The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-07-06

" fireworks, we gave SIeat oiSu vi
relief and are happy in thinking We
haven't seen the comet yet, as so many
were more of q scare than we had bar
gained for.
BRLLAIRB.
In the course OF our reading, which
has been varied, and not principally
from the classics, we came across the
story of man who was the victim OF q
strange hsllucinatiou. He was addict
ed 10 the use of strong drink, from
which he seemed unable to free him
self, although be made many efforts
Whenever he drank, which was FREE
ouently, the liquor went to his brain,
and be began to see turkeys. Some
times it was a huge black turkey that
oyersbadowed him with its wings,
again be would imagine be was crush
ing Young turkeys beneath his feet at
every step he took, then turkeys would
chase him, and he would fly,
would beckon to him ard he would fol-
low: he would sometimes be borne on
their wings through the air and again
be beaten 10 the ground by their bills.
and finally, when long dissipation had
brought him upon the bed OF death, he
imagined a great fock OF turkeys were
lowering over him. settling lower and
lower until with his last gasp be de-
clared they were smothering him under
their wings. This bird seemed his evil
genius and he characterized 1t as his
"Bubly Jock" or an adverse fate that
pursued and met him at every turn OF
his life, and from which there was no
escape.
We believe every man who enters the
world has a "BublY Jack OF some
kind Certainly seldom in so promi-
neat form as this mans, but, never
tbe'ess, some kind OF an aggrsvatlou
peculiar to himself, and which neither
time, season nor place can shake OF.
The shadow which has ever lowered
over our fortunes and which we at frat
with annoyance and aver
sion, but now have made our own by
adoption is-old women. For the
class we have much resrec, but from
some particular members, we pray, as
from pride, van glory aud hypocrisy,
war. residence and famine, to be deliV-
cred. An old woman who shared our
seat on the cara from Bellaire to Mar
tins Ferry comes under the latter
clause.
The moment we entered the depot at
Bellaire we felt like the Lady CT Shas
lott that "the curse is come upon me,
though what allied Mrs Shslott has
ALWAYS been matter Of conf lecture with
us. The first thing we spled was an
old lady sitting alone with baskets and
shawls, aud bundles, and paper pack
ages, and g rose gcranium growing IN
an old sugar bowl, bird cage and a
little yellow dog. We recognized our
fate, and callel philosophy to our aid
We reasoned that If it 1caS fate there
no escaping from it, and tnrtber that
the psngs Of the inevitable are le'sened
by cheerful resignation, and that reslg-
nation is only passive virtue, while
all virtues TO avail anything should be
active, aid finally that if anything is
to be done, either for our
own benefit or that OF any
one else the time 10 DO it is at once, a.
generous impulses are something like
soda water, if allowed to stand they
lose their sparkle and life and fall back
their virtue all destroyed we
started across the floor and offered our
services We marvcled exceedingly
at the weakness OF the past genera
ton IS we saw our old lady's eyes fill
with tears, as she grufily said she was
going to see Tidy, and she would be
ri ght smart obliged to us if we would
buy her a ticket and carry the gera-
mum and about seven bundles and
parcels done up in the last Christian
and have an eye on VaIIan-
figham, TO see that the cars didn't run
over him, or that somebody didn't steal
him, NalIandigham being the eupho-
NOUS title OF the yellow dog. We
managed to get on the cars aud got into
q seat so firmly wedged in with my
stes baggage that it took the conduc-
Tor and two humane travellers 10 get
me out OF the debris in time
10 leave the train when it
stopped at my journeys end.
No wonder silence is called golden.
The way that old woman talked was
enough 10 make one value silence at
almost any price. Where was | going
What was | going tor? Had | friends
here? Had | a iather2 Had | a
brolher2 In fact che went through the
whole list Of relatives and came down
strong on the Bridge OF Sighs, wanting
iOaly to know, at there was desrer
one still, and nearer one yet than all
othersY And when we family dis
claimed all knowledge OF such a per-
son, she allowed we had been disap-
pointed. and presumed" we had been
too hard to please, aud quoted that
many a one had gone through the
woods and picked up crooked stick at
lac" and reckoned she had a piece in
her pocket i might do US good TO read.
When we reached home we read that
piece. 1t was about John somebody,
who loved some girl, and instead Of
taking his happiness in a rational way
went to pay the girls tsther, who WAS
4 farmer, a visit, aud by dint OF much
esTesdropping, and questioning the ser
wants, and prylng into things generally,
discovered that old man Changers shirts
were lroDed so he couldn't wear them,
and the kitchen floor wasn't scrubbed
very day, and the best COW had gone
Try because che wasn't MIXED reg
llarIy, and the back yard had apple !
;oree, and potato peelIDgs, and an old |
nat box, and can Of spoiled tomatoes
nd Eurdry rthpr THING lsvipy arounJ |