The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1866-11-23


head were in the milky way { The stars
below me were not in that wey, but'in
Broadway. They were not the milky
way style ofstars
/ saw dimly. Ny opera-glass was
too strong. II made me nervous. l
looked about and saw much ghosts on
the roof. Felt quite grave. Folt like
cougtin Many ghosts. Didn't see
the meteors Saw many heads out Of
windows below noe. Pleasant MORN
ing. No rain, Mo waterfalls at that
How winked / Was looking for me-
teorsl The stars overhead were look
llng for meteors At last they winked.
1t was very cold. Used the opera glass
often. One barrel at a time, Warmed
me inwardly, but the heat lodged in
my thorax. Like political sermons, it
didn't warm the back part Of It's audi
ence. My dress was like that of Gen
| eral Washburne when he left all gar
ments but one and fled through Mem
/ phis. lie was q modest man, 80 he
ran. Perhaps he wanted exercise and
ran for that. j wanted exercise. The
meteors didn't meet. So thought TO
run over the roof. Ran against aghost.
| 1t spoke to me. it screamed, ooh, my
darling childE Says /, are you my
mother-have you n strawberry or
blackberry marx ?" Says the ghost,
aYou've knocked me down-you'ye
Killed my babe / held in my arms r.
foOh, dear, offered to get her anoth-
err" She said, JYou blundering brutel"
I"My name is not Butler" quoth l to
her. The ghost was married ONE
At least there was circumstantial evil
denee pointing that way She was ta-
king the morning air; and while TAX
ing it she lost her morning heir. Says
to. the ghost, HLend me a garment
0And 90 without2 said she "Shift-
Hess female,r said 1. You're another!'
said she. IL tried the opera glass
again" Said she, ooh you amt a
naughty, naughty man, then after all2
"Why 50 Hand me your nursing
botlle2p Mistaken ghost. then
! knew she was from the spirit land -
1 The moon began to strengthen, but
lit came not to a. focus. The gentle
t zephyrs zephyred like the .devil--or
Z words to that meaning. / felt a cold
. ness creeping over me. No meteori
: yet. The ghosts chartered all about
: me. I-felt rheumatism. The opera
J, glass grew lighter--bothr barrels.
i found chimney-to top. 1t felt generous
: 1t gave out subdued warmth. IT wa
9 a brick chimney, therefore l sat on; il
Q No meteors yet. The stars begal
t falling back like Sigel. j though
g il was strategy TO induce the meteor
: TO advance. The chimney felt littl
C warm. Tempted the bottles and threw
It the corks at a red-headed ghost with
!. out waterfall slung the bottleoy
: er the battlements, that a city editor
d below might see stars,rl TTV!lT
J. Iromembere that the FIRE Com
missioners were to wring:a bell tel
IT times to wake me, up when meteo
It died and like a ship on a billow,
) child in bath tub, a hen on her nest
n or Butler taking his spoons, slep
t like u babe across its grandmother
" knee, getting warmth where l neode
J. it, ,..-.. ...,.-..... .,.,.r.
If No meteors yet. Il, .,.-. ..a
d Islept But not long. | smelt some
ls thing 1t awoke me. i thought it wa
1t meteor. Says I'"Bully for sciencel
1t The smell Increased, l grew nervous
IS but could not tell where. Twas in
ID bog. A meteor had struck, / knew i
le Things were burning. And had n
G. accident policy The world was onfir'
n The smoke was all aboutme-its ghost
sat there in smoke and white eotto
", with frills. lA Gfl ~ N@ AM
a All, ha Fiends' Of thelower regiont
u But have, thee arose, quickly
b. Curses on the man who invented sleel
keI Confound the cook who built the fiji
ve at the other end Of that chimney
* When / arose, cotton cinder fourtee
n. inches long by four inches wide iloate
of off like an army balloon. Sleep is nt
p good Opera glasses are not good,
., unloaded too rapidly / didn't see IL
TX meteor, but the doctors saw it. ltwi
TO infamed-red hot 1 think l shall n,
lg sit on'a chimnoy---oro on any thing oil
ch for many days No more meteo
er' for me. (, 1t was a ysensationT7demns
IN mean one at that! The papers kne
n better. It.was Copperhead lie
id 'Tenderly thine, q eAs p a'-asti1 d
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