Some-o' the Lost Ten Tribes Forgether

Ellesmere Guardian, Volume X, Issue 894, 21 March 1891, Page 3

Some-o' the Lost Ten Tribes Forgether

.Mister Editor. • '■'_ - Sitt^lf ye hea room m yer, nfxt number, gie a bit plaice to the following. It concerns the ongoings o' certain Scots wha met lately on a special oc c»sion m Southbridge, and their projceedirigs is thus^ cronicaled from youY auld freen • - ■ : ! Sandy. It came to pass m the year on'p thousand eigjit hundred an I four score ••and ten, m the; ivnth month of the'yenr, •m the above city dwelt certnin wise men tfrom a -far country beyond the gresi „'«pa.! , '.: ; Inth/it year the rulers of the city «di»i:that which was right/in' their own -eves, viz., they employed. a man from a' strange city to take down, m writings ithe wise things which they did. Mow 5t came to pass after a time that these 'wise men hard that the toan from the atrange city was al'oufc to 1 aye them, and they assembled themselves togethei and Vey said one to 'another, go to, let ids remember our bi'OtTier who: is , about to leave -.ns-, for behold .w,e be m a far country, and.it shall come to pass that men shall say of us ye be, nameless on the earth, ye have „fiVd from 'the' la^rl iof yonr nativity, bt cause the land . of your nativity is, poor. Toi.s thins* thereforivifl 'we ■ ;; do, ; we Will, malie_a great, feast, so that the nose of whomsoever smelldth' it shall tingle, and we shall 'present our brother,. from the strange 1 ;city; with i itotinn by which he will' ai^ays^j^embeV^ tvs, *nd we will call to mipd tlie ,'ancifent •days auu miglity deeds of 6ur_fatjijrs. .fep'tbfy appointed a nfght ap ? d mmy ■^eregatheiea together.' :A.mi«ed mul titode from; . tfae: :^land of cakes, . thistles; ■ Jrom the , west, . i?nd from jthe north, and. from tlie Isles 'of the Sea, and behold tliejeast was prepared, and the host of. the "Koyal ministered nnto^ " 'their wants; afl'd a rulerUf the feaSt was appointed. rand e^-t, m, the high J p ace. Apd; f orthwifib' " to 'was g iven m writing of the^good Sf tbe l^a'st, but'fcbe' writing IwaSn.^n toft^ne rone of thß'childijenr.pf tue North could understand for- the language was the langtia'ge'of. the Grapahd, which sjgni-' fietii m W fieatHen^ tong-uei* iiog. Yet -spmeJth.er^ were who pretended tp enow "the writing 1 auij jih'e ihterp i ret'alSton\ lere >ofc r Now.itbWeT. uipn, (^.ere . hy^oc rites, for- they knew but siX Jettersj and hosej Jett^-s werej^aggis, and fiiren this uo«hj wsa a gr4f »»jj^y» <| n^ $°Wfy P°« c to his n^Tghbour 'till 'Ins inneV-'maa was comforted. .Milil^Tii)»(j they ate, t ahold there drew.ftgar^ miyh'ty manj)f vilour, i^ot!>€^.F^anyjcoWt?red|^a^ait^ ano he bore m irislfamfs ; 'a* musioSF instrument slmped like unto a beast of the field, an^ he nii^hty upon; what seemed (o b?^ tlie^tftil' 1 ; ■ thereof and .-sti'fligbtway came there r f6rili shrielts and sounds as it w»re the bowlings of the «damn j «!. And the heir's of the people wero iotnforieil for this is wherein, their great .strength lietli ; and wine was Wo light au *tssels, luc the children of tlie north .wwid h»v_e none of this, 'for they qucnch'M.J ijipir thirst with thp puw <c»i tli« Alountain, ,wi ich is the water •.of fije. Nowthernlcr of the f.-as-t stood up and sj.ake ihuy, ] Krei&irvJi and tellovs Scots \ye have met hern on this occasion to bui l»iiv'vveil to 1 a : brotlur- who is.abou to. leuve v? i>nil ttie lain' of hr«s: adoption. ,an<i retAjrn to the land :,of liis bjr«i ' *nid jour, wifee irien have jcleceed that :,you be|ni viuJf l.iim a token by which h \will' nmt'Hiber u\# brethren m tb«-

brother with this token of onr estoon and aslc you all to fill your glasses am driiil- <o his future prosi erify, an I tlip_\ drn'.ik »n\ rejoirod excuodimrly . No* it ontnc to pji!>s w'n'ii they hao ■eaten and druiikcn greatly, even untc the full, that the hinges of their tongues ■were loosened — yea, eren the joints ol Jtheir knees. I And the ruler of the feast fled to his jhome, and a third part of the multitude ;followerl, and a third party remained, 'saying-, "We thirst ;" and a third party irose up to dance. Anp they dance \ after the fashion oi ithHr country, and *heir movements resembled the peregrinations ef a hen jnpon a griddle which is hot But they *pemed to think it pleasanty for,, they ihoutel for joj> y „. • ' Now, as for them that were athirst, behold their drinking was steady, bu r their limbs were not so ; yea, they also " hoohed " out loud, and sang amazingly. And they answered one to another *nd said, that njO^Cttlb^nd ing the crowing of the cock or the dawning of the day, they should still partake of the juice of the barley. So they encouraged one another with these words ; and they drank the more. ...vl^ow, it came to rjass that, aj^they sat, pne^a'&f) anmi isiii 'fnaj; I^Had JeeWstrangMire Hh hhSdj? bMfihk it was he could not tell. And some said, It is the moon ; and others sa : d, It is the sun ; and yet some said, Doth the sun rise m the west ? and others said, This is not the but the east £ and some ssid. Which is it? for we**perceive two m the sky. And one said, I see nothing. Now the name of that man was Blin Foo. He was the son of Kouin Foo, and bis mother's name was Real Foo ; and his hrethren,; aitrgH?W^l^rPe^'iFop,r T ? p j Foo, and Bung Foo, were speechless, or • uttered wqrd« from the little known j tongue? of^trlfir !r fA^he ! r¥,vV'wlo Avere of j the tribes of old. j Then, of thf>se ( iwhp could speak, each! man bade his neighbour farewell, em i bracing and vowing eternal friendship! ana'ydme f; wVre ftoraie ho l irn'dtPyiiien',and| others m carriages, which jingle ss; tbev went; and many strange sight l were seen by those stranger people! Yea, even grass growing and ditches inf the midst of the way where they had not? perceived such before. And it came to pass that m the morn-; ing many lam'etited, f! atid took no breaks p ast that day ; and cunning men brought unto them many cunmnglj-deviseq drinks, yea, even pick-me-ups, for their tonges clove unto the , roofs of their mouths, and the" spittle'on their beajd was like unto a small silver coin, even as a Scottish groat old. ; But when they thought of the previous day, they rejoiced again, for they ->aid — -Pur brethren. whom we have left will Hear of it at th« ' feast of the New jYjeor. anjl^they will remember us and i)Ws us, and our hearts and hands shall lie st^enertheneil for,, our laboui npre.