Guernsey Jeffersonian (Newspaper) - November 20, 1845, Washington, Ohio GUERNSEY T IV Lord IV II ill JEFFERS ONIAN THING FOH o II POET 1C V LUCY NEAL Down in a shady valley Where sparkling waters steal With ita and budding lowers Wai the home of Lucy Neat Oh fair young Neil Oh fair Lucj The love I once did bear fer I shall forever feel Her Voice in low murmurs The wounded heart to heal And harshness never the brow Of mv gentle Lucy Oh she was like the glorious visions That olt through slumbers steal To light us to the brighter And such was And Lucy said her heart was mine And her love did riot conceal For pure and guileless were the lips Of my faithful Neal But there came a dashing soldier All panoplied in steel And the stern old father him His child They bore her from my bosom And that wound they cannot heal For my heart my heart is breaking For the love of Lucy Neal And tell her when 1 am And dark round me steal The last low of this hie Shall be for Lucy Her sufferings ended with the day Yet lived she at its cluse And long long night away Ir repose But when the sun in all his state Illumed the eastern skies She past thro glory's morning gate And waked in A Ii li J I'm I'm said case j the bull Has close behind him al this in- stant he espied an apple tree close summoning hia remaining strength he made a desperate leap arid was fortunate enough to spring into the Two Dollars per in a tree at the moment heels the bull was at hi Here was an unlooked for deliverance but unluckily bull was not so rid of Though disappointed of his prey he kepi about the tree such a menacing disposition that Ichabod dared not descend It seemed as if animal knew that he kept a congre gallon waning he Muck to the spot with such pertinacity For two mortal hours did the unlucky sit perched upon ine in sight of the church Every minute seemed en age to him He heard iho bell loll toll each strode seemed funeral knell to his hopes He pictured loins fancy a crowded con waiting m anxious suspense lost in wonder and at his uon appearance said he to 1 hear a voice you cannot iear Which bids me thus I see the cannot see Which force me here to 3tax He saw the come out ol the chinch and scatter hither and thither like sheep without a be apple Iree because n but a bull in the was a short fat thick set lellow and happened to pair of atom old-fashioned leather breeches The bull having fl fed the Squire carne m the twinkling of bed post right upon the Lieutenant who off m double quick I he bull hit him a poke behind intending to serve him as ho did the but one of his horns catching in he waistband ot the Lieutenant's Inexpressibles he was off his legs m an instant and wins ked the bull's horn Away wen bull scouring alter the fugitives wnh the unfortunate Lieutenant dangling by waistband and fairly out ol his wnh terror His capers in air were only brought to an end by the bull's bring mg up butt stone wall and the Lieutenant completely over n 1 E A FAMINE IN IRELAND Thu most dreadful of all calamities to career Ireland as well as lo I failure of the A LONti s Some time ut the 1st of of age introduced n fine ch every emphatic word m introduced fine as jl the deacon i J nlo her hand which has bro w IJ ken leaving about its length now loo between the thumb and fore finder j ven when sleeping his head nodded of I HE BULL The follow mg account ol Mr ing's first to m the town I in New Eng and is condensed from a most authentic statement in Boston Galaxy whose editor is not for making The congregation met and the meeting house was filled but minister put u I be bell kept lolling and i not leave the there a Ii way Tho gallon were at last out fivo hours bad they watched and no came The sexton left oil tolling the bell indeed it was quite time 01 he hud worn the off The people all came out ol the church having alter two debating the matter come to the conclusion that there would be no sermon and that there was good for as to the fato ol the They sent wfl parties east west north and south to explore the ami presently Ichabod ed a crowd advancing along the by the and Sexion all the strength ot his and bawled out lo them watch upon a tower The party me lo a hall and gazed a round ruad The rest oi the got over the wall without any help and escaped the fury the animal and now commenced a re- gular I lie par armed themselves with stones and clubs and began a pitched battle with the bull loi the deliverance of Thumps bangs thrusts pokes and Mles of every description were upon the hide of the furious beasi who his horns flourished tail and ran bulling and bellowing here and there wherever the attack was from counties of Dublin the two Cork Tyrone Kilkenny low D Ar- and Kerry of he four provinces we hear of the ges of the rot the plague the murrain or as the Irish people designate u ln the potatoes The great to or nine millions of people is turned into a poison while articles of food that other countries could tely upon fora mitigation of the calamity in a i II direction the middle or palm ol the left hand A physician request ed to extract ii bni there and T parson was he Once already the town from the gallery and how red he was to ik lest Ichabod and meantime lolling and the would be done people thought n never and ear they m applo they look a at first fora huge k but on near approach found it to be no other than the Reverend I Now the bull just at moment hnp They and to he pawing and snuffing his ed about and kept peeping out at the lc ground on ibe side of as if they be ie so he was hidden from the come sooner for thai At last Deacon a horn bush at its foot The Snacks gol up and spoke to Squire People