The Arkansas advocate., 1831-03-16
 HUMOROUS.
From the N. ' Constellation. Account of C SteGm-b tip from Providence 10
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.4ccount of Stean- -bodt tip from Providence 10
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 NEw- YoRR, Oct. ', 1880.
 Deor 7snaothy--i guess you'll be q leetestruck up when you hear Iaminthe great city of York got there last wee. in the ben franklin, shes as slick as beeswaxl tell you. These steam boats are plagy tlcklish things you may depend ont.-- They burst their oilers pretty considerably on the north river, there was one blew up there the other day all to smash, they haven't found q stick Of her yet only the arm of one man. didn't hear Of this till got here, or would have snadesour captain put me down somewhere a- long shore and pay back my eight dollars. We gotfhe steam up about luneng lime, ard such 2 roaring and believing youneyer heard nothing like 1t but uncle bens bull, when he gets tearing mad fly time. Afterthe fokcsaIl got into the boat, the captain takes d daraed great yellow thing just ike a crook neck squash, and puts it te his satti.i i,ilt bawis out through # for them to unite the strings and lei hergo.
 Bless me how he made me jump. thou ght for d moment the biler was bursted, but I soon found my mistake, for the wheels began to whir round and the boat started off like two year old colt. V were out Of sight of providence in less than no time. They gave us q royal good dinner as ever eat, though couldn't say much for their potatoes, guess they the real blue skic sort. had hard work to make the fellows that tended on the table lool, out for my plate. but at lastI slipt two cents into the hand of one of them, and he was amazing sharp afterwards and got me whatever wanted. spese the fel- low knew had money in my pockets for he stuck clese to me next morning and tried to make me give him four pence half penny to brush my boots, but was II to trap as #elI as he. and brushed them myself
 After dinner we got to newport, guess they might as we'll have called it oldport, every thing looks as old as the hills there, houses and all. saw g lot of boys on q wharf there, and if their faces want as old as their grand fathers couldn't see strait, that's all. asked man the occasion of 1t, ne said 1t was the last war and embrace was desputs sick going round the pint and didn't see it after all. walked Virginia fence all the time, the boat kept rocking so. was afeard some of them would think had taken drop too much and tried to walk crack but couldn't do itI begun to feel pale, a cold sweat started out of my forehead, my coffee begun to riler, and then knew should cast up my accounts pretty quick. 1t was long time however be- fore Icould have any thing up, tis horrible feeling 10 be sea sick. didn't seem to care what become on me.
 After we got round the pint began to feel bet ter l looked up but couldn't see bit of land and my heart sunk within me. l couldn't help thinking if any accident should happen what would become of us. wished was at home swinging on fathers gate, but it was too late now. While l was leaning over the rails heard one man say to another he thought some thing was the matter with the boiler, for he heard the steam hssng like a snake. said nothing, but as soon as got . chance went and asked the Captain about it; he kind of avoided an an- swcr which made me ten time more suspicious. didn't sleep much all night, but kept thinking aboutit. Iaid on my back and kept going up and down asif l was riding on trip hammer, the machinery jared the boat so.
 Towards morning got into a kind of doze and dreampt the boiler had bursted. This l learnt after l walked up, for the next moment, half the passengers followed like sheep over a wall crying out the boiler is burst. Some run one way and some another. rushed on deck as*l thought and coughthold of the mast. Then twas l walked up, and what do you think I had hold of, it was the nigger cook "a great black greasy gal, as big round as hogshead, and there was in the middle of the cabin before them all hugging her upto kill. Ineyer felt So sheepish in all my life, and sneaked off like a singed cat tell you. Most of the passengers