West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1877-10-20
From UNION DISTRICT.

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The following letter WAS written
for last weeks paper but did not
reach us until after we had gone to
press ED
UNION DIsrRIoT. Oat s.
Editor Ar9uS
| see that your co mpoSitor max es
eeveral bad errors in my lrtt,I OF
last week Well, it il said THAT to
make mistake Ia the most easy
thing ia the world, anu | believe
It. | "spect' however, that your
composltor, in Imagination aud sym
pathy, at least went TO tho assist
auce Of poor Scott" to help HIM
capture and vauquiah that ponder
Gus flea which your funny correspon-
dent 'Once Week" traced so faith
fully IRON A jays cornfeld, if not
from the bloody fields ol Bueua Wis
tn or the rugged heights OF Cerro
Gordo, beyond the Rio Grsnde to
the main piazza OF the Deer Park
Hotel, IN Maryland, and left him
there nncouquered, un' eolaimed aud
cSmplete master OF the situation,
hence the errors in my letter.
Now, II thpt dorg 10 Mexican
dors, tact which your correspond
cut we'll Mi h establishes, then may
not that self same flea have been a
Mexican flea? Why, his traits OF
character, as deineated by your
correspondent, are strlk,ngly similar
10 those of old Santa Anna. Gener-
al Scott coIld no more catch him,
han his canine namesake conld catch
that flea That flea, like the great
Mexican General, must be bold, dar-
ing, bloodthlrsty aud treacherous,
aud can only ba subdued by waging
a bloody and vigorous campaign Ia
trne military style.
The probabilities are, Mr.. Editor,
that the flea IN question liz really "A
genuine full blooded, live Mexican
banditti flea; and If 80, our friend
A. Jay may congratulate him1eli on
being so fortunate an to have escap-
ed the Lancet or tassO.
That aes is come what similar 10 a
mule, and ,Davy," good natursd
genial Democrat, says, "'bl9rst a
mule anyhow" You can't tie to
them on a Sunday night any more
than you could to the fellow who is
80 lost to al sense of honor as to
tell =. pious old lady a ialsehood In
order TO buy few sheep. But "Da-
Wy took In the situation and deter
mined to secure and make safe the
mule on that Sunday night because
OF the fact that second party was
out on like business at the came
time, and TINT mule was mutually
employed to carry each 10 bus res
pectve home by sunrise Monday
morning. Knowing the character
OF the mules generally, the village
shoemaker's stable was secured and
the mule safely achored therein, to
the no small annoyance Of the good
people OF the villa. 'Ti9 said that
the shoemaker declares that the
mute became rebellious on account
OF hIs long imprisonment and that
he brsyed, beloved. hallooed aud
sang TIL the zee small hosrs, max =
ing night hIdeous with discordant
sounds IN the vain effort to sing
bass, tenor, trebble aud alto all at
the same time. And IT further more
declared that when "Davy" looked
after The mule the fact was realized
that the birdie sadly needed re
construction" there being left only
the bit" and two inches OF head
stsIl." the mule was found busily
at cTk digging himself ont of H0t
stable. The immense breach made
indicates that he had nearly secured
his liberty. The fact had not oc-
Cured 10 either party that be bad
learned the mining business at the
Austen mines.
But It IS safe to cay that the pro
gramme was carried out and Dick
returned TO his stable on Monday
morning bosr8e and fatigued.
The weather Is somewhat varia-
bic OF late. Hard frosts are com
ing Chestnnts are falling and To-
ca!s are D1ighty scarce.
We reserve for some future tier
IN account Of Nj r Il. Harrison p
new invention. This time his inven
tive genius suggests not boots, but a
| Mreshng m0cninc Armstrong pow
er, centupetsi motion, offender es-
cspement and vertical feed combin
ed. Tommy claims that 1t wont
bust" Yours,
IRA p.