The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1871-03-03


will doubtless be glad to see it again.
Il don't go much on religion, ra
7 never amt had no show; =
But I'vcgOt middlln' tight grip, sir,
On the handful O. things know.
p ldon' pan ont on the prophets.
And free.will, and that sort OF thing
But b'llcvc In God and the angels,
Ever senCe one night last spring.
NaI come into town with some tufnips, . Ii
n Andmy little Gabo come along
NO fOnr.yCar.Old In the county
Could beat him for pretty andsrong.
Peart and clipper and sassy,
Always ready to swear and hSht-
And I'd larnt him TO chAw terbackcr,
Jest to keep his mIlk.tceth white.
ASH passed by TagGart's store.
went in for q Jug Of mOlRsses,
And left the team at the door.
They scared at something and started an
1 heard one little squall, r
~ And hClEtO.splt over tho prairie
Wcat team, Little Brooches, and all.
'ElEell.tO,spllt over the prairie
~ Twas almost frOzG with skeCr;
Bnt We roustCd up some torches.
And sarChed for 'cm far and near.
At last we struck bosses and wagon,
'H Showed under soft white mound,
Upset., dead beat-bnt OF little Gabu
No hide nor lair was found.
'.And here alihope sourcd on me, .s6 e
Il or my fellow'critteFs' Rid-- tiN N
ai2 IJustaoppCd down on my marrOw.bones, %
Crotch,deep In the snow''AId prayed;
q, by this the torches was played out,
And me and Isrul Parr
Went Off for sOInC wood to sheep.fold
That he said was somcwhar thar.
eve found 1t at last, and little she'd
Where they shutup the lambs at night
We looked In, and seen them hnddlUd thar
so warm and sleepy and white,
3 y Aid THAR sot Little Brooches and Chrped
AS pcart as ever you sec,
'lwant chaw OftCrbackCr,
Is Andth4E's what's the matter ofmOn tt
V"IIow did hectt dir Angels.
lie copldneYer ha 70 walked in'th4t storm
They Icst scoopcd down and toted him
To whar II was safe and warm.
And think that saving q little child,
And bringing him to his own,
Isa derned sight better business
Than loaGnE around the Throne
Commenting on this poem ApplcIOn''
journal remarks:
The hunlnr orthiS, il will bc seen, con
ststsin the contrast between the good lit
tie hoy Of Pike county
"Pcart and clipper and SaSsy
mo Always ready 10 sweaFand lght'--
and the good little boy of the regions
where Sunday schools are in vogue, Tho
Pike county father regards the ability O
his luur.y ear.Old son TO swear, fight, and
"Chaw tCrbackcr," US something TO 6C
proud Of md as comprising Just the quail
ties and accomplishments TINT would re-
commend the young innocent to tho con
sldCration and care Of the angels. lie i,
not surprised, therefore, to find his little
lamb among the other lambs, aud holds II
perfectly natural and proper that his first
remark after his miraculous dcliverAnct
should be n "peart" demand for "a chaw
Of terbaCkCr." The closing lines Of The
poem seem to many persons irrevCrCnt
But VIC have heard clergyman Of un'
questionable picty, who is himself an nc
complishcd poet, say that he liked them
better than any other part Of the poem
Thcyiwere the cohrsedIi expression, nc
cording to the refined notions Of the East
but their meaning was Sound and just, Il
was only the Pike county way oI express
ing q truth, which no one would deny
that angels occupied in saving little chill
drcn, were better employed than they
would be II standing lille in heaven,