The Pearl River banner. (Monticello, Miss.) 1837-18??, 1838-01-06
NUMBER II.

principles have ever been promulgated
and sustained 10 our deiterstiye bodies,
and before our judicial tribunals the
whole has passed by without breaking or
tearing asuuder the elements Of our so.
cial fabric. Let US reflect on these things
and learn wisdom from experience: aud
know. that the relations Of society, gen.
Grated by the lapse Of ages, cannot be al
tered in day.
Guaranteeing is had prac.
tice al best; but there is a species of
sportive white lie which, when well
managed, has an ear kissing smack in
it that = qnile delightful. GulI,ver's
talent IN this line has seldom been an.
PREACHED, WhrtI,er in LilI,put or Brob.
dIgnag, he never forgets himself The
keeping of every thug is admirable; and
II any one deems such skeptlcal relations
an easy matter, let him try 10 sustain a
Kindred specimen, !, all ils part, Ire
must have the eye Of painter, and be
we'll verified in the management OF con-
trasis, to succeed at all in the undertaking.
BY the way that was good story of a
man travelling 10 stage coach, who had
been listening for an hour or more to ,ha
marvellous tales Of personal adventure,
told by two inflated bucks from the city.
My uncle, said he. had three coiI-
dreu, my father had the same number:
all boys. There was some property in
dispute between The families; and after a
p'otrscted quarrel, IT va, agreed, that
the question should be decided by cons
bat between the six sons. Ny eldest
brother fought FIRST, and his antagonist
was MORALLY wounded, and carried off;
my next eldest COUSIN was successfuli id
Staying the brother next before me; ani ii
was with great trepidation that | took my
position IN front of my young cousin
We fred and ---
Here was pause for moment; &. Tho
excited cockneys eagerly inquired. Wen
what was the RESULT WIN. Imas kiiled
on the spot was the reply; my adversa-
ries bullet pierced my heart. and | ex.
pred without groan! My murderer be-
came posed of the property in dispute.
which he soon dissipsted, aud Is now
mountebsck conjurer. II was only yest
terday that saw him at his tricks. in Its,
tie village through which we passed ~
lie bad placed ladder 10 the open street,
ITS topin the air; and when lost sight Of
him, as the state wheeled away, he had
reached ths uppermost round. and .as
dra"ing the fadder up after him? Ths
town bred Munchausens reserved their
marvels, during the remainder Of the
journey. This undoubled narrative is a
kin TO the following story. which We have
from the best authority. Twa psssen-
gers, coming down the Mississippi, 10 a
steamboat, were shooting birds, sci., On
shore; from the deck Some sportsman
converse ensued, 10 which one remarked.
that he would turn his back TO no man in
killing rackoons; that he had repeatedly
shot fifty IN day. What O. that?, SAID
a Kentuckian; make nothing Of killing
a hundred coon day, Urinary luck -
Do you know Captain Scott. Of our s,ate?'
asked Fennesseean bystander. He now
is something iske a shot. A hundred
coon. Why he never p',nts al one, with.
out hitting him, He neber misses and
the 'coons know it. T'cther day he levels
led.at-an old 'un in a high tree. The vir-
mint looked at him a. minute. and then
bawled outi Hello Cap'n Scott! is that
yonv says he; its 90 use! Hold on. rlE
come dozen, give in!'--which he did,
II is unnecessary to add, that this was the
last limiting story.
\ lKnickerbocker.