Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1862-09-25

ed that it is time to be offensive. The great
Anaconda, having eluded Barnum, Is about 70
move on the enemy's rear -
| '' Rear aloft your peaks ye naountngs.
Rear aloft your waves, sea
Rear your sparkling crtsts, We fountings.
For my loves come back to me-
The day of inaction is past, and now the United
States of America is about to swoop dova
like an exasperated eagle on the chickens eit
by the hawk Are you ready, my saga .ioss
reptiles, to spill drop or SO for your soaking
country? Are you ready TO rose up a ore
man p
The rose Is red,
The wi'lets blue
Sugar is sweet, and
Bully for you
cages to come will look down on this day
and say They died young The Present
will reply don't see it ; but the present
is just the last thing for US to think about
Richmond is before US, and there let it remain.
We shall take it in few years
"It may be for years and it may be forever.
Then why art thou silent, o pride OF me heartr
which is poickry. l hereby divide this here
splendid army into one corpse damme, aud take
command of it,"
At the conclusion of this thrilling Grafton.
my boy, the corpse dammc formed itself into .
hollow square, in the centre of which appeared
a nail-clad ambulance.
THE CAPTURE OF MANASSAS.
Onward moved the magnificent pageant TO-
ward the plains of Manassas, the Anatomical
Cavalry being 10 advance and the Mackerel
Brigade following closely after.
Arriving on the noted battle field, we found
hnt Of lacoloftop fbo ID n.
gone the masked batteries gone and moth.
ing left bnt solitary daughter of the sunny
South, who cursed US for invading the peace
ful homes of Virginia, and then tried to sell
US stale milk at six shlings quart.
When Captain William Brown surveyed
this spectacle, my boy, bis brows kn. with
portentous anger, and says he:
$50 much for wasting SO much time. Ah 70
says William, clutching conyulsivey at his
canteen, "we have met the enemy, and they
are hours-ahead Of u.s."
IRRITATING THE SOUTH.
Like four-and-twenty thunderstorms, the
howitzers roared together, and had not the
Orange county veterans forgotten 10 put In
any balls, there is reason to believe that some
windows would have been broken Another
discharge, however, was more successful, as il
knocked the top off the chimney
The Southern Confederacy appeared at the
window again, and says he:
"If you fellows don't quit that racket down
there you'll rrtate me pretty soon."
Mr.. Davis" says Samyule to
the Confederacy at the window, if we do not
irritate you, will you consent to be reconstruct.
ed 2'
Reconstructed ?" says the Confedsracy.
reconstructed Ah |" says,
be, "you mean, will | consent to be born
again 7"
Yes" says samyule, rnetaphysically, "will
you consent to be borne again, as we have
borne with you heretofore 2"
The Confederacy thought awhile. and then
says he
"Consider me reconstructed.'
AS that was all the constitution asked, of
course there was no more to be done, and tho
Orange County Howitzers returned to their
original position in the mire-the English gen.
tleman remarkug that the appearance and
discipline of our troops were satisfactory to
Albion.
Fighting according to the constitution. my
boy, is such an admirable way OF preventing
that some doctor ought to make OUT
a patent fer it as cheap medicine"