The Columbia Democrat. (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, February 03, 1849, Image 1

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B3T LEVI L. TATT:
Columbia democrat.
The DriiiiLanl' Btemoie.
ni'T. t.iiNi.vn.i.""'.
Mary "
I'm thinkinn on thy sii.il-', Mai'-
Thy blight and t ru-ii i itu smile
(n the morning of our youth and love,
K'r -lorrow rami', or guile.
Whtmlhiue anna were twined about my neck,
And mine lucked into thi"'-.
Anil the x-art that throbbed lor me loi.e
Was nestling i'Iosb to 'li'"-
I'm .hinging of the night, Mary,
The niatit of grief and sham,',
When with drunken raving my lips,
To Ihee I homeward rami' ;
0, the "ear was in I hy earnest ",
Ami thy bosom wildly heaved,
Yet a smile of love was on thy cheek,
Though thy heart was sorely grieved.
0, niy words wore harsh to Ihee, Mary,
Fur tin wino-cup 'drove u.e wild,
And I chid ttf when lliitie eyes were sad,
And curs'd thee -vheu they smiled,
God know, I lov'd thee even then,
But the fire was io my brain,
And the curse, of drink was in my heart
To nuke my lve a bane'
Thn.i'rt rest nu in the church-yard now,
And no Biono is atthy luad ;
But the sexton knows a drunkard' wile
Sleeps in thnt lowly bed;
And he says the hand of God, Mary,
Will fall with crushing weight
On the wretch thai brought thy gentle lite
To its untimely Ute.
But U Wnowj not of the broken heart
I bear within my bread.
Or tho heavy load of vain remorse
That will not let "I" reit '
lie know uot of the sleeplcti. night,
When dreaming ofthy love,
seem tn see thine autre! eye
Look coldly from above.
Thim'rt slum-vering in the peaceful S"7"'
And Ibv sleep is dreamb-s now,
Put the seal of an undying giief
Is on thy mourner's brow
And my heart l''- " M'ir-V'
For the joys of lit-- have
And I lom; to lay my aching breast
Willi tb cold silent dead.
Tilt'. ViSUESU W.I.I".
BY JOHN U.HAXK.
There lived an honest fisherman,
I knew him passing well,
Who lived hard by a little pond.
Within a litllo dell.
A itrave an I "1'iiel man was he,
Who loved his'hooU and rod ;
ho rvn ran his line ol lile,
His neij-hbors tlioobt it oU.
For seieni-H and for books, he said,
lie never bad a wish,
No school to him was woith a ,
Kxi-ept a "schiinl of fish,"
The sinijle minded tisbi-rmau
A double callim had.
To tend his Hock in winter time,
In summer lish for shad.
In shmt.this honest fisherman
All olher toils forsook,
And tlunh no vagrant man was he,
He lived by"io- uiul riaak."
Ail day that fisherman would Kit
Upon an ancient Io,
And u' .' into the water, like
Some sedui.lary
A running ndierman was he,
His .u'fs were all ritfhl,
And when he snitched his aed poll,
You'd know he'd u"t
f-.eh.irmthe f.di. he never spoke.
Although his voice was fine,
' -'u,, f.,.,l the mosl ronvetiient way
Was just to "ilmp u '""
, - And many a-'Kiideon" of the pond,
iif tr.ade lo ;.ea!s t' day.
, Would in, with unci, this an;.ler had
, , ,', A U.ii;I.I.V Inking '"3"
One day, while lishio on h 1"l',
, H-' luouroed his want of Inch,
. When so.lii.o.ly he tell a bile,
Alldj'oKio, -..-.iiht a ilucK.
Alas! that ,):v the r, German
Hid 'aki'U too l:.'i-h C".;',
And beio; b'.l a l,n Is.n in, too,
HCi)".irt ". "!,'
In vain he n..v.! ith .!! his n.mht
And tried t . !:ain the -no.e :
Juwn, d"'vn be w.'iii to I'ee.l the psli
He'd bai'. '1 ";t o.-i....- !
The moral "f tins ir.uni ,ie
To all is jii.iin a'i'l .'li-.u :
A sim;le ".lu.. too IMII. h'' Hi i
(May make a wo. iv Imr,
And he who w i:l ....i "vi.'i .',(,-( t
And keep the T.ii..-e la l ,
tl'ay. bf , if! ll 't- ' I late a !(
Cold wat'.r rni.t v U;t '
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1M)0MS BURG, COLUMBIA CO., SATURDAY,
vV's l"Mf5i"OMf. 'A V'"1 IVIZ n I
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From tho Host. in Olive Hr inch.
