The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1862-08-01
TIEE liAuKEHEL. BRIGADE.
4 Racy and Cutting SatirC---"A
GtoriOus victory, and who is
IscspOnsibieF'

EpIToR 7. T.:
Owing to the persistent stupidity OF
Congress and the hideously trcosunablc
Vaccinations OF the black republicans,
ny boy, the Weather remains very hot !;
and unless the thermometer falls very
soon, an exasperatcd popu alton will de-
mand an immediate change in the cabi-
net.
| am very warm, my boy-I am very
warm; and when reflect upon the agcn-
cy OF the abolitionists, who have brought
this sort of thing about for the express
purpose OF injuring my Constitution,
um mpolled to ask myself: Did our rev.
outiOnary foreiathers indeed expire in
vain! U, my country! my country! il
is very warm.
Twas talking some moments ago with
a rcgimental surgeon, who has more pa
ticnts on monument than ever Shaks-
pcOrs dreamed about, and says he:
"In consequence ofthe great number of
troops nov about this city, all the oxy-
gan in the atmosphere is exhausted, and
we are very warm. Had all these troops
been sent to Mcclellan two weeks ago"
says he, using his lancet to pick dead
fly out of a tumbler, "we might be able
to keep cool now. There's terrible
responsibility resting upon somebody's
shoulders"
That's very true, my boy, and IT'S very
warm.
There was panic this morning in f.
nancial circles, owing to the frantic con-
duct OF u gambling chap from the Senate
who has been saving up money to bet on
the tall oi Richmond, and was trying to
put it out ut interest, "I'il take seven
per cent. for ii the first year," suys he
auXiously, "and leave il standing until
national strategy comes to a head.,'
a broker took 1t Tor five years, my boy,
with TIE privil &C OF extending the time
every fresh victory.
Speaking of victories, my boy, was
pres mt at the rec mt series of triumphs
by the Mackerel Brigade, ON the lett
shore OF Duck Lake, and witnessed u
succs ssien Of ieats culcuIated to culmin-
ate There in the full OF Richmond, or in
the tall OF the year.
From the headquarters in the city OF
Paris TO the brink of Duck Lake, the
Mackerels were drawn up in gorgeous
| line Of battle, their bayonets resembling
somewhat an uncombyd head of steel
hair, aud their noses looking like wavy
strip OF summer sunset. BY their last
great strategicIl manRyer, they had lur-
ed the Southern Cont1deracy to court itf
own destruction by hInking them at botl
ends Of the line, and they were only wait
ing for the master mind tO give them thC
signal.
Samyule Sa-mith advanced from hii
place in the staff as rode up, and say
he;
"Comradcs, the general depends 81
you To precede him to glory. We haC
hoped," says Samyule feelingly, "to have
the company OF two French counts il
this days slaughter; but these two noble
generals had not time to wait, as they de
sired to visit the great exhibition at Lon
don,"
These remarks were we'll received, my
boy; aud when the order was given TO
company 8, regiment 5, TO deiour to thu
left, it would have been promptly obeyet
but for an unforeseen incident. Just a
Captain William Brown was abont Il
break line for the purpose, an aged chal
came dashing down from first family
country.seat, near by, and says he to thu
General Of the Mackerel Brigade:
"a demand quad for my premise
Immediately. My wife," says he witt
,, dignity, "has just been M Ainga custar,
, pie for the sick Confcderates in the hos
pItsl, and has just set il out to cool nea
where my little boy shot one Of your van
: dals this morning, she is afraid il nigh
be taken by your thieving mvdsills whe
they come after the body. ], therefore
demund guard for my premises in tn
name Of the Constitution Of our foreiatt
lers." @N+- hiA q"
Here Captain Bob Shorty stepped fo'
r ward, and says he:
sWhat does the Constitution say abcl
oustard pie, Mr.. DayisP,,s
The aged chap spat at him, and the
said he:i +. nv.