Delaware State journal and statesman., 1862-12-25

ing steeis give one the idea Of ready weapon
anu no less ready hand, and will recall, to one'l
memory the champions of the feudai times
Another and singular characteristic feature
Of 1utohers boys, is their crisp curling hair, and
on u glad tens my heart to see lustv rosv
STRIPPING, all "redoent of joy and YOUTH in the
oonsciohs pride OF his strength and priyilepes
Walking erect beneath well filled bnsket. Win
ms eurled head gracefully against the D,tgs
WN"eldt oI a surloln OF beef which seems to arse
on each SIDE, cOurting the touch and suing
to be pressed" ''"e
10 all the rounds Of those manly amusemeuts
"hich art known TO have had no small influence In
producing that spirit of infexibility md endur.
anoe which is part OF their character fhowever
the faslidious may call such sports brutnIl Butcb-
ets boys are always foremost. What would bo n
9uIl pst without butchers boys and their bull
uogsG or where the pleasure of hebolding
the tatrier dog Snap kill lis hundred rnls ie
nve minutesg without butchers boys: wbnt
would prize fight be or main Of eooks ? N,
any other OF those refined dmuseaents. which lile
the grave level nil distinctions und where H..
exciting eudeavOr TO cheat each other. which
inlngleH hlacklegs and ck-pockets, in one com
uoh mass ht all such assemblies, bdchers' boys
are the very " sir Clement Cottrelrs' of tbe III
quetiei their presence of mind, seand adrs;t
ness must admirably quality them for the nix
anu they execute il with the applause and ts
the delight Of oil beholders Their love of
Justice too Is frequently displayed upon an oc
easlon, for who could lock upon The yen0efnl
energy with which these young ministers of tho
law hurled deaf cats and stale eggs, against the
euiprlts =. condemned TO the piory, aud not see
that it proceeded from the pUyest iovs of r;rtvs
anu ha"ed o. v'ce? very Unborn inyeteracy
against all evil.
tney are the best riders in the world; all the /
stories told OF Arab hursemanship do NOT sur.
pass-do not even approauh-some of the fsats
acnleVed by the buchers boys. They can nor
only train horse 10 do all that the skill nf a
horse can accomplish, but they eau make an old
nnu oau one forget his intrmites and vices
lhey seem indeed to iniuse their own elastic |
spirits, into the brutes they ride, and as II bv
a spell or some potent influence surprising the
knowledge OF ordinary mortals, the veriest iadea
emulate the leetest and best bred cuuisers
fhere must be some magic in il. because as soon
as 'hey quit the saddle, "lhe spell has lost its
hold 1t is given to no other man to wake the
numbering energies OF the steed; any one but a
Dueher's boy, would be as Yainly employed in
trying to urge such horse into a gallon, as If
le should essay that Ut the statue or master
piece Of bronze which bears the eloquent efivv of
'ae martyred king at CharDg Gross
nave seen with delight one Of these country {
lueher's boys mount II horse, (which twenty
'hilllngs would have been far 90 large a aum Ia
9NS iot nun hnu WIN II basket on his Witherg
'ontauing some TWO hundred weight of meat and o
'pne, gallop On through f'hoo1 field" turn. a
'lke road, and green lane, while the load seemed
o rest as ighty ON the hOrse's back, as the
ider's "bosoal ord up his throue," Every bouse
hat SUCH youth stops at seems the more happy
rom his visit, the servant MAIDS are Rlsddened r
I his very sight, and ''hv loves and rides awavW
Ike amy other young knight, exuting at lis n
aud free condition." Storms NAV
ssail him, but all in vain lie heeds the rain no al
lOre Than duck it's torrents only give u fresher nj
nd more glossy hue TO his reeking horses sides 81
I'D h' goes cureering GU 'With slaekened bit. X
nd hoof Of speed caring not straw for all the &c
MOVERS that have fallen since the deuge The
IND bows not against him, il might as well na sa
rive to ''root up a mountain from it's buried In
asc,' as to pluck him from his saddle, Who
yer heard OF buoher's boy being thrown? IL Is
ere thing impossible the laws OF grayitation rs
e very bond which holds together the atoms of az
lls pershablo globe, seem suspended for such td
ders, and if Sir Isaac Newton had not been as am
c word knows he was, rather u rash and short Ia
GIFTED man he would have made an exeention m'
favor Of Bucher's Boys, from that which he
ought an universal law.
So much do | envy and admire the LOT of
ichers Boys, that lift were not opposed to the
nditons OF mortality, can think OF no greater 81
lleity than that OF enjoying perpetual youth, NJ
ID following their vocation. The Paradise Of M
ahomet falls into insgniicance, compared 60
th theirs, not that would uuderrate the spark do
lg dark eyes OF the Honris or the ever bloom on
g roses which are to form the couches Of the
oslem Heroes, but what is the luxurious in
llty OF this, compared with the ever varying
herprlse and spirit Of the life of "a Butchers
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