Ullc-nTJionion,Tlu-TailoreH.
BY I. C COI.PsW'OH I 111',
Let others sing ol lips ai:d eyes,
As more than hall divine ;
The virtues of the heart I pn.e,
And these, I know, are thine.
Til 'de v irtues ol the l.ea.t
In every look 1 tui'e ;
The .ji aces smile where'er Hlou alt,
And 'lis a pleasant place.
' As he tunes are are hard, mother, and you
find it dilhYult lo get along, 1 have been ll.inki.ig
of learning a trade.'
' Learnii.g a trade, Kllen .' Your father vjouM
never consent to it I know.'
Why not .;'
Because he has repeatedly nid that none ol
his daughters should go into a tailoi's shop. II"
believes It to be injurious to a female's health, to
be confined all d..y in a close shop, and obliged
to work a, hard as some ol the poor girls do. And
then, your father is a pr.oid-spiriled man, ami
would think it too humiliating lo have a daugh
ter learn a trade.'
1 believe father would consent to it ; I will
ask him at dint.er time. Why, mother, if I could
I ,r,.t a trade, only think how much I coui.l earn
and every dollar helps in family like ours more
especially u w have become somewhat reduced
in our circumstances.'
' You may ask your father, but I have no idea
that he will give his consent. '
When Mr. Thomson, Klleu's father, came home
to his dinner, his daughter remarked
'Father, what do you suppose I've been think
ing aboul."
' I'm sure I cannot tell ; what is it :'
'If you will not object lo what I want to do, 1
will tell you.'
'That I cannot do, unle-s ! know about it.'
' Well, I will tell you then. You know you
have to work hard to gel along, having an expen
sive family to support I've an idea o( learning a
trade.'
' Pshaw, child you know I will never consent
to it '
' And why not, father."
' Bec.itHU, 1 am not so poor as to he obliged !..
come to that. Ho.v do you think I should ted
to have a child at worn in a l.uloi's shop, among
I don't know who. No, no as long as I can
siippnlt my children, they shall never become
slaves to others, and drag out a miserable exis
lence at the n"'dle.'
'Why, lather, I could go with Mr. Ch-..-e, ami
he would not make me w.nk hard. Clara White
is learning her trade of him, and she tells u! it
is a pleasant shop to work in, and that Mr. Chat-e
is one of the kindest ol ln. i."
'No matter for that : I a:n decided upon it I
cannot give my consent.'
'Think how liri 'b I eould assist v.u, after I
l,-l le.nrned mv lia. bf. could buy all ir.y own
..l,,tl,..4li..ln ii.iv our new lax. and bruit! a s;reat
ur.'nv thiinrs into the l.nnily. I wish you would
think about it a littl" while pel haps you maybe
disposed to let Hie g".'
I don't think 1 sb.dt ever mve my cm -en. I
have too mm h regard tor my children':; health
ami future weF'are, to permit tin in to do any
thing that will injure them. Yon have no idea
how hard and diliienlt a tailoi's trade is.'
' I'm sure, f.ith.-r, 'hsn't hard. 1 should not
have lo do halt' as miHi us mother doe". The wok
would not be hilf as hat. I. N.c.v yon think of it
a little while, and let me Uou . I do hope you
w ill g've your eniment.
' Well, I'll think about it.'
Dinner being nearly lead", Mr. Thomson and
his family sat down l the lab';.'.
Mr. T. had been an eteti-ive tnereha it, tint on
account of hid debls.specillatioiis and mi -lor I ones,
h" became somewhat ledu I. At the time .1
which we are :,peakin.-, he was employed on a
s:darv, which, only by "irl-t e'oi.om y , he w..-
a'de to make -upport Kim. II
tree In, in debt, he could have
d In been entirely
ol-e in'" liu'iie-- !
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. w men v. bo v. ere ml
i.g'.in ; but there w.i
j disposed to fjvi.r h
bun. uno won..; come io no
h'l il t pay the whole amount
I leims, ex -opt h
of hi- debts- On tins a '.count, he was ohlcd to
write on a c eimat a I vcly stn.iil sakoy.
t.ont a weld; aliei tin' cunveis ilcu we I'.av. ( wi,ile Kllen put aside her iii.i.nig, and c. uune:,
rded, as ,e luiui'iy were sitting around the j ,.0,i working on the ve'.
arlh, Kllen ivncnkea, ,, Idi. s'ing her talher-
What do vou laiak abu'lt lay leuining
trader'
' ,;,,dlv I. now wh it to think. If I thought
yon could stand ll.and would no. be "V,l:.'ed to
wok waid, or slay at the "hop alter dull'., I don't
j know but 1 might be induced lo give my c,a
I ient.'
