North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1865-11-08
"1f there's hole in a your coats
l rede ye tent it.

And, faith, he'll prent it,
EgOld Boreas has, seemingly caught the infec-
ton that prevades the town. and gone to spreeing it
right Justify. Saturday he maudlin, and made
everything intensely disagreeable Drip, drip, drip
all day fell the rain F; the mud grew deeper and
deeper until it was almost impossible for even the
women to travel the streets The sidewalks became
lost to view from the ;ongomerate of mud, partial
ly decayed straw. and street filth generally, that
foated them, until the middle of the street
not only the safer but the more pleasant place to
walk. Verify the Town Council of this Borough
are deserving of vote of thanks, leather medal
or short shrift and stout rope. Sunday it was
bosterouS. We will not say anything about the
l-e-gant displays made, for some of the strain-at-
a-gnat folks were very much shocked at an article
in a late number; but if the ". Y Tribune r~port-
er had been present, he could have found abundant
subject for article before which the brilliant de-
seription of the burning of the animals in Bar
nnm's Museum, the highly imaginative dis
QUESTION "Ankes in Jope's Wood" would
have completely paled Blu. Town Talks extreme
modesty would not permit him to treat the subject
properly.
Boreas did not monopolize all tbs spreeing, by
any means The usual Saturday night ovation to
the 'good god Bacchus'' offered. Tht man
with the malt name was on a bender, and flung his
low obscenlty at every body. Another, q mighty
man of muscle, attempted to fling ''bilingsgate''
with him, but could not come up, or rather down. to
the standard, We can name one or two others, who
were considerably more than "haf seas over" one
of whom inq iring afectionateIy for "choWn
H. IL I,,ka
beastliness, it will do good for to notice them
EY~ little incident occurred last Wednesday
night (which wi show the danger incurred by
own Talk in the discharge of what we consider
our duty Two thirsty souls, near midnight, stood
In tr'nt of one of the hotels, b gging one Of the
Fright bowers" to get up and give them something
to quench the fire that was burning within them.
An honest "colporteur" happening to pass along on
the opposite side of the street just at the time,
Right bower sung out, "There's Town Talk ovor
there, listening to every word you say" OFF went
the coats of the dry, and heroic wo and their short
legs fairly few over the ground in pursuit of the
startIei co!porteur," who not knowing the extent
of his danger. took to his heels and having tho al
vantage of length of limbs soon dstanced his pur-
sners' who returned to the hotel dryer than ever
"Colporteur" ashamed of his cowariice and being
determined to show conclusively that he was not
the one guilty of the henous offease of beIug the
author of "Towu Talk " went back to the "subter.
ane, ana in short time succe ,ded in eettin as
! drunk as either of his pursurrs. He amused him
self by punching holes through the ceiling with his
fist, and making fierce onslaughts upon the stove,
and in several other manly AMI sensible ways for
short time, then adjourned to the streets and vert
"canvas4'Dg around reoples houses; whether he was
looking for purchasers for books or what we are un
able to say. "COlportcur take these gentle lnsn-
uations kindly and "go and sin no more''
u Monday night two extremes met. "Lons-
fellow AM Short Boy had a aigh old time of il
Drunk and courageous, ''Longfellow'' would bet
fifty dollars that Short Boy could whip "Town
Talk" in little less than no time; while he, cou d
not only polish off Town Talk" but could do the
same job for any body that approved of the doings
of that villain "Town Talk" "Short Bo," made a
! grand entree into Ross Saloon on a store truck
drawn by a nondescript animal Every like an ass"
They found the editor in there aud tried to induce
him to tell the name of the obnoxious individual
'Sh rt Boy" took 'possh' and went to industri-
1usly punching the head of some imaginary "To~n
Talk and going through sundry gymnastc per-
formances, that were highly entertaining when
through window Very foolish in you, gentle