Litchfield enquirer., 1834-07-24

~Take TRings c0ollg.--' You're an infer
nal scoundlel! = said fierce looking gem
tleman, the other day, coming up in great
wrath TO Yankee, who was standing quiz
city ON the side walk you're an internal
scoundrel, sir 7
That's news to me- returned the YAM
kee, quietly. @
Newsl you scoundrel-do you call II
news z Entirely so.'
You needn't think to carry It Oh SO quiz
oily. I say you're an internal scoundrel
and I'll prove it.
/ beg YOU will not. i shouldn't like to
be proved scoundrel.
No. 1 dare swear you wouldn't. But
answer me directly--did you. or did you
not say, in the presence OF certain ladies
Of nv acquaintance, that was mere
Calf o no, sir; the truth is not to be
spoken at all times :,
The TRUTH! Do you presume to call
me calf, sirl'
20 NO. sir. / CALL you-NoTHING.'
Its well you do; for il you had pre-
sumed to call me---'
A mani should have been grossly
mistaken ~
Do you mean to say am not man.
sir?' THAT depends on circumstances.
What circumstances =
sIf should be called as evidence, in
court Of justice, should be bound to speak
the truth
.And YOU would say was not man,
hey! Do you see this cow skin
sYes-and I've seen it with surprise,
ever since you came up
with surprise! Why, did you suppose
was such coward that ! dare not use,
the article, when I thought it was deman-
ded z Shall tell you what ! thought
DO. IL yoa dare X,
II thought to myself, What use mas
CALF for a COW skin
You distinctly call me q cali, then:,
esaIf YOU will insist upon il, You may.
.Yo1 hear, gentlemen, speaking g the
bvstanders. YOU hear the insult. what
shan I do with the scoundrel! -
.Dress him, dress hinll' exclaimed
twen,v voices. with shouts aud laughter.
THAT Ill do a. once. Then turning
again to. ths Yankee, he cried out merely
Come one step this way. you rasca!, ana
I'll Cog you within an inch ot your me.
I've no OCCASION.
You're coward y
Not on your word
sI'll prove II, BY aogging You out Of
YOUR skin. I doubt IL
am liar then, am z
Just as you please
DO YOU hear that, gentlemen e
sAyp was the unapimous response
You can't avoid dressing him now
80 heavens grant me patience shall
fly out Of my skin.
It'll be so much the better for your
pocket. Cali skins are in good demand.
I shalt burst
Not here. ia The street, beg Of you.--
I; would be quite disgusting.
Gentlemen, can ! any longer avoid dog
ging him ~
.Not If you're able was the reply
Az him at hipl!'
Thus provoked thus stirred up and
encouraged----the fierce gentleman went
like lightning at the Yankee. But before
no could strike blow, he found himself
disarmed Of the cow skin and lying on his
back under the spout Of neighboring
pump, whittier the Yankee had carried him
10 cool his rage and before he could re-
cover from his establishment, at such unex-
pected handling, he was wet as thrice
drowned rat, from tho cataracts Of water
which his grave antagonist had literally
pumped upon him. His courage, by this
time, had, like that OF the valiant Bob A.
cres, oozed out at the palms Of his hands; :
and he declared, as he arose and went drip
ping away from the pump, that he would
never trust to quiet appearances again So
and the devil might undertake to COW skin
acool Yankee, for I'LL him. y. IrGnsc.
"a SUap.-Mr. Snooks was asked the
other day how he could account for Ma
lures forming him SO ugly. Nature was
not to blame. said he, Tor when twas
two months old was considered the hand
soonest child in the neighborhood- my
nurse, the slut, one day sDapped me array
for another boy. just TO please friend Of
hcrs, whose child was rather plain looking.
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