Southern telegraph., 1838-03-20

LoAfEN. ne hnickerbOcker thu
: hits OF the likeness of a Loafer mt Niagara
exceedingly amused at the air and ma nne
OF decided loafar, scntimentalist withnl
and topper, who had come out Of his wa,
from Buffalo to see the Falls. sLnndlord.
said ne to the Bonifacc of the cataract. sant
you gentlemen who stand on this porcl
witnessing this pit.ilcss rain, YOU see befor.
you one who has tempest of SORROWS beating
upon his head continually. Wonst I wa.
woth twenty thousand dollars, and | dri,
the sadjling profession. Circumstance.
altar cases--now, | wish to solicit charity
some OF YOU seem benevolent, and | an
not fosrank myself among those who could
travei from Dan to Beersheba, and say all
IS barren. No. scorn to brag--but / am
intelligent beyond my years, and my educa-
t'on has been complete. I have read Vol
hey,s Runs, MarshalI's Life of Washing
ton, Ovid's Art of Love, and Pope,s ESSAY
| on Man, and most Of the literature of the
day as contained i'm the small newspapers.
Bat The way Pm situated at present is scan
daious. The fact is, my heart is broke,
and I'm just ishmaeling about the globe,
with sombre brow, and bosom laden
with Woe. Who will help me? Speak
s'nSly, gentemen-Who will lease nv
grief and drive my cares awayY as Isaac
Watts says, in one of his devotional po-
ems.'
NO answer was returned--a genera!
laughter arose. The pride Of the mendi-
cant was excited-rage got the better of his
humility; and shaking his fist in the faces
OF inc bystanders, he roared out-'You're
all pack OF poor Ornary common people,
You insuh honest poverty; but do not
'hang nay bead for "a that as Burns SAYS.
VIII chastIse any man here, for two three
cent drinks of Monongahela whisley; yes,
though | have but lately escaped ship
wreck, coming from Michigan to Buffalo,
and am weak for the loss of strength; vet
VIII whip the best Of YOU. Let any one
on yon come over to the Black Rocks Rail
Road Depot, and I'll lick him like a.
Never mind that part Of it, said one
tell US about the shipwreck.'
'AhH he continued, that was scene
u wenty miles out at sea on the lake
storm, Dustin the deck The waves, like
mad failors making hreeches over us con-
the Iighnin Dustin over head
and under water--she clouds meeting the
earilh-the land just over the bow-every
mast IN spIin:ers-every sail in rags-wo-
men ascreechen-farmers' wives, emigra-
tin to the west, calm for their husbands
and graves yawnin all around! A good
many was deadly sick; and one man after /
casting forth every thing beside, with vio-
lent reich, threw up his boots. Oh! gen.
liemen. it was awful! At length came the
last and destructive billow. 1t struck the
ship in the left side, in the neighborhood
Dt he poop. and all at wonst felt something
under us breaking away. The vessel was
half the crew was drowned
were praying and commencing
themselves to Heaven! alone escaped
he watery DOOM
sAnd how did you manage TO redeem
destructiong was the general
INQUIRY.
.Why, gentlemen, the fact is, seen how
hngs was agoin, and l took my hat and
rent ashore
The hast saw of this Munchausen, was
is our coach wheeled away. He had "a
:hieved drink and was perambula,ing
through the mud, lightcned momentarily Of
lis sorrows.