Maumee express. [volume] (Maumee City, Ohio) 1837-1838, 1838-04-28

tney nave Inc mlSlortln OF naVln tnelr
passions addressed more than their rea-
son, therefore, they are often out Of the
way, or rather led out Of, il, and put as
tray by bad guides. Well, tother side
have the prejudices of birth and educa.
ton to dim their vision, and are alarmed
toundertake any thing, from the dread
ofambush, Or open; foes, that their guides
are eternally deserving in the mist-and
beside, power has natural tendency 10
corpulency. AS for them guides, I'd
make short work of 'em if it was me.
ba In the last war with Britain, the Con-
stiiution frigate was close in once on the
shores of Ireland, lookin arter some
merchant ships. and she took on board a
pilot; well, he was deep, sly, twistical
lookin chap, as you almost ever Seed
He had a sort of dark, down look about
him, and u leer out of the corner of one
eye, like horse that's goin to kick
The captain guessed he read in his face,
well now if / was to run this here Yam
kee right slap on rock and bilge her,
the King would make man Of me for
ever So says he to the first lelienant,
reeve rope through that are block at
the tip eend of the fore yard, and clap a
runnin muse in it. Thesleitenant didit as
quick as wink, and came back, and says
he, ! guess it's done. Now, says the
Captain, look here, pilot, here's rope
you ha'n't seed yet; III jist explain the
use of it to you in case you want the
loan oft. If this here frigate, manned
with our free and enlightened citizens,
gets aground, III give you a ride on the
slack Of that are rope, right up to that
yard by the neck, by gum. Well, it
rubbed all the writin out of his face, as
quick as spi,ten on slate takes sum
out, you may depend. Now, they
should rig up crane over the street
door of the State House at Halifax, and
when any of the pilots at either ecnd Of
the buildin run 'em on the breakers on
purpose, string 'em up like an onsalc
dog. A sign Of that are kind, "a house
Of public entertainment painted under
ii, would do the business in less than no
time. lift wouldn't keep the hawks out
Of the poultry yard, it's pity--it would
scare them out of years growth, that's
! a fact-if they used it once, guess they
wouldn't have occasion for ii agin in a
hlrry-it would be like the Aloe tree
and that bears fruit only once in hund.
lEed years. .eai e3 4le
you Want to know how to act any
time, squire, never go to books, leave
them to gals and school boys; but GO
right off and cipher it out Of natur, that's
a sure guide, it will never deceive you,
you may depend. For instance, ',ohats
that to nae,' is phrase so common that
| it shows it's a natural one, when people
have no particular interest in thing
Well, when feller gets SO warm on
either side as never to use that phrase at
a !, watch him, that's all keep your eye
on him, or he'll walk right into you
afore you know where you be. If a
man runs. to me and says, your fence is
down. thank you, says, ], that's kind
if he comes agin and says, 4 guess some
stray cattle have broke into your short
sarce garden / thank him again, says
!, come now, this is neighbourly; but
when he keeps eternally tellin me this
thing Of one servant, and that thing OF
ano ther servant, hints that my friend ant
true, that my neighbours are inclined to
take advantage of me. and that suspl-
cious folks are seen about my place, ]
say to myself what on airth makes this
critter take such a wonderful interest
in my affairs; ! don't like 10 hear such
tales--he' arter someihin as sure asthe
world, if he warnt he'd say, s,ohats thai
to me- / never believed much what
hear said by mans violent friend, or
violent enemy, | want to hear what a
disinterested man, has to say--now, as a
disnterested man, ! say if the members
of the House of Assembly, instead Of
raisin up ghosts and gobins to frighten
folks with, to show what sworsdmen they
be, cuttin and thrustin at phantoms
that onlyexist in their own brains would
turn to heart and hand, and developed
the REQUIRES of this fine country, facili-
tate the means Of transport--promote its
internal improvements, and encourage
its foreign trade they would make it the
richest and greatest, as II is now Ole Of
the happiest. sections Of all America-J
hope | may be skinned if they couldn't
they would, | swan.
|3e .stlsRs@ From the New York Times.
Mr. TALL MADGES LETTER.