' I'm sore, lather. I aai :'r uig mid hoaltV, and
j a oik would not 1'ijUie li.e m Ihe leiM. As l'-r
i s;,e ii!" ,,t the si, on evunn.'-, I could easily make
i iiri:it.i;eii.eiiN to .-av .- ;l Col., i'.-llnpsl might
be li.n-jei I-al iiei I he lo. ! '
i ' I will s,-e Mr t. n.i-: : about It, my si ll.'
I l.'an't yon see h.ai I" luoiioA .-'
I ' I w ill . -'delivol to '
I Ti m ... . Mr Thorn -on
' .il ."i . -o t iu.n:.. !, no ., n to hie,
one-!, ,'ir. ( I,::, - I .it. u '"..I I
'i. d upon the
, d hli I s , .
h'.uldb. pi..,..
! . .1 ;,, leai n I .lien u i
hi I tn W'tk ef. i'e;s
, and wmiid i:"l "l.i,. i
The uiii!cts!aii';oiu ua
' ll ,: the tn! -I" -u'd le -! n !' li..'-i ' ""
,t,.,ul i ii r iieoiti, . ol io , ton, for t he pm j
1 O.i th- I 'Ihv i:.g M-.nri ; , I ii' i. it :-
"siaW'1 '"''r ""'a"'r '" Wa"'iiiigIiind gettinn break-
last, and then ,,Taml for the shop. Mr. Chase
was. a ileiis.int in in, and he avc her instrucUons
about I. er work, which F.llen pel I'orinid to (lie
ulinol ol hir al.ility. She had always b.'eu ex
pert with her needle, and had tho name of Join;;
as neat work as any female in the neighborhood.
.Now he lo ik hold ol her new business as if she
understood it, and in a very short lime, soma ol
Uie nicest vests lor customers were put into her
hands to n.ake. Kllen rose early eveiy tnorniiif,',
so us to render her mother nil the assistance she
ioul.1, before to tho shop, and her evenings
weie as profitably spent. In iewini,' or knillini;,
or in woi lc laKeii nonie troin me nnop, sue . in-
ployed every moment, and never was there a gill
more cheerful and contented.
' I shall soon be through rny trade, she would
often remark lo her father, 'and then I shall cam
somethim; myself.'
When the mind and hands are asjreeably em
ployed, a few months slip away almost impercep
tibly. They certainly did to lllU-11 'Flu insoii.
She had completed her trade, and Mr. Chase re.
marked to her
I shall depend upon your working for me. I
never had a better vest maker in my shop, and I
shall (jive 3011 the higheut wages.'
Pleased with her trade and her employer, F.l
len ('"dly engaged to work for Mr. Chase, and
every moment of her time was diligently employ.
Oil.
Mr. Thomson, iiutcad of regretting that his
daughter had learned a trade, was pleased at her
success, more especially as the lirst iri'.r-y she
earned, went for the purchase of a vest, which
die cut and made, and presented to her father.
One morning, a gentleman called upon Mr.
Chase. ' I have a vest which I wish to have cot
and made to dav,' said he. I wish it to "rloVlon.
well, by one of your best hands. Can y on do it ?'
' Yes, sir I think we can accommodate you.'
And Mr. Chase took the gentleman's measure,
cut the garment, ami carried it to F.llen. 1 lb-re
is a very nice vest,' said he, ' which must be don's
to. day. I want you to finish it in your veiy best
stvle. It is for a gentleman w ho will call for it
to-night.'
Kllen commenced on the vest, and worked ihl-
ii.'.-!iitly all day upon it, and just at sunset, com- j
p let rd her task. In a few uiomer.ts it was called sua i t he t'ii 1 lem t. l w o',! i, ,, ui. I
for hy the eetitieinan, who paid for the work au.l . l';o.l you io i.tn U.jeil. than see vou ti.ucoi.j i,.
took it away. j p"ii a p. anno from inorning till niu'nl, 1 am; ii"
F.very nice vest that was brought lo the shop, j your industrious Lab-is. Mv i.iotLer uI a.).
was given to Kllen to make. Kverytbing 'oe did ! lanirht me to work, and noi.eot her . I.ihlren wei,
was neat and strong, am'i many were the encomi- evrr ihdolent. I cannot endure i .'i. u, ,.-, ,.:,.
inns thai were bestowed upon her.
