Nebraska advertiser. [volume] (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882, 1865-04-13

shining like the bottoms Of glass bottles
the wary Munchausen scutfles cautiously
back from him in a half circle. Now
they make skips toward each other; and
now they skip back. Anon an arm is
raised and is perrisd and then they
balance to partnersi and then they hop
hack. . bs47i
I was gazing st all this, my boy, in
sPeechless sdmirsiion, when suddenly /
saw the dexter hand Of CapiAiu Bob
Shorty pierce the enemy's lines, sad e&.
plode with tremendous force on Nun.
chausen's nose. For a moment there
was a sound as of Confederate blasphe-
my but in moment the Chivalr;c Mum
chausen was himself again.
%Ab" said Captain Bob Shorty,
Iagreeably, "did you see the star-spap.
IgIed Banner that timer"
"Sir," said Muuchausen. with tears in
his eyes. u am thankful that my nose
is broken. 1t is a blessing for ] had
nothing 10 smell with it, and only wasted
my strength in its special defenss.r
Here Captain Bob Shorty looked 10.
vially al me, my boy, and says be by
all that's Federal ain / he jolly ?"
Come to thy ruin % roared Nun.
chausen from behind his rapidly increas.
ing nose and again the battle ragged.
/ Now did Captain Bob Shorty sidle to
the lef, with view to fanking but two
culumns of the enemy met him there
Next the agile Munchausen attempts, by
"a quick turn, to take him in the rear of
his position, but finds strong body Of
FIVE divisions hurled upon his headquar.
ters with an impetuOsily that knocks out
half his teeth, adi ~ 5lr..rrsl \
Art satisfied, HOratin 2" said Capt.
Bob Shorty, with more or less Bowery
lheater in his manner.l
An awful smile appeared upon what
were left of the features of Capt. Mun-
ehausen. 1t was 60 full of scsrn, you
know. ui
Sir" said he, with much chiyalry of
bearing and some difficulty Of uttsrance,
"my Jaw may be broken, but l thank
fate for it. It's long time since had
anything to eat with my mouth, and to
defend it at all was useless"
"Ha! ha ha ~ rOard Captain Bob |
Shorty. Il really never did see any
thing so jolly"
"Madman '' yielded Munchausen,-
Hyour destruction is decided !"
Then we're all the skips and hops re-
peated, my boy; with such ornamental
bits of occasional fine srt as the refined
of our excellent moral daily
journals love 20 dwell fondly upon
Were but such reporter, would de-
scribe the scene In way to make you
take it home to your children. But let
he not waste time in lamentstiOn: for
us then, something heavy fell upon
he right eye of Captain Munchapsen,
and ef'ectually closed it for a week.
"Ah !" said Captain Bob Shorty,
pleasantly, ''did you count the stars upon
,ur flag that time, my grayback 2"
Sir" retorted Munchausen. stagger-
ng about, and wildly pulling handfulls of
mperc eptible hair out of invisible heads
n the air, Il consider the loss Of that
eye a blessing in disguise; for | can
,ow concentrate my whole strength on
lac other"
We'll now, really" said Capt. Bob
you know. never see
half SO jolly"
Dissemination is now your doom )"
lowle1 the ConfederacY, reeling delib-
,ralely forward upon the FIRST FIST be met,
md falling heavily to the ground with
lis other eye emphatically darkened.
Instsatly was Captain Bob Shorty at
fs-s,Ie,-4-aIa inaIng. LIN sorry. old
hap. | wish you'd only consented 10
,top before eh 2" calculated Captain
Bob ShOrty-"wha,'s that you sayF
AS tFue as live and breathe by boy
as trus as ! live and breaIhe-when
Captain Bob Shorty Ppl hls ear to the
mouth of the fallen COnfederacy' ne
heard, slowly spoken, these remarkable
words:
"I'm-glad ad-this-has--haPpened-
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
real-resources- ces-of-strenglh ] :"
The entire population Of ali the States
and Territories on the Pacific, belonging
10 Uncle Sam, is $4,000.
Il is estimated that the amended rev.
80 80, mill add @S0 nm nm 10 S75.. /