Northern star, and Warren and Bristol gazette. [volume] (Warren [R.I.]) 1826-1830, 1826-08-12

se'1er and you are mess for til,
| A deaf woman observed a sailor
going py her door, and surprising il
to be her son Biliy--cried ont to hin;
|" Billy where is my COW I" Tho
sailor replied in eonteuptuous
manner, "gonc to the ID for what
Know" " Well, as you are going
that way" said the old woman, {" [
wlsl yor would let down the bars
| ANECDoTE. Three Irishmeu
Innco landed at New. London. direct
~ fr"m the sod. They went to a
tavern and called for dinner. the
landlord having dined, he Informed
them they had not much prepared
fortheir dinner; he accordingly set
some apple dumplings before the
Paddles. One jsays to the otLcrs
what kind ef meat is this I l ne,.r
saw any such meat set before ary
body in Ireland" 6. Arrah by nv
shoul," says one of them, .sI'Ii soon
tell You what it is; and taking one
into his hand, he threw il under tho
table to large dog. that instantly
swallowed it. The heat in ,he an
PIE severely burnt the dogs. throat.
lho animal opened his mouth win
both feet, at tie same time yeling
plteously. "There, by the pon ers.;'
says Paddy. /" it's dogs Je1csharp
See how he plays upon the tongue.'S
In order to our final doom and
sentence, there needs but this one
inquiry, whether we were charita.
BILE or uncharitable ? for a man uLo,
." Pooo0ooS" With +" tsuo divine CpRr-
ity, has not this divine principle, has
NO good in him and that is enoach
TO condemn him without inquirins
what evil he hath done.
The Indian tradition, mentioned in
the following extract from a speech IL
a Chief Of the Seminoles to the Secfn.
tary Of War. is supposed to refer TO III =.
Scripture story Of Jacob and Esau, IN /
IS, therefore considered piece of .r.
cumstantial evidence in favour Of IL.
opinion, that the savages of our c, ,nn
try are descendants of the lost trib . .,
Israel.
" Brother, you tell rs that ou C,c,,
Father wishes to place school in onr
nation, 10 teach cur children I, ro,a
and write. We do not wish one a, All
We do not believe the Great Spir;, ;n
tended this. or he would ha' &c given Ne
the knowledge as early as 'os cave Il .a
the white people. Now il is foo l,,o
the white people have 60 med an adw,r'
iage we can .sever rec over. and i j.
better for us to remain az we arc r.J
men, and live in our own way Rro,h
er, among our people it is t6oucbt ,ha,
at the time when there we're bnt ,,vn
kinds of people, the. red and the white
Or on the car'h, book was placed bv the
Great Spirit in the hands Of an old man.
eit'o' and with a long beard, who told
the red and the white, that he who In.
Cd the FIRST deer should receive he
oooK as his reward, and be learnt +,
reau H. Both went out to hunt. differ
cnt ways' the white man, after ro;nc-
l.'tls way, found sheep, which 20;
peinS SO wild as deer, he easily k,ryI
ne took this sheep to the bind M. -
and Iold him it was deer. Tic ~, ,
man believed him, and gave biz -" @
oook and learnt him how TO read !, 80
ne req man soon after broug,,, in ,
neer' oot he was too late--tl,e wb:,a
nan nao got the, book. If this cbe,t
nad not beer. practised, the red man
"ou'I nave been now as tho white man
~ and be. as the red man.
An Irish drummer, whose round
al. d rosy cheek gave notice that he
now snd then INDUCED in a ro-gin
OF right good poteep, was accostcd by
the inspecting Gcnral. "What makes
your face SO red, sir ~" Please
your honour" replied ho Of the drum.
1" always bushes when l speak TO
a Gincrar officer"
An inviolable fidelity, good lu.
NOR. and complacency Of temper ,ou,.
live all tho charms Of q hne face,
and make the decay Of il invisjS.c,