Kllen Thoms'in continued to work at the shop
lil! lale in the fail, when her parents advised her
to take her wivi at the house, ;is during the win-
ler seaon the weather would hesnchlhut inuch
of the time she would he obliged to stay ; l home.
Mr. Chase sent her woik as often as he had it tn
do, and as usual, found it neatly ami failblully
done.
One cold morning, as I'.llf.n w,ii assisting her 1
mother in ironing clothes, some one rapped at the '
door. Mrs. Thomson went, to see who it was,!
and on retnitiin,' . i"ul 'There is a gentleman in ;
the pallor ho wishes to sr. you.'
'See me, mother who is it :'
'I'm sore I do not know. lie is a well ure-.se.l
ee;,, leliillti.'
-
'What ill the world does he want :'
'lie has a liltle bundle under las art:: it n,.,y
he he wants some work done.'
Kllen instantly e.ib red into the room w ithout
asking 'How do I look.'' or c'nainnn'.: her dies,
or arranging her hair he lore the glass.
'Are vou ihe veins woman that form, iv
;,ed lor Mr. Chase :' the genllciTian inquired
ooti a Kllen entered the room.
am one who worked lor him.'
'Is your name Miss Thomson :'
'Y. s sii .'
I'lieu .'ti ure the ladv I want
.Minnt i
hat I le
there t
tve it t.
tlit
I at
the
, months at'o, you made a v."-t for me
y Chase's, audi have u-t been
;,,,.),,,, ma.'.e. 1 r.-piesled him lo !
iieiie per-' ti : but when Le said you were not in
the shop, I took the liberty In nepiil.
deuce and bi ite; you the ve.-t. Is it c
vou to make thi- tor en l.y lo-mon ,m
' Y. s, mi , I i a a !o it, and I hank
1 your Iom-
mveninl lor
laht .'
on lor the
Lidding her ::ood l"."t ni)i..'. he led the house.
'Do you know tint i:cu!!et:;;: u :' in, pored her
nether. I
'I do lea u ,ect ol evoi seeing lain beiore.
lie uppeM- to tie a tine mat'.'
'lie (it -esses ni.a'iv . c-r: ii.'v.'
'I shall take p.ans ueh thi , vest.
p.u linp
" Well,."
it Will be tile ll,e:ils ,, hril
'I shouldn't w .ne'er Y
than for w hut von ,lo f r t .
I.om: le lor' , n l toe i,.-'
pleted lo v, : Tie , , , :.
a piout .te.d ' I wo. I, : o : :.
well, and I ii..:,!, il n it' -
HiC tr,c t
n w ill
-i :
"I hi tt. r I a
i hud roin.
lieu.
,v.
ll-
w ho h le
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' ol :..v.
1.0 r-''
o n, i;
'It is very neat. Ii.,w much am 1 lo pay you for
it :
'About lilly cents, sir, 1 suppose I must chcrge
you.'
"Only hllv cents! I paid Mr. Chase more t ban ;
double, and I w.ll give juu the ,i, It ,, well I
worth it, considering .he wo.k you put intuit.-;
I never had a neater vect ii. mv Id,, than the one,
von 1 . o , . '
ou iiiJoe me last anniei." I l.H i, :... i... r
,,,.,, ,o i,-,, ,.
I "in .us iimi:i, alio ,,,ii
Offered it to F.llen. I V1"" !' ceretiemy, and ( al ios .lain. -on
, ;,,,,, ,,,,. ii iii , , , 1 and Kllen Tl.oinv-ii were pronoun, e.l mini aed
it is too mucn sir. I should be glad to nuke ! . . ,,
.,i ,. i i wi'e. 'l'wo h.iu.ier h.vo 's I ao mine con.;eiiial
vfsti, ail the time lor lilly cents apiece. ' I ''
ii'... ,. I i, , , , , , spirits, nevei c, io oi..'ier
t.cle you khail take ibis, and by ami l.y I! '
shall have more wuik tor on." The old .aeinlcrr.Hii uave his son a leasantly
' I thank you, sir, said Kllen, as she look the , ''""e'1 '' wind. Mr. J a son removed,
money Iroiii the stranger. I vvl" r,! '''' ""'v fesuits, u.j 'vi t:j .ll the bl, thai
Alter ei.iiversiiiL' a lew moments, the gentleman ln"" l"J!"!' benevolent, ads.
letltlie bouse vvit:H;ut elving )s alue -t. :
proinisnd, however, to call again, i,s he should j
nave auotner ve.-t l make in t.h e curse (1 a l,. w I
weeks.
' He is a very liberal man,' Mrs Thomson re
marked ; 'I should like to know who he is.'
