The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1866-12-14

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Last week We published Bricks
experience on the fret night of his
Star-gaking. How our editorial astro.
nomer succeeded the second night may
be learned by reading the following
from the New York sundeyy Dispatch
of November 10, which says:
We open our gossip department with
an original article just received from
the pan Of cur esteemed Western con.
tributor, Brick" Pomeroy, who has,
itssems, been locking out for
"a sETEoRs. "a
saw themi the Ineteors by moon
light alone. They came two abreast,
like twins Ny frst night at the bust
ness was not a success-cause the me
teors had not started on time. But
there were not 30 many meteors as the
papers said there would be- There was
not a meteor for each paper, let alone
those who watched After removing
myself from the chimney, felt like y
dying sinner, quite certain that my
latter end was not to be success -
Smoked glass is good, but a smoked
Brick is not good. Nor is too we'll
burnt ditto. Ny friends laughed ut
me. was the butt of ridicule. did
not enjoy their jokes on such a tender
theme, so tried to look stern, and L
did.
But l was bound to sec the m teors
The Herald said they were coming,
sure. The Herald knows The Her
aid never told ahe The Herald is
George Washington the second Coke !!
The Herald supported the meteor
ticket, and, of course, IL didn't win
They fall 80 quick they are not seen
But why this digression, vain soul and
things2 -i tt
wanted to see the meteois. look
cd for news from friend up there
startling news, The roof was too
rough for me Ny spirit scared aloft;
90 did II ] took place by the open
window. / sat there between mid
night and the next morn, and between
two chairs. There is no law against it
SaysI-Stars, all hail" But they did
not hail. wanted consolation. had
q bottle full---got it at a spirituers
around the corner. II had downward
: tendency. Then md my Jemima
come in to comfort me. Sweet star is
my-J0mima;, She 10 not q meteor
simply fixed star
Then had books brought I'M then
= Ggig.backed sofa, on which I couldre
cline sidswise, TO look at the meteors,
Had Tots of books Homer's Dropping
syelid, the "Woman in White" "All
Alone" "In the Dark Mary had
Little Lamb" l looked for the mete-
ora but they camenot. Solomon in all
his glory was not raid like one of
these. ! looked at the papers-they
said the meteors were on the tramp,
sure. Couldn't see it. Then / looked
atJsmima, my fixed star, high in the
6rmament.
Twiukls. t~inhi. Halle star.
Ho" cane you. sweetly, - you arei
, No meteor yet. l looked At the moon
all serene. Then | looked at tho mil
ky-way, the cream Of the meteor joke,
As it went sklmming along over head.
Then locked At Orion No meteors.
Then looked at Little Bear. 1t look
cd we'll No meteors yet. The stars
were peaceable. They would notshoot.
They were different from my Jemima's
father. Oh dear
While warming on the. chimney top
Itook cold in my head. A dabbed bad
code id do cad at that. Every body
in our ward took code id dc cad /
sat by the window, and took another
code. JsmimA took some, too. She
said meteors was humbug. She re-
tired 10 her rest l turned on the gas
and read much books, No moteOrs
yet, 1 read sBaxtens Conssrsion of
1905, and his Saints Rest, in this bo.
som, my heart-strieken, oh, dearl |
read five works on astrology, astrono.
my, and the asteroids, but no meteora
came to bless me. / read poetry, Pat.
ent-ofice reports, and fitted myself TO
give an entertainment by repeating
from memory iApplstons Railway
Guide, or'the coalition and amount Of
the National debt. No meteors yet
The curtain went up, but no display.
Thestars had removed their shooting
gallery. read my books; I drank
my spirituOns decsnter dsy; and as
my JenIima had gcne--my fixed star
had gone OIL sought the armA Of
Morpheus slept. j dreamed. ! was
happy IN my agony for wanted tosse
the meteors Dreamed went to hea.
ven. Heard an angel call ms.-knew
she was An angel, orShe would not have