The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-04-29
Porcupine Heard From.

Mr.. DDITOR: We have been prOmis-
ing ourselves for some time to give Won
an article Of interest on some leading
subject, bat every time we attempt 10
DO 50 some plantasmagorial subject
looms up before our mental vision caus-
ing sensations mystcriously strange aud
indescribable to run up aud down our
spinal column like a hound pup In per-
suit of a half grown hair; and before
We can recover from the shock we are
turGi NJ summcr-satilts backwards in q
frightiul manner over a homogeneous
mass Of inconsistent ncighbOrhool gos-
sip. The fact is, w always hal a very
sympathetic nature and the sight of
small objects such as elephants and
dromcdaries readily throws as into
%spasmOdic commissions. jus, the other
day we were about to take the spas
modes when one of the ladies present
discovered that Il face looked like Il
bull calf trying TO turn itself inside out
wards, and we gave Il sudden happy
turn to the conversation and we cScap-
ed what might have proved a great mis-
fortune to us, and instead of ioaming at
the mouth and chewing our tongue like
Il piece of raw beef we were permitted
to hear II regular discussion on The om-
nous import of hens Growing. 1t was
n,rr,aI lnr .lI ,,F..-.r.t tI,f ,.I.., ~, oil
hen crowed something was going to
happen somewhere to somebody. Now
the hen is hot the only female that
wants to be like Il cock and 20 Growing
around over her humber and more wOr-
thy sisters, We haYc known Il few wo-
men in ON time who turned to a cock
and crOwed every time Il neighbor
would pass or when ever their husband
would come home hungry. As II rule
when a silly old hen initiates her silly
mistress and begins to crow, her neck
is rung and she is stuffed. II is a poor
rule that won't work both ways, ANA Il
bad augcr that won't clean itself. Then
followed the subject of dreams and i'm
ports of Il hundred and one dreams all
from Indigestion or an over loaded stO-
maclIe. Now we have had ONE little
experience in dreams and We have had
some very pleasant ones too, but there
is something defective about dreams
and sometimes horribly ludicrous. For
instance an Old man with Il wife and
fourteen little helpless children, dreams
that he is i'm his teens and enjoying sim
gle bleSSednesS, suddenly awakcs to find
himself confronted by an angry wife
and Il cross-eyed fitted child pulling at
his hair and trying to scratch his eyes
out. We might tell you Il great deal
about dreams and killing eats and all
the signs of bad luck but we forbear.
In our last letter the word organ APP
peared when we aimed to say orgui-
nette, but as we were foch up in the
country and never attended Il ''spel lin
b" of course W. are not Il ''gud Speler"
so we missed the word and will have to
80 foot. Rev. r. II. Howard Of this
place has Il little dog sixteen years old
which is partially paralized. Mr.. How
ard is very kind to his little dog and
his family physician has advised him to
procure one OF BOyd's Miniature Gal
vanic Batteries and apply it to the most
remote part Of the dogs tail from the
bark with the hope that it may arous
the nerve ccntcrs and by Il reflex action
send out a life giving current to every
organ and thus restore the little dog to
his youthful vig0r.
We have lots of news, but the fun
must all run ont first. There is no use
in trying to drink butter-milk till the
whey runs off. PoICUPINE.
BichWood, April 18th.