"I don't know when I have seen a loan more
plasatit and agreeable, said Kllen. 'He is ipiite
handsome, too don't you think so, mother ?"
' Yes he is very line-looking.'
When Mr. T. returned from bis bus! ness, the
mother and daughter tried to describe the gentle,
mat), to learn whether he was not anpiainted
with him. Kut from too ilesciiption given, he
could not Ii II his name.
With her wanted industry, F.llen continued to
work when she could get it to do, and whatever
khe earned was given lo !,.-r parents.
One atleruoon, her mother hem out, a she
was washing Ihe tloi.r, Kllen heiird u idigl.t rap
at the door. Without stopping lo roll down her
sl.-ev.-s or take off her apron, she ran to see who
it was, when to her astonishment it proved to be
the iMMleman for w 'hum she made the vest.
Without blushing at her appearance, or laintint
away because she was found in the snds, he in
vited the stranger in.
'You see,' 'said phe, 'hew I r t r obiie ! tn work.
My mother has feeblo health, and I had rather
do the hard work myself, :-.t.d we ,.; i.ol able tn
employ lu.lp.
'l! plea? ru" t nii'iio S''e m n iuiiestrioi.s '
I v.heii I cintuiot tf eint.hc. m.-it ut t;.v h,,
i lev. in do hoiiu'wortc'
' Well, Miss i'.llei,, I have bi'...';ht von :n
t job. If you can do it, I v. ,il ,.; 'r tt in
or two.'
' I tha'.k you, sir. I -iia'l he pleased to .'.
l.envinn the w.oii, the stranger too.,. In,
i The itore Klli n aw (,f the eej.ii. n.an, i;,
i ler was she ple-iM'd with his appearance:
,de. I
Ire, -
and
when a little boy caino lorthn v,t, ;.he impiired
of him Ihe name id' the individual v ho .it ii.
' Don't you know him.' id Ihe bov "w hv it
i.-, Mr. .lames, n."
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Who in he :'
I he rie'u Mr. Jai
;.t ho iM!
ie.-on s -
street.
' i.v.s in to; I
:i poihle :'
Ae.l he is the (inest man I kt.uw .n.' -uni Ine
' 'he i, always willing In pay n.e w hen 1 of
Lis ci rands
j cni-.'
!lin,:in!'l
unl he makes me a great many pics-
ien tiif amour, I w Inch was paid hi r
! I",'"', whicii the boy h,d I n iii-lructei! to J
1 d" by Ihe L'.-nllcman, he tei k li.e ve-l. and Lit j
i tiie house. J
j Kllen. as well as her i'leriH. v., re alonir.iied I
j " '"am that il w;,s Mr. J:l.s,.V , ,,f whom
' she had been doin. wo'1,. ..r he v.;. h.o, i :, I
j lute property: his l,,il,er U,.:C t. w,.,,lih m
man in tie io.,ee, and one ol the bet of ellens.
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FEB. 18 IS).
the ii,-cti bv I tie waters e,:-.
.Mr. I.ibiiv, ut the
t Neck, eave llicm a line
liner. Al an early hour,
ii i vmi's ;.t the Howe-
they returned 'ti.pon
' IV, and ut Meveu-inn's at the ( ' no
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belore a Isvelwrnioiitn p .1, lb. re w as a u ed-
1
diua in I '. .'eral s.reet. .'..r. Cndil was ciih.d
Tiie World iis :i .isS-Si2jeII.
fJ'J-Maj. Fh.wcis K. I;., w.man, of I.n.criie
county, is recommended in the I'eiiiisyivanian,
for the office of (.'anal Commis-ioi,er.
Scand d, like th .N.le, j V. 1 !jv innutiicraole
stream:., but it is extremely didicult to trace it to
its sonr. es.
ll is a good horse tli.it i, ever stumbles and a
go.jj wile that never grumbles.
Our enemies increase with our conquests, and
our property wilii our po.-.-.. s.-ions.
If you would destroy your own repo.'f, distrust
that of your own neii hbor.
i'larrcls leave sc-rs which cannot he so well
closed to the si-'..!, tut they will lie open to the
t: . 'in cry.
Wki.i. S a t ii. A short time since,';in liardfort-
hire, were written on a grave rail, these lines:
" ltememb.T me as you pu-s by,
As you are now, so once was I ;
Therefore prepare to follow me."
I. ndei'iu at h 'i.me on.- wiote
" To f iilow you I'm not content,
Unl :ss I know which wav you w..:il !'
fL"r " H h'vooi s on Timoihv laih-d ;
'ii r.."i
i'luboins (ii M'ob iiiis, l!.e ,,h,r
' Ki, not al ; .e h.i.i a.r:iej over hi- ;n . i
.riy, and Juiitii back !o tnlua bttti r pmtiliin."