seeing Ichabod perched on high in ley corn Squire where i Deacon I don't know He eft me out of mv hou i the I don't know -e after me but he walked so slow that I got out ol sight of him Mi's very strange he don't come strange Here Miss Deborah nn derly virgin who held opinion of Paul Pry that spirit of inquiry is the grand that same manner weie struck dumb with amazement lor a few moments an tlie poor man or had he run or what him to spend the afternoon dangling like a scare on the bough of an tipple instead of hold ing a goodly discourse in the For some moments one advance a step farther or speak a single At last Rill plucked up courage and advanced to the stone wall re being exported to England to meet the exorbitant rents exacted from farmers by foreign aristocracy A ine in Who can contemplate it without Her people cannot now command those mines of wealth which an nobility have carried trom her soil nor can they be ex to throw off those chains of fanat and faction that have made them enemies lo each other tor centuries and bound to the and selfish monopolizers resources lithe could we mig U ex- io see rise in Inm citadel in the apple tree f helr as a of on the assailants and to die by the sword rather ihan perish m the duties and lanes lor want ol food Ireland resembles a giant deprived ot bis club and his she has the physical power to command erice but foreign influence and domestic have robbed her of the wealth and union to sue effort It is impossible to foresee the results of this great calamity and i will be some months before its extent is fully known The opening of Irish ports for of food tree of duty an prohibiting the exportation ol potatoes from Ireland and other calculated to lessen the horrors of famine will naturally occupy public at- tention in United Kingdom and be- will where respond to felt over in regard toil about she vanity elder several advances jomen she conceived the hip which spasm and rubbing it her SI above to be a hand directly to arouse and a trumpet nod went head He lowered his tones to a gentle munner nod nod He pounded the point was about of an inch m length lied down Ins 1 us fine polish had suffered but i witn his fl brow and nose in his eyes rolling in a sort urney is stance it travelled in months could not be much nearest about three than our e- The and delighted wnh were the f tbe bull in the rear by pelting him with shut m shape ot winter pippins Tins holy lasted for three quarters an the bull seemed likely to win the day Ichabod fancied himself al ready reduced to the necessity of taking up his quarters in the tree for the nigh luckily at this moment a ment arrived and the bull began slowly to retreat the assailants headed by Muggs pressed advantage carried the sione wall by escalade formed column and in a shori lime the bull was the field without the loss of a single man And thus he victory being came down frond the But it was over with him His ser nun was gone the afternoon was gone he soon found that his ol ging his jaw in a pulpit were gone the bull was never ou t ol his He had the courage to attempt another sermon and at the very thought ot march ing to church in a surplice he imagines io this day he hears a and sees a pair of horns known have wandered twice a new and sudden inspiration before u appeared a pom Irom which it extracted We heard a wood story a few days since It ran A young man who had not seen much of and was unsophisticated took a no- non to iry for the heart and a girl ol his acquaintance sun would be more successful he ci cy mg where he burrowed his ardor And elder Alack growing desperate be- to hurl texts of at the un- head of the sleeper It is high i me io awake out of cried he Bui m Deacon Marvel did ndt Jecd 10 that are at ease in The M e maddened divine of ne came was another aod and a town and purchased a brnn new lurch deacon's fe HC r Mack stand if evening and hastened to the abode his lady fair ol I but called out at the top of his voice f Deacon it did not make mu h to a sleepy with the voung moreover did not notice his new boms Bv and he had placed his boots in every 13 he despaired of the prospect that they would be made a topic of conversa ion and with a long drawn sigh ex- deacon bead flew up to it once and before he could command his tongue he thundered back elder Mack elder Mack a sight harder to sleepy The effect retort was and the MY IS HAiNES There are thousands of people in this country who make use ot the common ex- my is when the are about leaving a place or parly denly lew know Irom whence the ex- is derived A more common the cry of Ireland's famishing children The landed aristocracy oppose free admission of food and relief from land will naturally assume the form of than ol permanent legislation for improving the condition of the country Parliament answered the cry for civil liberty by appropriations to the Irish church and same poliVy will no doubt be to in this case of famine thousand pounds to DEADLY SINS I Refusing to take a newspaper 2 Taking a newspaper and not for it r J 3 Not advertising 4 and not paying for it 1 it I Lr i rt rr i place Making a printing a loafing laughter 7 Sending an abusive and chase bread for the poor without I letter to the editor characteristic of age in which we He was an old sailor who within a few and who also felt a particular had taken his land Sack aboard and in the fate of unmarried men settled up m the he look trade of sexton because it consisted in pulling a ropp On this occasion he undertook to be spokesman ol the party Tor the Deacon was absolutely frightened put head over the wall clapped his hand up to corner of