Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1862-02-14

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|i sNAKE-HEAD REBELLIONst 81 50
35sInr Artemus Wards classicafsteryen-
titled s.W oshy -boshy, ora'theS FPrestid- :,
giatingz Sguaw aof tthe, sdSnak e. beads,
published in Vanity Eaie,twe ind the.
.fpliowing exquisite cha pters in swhich
the charaeteristics Of great men ip times Il me
lof great public, and PERSONAL peril, are
depicted in a asstyie that some Of our. CO.
tempo raries would in an emergency term
Is"graphic."iJ re5 szsTSsS3 fD giITo ;s15
1t became dali IN ore and moreeseyi-
! dent that, a. battle was, imminent. The
tSnvertoes, having encountered several
lreverses, were now nerving themselves
for the grand effort, They were com :
ing With Wit fire z and sword, and that sort of
Sd oshy bosbty khnew " this, hlHi,iaid and f. yet pb be
ihWassaasi - eheea s d a. lanch.
He wassevencheerful, anddlaughed1 per-
haps m ore heartily thaneTer yoYer. sthe
jokes and sparkling paragraphs; in the
National ,1ntelligencer. Yet the Snake
heads did not question his ability to
lead them in this crisis. 10 They we'll
knew t ha at when aroused he was as ter
rible as an sarmy with tbannefsy uor "a
speckled jackass W hile in the act of kick
ing over peanut stand.
Jog He gchawed more tobacco, however,
than usual.a74 Of cg ew~s$ 3ast hRs
spOne day he took a large chaw, and
shandingyit to ,Boozy-woozyi he said: ar
Will you sustain me?7
"I' will, replied the gentle savage,
biting off aalarge piece. R--:Gt - saEA'
| nTakeza pound of .the abest. storeAto
Ibackern"s said aWosby boshy y. sand soak
it in molasses and rum, and it makes as
good tobacker as I want to use-that is,
IF it is chemically examined BY Pro
,fessor Chiffon, and 1wa rranted lto1contain
no. deleterious ,substances3d49 ,tas4 II.
isy After, enjoying : themselves ehawing
/, tobacco for some time, they commenced
planning for the coming engage me M
seas we denat wish TO become idiots and
/ gibberers, with straw inw our hair; we
won't look at those, maps. in the New
/ Y ord Herald any more. Let US souse s
I Tom cat in pan Of ink, draw him across
sheet of paper, and have a more in
telhgible map of xour. own" So saiC
/ Woshy -boshy, and 5Boozy-woozy was
i agreeab BILE thereto.
!. Woshy -bosh.y had appointed the next
day for the foe to advance. The plans
were all made.sI Already the Snake
head troops were on their way to the
| field, three hundred masses and twenty
four barrels of them having gone rounc
| by Lake Superior on board the steamer
! Iron City, CaptainsEd Turner. Woshy
boshy proposed going BY way of Port
), land, and had engaged passage on Max
| fields stage. 1t was an affecting scene
the parting Of Woshy -bosfiy and Booty
woozy. { The, latteu.had constellation:
]scruples a bout. engaging in war where
they fired real bullets, and hence he wa!
to stay at home.) They Lad known eacl
other from childhood,, and now they
were to part-perhaps forever. "Dc
you remember" saida IFoshy boshy, il
a voice trembling, with gemotion, chow
we used to throw 5 sanes at an old blint
man and scalp apple: women F9 e IL in thu
halcyon days Of, youths spring time?-
} Innocent sprattlefsp ssTliem days is past
De you remember, too, how sin aftel
years, as we were about blossomipg ainte
manhood, | used to borrow y money g
your. 80 -. -. -. .-
sasId do, said Booty woozy, tears stand
} ingjin his eyes in chunks L" dc, dis
, tinctly!nset 70 5sya7s- g.s51sg 10 qr III
"Perhaps / ,shan't meyer borrow an.
more money of yoSa az any, more!',1 continn
ued the chief 5"ol2I
10 'sYou made me miserablet See! Thes,
tears are real, and these poi ignant moan
are nat'ral. Big thingH' Somspok,
Booty 80, .sJ+.,y.,, trf ti,s7
, z"Here: is my photograph. It is b!
one of the Old Masters Z a"''iA2 .@t'
sss.Thank you-oh, thank you. isait
; .Boozy-woozy; 'sEll3 wear it next to m.
,, heart,P and he placed it in his left, Goa
4atf I fall, said aid weoasbby, ,5oash.y; h.;
: elutehi6gi his friend by the Goat cola
: sit. L fall, promise me. that you viii
I break the news gently to my creditors
Prepare then, gradually for the dread cad
full shock" e., II ,..-t-,. :, ..y5
Consider it already done!' said Boo
!, szy-woozy,t ever anxious to accommodate
I his old and tried friendgzA eds a tad
$ a. i.'s9ur friendship, reminds me of tha
Hof Damon and Pythias, - said ,Wosh
boshy. e. --L,-y -. L., d,
siaI think myself We we are are Somewhat q me- Of
thatslay, replied his trusty friend =
feBut what.are You putting that Junk
. bottle. of peppermint in your poke
or?', ..- r--,,.s..sss...z. al, *sts -.5..o
e 'sTo have it in case. of emergency
a "Ah, indeed! / remembe GenerIl Pric
''a .sHad Wbat?sei sssssE shzza-s0soH a
., Lss,Tbel smergeney.1.d siaasl - 10 voc
: tssArd do you remember, likewise, m
: good Boozy -woozy, how |, one day. i
: the exuberance Of my childish heart
t tied cooking stove to the. neck of M
t decrepit grandfather, and showed fhir
: into the criver2 Ahsthe happy days 0
o my childhood! q Rock me to zGslee
i. mother. rock me to sleep!' 'o.z,~5 = ds-s
5 There. was profound silence in til
wigwam for moment, save tie SCUM
:. of the tears of the savages, which pat
Isl tered, pattered, upon the floor. o.. n
j.. Will ehildhood's days.. says Woshy
is boshy, at length, bueklirg on his armoll
|, also his coat Of mail: Will childhood
f days ever come back to us again?' "
if s."Ill bet the coffee and cakes at Mes
is chutt's that they, won't!a exclaimed Boo
is zy-woozy. lis it.a fgo?oo -s..sig 'sr;.
.r They conversed few moments more
y when Woshy boshy arose to depart
le "You will see me mother lie said, in
:. .oft uo;oo- .an,; II. 1y,,,r not2%a HusbE If