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Retween old Calel Capule M&mw Now Moses had sn only sos. s little dapper beau, Tie fiytfl the pretty girls, by name young And Caleb owned a female gizl. just bome fram boarding school: Hiss Juliet was her christian name, for short # they called her Jule To bring the lady out, be gave & ball ar Lis gmfitioa, And thither went young Romeo, without an _invitation. One Tybalt (kinsman 0 the host) began to grow! and pout, ; R watched awopportnmity 1o pat ihedollom aul. But Caleb saw the game, and said, ““Now, consin. don t be cross, fetave rvon,rse}f, or leave the room | are yom, or 1, the Boss?" When J&’M saw Romeo, his beauty did enchant And Romeo he fell in love with Juliet instanter. Now, lest their dads should spoil their fun, but %}" to &:"m Lawrence sped. and secretly (th, cruel fate! that day the groom met Tybailt in the square. Aud Tybalt, being very drunk, at Romeo did Then Romeo his weapon drew, a knife of seven blades, And made a gap in Tibby s side that sent him to the shades. The watchman came, he took to flight, down alley, street and square, The Charlies ran. 's’er:iok their man, and took . him 'fore the Mayor, Then spoke the worthy magistrate, and savagely did frown, “Young man, you bave to lose your head, or cise vamose ihe town.”’ He chose the last, and left his bride in solitude to pine; “Ahk me,’’ said he “‘our honeymoon is nothing but moonshine.”’ And then to make the matter woise, her father did embarass, By saying she must give her hand to noble Count de Paris “This suitor is a go(u'ifll ¥y youth, to-day he comes - 10 wWoo, if you refuse this gentieman, I'll soundly wal lop you.”’ She went to Squire Lawrence's, cell, to know what must be done, The l!%ire bade her go to bed, and take some udanum, ‘Twill make thee sleep aud seem as dead, thus i canst thou dodge t‘?e blow, . a bambaged ged man thy pa will be, ablest one Romeo.”’ She drank, she slept, grew wan and cold, they !‘mr{ed ber next day, That she’dlplped out her lord got word far off in Mantua. Quoth he ““of life I've had enough, I'll hire old Blifkins mule, layina gint of Baldface rum and go to-night ; to Jule.”’ He rode himself to the sepulchre among the bats and creeg-ers, And swallowed down the burning dose, as Juliet ope’d her {mspefl “‘Are you alive? '(}h'l is it your ghost? Speak quick before I go," ‘ “Alive,”’ she cried ‘“‘and kicking too. Art thou my Romeo ?"’ It isindeed your Romeomy fadedlittle blossom, Oh Juliet! is it possible that you were play ing possum? | was she cried; nowlet’'s go home, pa's spite will have abated ; ““What ails you love, g'ou stagger =O7 Are . you intoxicated 7" ' ‘‘Ne, n{ duck, I took some stuff that caused a He straggled hard to tell he e 8 . to tell her all, but could 'nt, 3O he quit. In a shorter time than it takes a lamb to wag his tail or % Poor Romeo was stiff and cold, as any white- Then Juliet seized that awful knife and in her Let out & most “terrific yell, fell down and the attaches of the Niagara Fire Company, in the Fifth Ward, during the Summer of lfl_fls was a Jarge parti-colored dog mamed ‘Jack,” to whosa the members were extremely partial. Tn August of that year a number of the mein bers of the company enlisted in company y Capt. Foster of theone hundred and second regi ment. and Jack decided npon accompanying them to the field. He soon became as general a favor ite in the company and regiment as he had pre viously been at the engine house, and travelled with it in all it's subsequent movements. He was invariably present at drill and dress parade, and on the march faithfullyadkered w-hiz post with the company on the right of the regiment. At Williamsburg Jack rather damaged his pre vious high reputation for courage, by an incon tinent flight from the field, thecrashing of splin ters in every direction evidently offending his | musical tastes. He received a wound. however, ] in one of his fore feet, and this fact, in connec tion with his subsequent good behaviour, restor wd him to the good graces of the men. He was present in every engagement of the Company, on the Peninsula and in Marviand, and in the first and second fights at Fredericksburg., At the close of the last engagement. in company with twenty members of company A, he was capturcd and taken to Richmond, or rather to Bell Isle. - Thence he was transferred to City Poiut and finally to Camp Parole, Annapolis, Md.. where he now remains, On the wearisome march to City Point, his foot-sore, half starved guardians divided with him their scanty rations. and utterly penniless as they were, stoically re fused any proffer of purchase for their four-leg ged companion. As usual, in such cases, the attachment of the dog for the Company is fullv reciprocated, and his rumored loss was deeply regretied by all. Jack has been a rigid diseip linarian, and hiz few lapses from correct deport ment have not been of sueh a character as to compromise his standing in the regimeut. Un der the directions of the men in Camp Parole, a handsome collar i= being prepared for Jack, to be inscribed with a fair record of his services.