The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1879-08-28

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Give your key to the Omnibus
driver, if you forget aud carry IL of
with you.'
Outside the hotel wherever you
wander, you are intelligentiy assist
cd by the signs. You cannot come
to grief as long as you are in you,
right mind, But the difficulty is 10
stoy in your right mind with &C
much instruction 10 keep truck Of
For instance tx.
Keep Off the grass
"Don't climb the trees
"Hands of the vegetables
"Do not hitch your horse to The
shrubbery.'
"visit the Cave OF tho Winds
Have your potrait taken in your
carriage"
"Forty per cent. iu gold levied on
all peanuts or other Indian curiosi.
ties purchased 10 Canada.
photographs Of the Fall taken
here.'
''visitors will please notify the
superintendent OF any neglect on the
part Of employers to charge for com
modities or services
"Dou't throw stones down they
may bit people below.
"The proprietors will not be re-
sponsible for parties who jump over
the Falls ....'..
To tell the plain truth, the multi
tude OF signs annoyed me. 1t was
because noticed at last that they
always happened to prohibit exactly
the very thing was just wanting to
do. | desired to roll on the grass
the sign prohibited it. I wished to
climb tree the sign prohibited it.
1 louged to smoke the sign pro,
hibited it. And was Just in the
act Of throwing a stone over to as.
tonish and pulverizo such parties as
might be picnicing below, when the
sign l have just mentioned forbade
that. Even that satisfaction was
denied me (.nd am friendless
orphan). There are no resources
now but to seek consolation in tho
flowing bowl. drew my a,sk from
my pocket, but it was all in vain. A
sign confronted me, which said
No drinking allowed on these
premises
On that spot might have perish
ed OF thirst but for the saving
words Of an honored maxim that Ait.
ted through my memory ut that crit
ical moment, "All signs fail in dry
time Common law takes preceis
ence Of the statues. was saved
The noble Red Man has always
been darling Of mine. | love 70
read about him in tales. legands and
romauces ! love to read OF his 10.
spired sagacity and his love Of the
wild free life Of mountain and forest |;
aud his truthfulness his hatred of
treacaery; and his general nobility
Of character and his stately meta
phorical manner OF speech and his
chivalrous love for his dusky maiden /;
and accoutremeut, especially the pic
turesque pomp Of his dress and &C.
coutrement' When fonnd the
shops at Niagara Falls full of dainty
Indian bead work and stunning
moccasing, and equally stunning toy
figures representing human beings
who carried their weapons 10 holes
bored in their arms and bodies, and
had feet shaped like o pie, was 6ll-
ed with emotion. ] knew that now.
at last, I was going to come face 10
face with the noble red men. A lady
clerk in the shop told me, indeed,
that oil her grand array Of curiosi-
ties were made by the Indians, aud
that they were plenty about the
Falls. and that they we're friendly,
and it would not be dangerous to
speak TO them. And sure enough, as |
approach the bridge leading over to
Laura Island I came upon 6
noble old son of the forest sitting
under Q tree, diligently at work on
bead reticule. He wore SLOUGH
hat and trogans, aud had o short
black pipe in bis mouth. Thus does
the baneful contact with our sffemi-
nate civilization dilute the pictur-
esque pomp which is 20 natural TO
the Indian when far removed from
as 10 his native haunts. l addressed
the relic az follows
''ls the Wawhoo- Wang wang of
the Wack.a-wack happy Does the
great Speckled Thunder sigh for the
warpath, or 10 his heart contsnted
with dreaming Of his dusky maiden,
the Pride Of tue Forest 7 Does the
mighty sachem yearn TO drink the
blood Of bis enemies. or Is he satis-
fed 10 make bead reticules for the
papooses Of the pale face I Speak
sublime relic Of by.gons grandeur
venerable ruin, speak Z
The relic said !;
"An' is il meself, Dinnis Hooligan.
that yed be taken for bloody In
jim, 70 drawlin' lantern jawed, spid.
or legged rufin 7 BY the piper tha,
played before Moses, I'll eat YET
] went away.
I made one more attempt TO fra
teruise with them, aud only one. II
came upon . camp Of them gathered
10 the shade OF q great tree, msking
wampum and moccasins, and adj
dressed them 10 the language Of
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