The Yazoo City Whig and political register. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 183?-1840, 1839-11-15

That certainly IS very bad, continued my
Iindefatigable friend but there rs one COM
fort left tb you. IF you have not the rich
II est soil, nor tie best hunting, nor the green
\ pasturage, you have what IS better than the
monaFch's diadem, 81 the highest niche il
the temple of Fame you have health,
The b I'll have, strangerl Do you see
them yallcE- complicated critters in the corner
therea Them's got health, amt they? The
Iold woman there has gotit, ant she And
look at me, with this cu'sed aver shaking
my bones into Jelly! You call that beGlth
4 do MT yone'
Look here, my friend, exclaimed my
brother chip, sanswerme this question, and
i won't ask you another. If you can't get
anything 10 grow here, anduothing to hunt;
/ if all your cattle drown, and your family
are all the while sick; why, ii the namo Of
common sense, do you not up sticks, and
loft? Why do you stay hereg'
aOh, cause the light-wood knots are 50,
'mazin' handy!'
Gentle reader look me steadfastly in
the face. Upon your honor, as gentleman,
Tor lady,) do ron believe that was an animal2
Do you think that areal genuine man, or
brute, would have remained his whole life,
under these circumstances, in such spota
No, you do MT. Now, that is what call
man of the OegetabLc species. can't tell
whether a vegetable thinks, or not; but if
il does, will bet my spectacles against the
prettiest lady's eyes in the country. that that
mans idea of heaven was, that il consisted
Of large pine barren, where the lakewood
knots were cmazin, handy and where he
could SILVER the whole day with scu1sed
Eager, over large Are Of the aforesaid light
wood knots, kept ID perpetual fame By the
sministering angels Of the place. The on
IL thing that makes me doubt the propriety
of the illustration / have set before You, 10 |
prove the truth of my theory, is, that this
man had energy enough to curse.
know that you are getting tired ofmy
nonsense; but as do mt often trouble you,
AID as you can skip as much as you please,
let me give you another example, furnished
to me BY the same friend. A few miles far
Their on, they came to hovel of the same des-
cription; the same light-Wood fire and .open
work building. The rain was pouring in
torrents through the roof, and the floor was
overlooked. The only dry spots were near
The bed and fireplace. On the FIRST which
was huddled up as refuge from the fast
falling food, lgiYe that beautiful specimen
Of ALTERATION to some of your pootical con-
tributor, Mr.. Editor,l forming kind Of mi.
mic Ararat, were congregated the usual adj
iuncts, even of vegetable life; that is, the
old woman, and the yaller-comple chill
dren.' In the FIRE .place, with his feet drawn
up i Ia Turk. on the 5ackless chair, sat the
master Of the dwelling, playing fiddle.
He gave them no greetings and asked them no :
word.' i
u, in plain prose, he took not the slightest II
notice Of the intruders. although, mall pro-
liability he had not seen human being for Z
! year; but there he sat, and played, and III
played; and played one of those tunes, more a
'Ver, that have no beginning, no middle, no a
md Id
My friends waded up to the fire. place FL
They stood in silence One Of them has a IA
Sernan turn of mind, and the scene had alb
manifest effect upon him.. The storm was Iii
aging without; the rain descended in tor Ia
ents; the red lightning darted its forked b
ongue through the darkness. Aud here, u
1ithin, in unbroken silence, and almost mo- q
ionless, sat the woman and her children, as D
old aud inanimate as the stone itself, while G
j the bright glare Of blazing FIRE, the man a
lied his everlasting tune, without mo- il
rents relaxation. Ny. friends feelings Il
ecame affected. Il seemed to him sup n
natural scene. He began 10 repent him ii
{ his quips and qualities. The feeling was 10
lfectious, and the other visitor caught it r
nd there they stood for hours, spell -bound b,
i the notes of that fiddle, which without al
i'm, Or change, or variation, kept on Afhe bi
zen tenor ofits way. OF
AtIast, one Of them shook OF the spell, be
ID thus addressed the pine woods Pagani- to
WHY do nstY stop that cursed fiddler an
nv do nj you stop the leaks in your roof y;
You would d 4 have me to 90 OUT III the ";
ii, would you? answered the host, still III
aying his ,cursed fiddle lol
no; bntWhy do n'tyou stop them when ws
do nj rain tn
ooh, they 10 ~ leak then responded The tpl
.paeus Of the Alatamaha, continuing the
ne. tai
GutIuslied my friends, leaving Eaatters ir -
Itu quo ;but though some years have Ell his
sed, one Of them, il narFating to me the ca
cumstances few days ago, added, as his 40
Ii conviction, that man, to this very hour, Of
playing that eternal tune purpose that we
j, on.rny next circuit, and will rive You mo
result ofmy inquiries and observations ale
4 future number, ltg
lea
A JACK TAR TDfA OF LOCOMOTIVE
e following description of locomotive evi
gine By an honest hearted sailor, appears bril-
IS rather droll There IS something, how lun
ii gomantic and sentine tal il bis Ian boy
age. Iael
1 WHY. blast tie thing. said he, sslhefe IS
hin shipshapa, boge 6oard .or manly bout
Watch 4 ship now, with her canvass bel-l 4 !
10 out, LAYING down to i Just enough to 81.
s. SIC feels tie braezs tossing la spray ant
e heg bows, and lifting her bead over the sail
8 - + sie stepped ofei ems there joii
.sti,;no lire life here that looks as ia ser