The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1867-07-20

| lie Is just ready Tor stripping. WHtn dbWi
comes "part Durham hoof into the midst
of puilul of part Durham milk, and
| Mr.. Job lies flat ON the ground, with n pain
ofspoiled pantaloons. (lon must imagine
Job with pantalcons on!j Now see if he is
patient.
"Onr Charlie ia poet. (lIe resembles
his pa very much in this respect.j Here Is
the first san2a of some lines he composed
on "Our Cow" and set to the tune oil
"Lohnny Comes Marching Home The
substitution Of cents for dollars in the price
of the COW is, Of course, an allowable poeti'
cal license;
| 81 bought for fifty cents,
t'o.hoss, Cu-ho>s
| bought for fifty cents.
Co-bo>s Cu-boss!
| ! bought Il for flty cents,
| And she shrdaddlr'i over the fence.
| Aud have never seen her since;
o. we'll all feel gag, boys,
When that old cow come, home.
This is true poetry literally true.
| Our second COW, however, was II success,
and Cherry" the mulcy, was soon tami-
| ly pet.
| My next purchase was of chickens. !
had seen such contradictory statements re.
gardin. different breeds that ] determined
! to try two of each ofa,l the prominent breeds
| and form my conclusions from experience.
| | did so. and purchased Black Spanish,
Poland, English pheasant, French, and SO
on, from Bantam to Shanghai, ri0 East Indies
and return. The result was | soon had an
| exhibition Of European politics, on reduc,
ed scale. in my own barn yard; and, as Is
always the case, poor Poland got the worst
of it. THIS 'balancc of power pcrtor-
nance was quite interesting to me, as ] was
involved financially; so / rushed into the
house to procure some means OF restoring
peace in the family and when | came
out, after short delay, there was entire
''change o. base. An Irish neighbor OF
mne kept a game rooster, armed with
''galls, for lighting purposes, and behold
he had made Il ..Fcnian raid upon my
premises during my brief absence. had
:'cleancd out" Poland, English and French,
and was now employed with my only Black
Spanish rooster | "wclcomcd the invader
with bloody hands to ii hoSpitable grave,
with a stick Of wood and missed him He
darted ..over the BORDER ! had no unkle.
psalm to intercept him, and the invader Of
domestic peace escaped. My best fowls
were ready to ego to pot However,
sought consolation i'll Shanghai, relied on
Brahma Pootra, buried my grici in Bantam,
and determined not to be chicken hearted.
But was not yet through with troubles.
A few nights after, | was aroused from pro-
found slumber by an agitation of my cor
porosity, and the voice OF Mrs. Greene ex-
claiming: Mr.. Greene, say Mr.. Green!
OTIS, my dear, wake up! There is a ak
squawking in the hen.roost."
arose hastily and sAllied forth. On
reaching he hen rooSt, found my distin
gnishpd ASiaiic bipcds falling before the
deadly ravages Of that great "scca'er' of all
creation, the Americas skunk.
"rheo,' whom the boys call MY ''rattan
a., If tha nj
skunk, but II certain ethereal portion re,
NAMED with the dog for II long time.
gathered together the remnants of my flock,
and began AGAIN, with the additional convic
ton derived from experience that yo', can,
not Keep fowls prottably. unless you have n
v-rmin proof hen runst.
My next purchase was two pigs they
were nice Chester Whites. Major Coats.
my neighbor, came Hyer 20 soc them. The
Mnior WAS originally a tailor. His family
are distinguished for military prowess. The
Major was all through The Buckeye and
Wolverine warm every battle. AT the
breaking ont of the rebellion his two sous
were about the first to go they went to
Canada, believe.
The Major looked ut my pigs long time.
revolving something in his mind, and qnid
of tobncco in bis month. and then asked:
"What breed be they
"Cheaiar Whites.
"Chrslrr White 3: where does he iive?'
inquired the Major. dropping his under Jaw,
and rolling his quid ''likr II sweet morSel
under his tongue for an instant.
.'ln PENNSYLVANIA hat is. there is where
the breed originated,' replied, with
slight cough.
After some sage advice the Major left me,
with an invitation to ''comc up.
A few days after. | ''went up" To the Ma
ior' $. lie took me to see his sheep. He
said he wasn't going to waste money on
these 'hGht&htin, rams He raised his
own rams, and grade sheep were good
enough for him. But" said |, ''Maior
that don pay" The Major told me- | was
young yet, and had a good many bumbugs
to learn. read too many OF thasa chang
ed agricultural papers!' lie invited me-
into the house, and his daughters requested
me to sing. complied, aud. among other
things, gave them medley song, nrrang
ed ~ myself a copy Of which append for
the ''amusement, instruction, and moral
elevation Of your readers.
have come fonl the mo!utaiDs
-Of the old Granite State,
Where the bills arc 20 lofty,
Magnificent and great
7 have left
There i. place like hume:
There's no place like
Hail. ColuuLia happy land;
Hail. We heroes, hrtyen-hurn band
Who fought and bicl--
Ia days Of auld Lang Syne, my boys,
In days of auli LanG Syne.
Wre,hs glorious Wrcnhs for
The .i,'-.la"gicd 1a4nner o long may it wave
Yankee dn!!e, who came to, town.
Uron little pony
He stuck q r',rher in his cap
And died it.
T!ie last of Summer lcft blooming alone
Al its lovely companions grc-
Away down south in Dixie,
Away. Away!
in Di4es Hnr | took INV stand
IRE the twilight bat was fitting,
Meath the sunset, at her knitting.
Sang !oycly maiden, sittinsx
., should hike to marry,
If could only find
Some very handsome fellow
just suited to my
Thnmp, thump, scold, scold
Trump Sculd away.
Its gone the comfort of the house
Down where the patriot army,
by PutoniaCs side,
Guards the glorious ctnse Of
My counHy, It's of thee
Sweet land Of liberty;
OF thee sing
Land whcr" my Fathers died;
Land uf the pilgrims pride.
From every mountains side
Let Freedom ring.
When | closed, the Major said: "That's
a poo'y song; little mixed mp like; but
the tune don't amount to shucks.'
thanked him GU for his criticism, and
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