The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1823-02-26


al Divinity.
Gentlemen, the next eppearsnce Of The
cook was before q magistrate, where abe d,.-
uccily swofe 10 the utter impossibilily of anv
access TO :he beef without her koowed,:.
and she soIemnIy denied that access wa. ever
stforded. The cook hsving failed. the bu,ler
was resoried 10. The Pss,n Produced 10
him the alice from the round, and asked him
whether IL was no, his p'operyi "No,"
ssid the butler, "God bless me-" said tho
Parson, 4" who, a fool you are no, 90 swea- to
beei!" He then produced the slice ffom tho
'ool.box. "At all events. Joe, you will hsvo
no hesitation In swearing tbs, this end tho
other came from the same round r' NO"
'eP'ied Joe, "Id rather say they did not, be-
cause the one Is mneh dfier than the othet."
The old msthe msiician, when he solved tho
problem, and exclaimed eureka, never felt
one tenth oil the Parsons ecstecy-"I's tho
same, Joe, IT'S the sa,ae--i,'s only d,ier h.-
cause ! carried u In my bfeeches pocket
Leughter)
Ills next resource, geotIsmsp. wa, m.
plaintiff himself The pisin,iff wss w,,,nc
the robbery OF bis dinocr, little foseseeinp he
was To DO considered thief he told o, once
'hs, hs got the hsefifom bis aun, q, Gambler.
nor would he even make tho inquiry. Day
"I'er usy the man came TO his wo K, and dow
auer coy the PsrsoD bcset him, tormen,ing
h,m hourly with the same quesiioos, OF length
MS patience was quite exhausted, and he said.
as am told, IN the presence Of the butler.
"sh, told you tho ,nsme of my aunt, and
where she lived; Ill answer you no more ON
the sohjec'' am ready to prove my inno.
eence ae'ote any, tribunal IN tho world" In
inc mesn iisnci fen,iemeD, the beef was hour
" aoord'ng to the Par'on another oppot, uni.
oi Occurring upon the mu,sbili,y oil human
ndaps ~ other words, IL was getting mus,v F:
despatch wss necessary. The Pafsoh Sent IL
down With si'ict command the, some of the
servants should dine on it. The butler ro.
Jec'ed as bc was TO be a witness: the ki,ch-
en- maid swore she'd not make her s,omsch n
receiver OF stolen goods sod tho unfo ,uos,o
cook will Tell you that she boi,ed i, herself in
o'det to prevent revolution in the scullerv.
-(Laugh,er)
W'i you believe, gentlemen, this, upon
these g~ounds, against tho speaking evidence
oi the mans daily re,utn to work ,'sgains, ,bc
oa'hs oi bis own servants, sgains, common
sense, merely because no had cold round in
bia. la'der--th's prop of,he Church, who
Keeps his iordly mansion, his squipace, and
his re'inue, determined 20 prosecute Ibis
helpless pesssn, on q charge Of robbery a
charge 60 laid as 10 subject him to tran. port.
alton. Did you ever, gentlemen, hear .f such
csse ns this ] RENE mbcr to have heard NJ
ope, and but ones which occurred in another
couoity. ], was not in Ireland, gentlemen.
'hoogh M. Gu'ney's .miling would scem to
soy so. IL happened 10 America about flrr
yeats ago. Johnny Hook, gentlemen, wa, a
Highlander. He lived in one of the most q.
conomicsI parts OF Scotland, until he arrived
~ years oi discretion, whsn, Of course, he en-.
igrs,ed.--( (Lsugh,cr) lie arrived in Amer
ica abou' the period OF tho revolution, having
broogh, with him from Scotland liuie stou,
bullock, which l dare say no thought On or,
emblem Ut bis county men. - (I .aug bietl
Patriotism Is said to be . hungry quality, and
uDhsppiiy for Johnny Hook, the American
army encamped in tho very field where his
bullock was grazing. Tho bullock wes soon
soc',fieed TO tho sppe,ites OF the invaders of
the held, aud Tho reuiDg snn beheld bu, lis
lsst lib IN existence. At the conclusion OF
The war, Johnny set OF from tho farm, end
brought hrs seton against tho American
Commisss'y General Tor the price of his bul.
ook Jhe defence was conducted by the in
,pred psuio, Patrick Hen,yLs name i'm
moftsl in AmerIca, end which 'should never
die wherever talent and genius arc held in es.
iIns,ion. Ue touched the chords Of the 10.
ro'S hearts, and when be had pictured beiore
ihem the peri!s and privations which the A..
mefiesn army had undergone, tho schisve-
'heu's and victories they had ob,aioed,' he ex-
elsimed with 9 feeling which soon heesms
contagious But who 10 this man who dis.
iufds nations devotion, sod a, the vsfv mo.
meo, when they ore with uplif,ed arms re-
'ufning thank. TO The god Of battles, exeisims.
bsei, beef, beef :"
10 Americs the name oi Johnny Hook viii
never die Genius has touched !, and made
II immousI--but what wss Johnny Hook
sbeo conussied With Pwsoo Walls "a. q
candle to tho sun. From tho moment ,has
'hs Psrson glspeed his keen, worldly, ,i,hs.
discerning eye into The poor mans box, BIS
yefy imagination appears 20 have become bos-
s'hed. Tbroughou, ell creation he could sec
nothing b,, beef! Tbis rounded world, with
, all its rich varieties, wss in his mind no,h,og
bn'--s round Of beef his roses and hi. lilies