Richmond Indiana palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1837-1839, 1837-08-05
SANS STORY OF TINE ALLIGATOR.

! nam STONY o. the AtkBOATOWs
"wcli, rs been sometime ago, be6osc you
steamboats, scared tho cretsss way hack from sh'
Mississippi, into ths dry sssslemsats, tho Alli9a
tors used 10 out On tho river, and has ~ Tn
dogs on board our horns, and f cvcs brave fol
low Of adog (ss they did sometimes) Jumped ovcl
aCeF thcm, they'd gather him UP with their tail
which you know does them for q hand, and rails
ing their upper jaw. they'd chew him up hand
sosncly: indeed, tho vasmints seem 10 love dog
devils that they used 10 try To climb up into the
boat to git at our dogs; 50 VIC used to stand guar
| 70 keep them OFT every night. Well, as ! was
! saying, We wore going up the Mississippi one
nivllt, in fine new boat, the currcnt was run
ming pretty much it is now, and VIC had guards
to keep o tho alligators; VIC had some tine pups
aboard that VIC didn't want them to git at VOL rs
nigh as ! could reckon, twas about Midnight,
and mighty durk, with great thick fog about US,
so thick that you could hardly walk through At;
well felt terrible bump against the head oil
the boat, and then the guards sung out. snag, "a
snag; went TO look, and sure enough there II
was, big the body Of a common Fed tree.
through and through our bran new boat; so says
], there's Of gsicving; 50 trusted to Prov
idcnce and went to sleep.
About light | got up, and went TO how
things were going, and bless your soul what do
you thirk il was? SGucss 'twant an alligator
said Tom: ayes, but it was-thc varmint had
and through boat up to the dogs bed ON deck
he had eaten them all clean up, but one large bull
pup who had got crossways in the creters throat;
SO he couldn't pull his head out from the boat A.
gain, because he couldn't shut his Jaws, and there
he was FAST weighing his tail about in the water,
for all the world like whirlwind."
1:Blt how did YOU get him out!'' SAID Tom.
.sWhv I'll tell YOU; we cut his head Off smooth
with the deck and tied up his taii-hc fitted 50
tight we didn't leak drop but went on. 'Gncss
1t was a cute way to get rid Of Mississippi Saw
YER" said Tom ''And do the Alligators really
ba TX like dog, and climb into boais?'' asked
consequential and poppsh looking chap, who hat:
been writing in his tablets while Brew was spin
ming his yarn. .sFor sartin they do said Brew,
''and Eve heard them myself mile OIL, like
hounds in f:lIl chase? "Astonishingt' said the
stranger, and after making note. walked off,
'.That's one of your men what travels to make g
book" said Brew. 81 reckon he's got alligator
story this time
the 18th near this borough, Francis r. Skunk was
toasted candidate for governor. When the
sentiment was read, his little son, turning to Mr..
5. innocently inquired. 'Papa, didn't you write
hat?' Poor Mr.. Skunk looked very queer
1Child, you talk too muchc'
Harrisburg Telegraph.
1t is stated that Hartford Conn. for several
5cars past, has turned out about $500 volumes
yer day, or 100000 per annum Now there is
tut one solitary volume i'll press in the city.
Mr.. VAN BuREN IN ENCLAND.-The Liver
ool Mail June I'D, says:
Political excitement prevails to an alarming cx-
entin the United States. Some Of the New
'ork papcrS suggest that national cow en- ton I
liould be held to pass resolutions against the gov
rnment Already, although he has only COM |
nenccd his four years rule, is agitation busy "a
ainst Van Buren,, as to the merit Presidential E.
,ction, and Messrs. .. Webster, Clay and CAL
oun are severaIly proposed as candidates against
an Burcn's reelection. The President, howev
r, is slippery eel, and will probably ''Jump
i'm Crow" when he secs popular opinion against
im In the policy of his predecessor he cannot :
reserve.
tomatoes and green corn were abundant III Bal
more market on Tuesday last. Tomatoes sold :.
% cents per dozen. y
A ieetle TOO Toucm-Last winter. it is said, a n
wv aoted down the Mississippi on piece of ice, n
I'd became so cold that she has MIXED nothing :
IT ice-cre0ms ever since! q