Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-06-02
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sEltsA Slni allaag "a ,uIi1g He'd alFs swat a.
'rWns sd by htG, by s1NE1 'tWR5 Wild
RIhsDe aVlasqufte AN eEeitament. IN ,onp
streets on Friday and Saturday, pIeasa6t
sxeitemtat 4eFi pn6 nothing % cause
alarmS IKE MES md drnrds.A Sbtneh6dy. a
man WitbIthe slshadOFs Of RthiOptn on his
brow, aud the sunshine Of Italy in his. eyes
aadIfe u. tAsl- BIS q lpEaIes q ia q
through the city, taking the 'tgrand rounds"
like the HiPpOEo0hOmadOtf. No adVtrtiBe-
Pant bad Rsraldsd bic foWibg, Pndr no
bd1d.0 music preceded his march . : = :
Ees'bF e4uae piping, II not daHcink,-
and as be exile 4 l e. muscular
Trumpet Of his thHDa14a,st8Ve from "GlOEy
Hallelnjah," his measured journey from
street 70 street resembled the ovation of
acanVan. Something small aud smutty,
like sHPsek q .sOot1 Fre1 along IN the
wind n advance Of ths sihget; tatehfhg up
with the whistle Of a blaek-bird each
ava bfmeledy, (a1d tt9Ionai9G i ihIo
delicate 8taceat0s, until the unduIating an
was allef git4 FQusifal eehoFs. ~,
Nd hsYIAeF TIL fi44. j ( 81 his
natas were JOHN or J6li1S, dppe6fed not
.0p5Elis esat PlsevsF 4 Ttip plate, attached
70 his dusty hat, and inseiibed With d
sFlYstieal syEnbpl Ehich perhaps was q
trade mark, informed The community that,
like FRlstaff, he bad vocation, aud that
'hfs days and eaerEfes tere bfiletb AlIy; de-
voted 70 jobgin chimneysand carpets He
s 6a IS |: 59s weep p from TIE borders
of RiEies. 4ndsthe littlss blossom % black
ness huttering before him, quaYering to-
,higEn9 ,lgaa obeTi4E 9eb I)t9pl1q9S PIP
ne %.s afsaI TIqa; & sssf a. AGA
'ofzhISi u e me tttitksy, Puck that dew,
hither aud Ithither 81 his : 9iig 3 ION.
ward they MSed, thu MN ana Tie boy, !.
ssiFEf5E p srilI fstPonaes."
On and DOM sftle- Street, caring little for
the eroWd that followed, and pausing in
their WaEblings only for customers aud OF.
ders.
RI FR8R pleassntftuup they1sapg, aud as
Q6sS Ga4ed I'D listehed, Il 6llk6 the Heart
with glad surprises of ancient times, when
the minstrel sang Of Border chivaIty,s -
9 : ss,, I. SEA AZ * ( sPssa
Onward they Jared, the man and, the
boy. Il was pleasant tune they sang
EhseSaS8 IL bso6Sht E5aEk those days q0f
cheerful with the blaze and cfaekle Of
walnut nd q the18 he ,rf1osphere of
dWelli6Es wA& f141h Nth Us aromatic
breath RI forests; when the choak and
6tHe1o9 hpt seeohoudF had b9t ,tb teEed-
into human 6BeaEls, ana the kitchen with
its yaW9lng ffro-f lpeeJ u1fisitsb by any
culinary devices q mdaert 6rt, ssmeIt like
q rose 10 the nose,-
twas pIeasAhttuae theypstbg, because
StttbgoRght back that cry Of, The sweep,
which long since became q Thing Of mem.
DRY. AaaOytt ~ shadow oflmeIa6kholy
E.tEOSsad taG heaFt9s We listened 70 the ten,
; der peep Of that little bob-oTlirk of the
brnSht ndEhaught of the necessities Of his
san0rtaBl0t. zIWeIesaW4 him: Ia imagination
catering the throats OF ancient chimneys,
:. climbing up and up In his dusty ambition
into their ckvernons mysteries, consoftinR
: with sptnderD and. venerable rats, holding
: converse With the owl and the rayen,s and
: Ct last snorging from the blaeknes5. Of
= dafkness into the glimpses Of the sky to
celebrate in a briet song of triumph that
moment of victory, to him the great Joy Of
.MS.tLlE ao4 zasttf= - II SO RS Ia
: To-day q chimney Chin
= pey-and tho. next day achtmpey aud in.
1.-The last perhaps an aecident,-a pang of
5uttocation or . bruising fllls--and the,
story OF the sweep Is told. And should
he, blythe same luck, of his stars, escape
the fatal chances Of youth, andiltDger into,
the years of old age what IS his life but \
a6aliGi npuR gpccesDiop Of ebimneyS1 None
shape Of another, a9 pasading. Pr6speet Of
SCOT, and dust, and a dim hope OF some
R3AeASAtsVg NSuV6S 4lEUb Sul1GA only
sas l93 ass i ii Ii y Fs y.
turn tEPW e9s inagipatiops to listen once
more % tASi6uoGonts mfnStFaII Aud nov,
We Seem.t6 hsagtA plAinttVe strain running
Through bis happiest music the cey of the
Z MhiPPoVil mInGlfns with the iubiladtc arOIi
OF the lark. We seem'to see ID the wink
's]s3' f9s0Pt and smoke that cover his, face,
tie c6rtdga d BAD teAeet ions, ana the
Expression Of despair beyond the COM
aadort OGphilosophy. Somei hing liz char.
I; lily gtiFs within Us. We feGlsan impulse to
! sbestoE An aims on the little weep but the
atFeetiaspubltc and our mod esly q greater
ehau our charity. We ,deteemined,s how
ever, TO give him the benefit Of 4 para.
NndiWe Giva. il ebssFf ", sSmme9-
ding hin toSall good people 50 the words of
',.oas whose 5sS ges Chart itself; 'tead,
sgenttysin t6Y early rambles, il Isl good 10
Is giTehim penny. u is bettersto giYe him
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