Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1871-05-24
The "High Con,n,issiom.v

The circumlocutory principle has |
evidently been adopted by the august
body of "lligh Commissioners at
Washington, and show not TO do il
Immediately" has been most beauti-
fully Illustrated. The country has
been on the qui rire 10 learn how The
Alabama case, especially, has been
disposed Of. Mrs, Grundy has had
her curiosity wrought up to the high.
est pitch touching the paying figures,
it in cash OF fin territory, where Z
Enterprising land spectators have al
ready mapped out Canada, and splcn-
did cities have been started on the
banks of Lake Erie and Niagara River,
which were to grow like Jonah sgourd;
but alas Mrs. Grundy must be dis.
appointed Nothing has been settled
upon, save that plan of settlement is
to be adopted by some other arrange.
ment at some future time, In short,
the game Of "how not TO do it, has
boeRlfcpeated, and the tcircumlocu-
tory" principle has been set up. A
new Court is to sit on the claims likely
to require adjustment by lhe two gorat
counlries-a Court Of five members.
England, Brazil. Italy, Switzerland,
and the United States will make up
the Court, and the dispulants, John
Bull and Brother Jonathan, can then
come in and "jaw il out" The North.
west boundary line is to be settled by
Switzerland. The fishing squabble is
to be settled by certain reciprocity
of rights TO the Canadian aud Ameri-
can fishermen, and the payment also,
by this country, of a round sum in cash
to the other side. There are other
matters in the line of adjustment, but
the great subject, the Alabama claims,
appears to have had but slight in
vestigation. Slight, however, as the
investigation has been, it seems TO
have disclosed the fact that there are
counter claims, largo enough to show,
that it would have been better for
our national exchequer if we bad, as
the Western boys say, "kept shut on
this Alabama business We have been
disposed to threated terrible things, if
John Bull did not square up on this
Alabama claim. We are reminded of
Jim Bags's dog "Tige," who, Jim al
ways said, was "h-l on coons-'-
"Jcst you give Tige a chance" said
Jim, "and see him spilc the biggest
coon you ever sot eyes on" A coon
was trced, and driven into the hollow
of the trunk, and Tigc was sent in by
Jim TO bring him out. "Sic'im, boy
sic i'm give i'm fits, boy fetch i'm
out, boy" Tigo made for the hole,
and went in splendidly, ard soon there
was heard slight row. Tige was
evidently in his element, and Jim was
evidently in his. "Tigc's fetched him,
boys; | knowed he would hos a
scrcamer, is that ere dorg He'll whip
cny three dorgs NV his weight in this
ere country. Fetch i'm ont, Tige
Hear him yell, boys hes got mister
coon fetch him out, Tige" { yel.
ling was any proof Of Tigc's ability,
he lead the coon, and the coon was
bound to come. Jim's head was in
the hole, and be thought the "dorg'
was backing out, amid a terrible muf
1ed howl. "rhat there dorg could
al'us growl with his teeth clinchcd
onto a COON" said jim; "lctch him
out, boy fetch him out; felch--
HI and scissors cf the coon hasn't
got Tyge !" And so il was Master
coon bad the "dorg' by the throat,
and he wasn't backing out Master
coon's teeth were through Tigc's gul.
let. We rather opinc this will bc the
result OF our Alabama blustering.-
The coon will get Tige-N y Day
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