Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-07-29

Houiu ouppoiG oleeiey; WIlOW every DOuy IT,
cognlzed as an honest man, if Grant stood on
the same platform with him; and the speaker
gave point to his declaration by relating in his
iuimitabe way the following anecdote
The widow Rody, an owner of twr white
mules and little homestead, lived in Western
Missouri. She did all Of her house and farui
work, and Notwithstanding she stood six feet
IN her moccaslns, never wore more than seven
yards OF calico. When she went to mill with
her grlst on one of her mules, she never rode
on side saddle During the late ''unpIcasant-
ness, noted guerilla named Jcuison, raded
down on her premises; aud when she returned
from the spring she found her two mules hal
taken such liking to the guerilla as to follow
hlm into his camp. Getting on their track she
followed it until warned by bayouets presented
TO her bosom that she could not see the chief
Of the gang Brushing these aside she made
bee liue for his tent. She soon appeared 10 his
presence, and there was that expression in her
not to be trhed with. Jenison looked up, and
being evidently annoyed, asked her business.
She replied, ''see here Jeuison, [ want my
mules :"
How do you know I've got you mules?'
said he
"Rrcase I seed 'em under the hill.
swell, old woman, before you can get them
you must tell me you politics."
Il hahn got no politics. Jenison, and want
my mules
That answer will not do; I must first
know your principles Or on what platform you
stand"
Drawing herself up proudly to towering
height the old lady said: Il don't know what
yer mean by my p attorm Jenison, and hain't
got no principles; but can tell you this-Im
| oil In unp
The speaker added that it was needless to
say she got her mules; and that when more
than two hundred millions of property belong
ing to Southern people could be tracked into
the carpet bag camps protected by the bayonets
OF Grant, that the widow Rody's declaration
agln all stealing, was very proper platform TOR
Southern white men to stand upon IN the great
political contest Warrenton Ldec
A New NOISE FOR THE BOYS Those who
did not know the Infinite variety Of boyhood'S
resources, tondly imagined that the furthest
depths of acoustic depravity bad been reached
when the boys drove good share OF the hui
man race distracted with those abominabe
''Lcvirs ROSTERS But the boys themselves
We're never quite satisfied with that achieve.
ment. Full justice could not be done to the
capacity Of the horrible instruments, because
juvenile thumbs wore out TOO soon. The flesh
was weak, and the bone too easily reached.
They felt the necessity for something just as
bad and not quite so wearing. They have met
the necessity in new abomlnatlon that they
call the ba>Soon." We think 1t will satisfy
the most exactng of them. Maud would have
been only too glad to come into the garden,
when her Teunysouian lover urged her to fly
from the sound of the flute, violin, bassoon,"
if this had been the baSsoon referred to.
The instrument is hollow reed of greater or
less length and diameter, according to taste
aud opportunity. A couple ofinches from one
end hole is made in the side of the reed, like
the mouth-hole of flute. The end nearest
this hole is covered with thin paper or very
thin India rubber, and the other end is left
open. The performer applies his mouth to the
hole in the side and sings into the nstru
ncnt. The voice strikes the rubber covering
and is projected out Of the free eud The re-
suit is all that gould be desired A broken hand
organ and whole battery 81 combs would
not equal it in horribencss We have nothing |
against the boys, but really the dog law seems
OF minor significance while the bassoous are
around Pittsburgh Chronicle.
RAT VIRUS The DoyIestowD Intelligencer
OF this week says ''Abou, two mouths ago
Letitia Hampton, widow of the late Simeon
Hampton, who lives with her sou Joseph on the
line between Ncwtown and Lower Wakefield,
was bitten on the little finger by a rat. On
going out to milk early in the morning she saw
two rats run under the edge of an out cellar
door As their tails stuck out Of the aperture
she seized hold Dfthcm and called to her son TO
come and kill them. lie raised the door, and
while in the act OF dispatchIng one Of them the
other turned around aud bit her, as already
al,
over the wound, but III a day or two the finger
began to swell, aud became iufamed and
painful.
Her whole system at length became affected,
and for Two weeks she was in very critical
condition, aud her recovery considered very
doubtful. Her condition was pronounced by
the physician, who was summoned on the third
day after the first symptoms OF illness were
manifested, to be that of person 10 the last
stages of poisoning By skillful treatment aud
careful nursing she has now SO far recovered as
to leave her room. This remarkable effect of
the bite of the animal is accounted for on the
theory that the rat being frightened and excited
at the time the virus was communicated, was
more poisonous than under ordinary crcum
stances, and its discharge being stopped by the
plaster, it was carried into the system.
A WINDFALL.-A few years ago, and since
the close of the war, family by the name of
Sybl consisting Of two brothers and sister, a
Mrs. Seaton, removed from Florida to Mary
land Mrs Scaton wife of Mr. GeorgeW .Seaton
bought farm and settled in the lower part of
this county, The two brothers located in Dor
chester Mr. Seaton when too late, found that |
the land he had purchased was covered up with
mortgages, and it was sold from him. tie was
loft in HnStitu circu M stances and reduced 81
owthat it waswith difficulty he could procure the
commonest necesSaries Of life, The brothers
residing in Dorchester shared similar, fate
But two weeks ago one of them applied to
coIored family for few potatoes, saying he
would endeavor to make out with them until
ne could do better" Their condition became
known to their ighbors, who kindly contrlbut-
ed of their means to relieve their wants. But
how great the change! 1t is now reported, upon
seemingly good authority, that the Government
at Washington has recently paid to the two