The Iowa patriot. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1839-1839, 1839-06-13

enough to go it. and he had St. Vitus'
dance, or he'd never been able to keep up
with the music, SO they gave it up and
went home, after passing the following
resolution:
Resolved, That next September we will
elect man for Governor who wont back
out through knot-hole.
Yours till death,
PETER WIGGIN.
LONDON EATING HoUsE-ANEcDoTE
While upon the Jeremy Diddler SUBJ
ject, it may not be amiss to mention an
amusing circumstance which took place
III an eating house in town. A poor
Frenchman lit was in the win teri enter
ed one merely for the purpose Of warm
ing himself at the fire; he was in too great
distress to think of any indulgence in the
good things there smoking in profusion,
save such as might be inhaled by his OIL
factory nerve. While engaged in rub
bing his halfstarved, bony hands before
good fire, the master of the house came
up, and said
"Wont you take something!'
81 tank you, sare,' y was the reply.
What will you take?"
"What you please"
"We have some very nice roast turkey
and sausages; will you like that!''
81 tank you, l sail like him we're
mooch."
''Sit down here, and will bring it you
The Frenchman was accordingly ush-
cred into box, and the turkey and dress
ings placed before him. Of whatever he
was asked to partake, he partook. He
ate beautifully, and washed it down with
some good wine. Poor fellow! he had
not known such meal before for many
long day. The proprietor thought he had
a good customer; his modification and
disappointment were extreme; when, on
presenting his bill the Frenchman said,
81 have no money, sare.''
"No money!
..No.'
s'Then what the devil did you come
into my house, and order such dinner
for?"
ssPardon, you mistake; came here to
warm myself--you come to me and ask
me if | will take nothing; | say Il tank
you;' you say What will you take?' re-
spond what you please you bring me
de turkey, de sausage, de tart, de pudding
de cheese, and de wine; [ no ask you for
them, you ask me will I take, and | can
no refuse.
The master of the house, who was
something of humorist, and who was al
so struck with the Frenchman's gaunt and
poverty stricken figure, suffered him to
depart. But great was his establishment
at seeing, short time afterwards, anoth-
err Frenchman enter, who, upon being
asked what he would take, likewise re-
piled, "VVhat you please ooh, no,
exclaimed the landlord, 81 forgave the 9TH
err because he was an original; but you,
fellow, are mere copyist, l shall kick
you into the street," which he did accord.
ingly. 1t appeared that the poor premier
Frenchman had met an acquaintance and
told him of his adventure at the eating
house, the poor starved acquaintance has
tened to the spot already feasting in ina
gination on delicacies innumerable, and
little dreaming OF the unpleasant denouc-
nee,at which the cruel Fates had in reserve
for him.
The Rev. Jason Lee, missionary to
Oregon, speaking Of the inhabitants, says:
sssuperstitious notions prevail among
the Indians on the coast. They believe
that when one is sick, some person has
brought an evil spirit upon him, and that
when one dies, it is through the influence
of some other man. Suspicion is fixed
before death, and the dying man hires
some one to go and shoot the suspected
person, or his relations hire some one to
commit the awful deed, after his death!
And many times, the first intimation he
has of any suspicion, he is shot at. The
murderer secretes himself, and if he can
prove that he was hired, he is not held
responsible, while the one who hired him
is thus held. Several Indians with whom
have been acquainted, have thus fallen.
| visited the grave Of chief, during whose
sickness, and at the time of his death,
seven persons were killed in this way
one of whom was his own brother!
One night I heard an unusual noise in
an Indian tent. | went in and saw an
aged woman, weak and emaciated, Just
tottering over the grave, who had child,
only a year and half old which she was
trying to strangle! asked her why she
wished to kill the child. She replied