Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1864-09-09
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SR E1rTcB:-T read occasional in the Gt,zel{e,
end as / was looking over ieg days age. no
tccd communication of eaeven sentences, under
the caption Of BULLY FoRs M0ygog, in ~hch. a
correspondent tells nine alsehood in trying to
ridieule the good citizens 1f Clearyie.
lie says during theiate confederate invasion the
news aAaat that squad of itebs were encam
ped few miles east ef ClearYiiie hat was
alarming news 20 be 'qRocf but II appears the
did not get 70 float mach TIL It got To Cearylie
and then IN short tine number of those claim
ng 10 be men to the knife collected togeth
er No doJibt tho good people of that yi.l lee were
greatly alarmed, when such q Fopcrt as our cores
pondent speaks Of came 70 them '-ahoat, or afoot
As the EebS were making soch orderly approach
perhaps the citizens fearful lest they might be
going to invest the place By siege or storm Il and
uut the garrison to toe sAreTd And he tells as in
another sentence that ali the old guns, pistols aud
knf-es were in regbsiii6n sfd they we're waiting for
marching orders Tha. is strange The word
'fhey refers to the antecedents, snns pistols aud
knives, and so according 10 the language OF our
correspondent come % The astounding concur
sion that the excitement was 50 grear 10 infuse
itself into all the 'iold guns, pistols and knives TO
be found about the place; make them act like
sOnng creatures bring themselves into reguistou'
and wait, as one man, for marching ordersp ]
have heard of curious things before now ! have
heard to give a litfle spanish hy TO Jack-As will
cause him to get so excited rs to work like horse
for twenty four hours bar neTer a sard such cock
believe. Then he goes on 70 sly tat the orders 10
march were given. and the fleafasle SQUAD was led
by one of tTe war horses of the village a divine at
that and they proceeded in the direction e Hancock
in search OF The kebs aud he tells that in Bucks
Valley, our squad fell IN wth and ere captured bs
party OF mon soldiers and were taken 10 War
tordsbrg and paroed. after trying to escape by tax
ing to the woods. and leaving some OF their horses
and guns IN the road. Now the great squad spoken
OF consisted oi soo men one the unpretending chris
tau minister whom our correspondent tfies to ridi-
euie, aud they we're sent ION scout as far as
Bucks alley, some hleen miles from Clearville. in
order 70 get such information as could be obtained
respecting the '.Rebs said to be in that direction :
and whes those two genteJnsh got 70 Bucks Valley,
they found squad Of Onion fr3ops and citizens Of
to be had, and then returned, without leaving any
.'horses guns IN the road or being t.JaFGlgtI.
or seeing or hearing anything Of faffordsburg
60 much Tor oar correspondent. a neghbor of
mine thnks he IS acquainted with the aforesaid
correspondent and SAYS, if he isnot mistaken, the
poor creature was born on the north fork of Augur
creek. near the commencement of the present cen
tur3 that he not born altogether IN the natural
wag, but just came f.so so. like toad stool you
know: and that being Of an ambitious and rowing
disposition he got on 70 the stage Of action 10
roam around IN quest Of knowledge u order to aAa
ify himself for the responsible profession 0f F4a
ter doetnr Bat unfortunately, all the other s Sea-
gers, being good taioa mea, aud getsing asie aed
al some Of hls reIaaras, threw him of into little
Brush c.ee near \! Stueb saw nil as The STAGE
wascrosstng that ssaam wheutAe r,wi.d MAJ 81 a
woods, Rho happened to be ishiUe y i.e sims "a
iise da.i hearing his ffaHiie orje ior asi=taaes
ran 20 him and drew hilA oat .asare dead lkan
aiFe sace which Re lfas surh aversion 10 Naier
to him to renqaish ihe idea of being .sa-
ter doctor and so he goes iss0 fi.e ss best g5ne
aud writes for the Bedford Gazette And ftsaheg
dePoaenI saith not.
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