The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-09-19
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paa7' OswEGO, Sept. 0.
, o,5sD;bnrg, and presume an
Isi NJ; u ~ visit 0gdensburg Will tinl
90, Ell, ISo,S I leiliL Isailed upon tn
Al bo1I WIZ WIZ and | was asleep when W
II LiT ~ Thousand Islands. | woulC
ps,td !. 'u ~, mn m to look at EN- Il there ha!
stssve !sSU"n.spd islands. One island |
ia isn !IOy ,ime for some iOlks-ior In
sC'ya iRSl,,r%ETelIs Island. When
ia'cs io5pd myself awake, an1 WI
IEEe ,n,Sin1 deep lurrowsin the bosom
dL'Se don't exactly know wha
Fstli1l' !, Int guess they must have beer
psIigi y T T we're like a mirror, and
2,sIig u ii. fight frame of mind 70 notice
~ Y, ~, IN Hirfor had no frame. GFaclou!
!sN we Ins t6e keel OF that boat must havt
ae, p S,Ss Iit,lo fishes There was rip
Esi "a "a a sheen on the lake. Some o
Re w ,ioDles were thirty feet high, ant
noe u jem crawled on board the boat
f7II 4 bpDd 'em quite wet. IdIdn't fee
~ w. .seeD, but i suppose that was wei
d w Ne continued to clcaye the waters
W o,,,fio until we began to cleave the
q ... no Of The Oswcgo river. We landed
EVE ,sluD BY the chin Of 0swego, hitched
q, lie town, and went ashore
y TUE CLIMATE IN oswEoo.
o,repo Is splIt into by the river, and ]
.,:Jned, (which Is 0swegOS" and q
.. aid Gbotb." "a house divided
s ~ Itself must fall" II atOwn dl.
~ IA against itself must fall, there will
!, I'm n, hardest tumble down here some
=. y. Syer heard Of. A light house has
", .,;rp right on the mouth Of the Oswego
s s,y OsWego Is an awful windy place,
Az. AZ cold The year round. In winter you
s Nv Strlght on agrate fire fifteen minutes
N you thsW out enough 10 feel the
~, There are two or three bridges
1SS,Ii ' The two sides Of the town togeth.
y. - md instead oil the people getting
Ssif hair cut, they sit on the bridge and
!. NJ, NE wind blow It Off Nurses, when
4, wish to still crying children, take
m 90 the bridge and make 'em face the
yi5j, sud they can't yell. After sunset
!, Ne middle Of July, TO feel comfortable
raa want fur overcoat and sealskin
Iipsus. The town was settled by Mr..
0,EecO, and be Is dead. The hotels oil
6:Teeo could be improved by setting
en- % fire, burning EN- up, and building
new ones II YOU stopat one, you'll wish
ToGd stopped at another, and It you stop
G.l, you'll wish you'd camped out.
Thsy are trying TO build up o new one,
aiIhey needit.
An OwEGo TEMPERANCE NAN.
There Is man, an excellent man, in
Oisego. lie Is so strong on temperance
aL be won't make wry faces or eat corn.
a heel, and he always wears pumps. He
"a drunk once, and then he made a mis-.
pSs and ate some Worcestershire sauce
% Bis hash, instead Of vinegar. His son
sa.eamsn. His father taught him nsyi.
;stion with o single floating In salt
a,ckerAl pickle. lie intended him Tor
lhelakeS, but be prefers the ocean. His
i.lher says this preference was caused by
using that salt brine TO teach him nayiga.
ton with instead Of fresh water.
Two chickens that were perfectly well
Yesterday at rOOsting time died suddenly
Iut uightat the house where was stop
ping They were twins, aged six months
sod two days. They were very tender.
lheIped 10 bury 'em at breakfast.
An AWFUL STRONG HORSE.
| yeIei an 0swCgonian. lie had q
horse lie had driven that horse in be.
tween two posts so he wouldn't fall down.
Thlt hOne looked like q cross between
IhejATbOne Of an ass, an umbrella frame,
sod the cover Of IN old dictionary.
Says stranger head him round.
Pat bis ib to the wind SO he can swallow
some; it'll fat him up"
Says he, stranger, that horse is oil
right; he won't cat"
says |, Ever try him with oatsP"
Says he, mo, he don't need EN-, He
i''n awful strong horse. That horse
can draw more than any other horse in
this town"
Says |, "l'l! tell you what that horse can
dnT more Of than any horse | ever
Says be, "WhatH'
Says !, Flies"
lie was mad. lie took q crowbar and
pTed the horses hind legs from the around
another fellow pushed the wagon, and
they started of.
met an EDgliShmau in Oswego. He
never had rualiled, much, l guess, he
couldn't tell a salt meadow from a corn
as.d. When | called o muskmeloa a
huckIeoerrY, he believed it, but when /
"0re right up and down, as true as | live
sod breathe, that hay was but grass, he
wouldn't belieVeit. He said, give seen
Aiy growing, and it grew up in the shape
o. 3lS toad stools" He had seen hay
'''cks, aud thought it grew SO.
TIE oswEoo MILITIA.
lsawa military company in Oswcpo
one years ago. There were twelve pFi.
aEes, who were all captains, and carried
y! guns ana swords Half appeared to live
~ ". Oueslde OF the river, and half on the
oIheT side Of the river. The half tbal
llVed on one side Of the river wanted 10
| Pa W iS on that side Of the river, and the
IAII 'aat lived on the other side of the
: were DESTROYS of paradipr on thal
S.S o. o. The river. They got mad and stop
lsu On a corner, and were about to spiit
.5. WEN the band, numbering thirty,
:latsed, surrounded EN-, and made them
3ai; all day. All good officers who
i 'sSnS, 10 preserve discipline In the ranks
'aUuIG see that the band is two or three
aLass larger than the company, 80 as 10
oGnuy officers do this.
~ don, domestic sprinkled Paris green or
y; ae custard pie the other dsy; She took Il
~ Sr! green pepper. The corpse Of dead
S51 o taI,9; on top of the pie prevented
.ov 'oulily from eating it. 1t was a mar
y US ~ escape. They have no water bugs
1 y .GIcsSego, but there arc lots Of wateF-
rber a ~ PORTLAND a queer name for a city
'us'e Tue Maine law is in operation!
THINGS THAT ARE HOT AFTER DEATH,
talked TODAY with oO.,.