Excerpt from Johnsville in the Olden Time: Other Stories Village, directly in front of the mansion where the blooming damsels alluded to had assembled. Captain Punch, in imitation of the ancient heroes, such as Hannibal, and Pompey the Great, concluded he would make a short address to his soldiers. As the Captain was a member of the Johnsville Debating Society he retained in his noddle a remnant or two of his old speeches, which he thought might prove acceptable on the occasion, with a few variations. He therefore commenced his remarks by informing his companions in arms that there was a tide in the affairs of men, which taken at its flood flowed on to fortune. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.