South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1835-08-22
with thousand dollar bill! l could have

with thousand dollar bill could have
sworn! -,
sNone your tam'dt shwearin here, if
YOU please Misher; but give me nine
change, dat may be off to mine farm a.
gain
"OF to your farm! A thousand dollar
bill Who are you, if may be so bold J"
.Who be's L! Why don't you know
your own neighbors. man. MY name
is Fnz Van Volger a poor man, init no
more as one thousand acres OF lands and
dis shma.l bill in mine pocket. dat was;
so ifyou'll change it, and let me be gone,
I'll dank you -,
Change it! Lord where should l get
money, ola morning, TO change thou
sand dollar bill!
Den what must do, misher /! You
won't drust me nor you won't change
my tousand dollar BILL
Trust you! Mr.. Van Volger !; that |
will. to the amount of a thousand dollars
if you wish. You didn't suppose was
afraid to trust you, did your? said the
merchant growing very conplalsant;
SHAW. baw. haw p roared the Dutch
man as loud as he could iaugh-you be-
gins to haul in your horns letle, does
YOU? Stranger what woaders small
thousand dollar bill wilt work in mans
goot opinion! SO you'll crust me now,
will your
Certainly, certainly, sir.
mo. III be danstt If you shall--if so
be surprising l can find silver enough in
mine pocket to pay YOU As he said
this. the Dutchman hauled out an old
stocking full of dollars, paid for the goods;
and giving another hearty haw, haw,
haw. at the astonishment and sudden
change Of opinion Of the merchant, de-
parted.
Another queer feilow-an English
farmer-says, that when he bought his
farm there was but one blade, OF grass
on il, and that two rabbits were fight.
ing for that. We should like to know
If this is not the same person who had
to out a weight, or an anchor, to the
tails of their hogs, TO keep them from
tumbling over their heads while in the
act of roofing for hvings
PLEASURE OF ExpEcTATToN.-Adr drunk.
en- fellow, at late hour of the night, was
sitting in the middle Of the Place Ven
dome. A friend of his happened to pass,
recognized him and said, Well. what do
you do here? why don't you 60 home 7
The drunkard replied, my good fellow,
.tis just what want--thiccup) = but the
place is all going round--(hiecup) and
Pm waiting for my door to pass BY
A STRANGE BUT TRUE STORY.
From the Mobile Register of July 80,
Our city, for couple Of days, has
peen the theatre Of extraordinary and
exciting events. The whole popuia.
ton has been thrown into state Of fe-
verish anxiety, alternating with fear d
indignation-a large par, of them has
been actively employed in summary eff
forts 10 arrest the parties to daring
and singular conspiracy, which was
developed yesterday morning, q to ex-
tract from the principal offenders con.
LESSONS which might lead TO the recov.i
cry of child, which had been seized
and carried into the woods, as host.
age for the success Of the boldest and
most heartless and desperate attempt
at extortion, ever heard Of in this conc
munity. The details involved the
family relations OF a respectable physi
clan, which we do mol feel it our priv
ilege to make more public than they
are already 10 the knowledge Of every
inhabilant of Mobile. The facts so
far as we think ii right to repaa, them
are as follows, and few will deny that
they form case of hardened villany,
of which, happily for the world, the
examples are few.
The gentleman in question, French.
man by birth, is in the possession of
very considerable fortune, & The faith.
er of an infant boy Of years Of age.
He has also several brothers, who
came 10 this country number of years
ago. What are their ideas of his OBJ
legations towards them, we do not
know-bul their conduct, or at least
that Of two Of them, ia the present
case, shews a resolution to despoil him
of a large part of his fortune at once.
Their plan was bold and bloody in de-
termination, and insolent almost be,
You'd belief in the exorbilance OF It's
exactions. On Monday evening, day
before yesterday, one Of them stole the
infant child, and carried it off into the
woods. Notice was then given TO the
father by letter, that unless the sum Of
thirty thousand dollars should be fur