The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1863-07-24
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Sights and Sounds from up Tree.

| The other day, group of men (@) were stand
ing on the sidewalk, engaged in conversation,
From the ''cut of their jib," their cadaverous
faces, and downcast looks, | soon discovered
them to belong to the genus D3Joiitioa. They
were so deeply interested in the subject they
were discussing that they not only failed to OBJ
serve passers-by, but began to talk very loud
and to gesticulate in a manner very vehement
| heard one of them rip out an oath at one Of
their would-be leaders, who, he said, was doing
more harm to their party in one week, by his
imprudent cursing Of the Administration, than
Meyers does in a month At the mention OF
your name, Mr.. Editor, there was unanimous
gritting of teeth by the group, and little sick
le-backed, fop-eared, lop-sided fellow, who look
ed Every like" an uptilted lVlesl6aro0 declar-
ed, with clenched incisors, that he would ''set-
| tie Meyers hash" for him. "Gentlemen," said
| he, ''P fetch him. I'll call him 'Beot-heels' in
every column OF my paper from this time till
the election. I'll call him 'Copperhead'
call him Barnburner' call him Secession
ist'-rll call him 'Tory' and 'Traitor'-ahl l
tell you, I'll beat him! Bowman was Cold Cow
heels, and because he was called by that nick
name, he never got any office. Now, if steal
the thunder of my illustrious predecessors and
call Meyers '.Beet-hecls" | will be as successful
as they were, and will surely keep Meyers from
getting any office" But, Mr. Editor, the re-
mainder of the company did not seem to have
much confidence in Wheelbarrow's plan, and
one Of them thought such abuse would only
make you friends; another said majority of
the voters i'll the county are ''Copperheads," "
any how, and calling Meyers ''Copperhead,"
will only make them stick theNcloser to him. So
they separated, agreeing to Disagree one in fa-
vor of ''Beef-heels' and ''Copperhead cam
paign, and the rest, Qlaving the fate of poor
Sigatoos before their eyes,) thinking it would be
better to keep little quiet and to pretend great
decency, responsibility and ''loyalty" The little
Wheelbarrow rolled himself away, with his nose
stuck out and his head at least a foot in ad-
vance OF his body, his mind, no doubt, occupied
with sweet recolections of those halcyon days
when he sold candy to the youth of Woodberry,
and when no cruel Gazette disturbed his dreams
of greatness and glory in the quiet little confec-
tonery shop, which, to use his own elegant Ian
guagc, "always looked SO neatly and costly"
He will, no doubt, prosecute the ''Beef heels"
and "Copperhead' war with great vigor, as his
look of determination, when he separated from
his companions, convinced me that he intends
to rely upon those two epithets for all his thun-
der against the Democratic ticket. You had
better be on the lookout. He evidently intends
to do something. One thing you can rely up
on, viz: that he will call the Democratic can
didates nick-names in every issue of his paper
between this time and the election. He thinks
that ''nick-nam are just as sure to bag the
narr,scrafic ticket, as the Potomac rivor was to
drown Lees army; sS, if you want to match
him you had better send for fsh-woman i'm
mediatey. Iremain, your devoted
SIIARPSIIOOTER.
Bedford. July %