The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1840-02-12

+, ionS the size walk Ike TAT hog Jist befor;
killing time. snorted right out, all I could
do TO help it. Then 1 bent down my knees q
little and stuck my hands dows hard in holh
. pockets and ruther guess the whistle l sen,
srter him made all the folks stare a few. il
wasn't good manners. but l sarved him right.
jonathan. Id been friend 10 the critter when
he wanted one bad enough, aud any man on
arth that's ashamed Of his acquaintances be
cause he's got tilt above them in the way of
money is coward and purity mean shote.--
there's no two ways about that.
Wal. arter seeing Jase in the street 80 stuck
up jist enquireda lille about him, what he'd
been doing and so on; and, sr,er a while.
found out what made him so mighty obsiropor-
ous. You see he'd found il out il warni 80
easy to git living in York without doing some
Kind of work. so he absquatelated. as they say
down here (bni don't think that's a geuwiue
word) and went off West .
There he mushqnashed round in the woods
illl he rot tired Of that Kind of fun. and then
he squat dswn on a seeiion Of wild land. cosi-
tain way TO gii living without grubbing for
II. Artcr while he went round 10 all the
places that had any people TO brag on. and put
up 10 the taverns. and told every body he met
there about the spot where his land lay; what
capital land IL was what good wafer. and al
fred heavy timber lie sent here 10 York and
got him map all pietered out chuck full Of
wafer privileges, aud all soits Of things till he
rally made tile people believe that he'd found
the very spot where the millennium was a going
TO be. at . place where every holler trce was
stuck full Of honey comb. where the wild cats
went purring about like SO many rabits. and
hen hawks cum down rs kind AZ could be to
help the hens feed their little chickens. Wal.
II waint long aforc his soft solder begun to
work among the green horns like yeast in a
kneeding trough full Of doug il
yon ever see flock Of sheep shut up in a pas
ter, you know something worth while about
human natur. The minute one takes il into
his head to clear the stun wall fer another lot,
the Others all folIer hitler skilrer as if the old
barry had kicked them all on eend. Your
cousin Jsse knew n thing or two about the ma
tur Of mankind; he got the first sheep to make
jump, and, hurrAh IL warnt no time before
his section was all cut up into town lots, aud
grst mills whirling three stuns. wherever there
was quart Of water 10 make 'rm go and
there was no eend to the corduroy roads and
log bridges, and great cvered wagons, chuck
full Of women and children and other housen
stuff, with baskets and brass kettles hanging
on behind that travelled over them eenamost
from one year to another. When felix's begun
to wonder what on arth he'd do next, the crit
ter got his territory trznsmogrificd into State.
and then he sot railroads twistyfying every
which way all through bis lands-aud that
made things rise in value, like = toad stool 10
hot night. BY the living hokey the criitcr
wasn't content with this. but he got another
knk into his head that did beat all One way
or toiher don't know how. he got all his land
and railroads and so on, worked up into pieces
Of paper ,ha, they call scrip T: he bundled them
all iRto his great coat pocket and come dowu
To York sgin. And in less than no time he
had the scrip all cut up into these red backed
bills. with picfurs on EN-. that they sfcr here
in York for money--theu he set up. zlbank on
his own hook.-whcre he keepsSa making
money hand over fist. lie has ssgood chance
] tell you. for he owns all in the bank so he's
President. Cashier and everything else, all
and. artsr all his laziness. he's worth
An alfred grist Of money considering how he
got it,
swanny l couldot keep still while Capt,
Doolit'le was a talking. felt all over in .
open with thinking so eager Of what he was
saying. The mini, he'd done jumped up and
hollered right out
Hurra.' sez ], is that sint Yankee all over.
| hsint the least doubt now but the crittcr is
Jist what he sez he is; Slick To the back bone.
DO you suppose there is any animal on snh
besides a full. .bloodcd Connecticut Yankee
that would have gone that way 10 get rich; all
sofi solder and no work. tell you what IL 10.
captn I'm rally proud TO own the crirter. He's
done seme good in his day and generation if he
Is SO stock up, for ii aint in the naiur OF things
for feller to get rich himself without making
, good many others better 0G. To help him
self great deal chap must help others little.
hats my notion
Yes ssz the captin. but it's an et,rnai
-. r.. H.. - Il IL
honest men,
With that pu, on my hat. and was jist .
going TO cut stick; but Capt, Dooliuls, sez
br
Look \ here, Jonathan. if ] was you. I'd
make this chap pay over little Of his chink.
,r else + wouldn't ride about with him; |
souldn't. by gracious! He's iiekIed to death
o git hold Of chap like you 10 brae on: for
low that hes got rich. you haint no idec how
'nxious he 10 10 make people think be knows
something and always did. He talks about his
men Of eenns and tsIons make
he real aristoeracy in this county. and he's
o hopes Of getting among 'em by claiming re-
With you because you write for the
'spen. Supposng you SIX him TO lend you
ouple Of Thousand dollars.'
No. sez I, I'm be darned if ] do. II
ant cut my own fodder I'll go hum sgin.'
WAL ser the Cspfin. mebby you can git
i'm to help you print your letters 10 book.
Your par would be iickIed to death IL you
ouId print book like that Sam writ
Wal sez I. sor o'proud. there needn't be
nv hurry about that are but il do print one.
nd il doo'f pay its own expenses and lestls
ver. il may 20 To grass!'
With that bid Captin Doolit,le good by.
nd made tracks for my Office sein.
JONATHAN SLICK.