The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1865-04-14


joy, sympathy, coming out OF the
shadow; the sick room giving tender
greeting to the camp fire and the hoe.
pital. But the tenderest of all in
scriptions we have seen Is this, writ
ten on some c-shades: "By one
who is blind Oh! how long to see
the dear old flag you are all lighting
under!' .rslf Hn.rre1 1osT e4j
Letter from Orpheus C. Kerr-How the ~
South Feels Under its keverses--Au Z,
Disasters but Blessings In Disguise.
Orpbeus c. Kerr Is out in charac- sg
teristic letter to the New York Lead.
er, in which he capitally takes off the "
very satisfactory manner in WHICH
Reljeldom receives ITS continued and
repeated disasters Captain Bob shor- y
! ty personates the Federal Govern d,
ment, while Captain Munchausen fig, q.
Iures rs the Confederacy: q.
"Right behind me came remarka.
bic being, alfred in fragments Of grey
cloth and a prodigious thicket OF
whiskers, through tue latter of which, 8
his eyes glared yellowly ike the bot
ties in an apothecary's shop down the
street.. AS he approached nearer he
hastily put on a pair partially dis
sected white cotton gloves, aud casu-
ally re arranged the strip of carpet
binding which served him as fun
dress cravat. r4
Yours, truly" said Captain Bob
Shorty.
"Vandal" hissed Captain Mum
chausen, removing from his brow an
!. unexampled conglomeration Of rags
in the last stages of cap, and banding
il to faithful contraband who at-
tended him. o."
T. "Why, them said Captain Bob
Shorty, dofling his own cap, and tuck
ing up his sleeves, sin the name Of
the United States of America, pro-
pose to move on your works immedi.
ately." @ fitaa el 't
And now, my boy, do particularly p
lament my lack Of those unspeakable
intellectual gifts, which enable the
more refined reporters of all our ex-
celent and moral daily journals to
, describe the fstic achievements OF the.
, noted Arkansas Mule and celebrated
, Jersey Bantam in manner that de-
lights every well conducted breakfast
table in the land, and furnishes ex.
quisite reading Tor private families
Forward hopped Captain Bob Shor-
! ty, as though on springs; his elbows
, neatly squared, his fists held up, like
f couple of apples on sticks, and his
{ head poised as though it had lust
: started to look rounda corner. With
fists to mntch, and eyes shining like
4 the bottoms of glass bottles, tie wary
1 Munchausen shutlles cautiously back
o from him IN half circle Now they
( make skips toward each other; and
now they skip back. Anon an arrnis
raise,,l and is parried; and then, they
balance ~ partners; and then they
hop back. .v,,
/ was gazing at oil this, my boy,
Ia speechless admiration, when sud-
. denly saw the dexter hand of Capt.
Bob Shorty pierce the enemy's lines,
/, and explode with, tremendous force
on Munchausen' nose. For mo-
ment there was sound as Of Confed
eratd blasphemy but in n moment
. the chi ya,,"ic Munchausen was him
self again. .fq qe
! "Ah!' said Captain Bob Shorty,
!. agrceably. "did you see the Star.
Spangled Banner that timer" lyo' -'
: "Sir," said Munchausen, with tears
n in his eyes, Il am thankful that my
!. nose is broken 1t is q blessing; for
r l had nothing to smell with it, and
r only wasted my strength in its sps
!. cial defense" f-- -.fel- Sac
y Here Capt. Bob Shorty looked jov-
!. Tally at me, my boy, and says he:--
o ''By all that's Federal! amt he
!. Jolly" o
"Come on to thy ruin!'l roared
p Munchausen from behind his rapidly
increasing nose; and again the battle
h ragged.
, Now did Capt Bob Shorty sidle to
the left, with view to flanlSing; but
q two columns OF the enemy met him
A there. Next the agile Munchausen
n attempts, by aquick turn, TO take him
n in the rear of his position, but finds
y a strong body of five divisions hurled
n upon his headquarters with an I'M
q petuosity that knocks out half his
!. teeth.
. cart satisfied, Horntiof" said Capt.
# Bob Shorty, with more or less Bow
h cry theatre in his manner. rr
!, An awful smile appeared upon what
N were left of the features Of Captain
. Munclausen. It was SO full of scorn,
4 you know ...
! '''Sir,n said he, with much chivalry
of bearing, and some difficulty of ut.
4 terance, ''my jaw may he broken, bnt
$. / thank fate for 1T. It's a long time
Ie since I had anything to eat with my
l. mouth, and to defeud it at all was USE
&c less" .-s, .l-.,
n ala ha ham roared Captain Bob
/. Shorty ~ really never did see any
a thing so jolly"
4" Madman !" yelled Munchausen,
is "your destruction is decided" arl
IL Then were all the skips and hops
st repeated, my boy, with such orna-
~ mented bits Of occasional fine as the
refined reporters Of our excellent
lie moral daily journals love TO dwell
q fondly upon. b Were but such q re-
y l.. kl... N