— P ifia&urg f)i!}nltt,‘}l. Tae Bravk Fuac.—A rhymester in the Chat tanooga Rebel appuais in affecting terms to the insurgent soldiers to raise the black flag. Thus ‘he commences his cry : *‘Raise now the sable flag, high Jet it wave ('er all Secessia's hils and flowery vales: And on its sable folds the motto trace, ‘For victory or death!” These truly be brave words, but they are tame to what follows. Thus the poet continues, with a sublime burst of Vandal fury : “Go! burn their cities, scourge theirfertile lands, Teach them retaliaton; plough their ficlds, And slay by thousands with gonr iron hail. Scorn every treaty, every Yankee clan Defy with Spartan cour?e. Vengeance stamp Upon your bag'on.ets&lan let the hills and Vales resound with blood.”’ Hills and vales resounding with blood would be a novelty even to guerilla warfare, A party of young Washingtonians—not how 'ever, of the Hawkins sort-—went to " serenade Miss Rate Pennoyer, framing their ditty to the air of ‘“‘Evelina.” but mistook the house and gave a bachelor the benelit of their song. As they concluded singing— “ Sweet Kate Pennoyer, sweet Kate Peanoyer, My love for thee shall never, never fail.” His window opened and in a dcep bass voice he ‘sung, to the same air— ~ “Dear boys below there, dear boys below there, - Yo me&mfourdm below."” | : T }_ Way is your mouth like a studio? Because it contains a palefte, - Mes. PagmineroN o¥ Mammiscs.—l 1k o, “tend weidd W Mrs. Part ’!‘fi"’g’ffiu. &8 shy came back from omne in church, bung her slav | up, and replaced the bonnet in the lony preccr pandbox ; ‘I like to see young peoplc com gether with the promise to love, choricl - nourish each other. But if ig a solemu hiy is matrimonv—a very solemn thing—v i minis ter cowes into the chaneery with 1. .. plus on, and goes thromgh the cerenin,. waking them man and wife. It should 100 band and wife, for it ism't every Lushung . turns out to be a man, I declare [ ucv . forget when Paul put the nuptial vlu. o, finger, and.said, ‘with my goads I thee ol He used to keep a dry goods swore then, 1 thought he was going to give me the wholo 1. was in it. [ was young and simple. and di4, know till afterwards that it only meant vne .. ico gown a year. It is a lovely ~izhi i voung people ‘plight the trough.’' as thc (. says, and coming up to consume their vou (Can you read and punctuate these [ini- - rectly, little dears, so as to write them (o Every seholar in this land Has twenty nails upon each hand Five-and-twenty on hands and oo And this is true without deceir. A Lirrue 'Ux.—Charles Cronk au e o) on the Housatonie railroad, has a child ‘ six months old, which now weigh: abow pounds. When six weeks old, a lad:': ¢ ring was slipped over its arm up toits sho Way is the letter 8 like the Ewmauciju Proclamation? Because it makes Niggor Sui LISTOFOFFICERS ANDPATIENTN The following isa list of officers, conmuiz=io ! and non-commissioned, connected with the . - pital at this place : Surgeon in Charge-——A¥rHoxy Hucer S geon, U. 8. A, ; Quartermaster—Capt. A. Epwaros. Aseistant Surgeon—W . H. Garoyse, U. 5 Acting Asst. Surgeons—C. L. Houisoon. Strosziake, Gro. Jonxsox, T. Ligsoip. . N Wricur, M. A. Boorn. Chaplain—Rev. J. A. Srooxer. Medieal Cudet—-E. B. 8. SHoEMAKEZ. Hospital Stewards—H. C. Arcrisanp, Cho Steward, J. P. Sraussven, R. L. Werxwac, E. McGowax. ' The following is a list of patients pow in Ham mond General Hospital : PENNSYLVANIA. 6 cor G Everett B, res.lo6 J Maloney K. 57 W Wilkinson D 118 E F Hubbs G 63 G W Graham C, 145 cor E Foster C 69 J Murry B, P McCann G, 84 W Diebart H, . 155 I Votes 1. 91 R A Wakefield I. A Snyder ¢ 102 cor G U Meally F, | NEW YORK. - 2 W Stripling C, 49 J Barton . 4 € Wright A, 64 J H Randolph B. 37 M Foley K, Scotteav. ¢ BHedding 42 D Uollins D, | MASSACHUSETTS. 10 € H Lather K, 22 L Ball T, I 3 L £ Weston k, 28 X R Hennessy F. 19 J Smith |, l " MARYLAND. Pl Ln. W H Brady A, cav J F Leslic do., H Eichkhorn do. I F Casely do | W J Landon, Smith's cav, [ : 5 ORIO. 821 J Zeigler H, L REGULAR ARMY. ' 2 Licut M Dolan E, ; . NEW HAMPSHIRE. 5 T Burns G, 12 L W Ladd K | , NEW JERSEY. 8T A Heddon B, 24 J Kellér E. | VERMONT. L 8C A Cledveland H. i RHODEB ISLAND. 7 J Robinsen I,