his and sung Parson ahoy Ichabod lifted up his voice like nn owl m desert and exclaimed save save Blast said claw mg a huge quid ol tobacco out of his mouth and throwing it slap upon ground why you save her long nose between the Deacon and and asked Deacon Squire don't minister Then Miss Martha seeing the Deacon the Squire and Miss bout engaged in a colloquy into their company and asked fame question Then another and another and another followed the example there was quick ly a knot of people gathered round Deacon and the Squire nil asking tions which nobody could answer The whole congregation was in n buzz ing Livery one was asking where the was although every one knew that all the rest just as ignorant as himself the sexton kept tugging n way at ho bell rope till he had tolled the people out of patience But we must leave the bell toiling and the srxton fret ling and the Deacon and die Squire and the old maids and all rest ol con- on the of suspense and go back to see what has become of our friend Ichabod Ichabod had slackened his pace after leaving he house ond had fallen into gorl of a reverie Finding himself rather late before he got near the church he re solved to make a short cut n cross a field where the mad madu an angle ing over a stone wall he steered directly for the church but had not proceeded many pares when he was startled bv most savage and unmusical in a of the deepest he had ever heard Lifting tip his eyes ho be- held a bull making at him with all speed and bellowing like mnd It is to say that he took to his heels bull marie after him and Ichabod put jon with nil the flee I ness he could exert are belter than two and it was evident thai the quadruped win the race found could not reach before the hull would be up with him thought he it is all over with His shoes flew off but the bull kept nn He dropped bis hat but the stratagem did lake the bull was not 10 be reasoned he gave the manuscript a whisk with his tail and it to the four I can't I Ichabod Drive him him away Bv time some ol party nnd among the rest had got over the wall and were advancing towards the tree staring and wondering to bear the talk in such an unaccountable manner Come down come said con have you been doing all the afternoon in Colonel Ay said are you about there aloft without your hat and looking for all the world like a starved monkey sitting on a lee At this moment the party had got ly up to the tree Look look cried Ichabod He's They bad no lime to ask who it was was com mg for before the words were fairly out ol his mouth heard a furious bellow and bounce m an instant the bull was a- mong what The whole squad mnk a flight quick er than a of wild on hearing a hot The Deacon lost his hat and and captain Blueberry ran out of his boots which were a little too large for Divers other accidents happened The greatest catastrophes was those of Squire Snakeroot and Lieutenant Dirling The Squire and winded was overtaken by the hull and received a butt in he rear which disabled him so that he could not sit down without a double cushion for a fortnight The bull knocking him over ran after the and the made a io up into the Iree and take with the Parson The Lieutenant's was a more frightful saying or one in more general use has never beer gotten up hear u in Maine and in in Maryland and in Arkansas u is in ol old and young the grave and gay short my name is enjoys a which no other cant phrase has ever attained Having this imah ol me reputation of the phrase be it our next care lo give its origin Some five years since a gentleman by the ol travelling on horseback in tlie vicinity of Mr Jefferson's residence in Party spirit was running extremely high in those days Mr Jeff erson was president and Mr Hanes was a rank and as a mailer ol course a b tier opponent to the then ex- isting administration and its head He not acquainted wuli Mr and accidentally coming up with also travelling on horseback his zeal soon led him into a Uon upon the all absorbing In ol the conversation Hanes look particular to abuse Mr calling him all sons ol hard names run down every measure ol his tion poked the act at him is outrageous and ruinous ling his gun buat system as and his purchase of Louisiana its a wild scheme bhoit look every leading ol the day de- on and their originator with bitterness Mr all Hie whilo said Thete was no thing as getting away Irom very particular luend and he did not ex leel al to combat his ments They finally arrived mg the corn laws THE OP GEM US A capital story is told of Forrest the tragedian and an eminent Judge When they were both young and unknowing to and each other they met at a ern inn and by were put to sleep in same room B in the Hark each suspicious of the other They slept pretty comfort ably so well indeed that the both refused to arise in the For the and second offence no ab- lution can be The third offence can be remedied The fourth j Sated from the Gallons by Marriage nov el occurrence happened last week m Boston m a capital trial in the Court James Powers was to be tried fora crime punishable with deaths when to surprise of all the tion wa he girl Hannah J whom he bad injured having be- Is wife GO i Reading manuscript m the hands of come morning and thus bv the compositor law was testifying against Mr James Powers is now bridegroom at large enjoying big moon instead of being a prisoner in the dock on trial wnn a prospect of fee halter Singular as this f i i ii lB the renre seem there is no doubt D can only be received by an especial bull from THE WHOLE The population of the earth is ted at one thousand and a lasts three There lore in thirty-three years