Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1882-08-20
sar.tors Has Entertained More FER

I u.1,;s . csmpairn in 1870 and the speech
- n.niej Webster on that occasion to an
snd;ence of 5000; the tribute PAID 70
SOFT Madison, Clinton, Clay. Calhoun;
Tyler. Fillmore and Seward, anu
81 Allan McNab; or TO descant up.
on the gen ial Irving. who, LOT mah!
seasons, occupied cottage ot
limited States, or the individual TRAITS VI
waylsnd, Fullsr, ~, aa II Nytbsss A equally
t;nsuished-all that may be done Is 20
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PacrosS the camera of memory In ts-o
Io.ehh Bonaparte, the e1,kfng OF Span'
.vbo with a numerous retinue, was stop-
Ming At the United States. was present az
S;nner party given in his honor oy MI
Henry Walton. He was accompanied oy
his sister. Caroline Murat and his TWO
daughters. Though a king, he looked VerS
much like other mortals. HIS manueIs'
dress and equipage were wholly uhassu iha
ing, quiet and unpretentious. as vas NJ
case with the ladies of his family Inc
rank was there. and needed no demonstra'
ton. In the course of the dinner, Bona
parte suddenly
Turned Deadly Pale.
and, with the preparation standing. on ms
forehead, turned imploringly to his host
easping out "Un chat! un chat; Jonn
said Mr.. Walton 70 his waiter take away
the cat; it disturbs this gentleman Cat
sir?r echoed John. Il can see no cat:
The other members OF the family nUM
;oined in the search, and at last, sure
enough, crouched under the sideboard' was
discovered n little frightened kitten. bus
il was not until Bonaparte had lam down
for some hours that he recovered from tne
nrostration in to which the presence OF tue
feline had thrown him. The dinner was
followed in the evening by brilliant
Marty. Among other literary gentlemen
pTesent were Theodore s. Fay, PerciHai,
Paulding, Irviag, FerPlanck ana Joseph
r. Chandler. Mcdonald Clarke, the mao
poet" was also among the guests. olarke
did not remain long nor did ne circu'I I've
stood bv the door, his pose and style the
familiar attitude of the classic Napoleon
with arms folded. His head rested not
upon his breast, but his eyes looked up 70
the ceiling while on one foot was JACK
boot and on the other large clumsy snoe.
After he had left, Col. Stone related to the
company the history of the stanza oy
Clarke that hsd lately appeared IN the Com.
mrrriql 1t seems that Bang, in his new
York Gazette, had alluded to Mcdonald
Clarke asa
.PeIIow with Zigzag Brains"
The insulted poet rushed into the sane
tum of the Commercial, blazing with Jury:
"Do Won see, Colonel" SAID he. what
Johnny Lang says of me- lie ca IS me a
fellow with zigzag brains wei, ana so
YOU are" said the Colonel. II think u IS
a very happy description OF you. On;
that's very well for you to say, returneu
Mcdonald. I'll take a joke from you, ont
r al
earned reputation Zgzag brains, forsooth
ZirzaC brains-think OF it. Colonel. mns'
have chance to reply TO him in your pa
per" "How much space wnuld you want;
manfred the Colonel. Il think ! Coulu
use him I'D in a column and half, sa.G
Mcdonald. "A column and half? said
the Colonel. STUFF! you shall have mt
such space. I'll give you just four lines
and il that will answer, fire awsy; put no
one line more" The poet, thus driven III
| TO corner, instantly wrote oil the iolio"
ing neat epigram:
81 can tell Johnny Lang, in the way OF
| In repIy 10 his rude and unmnnuerly scrswi
| That, IN my humble sense, II l. heu"rp! ma,
To have brains that are |ig""s 'hah III
| brains nj ALL
There, Colonel" said he "let Johnn!
Lang put that in his pipe and smoke IT,
There IL An Indian superstition
attached To Saratoga Lake, which probabl!
| had its source III it's remarkable LONELINESS
and tranquility. The Mohawks oeileVe'
| that its stiffness was sacred 70 the Urea
| Spirit, and that, if human voice uttere'
a sound upon its waters, the canoe OF IN
| offender would instantly sink. A story Il
told of AN English woman in the early day
of the first settlers who had occasion {
| cross this lake with party OF Indians, VIII
| before embarking, warned her most impres
siyety of the spell. 1t was silent, breath
less day, and the canoe shot over the sur
| face of the lake like an arrow About nal
a mile from the shore, near the "" "n~inc
the Indians OF the erroneousnesss
their superstition, uttered a lou,
| cry. The countenances of the Indians feI
instantly TO the deepest gloom. After
| minutes pause, however, they redoublr
their exertons, and, in frowning silenc
drove the light bark swiftly over the waters
They reached the shore in safety, and dre'
up the canoe, when the woman rallied IN
! chief on his credulity. The Great Spirit
merciful," answered the Scornful Mohawk
"he knows that a white woman cannot hol
:. her tongue Stretching around the yillag
| of Saratoga Springs, on its eastern side, Is
| wide belt of low, marshy land, known a
the Bear swamp. In the carly settlement
| of the country this region was remarkabl
for the number and variety OF the will
animals it contained. 1t undoubtedly
furnished large portion OF the game whic
caused Lake Saratoga TO be so well know
to the six nations as the
Place Where the Game Abounds,
and, after the country was comparatiyel
settled up, it still presented fine oppUrtuni
tics for hunting the larger and smalle
varieties of animals. Lying on the south
| ern edge of Bear swamp and partly drain
inc H. are two bodies of water-Lake Lionel
and Darhydt's Lake. Lake Lonely wa
originally called by the carly settlers "Ow
pond" on account Of the quantity OF owl
| which were wont TO gather around 1t
shores and make night dismal by thei
hootings. On its eastern bank steep deciiy
tiles rise up from the waters edge, covere
| with tangled frs aud hemlocks some @
which. the growth OF centuries, rise abov
their fellows, till their tops, resembling 5
many spires, seem lost in the clouds. Stand
ing upon tho eastern shore and lookin
northward, the eye, sweeping beyond tn
smooth sheet Of water, takes in the mos
southerly spurs of the Adirondack region
darby wooded to their topmost elevation
In the springtime considerable torrent
pour down the deep ravines into the lake
forming cascades OF some magnitude. On
of these glens forms an echo almost as di,
tinct and powerful as the celebrated one i
the rnined bastion Of the old French for
ress at Crown Point
| ~.