Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1830-11-25
A GRTDIRoN.

ri A""s nun d recent Dubba Journal
there are some of The best lot hes in Il that
we nave seen Tor many a day. The writer
oeg'ns oy a reference to Mathews ludicrous
representation, IN his Trip to America Of
an irisbman who had left his own count,v
20 seek his iortune'-and who, .safter yari.
Gus failures IN the pursuit, at .lenath goes in
To the back settlements with the ,Sten9;an 90
becoming interpreter general between tbe
Yankees and the Indian tribes: but The I'D;
ans reject profiered service, sate poor igto,aat
creatures as he himself saws, sirst becs,ss he
did not understand their language, We arc
told, moreover, (he says that Goldsmith Vi.
slted the land of dykes and dams. for tho
purpose OF teaching the H~ollanders Enol;sh.
quite overlooking (until his arrival in the
country made 1t obyious) that he did not
know a word Of Dateh himself" He tbnn
proceeds as follows
"A certain old gentleman in the west of
Ireland, whose love Of tie ridiculous ouite =
qualied his taste for claret and fox huntior
was wont, upon certain festive occasians
when opportunity offered, TO amuse his friends
by drotc,ag out one of his servants who was
exceedingly fond of what he called his .iLra-
Tss,' and IN whom a good deal of whim
some queer stories, and perhaps more than
all, long and faithful services. had estabI;.b.
cd a sort Of right of loquacity. He was one
OF those few trlsty and privileged domesties.
who, If his master unheedingly uttered =
rash thing in a fit Of passion, would venture
TO sit him right. III the Squire said, IN turn
that rascal off, my friend Pat would saw.
'troth you won't SIR ard Pat was always
right, iorif any alteration arose upon tie
subject matter in hand he was sure 10
throw IN some good reason, either from for.
mer service general good conductor the
dehnqucnts wife and Children that always
turned the scale.
Butt am depressing: on such merry meet
ihgs as have alluded to, the master. after
making certain 'apprsaches,' as a military
man would say, as the preparatory steps in
laying siege TO some extraoagaasa of his SER
want, might, pcrchaace, asssl Pat thus. n
the bye, Sir John, addressing a distinguish.
ed suest.) Pat has a very curious story. which
something Yen told me of TO day remindsm me
OF. You remember, Pat, uurning to Inc
man, evidently pleased at the notice. thus
paid to hlmseH,) you remember that queer
adventure yon had in France ,, ..rrotb / do.
Sur" grins forth Pat. what" exclaimed
Sir John, IN fei5ned surprise, was Pat ever
IN france!" "lndeed he wac, cries mine
bost--and Fat adds. ,ay, aud farther PLACE
your honor Il assure you, Sir john con-
tinues my host, Pat told me a story once
tina; surprised me very tnuch, respecting the
Ignorance of tAs French Indeed reioins
the baroaet, really | always supposed the
French to be a rssst accomplished people,
.Iroth then, they're not, sir, interrupts Pat.
On, by no means adds mine host. shaking
his head enphatically. Il believe, Pat, twas
when you we're crossing the Atlantic says
the master, turning to Pat with a seductive
AIR, and leading him into tbs full and true
account (ior Pat had thought fit to Vi t
North America, fer "a reason he had,' ia
the autumn oil the year '9S) Yes SIR says
Pat, ''the broad Atlantic a fayorite phrase
OF his, he gave with a brouge as broad, al.
most, as the Atlantic itself. at was the time
| was lost in crossin the broad Atlantic a
coinmin' home" began Pat, decoyed into
the recItal-"whin the winds began to blow,
and the sac 10 ronl, that you'd think the
Colleen dhas, (hat was her name) would not
have a mast left but what would rowl out of
her. We'll, sure enough, the mas,s went by
the bsord, at last, and the pumps was
choak'd, (diyil choak them for that SAME
and ay coorsc the wather gained an us, and
trooth to be filled with wathsr is neither good
for nam or haste, and she was sinkin' fast,
scttin' down, as the sailors calls it, and faith
| never was good at settlin' down in my life,
and | liked IT then less nor ever: accordlanly
we prepared for the worst, and put out the
boat, aud got a sack O. bishkits, and a cashk
o. pork, and a kag o. wather, and a thriie
o. aboord, and any other little matthers we
could think lv in the mortal hurry We wor in
and faith there was no time 10 be lost for
my darlint, the Colleen dhas vent down like
a lump o. lead, afore we wor many sthrokes
o. the oar away from her. Well, we dhritted
away all that night, and next mornin' put up
a piece av a sail as well as we could, for we
dar'nt show a stich o. canvass the night be
fore, becase it was BLOWN like bloody muir
Their, savin' your presence, and sure its the
wondher of the world we wont swally'd alive
by the rssin' sae-well, away We wint, for
more nor IA week, and nothini before our two
good looking eyes but the canophy iv heaven
and the vide ecean-thc broad Atlantic-di
| vii a thing was to be seen but the sac and
the sky is mighty purity things in themselves,
still in all, yet by my sowl there no great
things when you've notbin' else TO lock at for
a week together-and the barest rock in the
world. SO it was land, would be more well
kim And then soon. enough troth, eur pro-
visions began 10 run low, the bishkits, and
the water, and the rum-trotb that was gone
first of all-God help uz-and OBJ it was Mi.
that starvation began to stare w in the face
,-'Oh murther, murther. captain darlint,
says |, wish we could see land any where
says l.. More power to your elbow, Paddy.
my boy says he, for stitch a good wish, and
troth its myself that wishes the same oh
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