Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1869-09-24

I addressed the reno d ADAA0N5
ssIs the WaWhoo-bf hang-W hang Of
/ the Whack-a-W hack happy? Does the
i great SpeckIed Thunder sigh for the
FT-ar-patIo. or is his heart eontented with
/ Dreaming of his dusky maiden, the
] Pride of the Forest Does the mighty
sachena yearn to drink the blood of his
/ enemies. or is he satisfied to make bead
I reticuIes for the papooses of the pale
4 face ? Speak. sublime relic of by-gone
gran deur-venera ruin. speak =.
The relic said
stAnis it mesiff, Dennis Hooligan,
! that ye;d be takin for bloody InjiD, Ye
lIIrawlin', Iantern-laN ca, spider-Iegged
diviI By the piper that played before
| Moses, IN ate ye ~ a
went away fron4 there.
By and by, in the neighhorho0d Of
| the TerEapin Tower, i came upon gen.
! tie daughter of the aborigines, in firing
/ ed and beaded buckskin mgucassins and
/ 1eggins, seated on q bench with her
/ pretty wares about her. She had just
carved out a wooden clliaf that had
strong family resem bfTnee 20 a achothes-
/ pin, and was now boriBga hole through
1 his add o men to put bis bow through
| I hesItated a moment ana then address
s.Te the heart of the forest maiden
! heavy ? Is the Llush1 g-zlsadp dpole ione-
tIv? Does she mouEnsS&Rsr the eXllns7
/ r14jsbed council fires OF tseF race and
| Inc yanquisbed glory ef her ancestors
| Or does her sad spirit wander aFar. to
ward the hunting-gFs9ln whittier her
1 brave Go bblerOf the lightniDgis gomez
| Why is my dang hteElsaent Has she
au hit against the pale-facPd stranger 2i'-
The nGa3den said: 8a
ssFaix, an is it BiddE M alone ye dare
| to be loaliin' names - "a yerthis er III
sbv your lean seaEcass aver the catha-.
ract, ye sniveling bla sYard y
| Iadjourned from there,s also. Con
-, I'd Trrr-7 II a EsIfa,. z
me they were tanae-bflF, if appearances
should go for anything, I should say
| thew were all on the Warpatb.' -
! made oue more abtempt to frater-
/ d re with them yand only one. [ came
/ U pom q camp sof5then1 gathered in the
/ shade ofsa1 1fu6at tree, making Wan1-
| pun "a nd snFoccasins, and addressed
them in the language Of friendship /: 3 3
/ "NobIe Red Men, Braves, Grand
! Sachems, War Chiefs, Squaws and
! High-you-Mu -Muck-a-Mucks, the pale face
of The setting sun greets you'll You
Benefeent Polecat-you, Deyourer-of-
/ lMountaius-yoU, 5Roaring Thunnergust
You, Bully-boye-Wi -Glass-Eye-
/ the pale face from beyond the great wa
/ ters greets YOU all War and pesti-
I lence- have thinned7ROur ranks and de-
| strOyed your once proud nation. Po-
ker audaseyen up, and Ia vain modern
expense for soap, nnknoAazn1 to yourgIe-
4 riouS ancestors, have, depleted your
I purses ApprOpriatIng in your sim
i plicitY- the property Gf others has got
/ ten you into trou bic. isrepresenting
! facts in vouf sfn1ees tfnHocenee1 has
damaged your reputation with the soul
less znsurper. Trading for forty7rod
whisky to enable you 10 getdrank and
/ happy and tomAhaWx1 EOur families
j has played the eVerlastinS mischief
with the pictuFesane powp Of Four
/ dressFand here you are in the t3road
n,
mp like ths ragtag and bobtail or the
! purlieus o New York; For shame +!
