On one side ov this mountain they say thare iz rattlesnaix, on that side of the mountain, iz whare i dont go. I am just az fraid ov a snaix as a woman iz, i had rather meet the devil, ennytime, on a bust, than a three foot snaik. A striped snaik in the morning spiles the rest ov that day for me. I am coming home, dear Friends in two months, and then i will set down, in yure little sanktum, and whisper to you. It iz so still here, that a whisper sounds loud; a still noize iz another name, i beleave, for happiness. The bible sez: “_peace, be still_.” The fust thing i do in the morning, when i git up, iz tew go out and look at the mountain, and see if it iz thare, if this mountain should go away, how lonesum i should be. Yesterday i picked one quart ov field strawberrys, kaught 27 trout, and gathered a whole parcell ov wintergreen leaves, a big daze work. When i got home last night tired, no man kould hav bought them ov me for 700 dollars, but i suppoze, after all, that it waz the _tired_ that waz wuth the munny. Thare is a grate deal ov raw bliss, in gitting tired. Dear Mr. ----, good-bye, it iz now 9 oclk, P. M., and every thing, in New Ashford, iz fast asleep, inkluding the krickets, I will just step out and see if the mountain iz thare, and then I will go to bed too. Oh! the bliss ov living up in New Ashford, cluss bi the side ov a grate giant mountain tew guard yu, whare every thing iz az still as a boys tin whissell at midnite, a musketo couldn’t liv long enuff tew take one bite, whare board iz only 4 dollars a week, and everyboddy, kats and all, at 9 clok, P. M., are fast asleep, and snoreing. BENDS. Historians and biographers having refused tew giv enny transparent account ov the various _Bends_ that hav got into things, us naturalists have passed a resolushun tew take them up az a kind ov estrays, and tew treat of them in a joyful and flexible manner. The most butiful, az well az truest bilt _Bend_, in this grate republick, iz the rainbow. For the informashun ov the scholler we shall simply state that this _Bend_ iz only seen in the east, and haz not yet reached the west, altho the enterprising people who liv in thoze parts undoubtedly will soon hav them, on a mutch bigger and improved plan. _Bends_ are both natral and artyfishall, and among the natral ones it will, perhaps, be well enuff tew menshun north _Bend_, in the State ov Ohio, the home ov General Harrison, formerly a President ov the grate republick; and also south _Bend_, in the State ov Indiana, the residence ov Schuyler Colfax, who, while i am putting down these remarks, iz running very fast for the Vice Presidency ov this grate republick with a certainty ov winning that iz butiful tew behold. (Later--He haz won.) Another wonderful and awe-inspiring _Bend_ in this grate republick is the political _Bend_. This _Bend_ iz az common and az limber az the figger 8.