The Yazoo City Whig and political register. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 183?-1840, 1840-06-12

over this gutter, with engine 10 keep out
the water! III they'd done 1t in time, they
nigh: have had the honor and qualification
ofsaving the life Of q teller being; but its
all day with you Jerry, and big harbor to
cast anchorin. lis two bad to 60 off in
this orful manner. when they knows oilers
hated water ever since was big enough 10
know 'tWant Whiskey. Ifeei the root givin'
way, and since dom know i prayer here's
bit Of Watts Doxologers 70 ProVe.I died q
ehristian:-
On the bank where droop'd The willer,
Long time ago.
Before Jerry got to the conclusion, he was
washed into the bayou, within a few feet Of
q large fiat that had just started for the
steambot; his eye caught the prospect Of de-
IliVerance, and he changed the burden of his
dirge into q thrilling cry of Heave to! pas
senger overheard and sinking, with o belt
full of specie! the man what saves me makes
bis fortane!" Jerry was fshed ashore by a
darkey; and to show his gratitude, invited
Quashy 70 ego up TO the doggery and liquor. :"
PoETIcAL. We clip the following from an
exchange paper-who the writer is, report
sayeth not--but II is very evident that s'his
anxious mother didn't know he was out
ssFarewell dear Girl, farewell, farewell,
meier shall love another;
IL peace and comfort may you dwell,
.4sd III go home to nsother.n
ANOTHER YANKEE TRIcK.-A .tarnel cute
Yankee in Connecticut IS making his seter-
nal fortin,' manufacturing log cabin buttons!
IF that fellow viii come our this way, he
can make an .euerlasiin fortin,' by manufac-
turing log cabins. a fortune in our currency,
Union, Brandon, &c. would be everlasting
with i vengeance.
IA fellow whose countenance was homely
enough to scare the old one, was giving some
extra flourishes in public house, when he
was observed by a Yankee, who asked him
sif he didn't fall into brook when young.
: What do you mean, you impertinent scoun-
drelg' was the reply. why, didn't mean
nothing, only you have got such an all fred
crooked mouth, / thought as how Jou might
have fal'n in the brook when you was boy,
and your mother hung you up BY the mouth
to dry
We think we know Of an editor, not a
thousand miles from here, that must be the
person spoken of above. No insinuatiOnS,
'pon honor.
TRUE EEouGH.-The editor of the Bache-
lor's Button, thinks there is no necessity for
young girls telling .fbs when asked to sing
or play the piano, and we perfectly agree
with him. What use is there in saying SCI
can't sing" eve got cold" 81 don't
know how to play "NeVer Practised.a !
"Wrist is lanes ssPiano is out of tune, .
and all that sort of nonsense when the
&
the young man who desires the lady TO fovor
him with q song is poor, and the lady don't
want to play, she should say so and be done
with it, but if, on the contrary, he happens
TO be rich simpleton, she should bounce
up, seat herself at the piano, and 60 Il.
That's the way to do the things.
Nc o. Picayune.
Well, Mr.. Pic. can't you tell us what the
girls say when such an ugly man as you are,
ask them 70 sing Or piayi
Nothing exceeds the modesty of the Haw-
keye girls. They wont be conrted BY day
light. nor in the evening unless the candies
are extinggnished. - Chicago Democrat.
And here in the Granite State the girls.
never pretend to a0ast candles in such busi-
ness. ssDehhy, said a certain old ladya
q Debby, don't let me catch you burnin'
candles out a-sparking; tallow is scnrse and
perhaps you nayn't get the schoolmaster
after alt!'' Debby dutifully obeyed her
ma'am. ~ III. Argus.
No enc at all acquainted with such mat
tiers, will doubt that Debby did ssdntifllly
obey her marln But yon forgot 70 tell US.
whether she got the selloolmaster Or not.
We GIVE M Greene, Of the Boston Post,
may have that old razor. We give it up free-
y after reading the following:
Dr. Hitchcock pulls teeth Sd easil that 4
man the other day begged him % finish the
row 3 after he had removed decayed one
he said he enjoyed IL
We had scarcely finished reading the above
when we noticed the following ii the Boston
Transcript Those Boston Wags are ahead
vet. We pass:
Good Fishing I'll il said that trout are sol
plenty ia Granville, u this state, thai when
one man ii fishing fof them. another is oblig.
ca % stand ST the hook. with club, 10 pre-
vent more than one from biting 81 time!
Ficaglsat.
Ard We aeknoNledge the corn.
ALETTER say, Pat, what are
You writing there ii such 9 large hands
Z Ar9ah honey, an isn't i q NY poor mother,
who is very deaf; that I'm writing loud
letter.