The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1862-08-23
From Vanity Fair.l
Ethan Spike on &" Skedaddle.'

weaned calf when his ra,ions of the maternal
lacterineous fuics is first cut Oft. This state
ment of nv inemies must te taken with good
many grains of onsartlnty. Toe be sure, in
that orful skirmmage, did think bern suthin
drop, and 10 IS also true that when l got hum
an looked in the glass, the mng that looked aout
of it at me was SO bunged an generally spylt,
that eff Id met it in cornfeld, l shouldn't
hes known 1t from warty punkln IN the kcr-
lapsed se Of the tator rot. Eaowsever, as
| remember layin daown, and taxing Sam right
on top of me an holdin him there cool while
| can't think was licked.
Perhaps shant get posthumorous justice
in this sinful state, but when I've gone the
way of all Spikes, and the places that didn't
know.me before will heve forever lost The chance
Of forming the quaintance-then, when his
tory -ecorus this great battle, VIII be sot night
! History is rum customer, an 1t VIII insist ON
knowing whatever bekim OF two thirds of Sam
PeAbody's left ear, eff was licked !
But, as was gon to say--Arter the lickln
which Sam Or | got-An Tor pertlkerlers OF
which futurlty Is respectfully referred to the
aforesaid history jined IL Pelce Convention,
hevln hrs, offered myself toe the Shakin Quakers
which religious booy had no occasion Tor me -
an, with d few exceptions, hev ever since main-
tduSu q SGluuJ testimony "oiS ohA htiho
| likewise agIl all brlIes whatsom=ver. But
when sec tn.lt England threatens-n case we
invade Cana,i,-uo kim over in the Great East
ern an bumbard Boston-all the fust man Adam
with sprinklin of Mtthusalem an Tubal Kane
ris in my bussum. | chucked my Piece badge
into the fire, and told Piece Conventions an
>naklu Quakers to 90 To- --rexas, | think
1t was, but wont lie sartln as when I'm Illed
I'm apt to chaw terbAker al swear both.
For, says to myself, Us |, we sertingly
shall invade Canady. Aour folks hev pretty
much sot their mlnds on stlrln up Them blue
nose KernucKs with the longest kind Of pole,
squilchn their high craowned hats an reducln
their nncarct,LsIsud coat collars TO the Quaker
STANDARD. An lvr dJln this uelg nbory act, Tor
thus lmprovin the condition Of them toy struck,
herrln-eatin sinners: we're to be paid off IN
| bom-shells
The tires ol II ris in my buosum--they blazed
they increased till they marked 81 in the
shade
tuck sni,er Of old rye an felt Ikea " gil
ant Refreshed with W!ne.' | tuck another,
felt like two giants ; then, arter lckerin u few
times with some friends, nauunted the horse
block an made one OF them thrllin way speech
es for wlch am 50 justly sullerbrated. My pc
roarrati0n in pertikular was considered painful
ly splendiierous.
| peeled off clean down to shirt and trowsis,
stomped on my hat and squared away at Eng
land.
Kim on, says |, -" brung aout yer red coats
yer internal billed Holsters Who keers
brunagem cuss for yer lion He's supermoon-
Grated old critter that orter go to dentist. Why,
bless yer silly old soul, John we munyfacters
tom cats in THE hum Of the brave that'l lick
all yer wild beasts an beastesses, and boiler Tor
more
"Trot EN- aout - yelled. " The Ameri
can Eagle is whettin his bill an putin his tale
lethers in order. He's just abaout maxim
slight lunchln of jeff. Davis an his gang, which
will give him an appetite for your mermaldons
for dinner
Kim on, old slow coach-old tatty--and
bring Monseer Nosey along too, ct you like.
Aour bird will moast likely want him for sup
per.
| put my name to the roll at onct, and then
arler ii little suthn to drink, | had cock TAIL or
two with some more friends an felt like three
giants an Bnrnum fat woman all tandem, with
Mai MUTT under the Vaughn Then took q
little beer. Wich made me feel like Peter- com
monty called tue hermetlcAlly se..ol---an start.
ed on crusade to the adjining taOwns.
mere Is pdTtlll wall OF OOSCurlCy over my
dons for the remainder OF that eventlul day.
Enough, haowsomer, has kim aout to show
that signed the roll in five different ;aowns and
three times in the last
This was distressn. True, ii Was patriotic,
for had volunteered IA hull platoon in my own
pro prior personfcation. | was multum IN ipSy
d,ckSy-a host in ,nyself-a sort of E pluibus
onion read backerds Still it was distressnl
] didn't feel warlike-them giants he'd all gone
and taken Peter the Hermit with them. he'd
no money, nobody offered to treat, SO, you see,
had no material for gettin up AIRY giant, or
even the smallest kind of Peter.
What was toe be did | could mt fill all
the places had agreed to--I hate partallty, SO
skedaddled, shall probably remain in Cam
ady till things get more settled daoun in the
States. My health is quite poor. a root an
arb doctor told Inc long ago, Id got chronic
konvalessence lUrkiag somers in my system, A
leetle retiracy from actyve duties may preserve
my valooabie life eetlo longer for my country
My lnenes--all good men hey em--the good
er The more-wll misrepresent me in this as
they did in the Peabody skiymage-but | agiu
fall back on history to sci me right.
For the present content myself with quotin
from Dr. Watts on Marcelus slightly altered
for the occasion
g More safer fur, SkedaddlCr cxiled feels
Than ef he dwelt tented fields"
Ethan Spike.