Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1838-10-31

| ring portion Oh the puOlc uoiDaii
which had pleased his fancy. His
wife and children, and two brothers,
were left at New York !; he had been
on tour of observations, and now re-
turns to fetch them to his location; in
few weeks they will be settled in the
bosom of the wilderness. | saw him
Jump aboard the boat in the morning,
with the elastic spring of hope and JOY.
He came forth dove.like messenger
in search of land, and now returns with
glad tidings and ardent hope of rich
success. One such emlgrant is worth
q dozen of the idle skulkIng knaves
who crowd our seaboard, and rot in
lazIness and rags.
"That good looking man, with a
large breast-pin, and chain of gold con-
spicuously displayed across his breast,
is blackleg Of the vilest class. He
is insinuating himself into the society
of those young men for the purpose OF
making up a card party, when the work
of plumber will commence. lie has
scar upon his left hand-l will tell you
how it was gained. He was travelling
| down the Mississippi, in company with
some southerners, and succeeded IN pro-
! voking them to gamble. One ofthem
soon became heavy loser-he suspec-
ted foul play, and narrowly watched
the strangers conduct. He soon DIS
covered that the blackleg secreted the
winning cards of the pack, and produ-
ced them at his pleasure. The South
erner had lost heavily-more indeed
than he could aiford-when he saw
the end of card peeping out from be-
meath the others outstretched hand,
that was lying fiat on the table, he
drew his spring. back dirk from his
pocket, and with one jerk, drove 1t
through the hand of the gambler, deep
into the table. He was compelled to
remain, nailed to the place, with the
evidence of his villany perfectly vlsl-
BILE, till every body on board OF the
boat had been invited to look at him,
that they might know and avoid HIM
for the future. All his winnings were
taken from him, and he was put ashore
at the first wooding place. But the
unblushing scoundrel is at his dirty
work again, as if no such exposure
had ever occurred.
A boy, about six years OF age, was
clambering up the nettings OF the bull
warks. His mother called him to her
by the name of Ahasuerus. The fire.
ouent repetition OF this strange word
excited much attention and drew the
following remarks from the old Colo
mel
"The rage for out. ofthe-way names
is peculiar, l believe, to our country
though we may not rival the Spanish
in the multiplicity Of the applications
bestowed upon an individual. Many
of our sponsorial titles are absurd
You have doubtless heard OF the poor
woman who had her infant chrlstened
Belzebub, because it was a scripture
name. knew a man who swore an
oath that his first child should be ma
med Thomas Jeflerson-of course he
calculated on having boy; but his
first born was a female. lie kept his
oath and the lady owning that mas
culine nomination is still alive. An
eccentric auctioneer at New Orleans,
chris,ened twin daughters Ibid and
Ditto; and gentleman by the name
fStickney, now living upon the banks
of the Miami, has designated his chill
dren in numerical rotation, common
cling with the frst-born, as One Stick
new. Two Stickney, and so on, up to
the infant who is called Five Stickney.
No other name or distinguishing mark
| is affixed to male or female.
A well. dressed youth was paradlng
the deck with an air of self-satlsiactlon,
and amusing himself by poklng a large
silver tooth-pick into his mouth. HIS
arrogan, bearing offended the Colonies
IDEAS of propriety, and he seized the
arm ofthe youth with such jerk, that
the dandy's hand nearly followed the
tooth. pick down his throat. Young
man, If your mothers sugar plumbs
have rotted your teeth, and you must
pick them, go below and get quill OF
the steward or beg a pen from the
clerk, and cut it into the required
shape. Use it privately. 10 Clean
YOUR teeth in public is sign OF vulgar
| ity-but to torment your gums with a
metal spike, when you can treat them
to the softncss of quill, is sheer stu
pidity." 1901 -, so;a
nothing but he put his toosh'pick IN
his pocket. ,aou
The sun was setting with splend'or
and glory unequalled even in tn" ;,
Golden skies of fair Italla's land. =
Masses of clouds assumed every possi-
BILE variety of wondrous form and gor-
oeous tint. Dark and mountainous APP
o, IN tho Corenart. faded IN the