A M v- i'iUM- 'I he ,, i.ei d.iy our In, ind -ek-ei
man wasca'.led upon to oainl a sig.i on ill,, bnck -i
in Iror.t of a stor.: in Thud avenue. IL; te . a'i
;.s lo'.io'As, betwi eu the iwl and thud -,oiy
n lull) v "Jlculrr in a'l unit of .ioi's." -
I I,,',,; w or,. oceu ne 1 a I ,l.e, ! 1:' en' n f w id! ll ol
tke building, an.! he loer. Lue tm.k dow , he. Let
I'.ei, which wis now I,,., Lin... ,iiii w . . , i iin. t..
j ! a -l.oM oi.e s,, ' vi . 1 1 , ca; lei h , 1 1 . tn.i
I be ob, and llu letliained Ihiis:
"n:vi,iK is ...... M.i. r in lmuks."
, Tow, in is ni g'nt 1 1 1 1 - .v .!.'., ' ' i o,,fi ,,.,; ...
the store got "ufler him wi.'n a sharp !..'...
ruining hon and h lauiiiv's r:n:!.oi
Whetellpou the p illlter Wey! lot , iivV.i h ;-.i'l
tit: I, Led t ,,e mjii win n I in v. leads in this wi.i,
t'niUrn hi nil .r .'. !.'. n ' it ml I ;; vnV
Hi J.y in a ," I 'li'l'i.lL' ' 'iii'ini"illl ..',,'(; ;'sr .,
fM: lt tt Ci.'j f Prtt in? rtiK',.--S
i nz tt I'.' r ii Hiiil.i ol (ut si . ."' n itnti ,'s.
n i''i.! ' . ": filer :.i iii iitifiioi' . i 'iVx
;is. 'w rt a p:i;t;cii!;ir riceoi'tit of liis i.sit to
it ('nlliiic 1: . : . I ) i i iti !,!; J ' -, i 1". u s . : tlll.t
l)r:iilllul I't'oinii. 'I'l.c cui'i'Hi.s lliilii'.s ut'lhi'
jiiTiiric ilre.;s :m or 1 1 1 : i ( kiniuii, niicl litis
account will be loin
extrenielv mtcrc
lino :
"We In .'; .'.-.l'-i'iNied but a short dedancc
af.er reacbin;' ihe b, :uitil'ul rirairie, beiore
' we came eputi tho oel.-kli ! of .1 i r tuition..
wealth ol tiie canine l'V. f'W .-calter-e.l
(loos we-'. se n ,:. in o'l: li in, and. liv
their sbo 1 1 ae.l -1' : r;i Ip-. .n l:i: a c. iier
al abirni lo the wiinic -. m 1 1 : i : 1 1 i : " .
The lirst cry of 1 1 ; 1 1 1 ' ' l from the onuk'u is
was soon likniiip ut tb.'.Tittr ' the city.
:tu
fec'ioit
I il ' i ei
nt ;i da-inn
I and re
am
'a:!ip..'i'lilg f
I'll, ens ol
1 1 1
tiie
id,
"i ut, i :ich lo l;:s
or oiiii'ow. I :ir
i
::: tor ', unci n ! w
"'e.i.! Ine ritv.
"o' Was tin'
I'.!!'' until M e
:..:.! in ,". ei v do ..' i" i '': '
s' uie. e rode b'i-'oi I ."
bad tviehi d tiie ii',,,,. (hie
tion of the citv, wit ..n ;v i
tukinp the bridles tVoi.t oe.
:i inn to 'jrn.e, we pr, 'pare
V settled por
t. il, and af'.i'f
nu'si's Io allow
I r a. raguiar
;t ::!-." upon iis iuh.'t'ii'irs.
'I'hc biiifow s wo -.' ,.c niM.'c t.'roi liftct tt
t'lils apart, wi'b ' . !lt'' .i!'Ii'ii .ti'i's I. a-ti-.ti'X
in iliticrenl .'i.-i c:ii!i;s, t:ti.l I com
tboilebl i Could (Ii. 'HO r I'lUPlilill:' like
!-; ... .it it'iiv iii ihe lav, op .no of the s'nn Is.
