The Union flag. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1865-187?, 1867-08-23

" Hark from The tomb the d0lsIuA sosnl'
Kline ears attend the cryl
y brar'ry sgans' 'come view the ground,
whcre' PaAoa's bones now Lei
Alasl for a grief-stricken world The
Grdis Skin Patton is no more ~foreyerl
Earth has been shocked from centre to cir
sumferance by the greatest event which has
disturbed its equilibrium since the snbmer-
Bion OF the Antedeluyisns Sersral ysaTs since !
bend dead u dead !ll-nnd the solemn
sound rolls through the yaulted Heavens with
an unearthly rattle and still, again it reyer-
berales till our sensibilties become dnmo-
founded with awe and establishment The
Grats ConglomeratiOn Of Cruelty, Crime and
Treason has Hshufled Off this mortal coil, u
and has sunk into the insignifcSnce Of non
unity J.! That the animal lived there is no
question Of doubt. Now that he is dead, "it
become necessary, in the course Of human
events to chronicle the fact, so that future
ASes may, when they read, pause and wonder!
TWAS thoughtby many scientific gentlemen
that Patton was a hoSned- animal hence the
Jouesboro Clique bored him for The hoAog-horn!
thereby causing death in ninety daysl-
This /" Jonesboro' Cliqe" should be imme-
diately indicted for malpractice; but, say
they-this was the only remedy-kiH or cure,
The atmosphere had become contaminated by
the malaria arising from bis putrid carcass
something must be done, they said, and done
immediately, to rid the community Of a
hideous cdrjlmcLe which was likely to breed
epidemic in the most malignant and fatal
form. Physician after physician had expert
ncntel, and wasted their energies on the
Grate CoHgiomtration in vain. The admins
trAtion Of physic and the application Of the
scalpel lat Johnson's Depoty alike failed to
effect a cure. OF all the creepmg things Of the
earth Patton became the most obnoxious and
and offensive. Finally, he become a misery
and burden to himself, and began to beAlow
and bail! Many good and worthy people
mistook the noise he made as having been
made by 4 mud dog; but this injustice to the
diseased canine species WAS not intentional
upon their part. No-not at all. Good peo-
pie get wrong sometimes, rs well as other peo-
ple-hence this mistaken idea of the good
people Of Washington should be overlooked.
Nid-dogs should not be maligned o. mis-
represented, It is true but this was an err
ror of the heads Of the good people, and not
Of their hearts. But, as we said before,
Patton is DEADl-he has fallen, and grea! was
the fall thereof!
Leaves have their time to fall, - says the
poet-theretore Patton was a lcqt-a sere
and yellow leaf" lie had become ripe for
the harvest. lie was cut down and laid away
to res, by the cruel sarpent known as the
"Jonesboro' Clique" While we admit that
this Clique "hadn't ought o done it, yet
we are constrained to submit to the DEGREES
Of fate. lie was followed to the tomb b.
a. least 1913 distressed mourners-who,
though sadly afflicted, can say, wtepingly,
"Our loss is bis JomHy'I eternal gain" for
bis ghost can now follow majestically in the
shade Of bis plow-handles, in the sacred pre-
C inct3 Of Hoggarhsl SELAnll
A line must mark hiI lonely grave. What
S-h-a-ll 1t be7 Now we hare it-Ausiy