the one ihou in inn Tie onfi InoU morning were laving millions ail u I i each other wnh ferocious until ly noon when Forrest making a desperate effort called Stranger whv don't you get thai to I have a reason for muttered plunged his head beneath clothes Presently the other raised his head and say my friend perhaps you will answer me if I put the question to which I refused to reply to yourself Well said Forrest rolling the clothes off slowly and sinking his upon the floor I have no shirt and did I not wish to expose my poverty said the other leaping with a greyhound like bound into the middle the number of deaths will be bv ap each year thirty each day eighty-two thousand one dred and one: each hour four four bundled and twenty each fitly seven each second nearly If on other hand as has been led the number of births IB lo of the deaths as 12 to 10 here will be born each year thirty-six millions each day ninety-eight thousand eight hundred anc ninety-six each hour lour thousand and ninety eight each each second over one the of and virtue of the arid of iho ol her charge against the prisoner w ho had moreover confessed guilt t the conclusion of the Revolution Dr Franklin the English Ambassador nnd the French Minister dining together at Versailles a toast from each was called for a- minister began with George 3d who like the sun in us meridian spreads a lustre throughout enlightens the The minister followed with The illustrious Louis who like the moon sheds benignant rays and influences Our American Franklin hen gave George Washington commander Of the American army who lifte of commanded and moon to still and they obeyed him of apartment why didn't you that is precisely the case in front of Mr Jefferson's residence Hanes ol course not acquainted wuli lact standing he had been and abused like a to use the old mg Mr Ji still with the true Virginia hospitality unit politeness invited Ins veiling companion to and of some Hanes was about getting from his horse when it occurred to him that he should ask his companion's name said the president blandly Thomas sir Thomas Jefferson Thomas ed the astonished federalist The rejoined Mr Jefferson my name is and pulling spurs to his horse he was out ot healing instantly This we are informed was origin of phrase wanted at this office THE LAKE SUPERIOR A correspondent of the New York Mir ror says mineral region on Lake is lively as a basket of eels The River Company are progres WHO SHALL BOW FIRST In England the fashionable world it is believed are governed by the following Vi is a mark of high breeding not to speak to a lady in sueel un- til you perceive she has noticed bv and inclination of the head If you meet a lady of your acquaintance m the street it is her parl to notice you first un- less intimate The reason is if you bow in a first she may noi choose to ac rapidly in developing the resources of their location They have one shafi sunk to a depth ol 80 feet another to 50 and three or four others silver copper to less depths indications are equally if not more promising thin here The Superior Copper Company have opened several leads on the shute from which fine specimens of silver and native copper green carbonate and various other mineral indications have beer taken A highly promising exhibit will be made this winter of mineral wealth of this location The Company have progressed with grea success have followed nnd struck a vain m the range of hills opposite Fort W ilkes which is believed to be rich with black oxide There are other companies whose progress al ready insures immense profits provided good practical men are in direction and that a reasonable degree of economy is established There have been several contracts made to mino certain veins knowledge you and there is no remedy but if she bow to y ou ou as a gentleman cannot cut her 4 -A lady remarked was Inile beuer than a houte between accident and Jefferson's Jelf erson writing to a young friend gave him the following God Reverence and cherish your Love your neighbor as Be Be true not at the ways of Providence So shall the life into winch you have entered be he portal to one ol eternal and ineffable bliss And if to dead it is permitted to care for of this world every action of your will be under my regard THE The greatest scholars poefs philosophers warriors statesmen tors and improvers of the arts arose from the lowest of the people If we had ed till courtiers had invented the art of printing clockmaking navigation and thousand we should probably con- Untied in darkness to this They bad something else to do than to add to the and conveniences of ry life They had to worship an idol with incense of flattery who was of- ten much more stupid than and who sometimes had no more care of of the people under him or their wants ihan he had of arts or liters lure meant to tell you of that said a man to his friend who had bled into a pit full of water No ler said the other blowing the mud and water out of his mouth 1 guess I have it western editor gives two reasons which he conclusive BS lo our occupation of We want We must nave it Loafers Different nations have em kinds of loafers The Italian spends his time IR sleeping the Turkish loafer in dreaming the Spanish in the French in laughing the English in swearing the in Hungarian in drinking and smoking the German rn the American in talking politics Which of these different kinds of loafing is the most destructive to passed vou and the prisoner said a judge to Irish witness your worship t Mike a lop of he garden wall I mys says If says says I and that's all I know about fly plase your ity the Printer all bia
