The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1841-07-29
Portland, Nay, IS, 1871.

PHlLO.
Portland, Nay, IS, 1871.
SENSIBLE TO THE VERY LAST.
The ruling passion strong 10 death. We
have somewhere read Of hard cnse whom
his friends had tried every way to break
him Of his confirmed habit uf dtuking.-
As last experiment, they took hun one
night. While dead drunk, aud placed him
nicely away in coffin. In order TO con
vince him still stronger that be was dead
and gone, a friend consented TO disguise and
stow himself away in another coffin close
By, 10 order to watch the effects and carry
ont, according to circumstances, the serious
iako. Having got over his drunken pap,
the hero Of the story raised himself slowly
IN his coffin the next morning aud looked
around with no lltils wonder. Seeing the
other man IN the same bad 6x, be shook bis
muddy hend rubbed bis eyes, aud snid
Halo, stranger, can't you give me- au
item
'lou Why, you're dead and buried
lou dou's say SOL
e9i Out you ate'
We'll, you're IN tbo same bad snap amt
yov;'
J Us, I'm gone too
Poor fellow Well | must have died
very suddenly, any bow. was ou, on
req lar spree last night.
oh no, YOU arc mistaken. You have
been dead and buried three yenrs.'
'The devil have! Well It don't seem
long to me
low long have you been here, Id like
10 know
Eve years.
Five, eh Well, as you have been here
longer than | have, and kBaw the place
better, Just tell me whore / eau get good
Gin Cucl,tatl.-A o. Times.
A WEES TaJlucnce,-Col. V, Of the
United States Army. was stationed for soHe
years at Lutte Rock, while his family re-
SIDED still ID their native home in New I'm
gland. Mis-. V. was religious professor ;
the Colonel was not. As means OF bcguiI
ing the sedlum of his often lonely hours, he
once seat 10 his sir in B., for n quantity
of novels. Mrs. V. was paia2d TINT the
works specified should have been those Of
her husbands exclusive choice. She hes
in,ed as to her duty, in the case but, af-
ter prayerful elaboration, concluded to send
the books desired With an accompaniment,
of religious tracts, and the following mos
sage, in postscript to her letter -" As an
o5edjeat ,sife | send the books for which
I you wro!e--as an ofecfionate friend, |
send, also, the accompanying tracts, beg
g,ng your pcrusal OF them"
The delicate and judlcious expedleni
/ touched the Colonel's heart. The tracts
uerc perused The result, was the readers
conversion to God, He has since become
an ornament to the Church, as he still is &c
his military protession.- Congregational
, Journal.
Free and Easy --Frederlck, while re-
viewing his guard, happened to take out hi:
snuff box, and was tapping on the lid, whel
one of his grenadiers stepped out of ihe
ranks, and said please your maiasty, III
take plnch" The king demanded, in at
angry tone, what he meant by such a free
dom, and be replied, :" In my country, sir
when any ono taps on tho box, II is n sigr
that every body round is welcome TO pinch
and thought your majesty meant as much.
The king laughed at this odd explanation
of an odd custom, and presented the box, 9
gold one, enriched with jewels, to the sol
der, budding him 10 keep 1t for his sake,
Repdrtee. The Duke of Marlborough
drove up to the door of his grace al St. Al
bans, at Brighton, the other day, and sale
to the footman, +" My compliments to hei
grace. have called to pay my respects.
/" Tell the fellow" beloved out the duchess
ard rather he'd pay the one thousand
pounds he owes ne."
Coleman being once asked # he knew
Theodore Hook, answered, "Oh, yes Hool
! and Eye are old associates"