The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1875-05-07

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election day; and faith twas a dark,
cloudy, wet sort of u drizzling day, aud
says | to my old woman, Il believe |
will go down and post my vote And
says my old woman to me, Buck, as it
is a sort of dark, cloudy, wet sort of
drizzly day. says she, 'haln't You better
take the umbrill!' Says I to the old
woman, Il 'spect | had better take the
umbrill.' SO | took the umbrill, and /
advanced on toward town, yer see, and
be me faith when / got down thar Mr..
Cole cOmcI, and said he, Buck, have
You seed anything of neighbor Harris!'
Says | to Mr.. Cole, Sure, and for why!'
Says he, He has got my umbrill.'"
The witness was here interrupted by
the court, and told to coutine himself to
the actual fray between the prisoner and
Cole, the prosecutor. IN answer to this
tine witness remarked, III Il tone Of indig-
nant remonstrance, "Well, now, my lord
. JlittSf, GLlt SUIT illlti tllUll 1t . Il Ill
sworn to tell the truth, and I'm gwine to
tell it my W way; SO it ANTI worth
while for You to say nothin' about it.
"Wcl!, | was goin' to say it was Oh
last election day for orr glorious Pariia-
ment OF Lord and Commons, and says [
to my old woman, L believe I'll go down
town and give my vote for the Home
Ruling gintleman.' Says my old woman
to me, says she, Buck, us it is a sort Of
Il dark, rainy, drizzly sort of a day,
hadn't you better take your umbrill 2
says she. Says [ to my Old woman,
Sure and [ had better take my umbrill;'
so | took the umbrill and advanced on
toward town until | arriv' thar. Well,
the first thing l did when [ got thar was
to take Il drink of rale Dublin whisky,
which was INDUSTRIOUS good, and says l
to myself, Buck, my auld fellow, you
feel better now, don't you!' And while
[ was advancing around, Mr.. Cole he
came to ne; says he, Buck, have you
seen anything Of our neighbor Harris! p
Says |, And what is it yc AK me: Says
he, The old man has got my umbrill.
After 4 while | gave my vote for the
Home Ruling gentleman, a rale old Irish
gintleman; and then Mr.. Cole and me
had a drap more of Dublin whisky and
: advanced back toward home, and Mr..
Cole was tighter than ever [ seed him.
And so we advanced until we got whar
the road and path fOrked, and we took
the path, as any other gintleman would,
and arter advancing backward a while
we arriv' to old neighbor Harris, sitting
on Il milestone with the umbrill on his
arm, and about that time the prisoner
coined up; we advanced until we arriv'
and likewise my son-in-law. He married
my darter Jane, which is next to Sally.
After We had advanced to Johns house,
we stood in the yard talking, and pres
emily Mr.. Cole got to cussing about pol
itix, and | advanced into the house whar
was Johns wife, which IS my darter
Jane. Well, after talking a while with
EN-, my nephew says he, Uncle, let's
go home Says /, Good, You darling
SO we trotted. And there's all | know
about the assault, for [ warn't there"
III CARRIER PIGEON.
This is not always q pretty One. In
deed, it is sometimes ungainly in form
and is never handsome in color. But it
is fond of it's nest and that nest s sur-
roundings, and this fact renders it valu-
able to those who avail themselves of its
indispOsitiOn TO absent itself from the
domestic locality. The carrier pigeon
when travelling never feeds. Ii the dis
lance be long, it flies on without stopping
to take nutriment, and at last arrives,
thin, exhausted, almost dying. II corn
be presented to it, it refuses, cOntentlng
itself with drinking a little water and
then sleeping. Two hours later it begins
to eat with great moderation, and sleeps
again immediately afterward. If its
flight has been very prolonged, the
pigeon will proceed in this manner for
i~orty-eight hours before recovering its
normal mode of feeding. After .~restOra-
ton it is again ready for service. These
birds constitute a very interesting study
for a mind of leisure.