M i' ' ''! ilu ll upon a !.'!:! ua.l r the sbail''
d a I'i o, and b-isiii'i L,
ll'' ( v i .1 th" MU lie
i bad driven ewry
n:f, :.i ! is lionie.
m on . li s. nit a:
it"
io, in our i 1 1 1 1
luoe
Ut
III!
bun lia i
i nl'lli in
:, r.!s rib. the Sii.atl
IV."..'' of a loirr.'U' v-,'.
",'. I'loeO, . , ,,,,
...... i
jonrr
str.t
it ii
IO . h i" b J.--, li .
bun t . ii.scr ; , .m tp.
Cnlliiliotii.lt. Illif
,- v 1. 1. L I tl o- a
c-.io.e ,o th,. '
l.ow and tin
.' ... CI I ,', It. II,,. IV i . I'll
e : titan lie
i on a th io::
. I)t V t.t c
In ti M'.tmpi r
l' ' ' 1 1 " o , 'M.uLI I. a e In-: Jie!
' i O I" t i i. i i i I o ol . : j , -. ,;i
' b ji .i I. w word- , ,n,l .
t-a. I. ,? t j .-T a ", hli l"i wmil'l
3 rr v him.
VOL: SH-Sber W.
lly-.iml-lty, an w kept perfectly still,
some (il'niir ncnirr IH'Igliliocs Wl.rB si;PQ
catiiioiisly (mkiiifr their 1,,..,, (mu qM
ilifir h.ili's .ind iuokiitir ninni,-rlVi aj at
ihe .si.nii' linn' itiijuisiiivcly, :imll ,iem
Alter m.iii,' tint.:, n (hie; Wuu,I (Jiiierr. fr'ola
.'titrati,,. ol'ltiM duiiiicilf, Sljuat Ul,m
,1,s ' " I'1'"'"'. sliJiku IiU head, and
riiiiiim-iirc yeljiiiio.
1 HI' llli'l li IiiiUI's i.eo iem ii',,,l ..1 . .
. . ...... hi. u w.iieiiinjT
llu- ni.iveiiicni.s f tliuseaiiiiiialas, and oc
casionally irickiiio' .niy ,, tl,, , l' vvi;, our
nl'.us. .olct.s idaii iiiiitj wt're obtained
hy lliu party. (;a a ciicuiiislaiic.; 1 yvtll
nii'iitiiiii as Miioniar in tin: uxihmiu', and
which shows 1U .soctid n-L.uoii.sliip which
c.i.sts atnoiio il,(;j,. animai-j, an well as the
i'roMiil they haiB oik; ',,r another.
ii. ol'ihcin had jM'jcher.l hiinseirdiroct
ly ii;hhi tin: pi!,; 0' earili in IVont of ni.s hole,
.sniitit! up and ofi'crino a fair mark, while a
i:oniianioij's head, too timid, perhaps, to
expo,,: liiinscU'rarther, was seen poking
out of tin. entrance. A well-directed shot
caii icd away the entire top of the head of
the lirst (loir, and knocked him some two
or lit ret- feet from his post, perfectly dead.
!nl:; feloadino, the oilier (iarineiv came
out, suiziinr his companion by one' of his
h c's, ana beiore we could arrive at the hole,
had drawn him completely out of reach, al
though we tried to twist him out with a
ram r. is!.
Tlici'd was af,'e!inr t,is ac!a sorao;
tiling hiibian, which raised the animals in
my c-uiuiauori; and never after did 1 at
tempt to kill one of thorn, i-jtccpi when
driven by i. xirei.io luin.'i.'r.
The. prairie do.r in .bout i;:e ,si,:e of a
rabbit, heavier perhaps, more eoinp;.ct, and
witii ibuch shorter loo;, j,, appearance, it
resembles the irrouud horr of tile north, aU
ibou,'!! a triily smalier than that animal.
l.i '.l.cir h..bils, ;l.o prairie dos are social,
never li;e ai..:;e like other animals, but are.
alwavs Iba.td in vil!a.r.-s or l.-irr., s..ih..
mytit'. I In y are :i v., id, fi-nliesomu !(!t
' of li-ll.i-.vs ., hen iiiidi.-i'.urhcd. re.:;!.s, anJ
ever eu lie: unc.e, i 1 1 seem to lake -I
Peeial ddiahi ia chatt.jrh'g awav the time,
I and IA in;f al",,,', iVoi:, hole in ',,.,. u.
I '''i i:'!li vcr .a.:; another's affairs ;
. . . . , - .
at leas', so their
rir; wou! 1 i!:ibcate.
