boardrrs patronizing shake
Of my slipper: then turn hand spring
over the table. and come down easily in
Tribune. while the people are looking in
the air for me to come down. never
hang myself by the toes 10 the gas tx
lures: sometimes suspend myself by my
'ittic Hu3et W ~ tfC ""hs oph'S
times l balance myself on my trust.
sword. or take p short nap ON the point
of my bayonet. I've prac.ised 'hrusting
with my bayonet and sword till there
is'nt picture 10 my whole collection
Dolly Davenport, has only one eye, and
fraction Of nos-; Edwin Forrest is
playing Hamlet without any top to his
head, and John Heenan with one arm
and big hole in his ribs. is fighting Tom
Sayers who has no legs and nary an eye
in his head. I've put up target on the
brick partition that separates me from the
next house, and have fired so many balls
into il, that the bricks are not now more
tn, an inch and half thick. and l -x.
pect every day to kill baby or two in
there; when l do suppose will have to
apologize. l havn't killed any body for
good while. and really ought to get
my hand in again. II you should hear
from me next week, you may conclude
that I'm going through the farcical for
nation Of an examination for manslaugh-