The Hawk-eye and Iowa patriot. (Burlington, Iowa) 1839-1843, 1839-09-12

'. iAAS9 Juot tS put GOWN III the
book, took place. At the next village
the journey of the ladies terminated.
and the hats and money changed back.
and the incident almost forgotten, un.
til the Diary brought this American
characteristic before the public, and
back to the recollection Of those whom
the Captain says were sboth young,
both good looking, and both ladies,
and evidently total strangers to each
other.'''
Sangular effect Of drunkenness. Capt.
Marryat gives the following account
OF a scene which was enacted, by
himself and man who appears to
have been good deal ssworse for lio-
uor," at the table of a public house in
Upper Canada:
He sat down opposite to me, at the
same table. 1t appeared as if his Wis
ION was inherited by the quantity of
liquor which he had taken; every
thing close to him on the table he
considered to be out of his reach,
whilst everything at distance he at
tempted today hold of. He sat up as
erect as he could, balancing himself
SO as not to appear corned, and fixing
his eyes upon me, said, s'Sir, I'll trou-
BILE you-tor some fried ham," Now
the ham was in the dish next to him,
and altogether out of nv reach:
told him so. 'sSir," said he again, as
a gentleman, | ask you to give me
some of that fried ham, Amused
with the curious demand, rose from
my chair, went round to him and he'll
ped him. ''Shall I give you a potatoe
said |, the potatoes being at my end
of the table, and | not wishing to rise
again. No sir, replied he, can help
myself to them. He made dash at
them, bat did not reach them, then
another and another, till he lost his
balance, and lay down upon his plate,
this time he gained the potatoes, help
ed himself and then commenced eat
ing. After a few minutes he again
fixed his eyes upon me. Sir, I'll trou-
BILE you-for the pickles. They were
actually under his nose, and | pointed
them out to him. believe sir, | ask
ed you for the pickles, repeated he,
after time. Well, there they are,
replied |, wishing to see what he would
do. Sir, are you a gentleman-as a
gentleman ask you as a gentleman
for them 'ere pickles. 1t was impos-
sible to resist this appeal, so l rose
and helped him. | was now convin-
ced that his vision was somehow or
other inverted, and to prove it, when
he asked me for salt, which was with
in his reach, | removed it farther off.
Thank We sir, said he, sprawling over
the table after it. The circumstance,
absurd as it was, was really a subject
for the investigation of DR.. Brewster.
The following story, from Capt.
Marryat's Diary is ''fus rate"
An American told me one day, that
a company had been working a coal
mine in an Eastern State, which pro-
we'd to be of a very bad quality; they
had sent some to an influential person
as present, requesting him to give
his opinion Of it, as that would be i'm
portant to them. After a certain
time he forwarded to them certif-
cate couched in such terms as these;
| do hereby certify that | have tried
the coal sent me by the company at
-, and it is my opinion, that when
the general conhagration of the world
shall take place, any man who will
take his position on that coal mine will
certainly be the last man who will be
burnt.
And the following tale, the hero Of
which is Cincinnati hack driver, is
|"pekoolarly fus rate;''
A young lady with whom | was
acquainted, was married during the
time | was there, and the marriage
party went short tour. On their
return, when but few miles from the
city, they ordered the driver of the
carriage to put his horses to, that they
might proceed; he replied that he
would take them no further. On en-
curing the cause of his refusal, he
said that he had not been treated as
a gentleman; that they had had pri-
vate meals every day, and had not
asked him to the table; that they had
used hin very i'll, and that he would
drive no more.
But the subjoined, is very pekoo
flarly fus rate;
Once more on board Of the Michi
gan, one of the best vessels on Lake
Erie; as usual, full Of emigrants, most.
ly Irish. It is impossible not to fee
compassion for these poor people
wearied as they are with confinement
and suffering, and yet they do com
'Tpose occasionally about as laughable
a group as can well be conceived
In the first place, they bring out will
them, from Ireland, articles which M
o+l,,,, >.,1,,lo would consider yxrnr+l