The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1862-07-05

natred and embittered animosity, High in
air curved the back of the enraged Mortimer,
anc MS whiskers worked with intense wrath
whist the eloquent tail of the infuriated Bo.
! logna snot into the atmosphere like q living
"oh'h-h! How now?" calculated Bologna,
| first line.
"Sdeath!-'Sdeath !' hastily retorted Morti.
mer, skirmishing along his first parallel with
| spasmodic clawiDg
And now, my boy, commenced series of sci.
entific maneuvres that only Russell of the Lon.
oon Times could describe properly Lord Mort.
inner advanced circuarly to the attack in four
columns, afriehting the air with horrid wells
OF defiance; and l noticed with a feeling of
mysterious awe, that his eyes had turned
dreadful and livid green whilst an expression
OF inexpressible bitterness overspread bis coun-
| tenanee.
Fathoming the enemy's plan at glance, Bo-
lcgna presented his front and rear divisions al.
ternatey to distract the fire of the foe; and then
oy RAPID and skllltul Hank movement, cut off
portion Of Lord Mortiners tail from the main
body.
This reminds me of Gen. Mitchell's tactics.
my boy.
Here the conservative Kentucky chap wanted
to stop the fight. Says he
Mortimer will be forever alenated, if he
loses any more of his tail. protest against
the dogs teeth" says he; ''for they'll rem
der future reconciliation between the two i'm.
possible. Let him use his paws alone" saws
the conservative chap, reasoningly, "and he
won't injure Mortimer's constitution SO much"
s"You are too late with your talk about con-
Citation, my noble Cicero" says l. cts the
cats nature to show affection for his young ones,
even, by licking them, and Mortimer will never
be convinced that Bologna cares for him until
he has been soundly licked by him."
| "Ah-well," says the Kentucky chap, vaguely,
net hostties proceed"
| Finding that the enemy had cut off a portion
of his train in the rear, Mortimer quickly massed
his four columns and precipitated them upon the
head OF Bologna's two front divisions, succeeded
in destroying bark half launched, and driving
him back four feet.
| "Hurroar for Mortimer" says the Kentucky
chap; and then be burst into the Conservative
Virginia National Anthem:
"John Smiths body lies mouldering in the
grave;
Twas him that Pocahonsas risked her fathers
| wrath to save:
And unto old Virginia certain Chivalry she
gave,
That still goes scalping ont"
"Calm your exultation, my impulsive Gait.
line," says l, "and behold the triumph of Bo.
logna."
Undaunsed by the last claws of the foes ar.
gument, my boy, the frescoed dog hurled back
the torrent of invasion, and, with howl of tri.
umph, charged headlong upon Mortimer's works,
routing the foe, who retreated under cloud of
fur.
looked at the conservative Kentucky chap
my boy, and could see by his expression that
it would be useless for me to ask of him con.
| tribution towards rewarding Bologna with q
star. .spangled kennel. He still felt neutral, my
boy.
had intended to remain in Paris all the
week but on receiving a telegraphic dispatch
from the General of the Mackerel Brigade to at
tend q strawberry festival be was about to give
in this city, fastened hither. For I am very
fond of the gray and festive strawberry, my
boy, on account of its resemblance to one of the
hues in our distracted banner.
The strawberry Festival was given in an up
per room at Willard's, and the arrangement of
the fruit would have provoked an appetite in a
marble statue. At short intervals around the
table were strawberries in fours, supported by
pedestals of broken ice, which was kept in po-
sitioH by fluid of pleasing color, and walled
in by circular edging of thin glass. Strips of
lemon and oranges garnsbed the rich fruit, and
from their midst sprang up dainty mint plant,
and graceful hollow straw. a,
When the festival was in full operation nv
boy, the General of the Mackerel Brigade arose
to his feet, and waved his straw for silence
Says he:
my children, though this strawberry festival
is ostens;bly for the purpose Of encouraging
fruit culture by the United States of America,
it has yet deeper purpose" "The Democrat.
ic party" says the General, paternally, ''s
about to be born again, and it is time to make
preparation for the next Presidential election in
1865. must 60 to Albany and Syracuse, and
see the State Conventions; after which must
attend to the re organization of the party in
New York City. Then 60 to Pennsylvania to
do stump duty for year; and from thence
ts-"
Here serious chap, who had taken rathe,
too much Strawberry Festival, looked up, and
says he:
'But how about the war all that time?"
"The war the war p says the General, very
thoughtfuly. "Thunderl" says the General
+. with such a start that he split some Of his Fes
tiyal. "I'd really forgotten all about the war p
"Hum !" says the serious chap, gloomily
, "you're worth millions to a suffering country
! you are"
"Flatterer w says the General, blandly.
) eyes," says the chap, you're worth millions
with hundred per cent. off for cssh."
5 In vno peritas is q sage old saying. my boy
, and take it to be free translation OF the
> scripture, "In spirit and in truth"
Our Brigadiers are so frequently absent min
D ded themselves, my boy, that they are not par
8 ticularly absent minded by the rest of the army
8 Upon quitting the Strawberry Festival re
: turned post-haste again to Paris, where arrves
just in time to start with Captain Bob Shorty ant
company from the Comic Section of the Mack
:, erel Brigade on q foraging expedition. We wen
q to look up few straw beds for the feeding o
y the Anatomical Cavalry horses, my boy, and tn
E conservative Kentucky chap went along to se'
: that We did not violate the Constitution nor th
Q rights of man.
s"Is's my opinion comrade, "says Captain Boil
q Shorty, as We started outfits my opinion, m,
l. Union ranger, that this here unnatural war
}, getting worked down to . very fine point, whel