Reuiem Der your ancestors Recall
their mighty deeds. ReIDen Der Tn
cas- land Red Jacket land Holesiu-
the Day +! and Horace GfReleyl Emu
late their achievements -Bnfurl your
selves under my banner noblrSa "a ges,
iIlustrious guttersh pes 4 al --s.t.f5
9Down wild him ~ E srlr -sssleu-
sseScoOp the blaeyar,l ~
"Hang him y - 81 -
~ Burn blEH -'r.f E5--s.y - sre - 3 -
II seDhrownd him - v zasl
4 It was the quieiSest operation that
4 ever was I simply saw a sudden flash
in the air Of clubs, brickbats, fists,
II dsbaskets and leN1gasins -t5ssiagle
fash. and thoy air appesfeCt TO hit me
at once, aud no two of them in the
same place. In the next instsa ut the
whole. tribe WAS upon me They tore
all the clothes of me. theV broke my
arms aIlGA u sitAts EsiF5 HE a
that dented the topof nay head till it
/ would hold coffee like a satic3 r; ind to
crown their disg graceful procvedin1 1SaIla
add Insult foiij hey threw niao over
the Horseshoe Falhand, got wet.
About niDety or a hundred feet from
the top, the remains OF my Yekt caught
on projecting rock and ] was almost
drowned before I could get loose. I
finalIv. fell, and brought up in a world
of white foam at the foot OF The Fail,
whose celletI4and bubblY masses lower
ed lIp several inch s above my head
OF course got into the eddy. ] sailed
round and round it folty-f,ur fines
Il chasing a chip and gaining upon it,
/ each round trip n half understanding ng
for the same bush-en- The bank forty
four times, and lust exactly missing il
/ by hair's breadth every time. A. last
"a man waikt.5 do IN and satduwn lose
tOithat bush, and put n pipe in his
month and lit a match, and f. BnWed
!; me with one eye and kept the -otlef on
. the match while he sheltered il in his
I.hapd from thefwind. PresenrtN ; n puff
, 7sfi wind blew1if out. TIC next time !
sNvt-pt arou03If he said: r18 5lr-- bsasI
''Gfot-a Filuteh a.
/ esz-in n my other vest. Help me
ft Not for JlOs.' '.fssf asI- d -=.-
When I came around again said
"Excusethe Seemingly impairment
GllTIOSlBNI4l "a uIOh lllUZ fElhfl, TDuL .Mltl
I.you explain this singular conduct 81
; z 1syVfth pleasure. am the Coroner.
Don't hurry on my account. I can
l wait for you. But 1 wish I had a
match"
: said; ''Take my place and I'll &c
2 and get you one.''
He declined. This lack of conf
i dence on his part created n lcoolness he
tween US, and from that time forward
7 avoided him. II ws5 fllya idea in case
Eanything happened to ne, to so time
the occurrence as 70 throw NV custom
? into the hands OF ths opposition core
: ner over on the American side. Al
3 last a policeman came along and ar.
rested me for disturbing the peace by
e yelling at people on shore for help. Tho
: Judge fined me, butI had fhe advan
a tage OF hiul. My money was with n,S
: paDtat toonsi and my pantaIoons were
: with the Indians. sstf.g
: Thus I eseared. ain now Iyin 5eiT
t a very critical condition. At least j
am lying, anyway critical or note iti
: cal.
]; Lam hurt all over, but qinuot tel
0 lthefful extent yet, because the .duetO
5 is not done taking the inventory. HI
r Ewi,l make out my manifest this even
) Eing- Hpweyer, thus farhe thinks onll
six of my wounds ere fatal I den
9 fmind the others s7T5 e zdaTaI s.r
$ Upon regaiBing my right mind,
} said /:
o ut is an awful1y savage tribe Of IN
|. diaDs that ClO.the bead work aud mo
{ cGssins for Niagara Falls, doctor
d Where are they from ?" le s@
'sIinerick, my son. y
/ shall not be able to finish my re
marks about niagara Falls until I ge
d bettergEf iits MARK TWAIN.
!, FJt.stT ---t
t. .Gsauaral Butler tells the fOlIowin
+ good story: While he was in comman
Z 1T New Orlca1is, Il natiYg Louisiania
was observed one day by a wag read
ting a staring piacard on wan in
public street 81 Buy yoar shirts a
n Moody's." The reader inquired of tn
1t wag what that meant ooh, said tn
s. Joker, in Solemn tone, ''that is ono 9
2, the edicts of the tyrannicgl Butler
Of The Louisianian remarked 'But
ID ld0n't want any shiEts;p "Wcll sal
y, the wag, you'd better buy a few.
is the safest course to comply with th
Of order; for Butleris perfect 6espO
le you know" So the frightened t'reol
le sought out Moody, and bought a qnn