Old
I.OOl.l
'iaa'i'rs f
h ea'ioi! !",
'. :!if v iii;
' c,i,;i.;;;,
tie! Wh'.'ll
ill a
' i'l'i'-i'', and no water is
a w.'li in sujipl v the wan'.-i
lo.lni
Ol ;l:"
H;i
Co'-
v. cr .
a one
, .( ,,,
in-.-asioi:.-. I h.'.ie crept lip
": . ihaofs, withoni o,'ii;o
. J . :.: ' 1 1 vatclt their ni'ive
ii, io et-i.I,".,' 'if i, ne c,f
.y iin'i..'.! a cry !,uv ii.iar,
Ol i:.S lioll'.- ,l' ",-;,, ,,
hI bv ins uu'ii ::. 'lions and
I ll.s t'lilY.iV, a III
I tho.-. . i i Ills ;'ei:;
. la '''i;' i ' was
duel : at ail ei i
inns, il really looked as
oe presid.-'in, mavor, or
ia. he was the big' d:i''' of
: lll'-'joaee.
, i Vr a: least nu ii.e
; la-id taenls of this iii.L
I catt-hed the
oiiitililiiitv ; (hi-
, i-iii'.- litat time, liiy lat'ire iloo-J have inen-
:..r..t .! fo't'tii :l a:, ieasi a tinmen visit.- from
Ii. s i, liou-uo, .,, who u onid stop and chat
t Willi nun a few in.,:;i.'iits, and then run on
j to ti,, ,,' iluiiiici.es. .'.II this while he never
icil b s post lor a .sjooh: i,'iii:i. and 1 tliouejt
I 1 colli. 1 di.'c.n'i r aLioiity i.t his deport.
' iii. i.t, not discernible in those bv whom lit!
j v. is .Moire.; . (I. .No! in ing iearneil m ihe
j enitiiie vernaeiilar. of course I cannot sav
i thai ihe visits be reeei'.ed were upon busi
ness, or ii:;-, i,.r a;i v thing' lo do with the lo-
t i-al ip .". ei in,!' ill .a' tl.c vh'.i
but it .-cr
I taildv aiuieat:
ll
r v.
ease. -
i l.'tit.y annua! i. cii'Iom cl with i.asouin
! oc. i I'-, or b.i - anv s Ut ei I in':, I'l LMil.l
; i in::" i'1" bo.lv pi.btio. it i: the prairie do:f.
ill ..ilieicl:! parts (if t!!' Village tin' lllpll!
I.cis of n V.et'l' se,0 ;;: IllboililiC. PabiilUl'
and isiiiiig abou:. a-'c:e-u ua
he, Is over head into their 1ml
tarnitio
nnd :ip-
pe o i!''r to
rtve al! :o:"s of fun ailioiij
llieuis, Ives. Owls of a sitpadar specie.-
were olso seen atiioii" them ; ihey did not
aopi-ar to jn. in their sports in any way,
hoi s:i
e' lii. .1 to be on eood l.'l'ins, .nnd
as ihev n
cons'. , nt'.' eid' rut: and cnin
;.. . atae ho! " s , lie, li'ighl Le
ice i, nt i.t ;
coitsab i'. d : .
or. at I
anion'
asi. Mc:-ls. ;,,::,rsi',akes.too,(lwclI
litem ; bill the idea oi'ltcrallv re
ei'i i d amor.'.' I
lic ,vle .eaes, l;a' ttiev live
11 poll il l
o.s ol'eoinp:
iiioea
with the docs.
1; lOOte rb
!i!ol!S. :
ml
w "ill. cut ;:mv fonn-
dahon.
Tli:- siuiks f 1,.,,'i up. ,n as luat'crs, nt
(
s,:i sipk-'n , p t,v ih,. I'c eitiar inliainianis,
an
I iif -.- Iliuke ll-e of ihe owellines of till!
does
tb.v
more eonif.ireibb' riuai-rers than
aid find el-eu In re. U'e killed oiip.
a sbeii ib: i. Mice 'loin .i burrow which had
mmb- i in. ; l "f a li 'lc pnji ; altltoitch I do
not think Hay can master full-grown
I, O I
I 'i't, .' ''if. .''tbc (!.-."-. which we visitr-4.
.i
..".t'lO'in1 in t.s in .i:;tii and at least
teue ii! wobli. Around nH in I tie vicinity
v i -r. small, r ( til noes, f-nliti i Its to the town.
W i U i 1. 1 ' 1 a lire, and .ked three of 'lir
:ir. metis wr .;,i shot ; the meat WHS f X-
i'c, .hi.. I ,ri. i. tub r and juicy, rearin
l , 1 . 1 1 that i l the s.pnrrel, only thai tysp
w?.:- mote fit tipoo it.