Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1841-10-16
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dialogue heard between down easter anu
a Hoosier from the west. They were respective
iy cracking up their own localities, ana running
down their opponents.
AT length said the HoosIer:
WHY. our land is so rich-why, We never seed
anything so tarnaI rich IN your lie; why no"
dive suppose make our candles, en-!
sDou'f know says the Yankee
eve dip 'em in the mud puddles, says the
Hoosier.
yes, replied the Yankee, 'and | guess there's
go much mud in your diggins that there isn't
many nlaces where n man could not dip candles
- the mud puddles. have heard of
cling in your country all day long, III the road
where the mud deep that you couldn't dis
kiyer glimpse of his leggs for hours together
well, now just tell US, Mr.. Yankee, If II IS a
TACT what they do say about the roughncss OF
your roads down east They do say there arc so
many stones in the roads, and the wagons do jolt
up aud down ail-hredly; that the only way the
people ever grind plaster of Paris Is by load
ing the big pieces into "A Wagon, and just driving
ut a moderate over one of your roncs; and
that half miles driving will make 1t all into
powder
There's no doubt but we can touch dry land
occasionally roads. But then, 1t there
arc sum siuns in Inc roads, the traveller Is never
way-laid and his blood taken by mosquitoes as
big oysters.
.I'll tell you what, stranger, they do say there
are hull counties down east where the stones
so thcl. tina, thoy have to sharpen the sleeps
noses. that they get them between the
rocks 10 eat grass. Indeed, | herd one say, who
once travelled through your country that he one
day saw q whole field OF men and boys standing
Or the rocks each on 'em letting sheep down
by the hind legs IN among the rocks TO feed
And in another place he said he saw the farmer
shooting the grain in amoDg the rocks SO as TO
take root and grow.
well now, stranger, suppose you tel! US about
your own country; you're the only man | ever
from the west that didn't die of fever,nagure,
let's If you know much about the west
you seem TO know about the east
well, old Yankee, I'll just tell you all about it,
If a farmer in country plants his ground with
corn and takes frs. rate it, he'll get
hundred bushels TO the acre; If he takes mddiin'
care Of it he'll get seventy five bushels TO the
acre; and if he don't plant at all he'll &c, fifty
Tho bcets grow large that it takes three
yoke of oxen 10 pull up full sized one; and then
II leaves Il hole so large tina, once knew a fami-
~ of five children who all tumbed into q bee t
hole once before il got filled up, and The earth
caved in upon them, and they all perished.'
The trees grow so large that once knew a
man who commenced cutting down, and
when he had cut away one side for about ten
days, he thought he'd just take look round the
tree, and when he got round Oh toher side he
found there who had been cutting at it for
three woeks--and they'd never heard "a
Mothers axes
Il have heard tell, yet somewhat doubt that
grown clean through the earth, and been pulled
through by the people on 'tother side
.Wa, now,' says the Yankee, Il rather guess as
how you've told enough, stranger, for the present.
How'd YOU like to trade for some clocks to sell
out west?
.Never use 'em--we keep time altogether with
pumpkin vines. You know they grow just fiv c
fee, an hour, and that's inch a minute
Don't use clocks at ALL It's no use, old Yam
kce VS. cant trade, no how
Tho Yankee gave up beat, and suddenly clear
ed out.
THE SExEs.-The finger of God himself ha:
n,aIIed The line which Summaries Tho f1nnul.