Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Wayne County, Ind.) 1831-1837, 1836-05-07

TO be about ias naddest. but be cooi'd
down; and the blood - It run back into
h,s arms ard leGs y'pose, klader tingl-d
as II went along, tor he shook some and
looked pale, and says /, '.Gin'rai what
The matter" Says heel don't know, | feel
kinder "a it'd been lectu!izef,' and he
WIS goln to say more. but Jist at that
mines, some one said the frigate was goln
10 DC launched, and il VS. F'huTah iJr
Jackson" and all run that could. The
.Gin'ral said he should like to r. tn, -
run and got the clutches FIR the govern
fnent, AMI MIR. Van Buren, went one side &
t'olher; but, by the time we got there.
the government went 80 slow, the launch
was all over-but there was something
else a gain on. about equal to there was
that are Ir Adams, they used to call him
'thc gentleman FROM Massachusetts, he
was tryin 10 70 across the river in tew
boats, one foot in one boat and t'other
foot in t'otber boat. and he was >k1iin
backward sith life the boats want fas-
tened together at all; s'p9se there was a
wager or somelhln. Some said Mr.. Van
Buren, had promised if he would du ii and
du il slick, to give hun II quart of cider;
some said tew quarts Well, as Is a say
in be- was skuIlIa backward with life, and
the boats kept spreadln apart wider and
wider, and byme by his bFceches, which
held as long as they could. split cle4r'n TO
the Wristbands On both sides, and down
come the gentleman frofa Massachusetts,,
K 'souso into the water between his boats.
and his skuilin paddles dfified away.
The shore was full Of folks lool<n on, &
a most every one had sonethin TO s.v.----
Some said she's dodsin aquestion," others
said she's Parsoni.ying an id4c," bat 9th
ers said as how shes goin az minister to
the Antipodes and he's goia strait" others,
.'that he's gJin over to the Iuemy" But,
be that az ii may, | observed that every
one when they had any thing 10 say, al
ways looked toward Il down easter cert OF
man there was theIe, among the rest, vino
stood alone by the shore, upon large
stone, = lectis higher than the rest. Inal
man had weaYer's beam in his hand for
walkiD stick, and besides there was IvIn
by him 4 long handled harpoon to fish up
things from deep waters wIth----ana so they
said to him MIR. Adams Is most certainly
4 drownin hadn't YOU better 90 oil and
harpoon him up and slve his body ii
you can't his soul2' But the man made
no reply, though he looked quite alrnest
.---how'seyer, boat put Off and caught
the drowuin man by the cue Of his wig,
which was stuck Oh tn his head with
Lynn wax, and they brought him ashore,
and after rolliu him on barrels to gic
the water out, aud BLOWN in his nose
with 4 pair Of bellowscs, they got hun
on his feet, and IS soon rs he could
speak he moved to adjourn. Il was 10
laughing matter, though some, as the
crowd, and government, and went up
along, snichered lcetle AID said as how
the DEM John would be- cleaner for rim
sing, and othets said, and felt with EN-,
that Mr.. Adams ought 10 have The CT
DER he didn't ID il one m4y sly, bar by
the bargain he was 10 du It slick, and
slrtainly when he come out he was slick
as drOwned rat; how the matter en-
ded ! dom: know when we rot home
into the east room, went ont presently
TO Tx some poul;Iccs for the Gin'sal, ana
| left Mr. Nan Buren, alone with the
government. Yauss Truly.
JOE STRICKLAND.