The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1839-09-05

lng landlord to des;st IN his purpose, but
her prayers were In win. Al length CIV.
ing up entirely to despair, and wounded
pride, she seated herself upon her forlorn
bed, with her little Children crying aroun nd
her. At this crisis two jolly American
tars happened by, and espylng the work
going on, the door open, and the ~reiched
woman and her children weeping, lmmedl.
ately stopped their course, and begun to
reconnoltre.
:" say, shipmaie," cried one, "there be
some foul play gong on in these waters
let's overhaul the craft"
AYE, aye, jack" cried the other, "the
young oman by the bed has hois,ed Signals
OF distress-her pumps are going in ngh.
arnest-let's give her long haul"
The tars called the woman to them, and
from her soon learnt the whole OF her story.
swell, now, shipmate, If that land pirate
hadn't ought to he laihered with hot tar,
scraped with rusty hoop, and then keel.
hauled, Tor laying his graphing irons on a
few loose spars what are scattered about
this wreck. Never mind my good oman,
keep your spirits up, and vel, set you in
the right course, with plenty of ballast and
provisions. say you land lubbers just be.
lay there upon them things, we'll be res.
ponsble for the damage"
How much do you owe this land pirate"
The woman told him the amount, when
Jack took from his wallat the same In hard
currency, aud paid the bill made the 40.
man present OF handful of silver, while
his shpmate IN the mean time, went TO The
butchers shop near by, and brought back
large JOINT OF meat, for the dinner OF herself
and poor children. They left, after receiv.
lug the poor woman's blessings, and wishes
for their prosperity, and went ~hslllng
through the streets as though nothing had
happened. Boston Herald.
Remarkable anscdote Of dog.--The
anecdotes gwen Of dogs saving the lives of
persons ~ danger OF drowning, are so nu.
merous as TO be familiar TO every person.
One cannot reflect ON the innumerabe IN
stances Of the love and usefulness of this
I annual, without beng grateful 10 Providence
Tor having given 10 man a creature capable
OF many Of those noble and dlsinterested
feelings, which we are accustomed to ap.
precIate so highly In our fellow creatures,
and almost to look upon as constituting the
perfection Of the human character At
convent IN France twenty psupers were
served with dinner at q certain hour every
day. A dog belonging to the conyen, did
not fail 10 be present at this regale, to re.
ceIve the odds aud ends which were DOW
and then thrown TO MIN. The guests, how.
ever, were poor and hungry, and of course
not very wastetul, so that their pensloner
did little more than scent the feast of which
he would fam have partaken. The por.
lions were served by person at the ring.
ing Of a bell, and delivered out by means of
wha, in religious houses is called a tour,
winch is a machine like the section Of ii
cask that BY turning round upon pivot ex-
hibts whatever IS placed on the concaye
side without discovering the person who
moves il. One day tins dog, who had on.
ly received a few scraps, waited till the
paupers were all gone, took the rope in bis
mouth aud rang the bell; his stratagem
succeeded. tie repeated 1t the next day
with the same good fortune. AT length,
the cook, finding that twenty one portions
we're gwen out instead of twenty, was de-
termined 10 discover the trick, in doing
which he had TO great difficulty, for lying
perdue, and noticing the paupers as they
came for their different portions, and there
was no intruder except the dog, he began
to suspect the truth, which he was confirm.
ed in when he saw the animal wait with
great deIIberatIon till the visiers we're all
gone, and then pull the bell. The matter
was related to the community, and to re.
ward hun for his ingenuity he was permit.
ted TO ring the bell every day tor his din.
ner, on which mess Of broken victuals
was always served out TO him.-FrGser's
Rights Of Instinct.