The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1840-12-09
4 GOOD STORY.

Ons seldom hears good story owa-days.-
The following is not bad:
A few years ago there carnc to the Lion Inn,
at -, pleasant looking, busting, great
coated. commercial traveller sort Of body.
"Wen landlord, what have you got =
Rump steak, eh oyster soup, eh a bottle
of sherry. good, ell !--seud 'cm up"
Dinner was served, wine was despatched, and
= glass of brandy aud water comfortably settled
the dinner.
Waiter" said the traveller, cooly and lis
passionately wiping his month with a napkin
waiter, am awkwardy situated"
Sir" said the waiter expecting love letter.
{" cannet pay you"
Sorry for that, sir--l must call my MASTER
Enter Landlord.
My good sir. yau see this is rather awk-
ward rd-good dinner capital dinner famous
wine glorious grog. hut no cash
The landlord looked blank.
Pay next ,ime--oiten go on this road
once nothing today-good house yours-a
grea, deal in the bill way
The landlord looked blue.
No difference to you, of course pleasant
house ,his-pcn,y Of busincss-happy to take
YOUR order--good bills
There is my biII sr--prompt payment
pay as / go
All, bat You mus, go without paying. Let
MS sce.-l7s Sd. Let us have pint of sherry
,oge;her-make it up to pound-that will
square it,
Sir, l. say you arc aswindier, sir viii have
my money
Sin tell you will call and pay you in
three weeks from this time, exacily-for shall
have TO pass this road again
None of that sir; il won't do with me- pay
me my money, or I'll kick you out
The stranger demonstrated, but the landlord
kicked him out.
You will repent this saidth stranger.
The landlord did repent it. Three weeks
ate that day, punctually. the stranger re .en.
tered the Lon Inn. The landlord looked very
toolish--ih stranger smiled and held out his
hand I've come to pay you my score. as
promised
The landlord made thousand apologies for
his rudeness. So many swnders about,
there's no knowing whom we trust Hoped
the gentleman would pardon him.
Never mind landord-but come let's have
some dinner togeiher--let us be friends. What
have you cot. eh! nice lttls ham, Of your
own curing cood,-crcens from. yonr own
garden famous-boiile of sherry, andtwo bot
lies Of port; waiter this is excellent
Dinner passed over the landlord hobb cd
aud nobbcd with The stranger, and they passed
quite a pleasant afternoon. The landlord re-
tired to attend TO his avocations; the stranger
finished his comforter OF andy and water, and
addressed the waier-
Waiter, what is 10 pay "
Two pounds ten shilIings aud sixrencc, sir,
including the former account
And half a crown for yourselfP
Makes two pounds ten shlings and nine
pence, sir replied the waiter, rnbblng his
hands.
Say two pounds aud thirteen shihings.
said the stranger and call your master.
Enter landlord. all smiling AID hospitality.
Sorry you are going so soon, sir
The stranger merely said with fierce look.
: owed you seventeen and sixpence three
weeks ago, and you kicked me out Of your
house (or it,
The landlord began to apologize.
No words sir owed you seventeen and
slSpeuce, and you kicked me out of your house
ioi II. | now owe you two pounds aud thirteen
sh'lllngs. lou must pay yoursefin in a check
on the same bank, for have no money now
Electric Telegraph on the Great Ufsterp
Rddtcdy.--Our readers arc, no doubt, aware
that the electric telegraph. invented by Mr.
Cook and Professor Whetsioue, Of Kings Col.
icge, has been for six or nine months past in
experimental operation, on line Of shout thir
teen miles, previous TO its being extended from
Paddington to Bristol. When compls,ed, it is
calculated that communication may be trans.
united from London to Bristol. aud an answer
returned, in about twenty minutes, 1t has
been ascerained from careful and oiten,repeat.
ed experiments, that the electric fuid travels si
the astonishing and income eivable velocity q
too hundred thousand miles in single second oj
hme' SO that If a wire were passed round this
globe OF ours. this subtle agent would traverse
'oe circumference, about twenty -four thousand
.n'Ies' IN abou, the eighth part of u second
according to the statements of the newspapers
the ethereal spark was last week employed on
very ignobie mission :--an Irish cenilema,
bad LETT his topical and snuff. box on the road
and upon making the circumstance kuswn O,
his arrival IN London, Intelligence was imme
disiely forwarded along the line by means O
the electric telegraph. anil the missing rroper,,
was presently forthcoming. The notion O
sending fash Of lightning after an old Goa, an,
asnuff. box, is whimsical enough, and remind
us Of the rhetorical figure about cracking nu,
with steam engine. F
Although the electric spark moves. as W
have already stated, at the rate Of two bundre
thousand miles 10 one second OF ii,ne. we nee
hardly observe that teie.raphic communication