Southern Argus. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1834-1842, 1842-03-01
UNCLE SANS PECULIARI-
TIES-LoNG ISLAND.
concluded.

and heels; and bucket came ar!er' ana
knock him on forehead. Thinks he'
,This is either Hull or Liverpool, as
.ar,nr is, But hcclimb up the brink.
Do fellow, it war brink o grave to
bi, Bot he manage to come home
..rrowIing like bear with sore neck
s,yinr is. Then then he had {
c,oyi1c and chattersng. He wal
,,eezel so, that he pulled and went in.
10 q quandary, and had the saustion o
nature. The clerical pairson come
and the docto; come, and he war pill
fei The night as he died next NOR
n. he fcltbeuer, but COZ where the pill:
was, and he said to me, i could eat q
mJuIhful,' he says, aud | fetch un two
sheep heart, aud he mumLled and
choweda bit, but it didn't warm un. So
hesays, 'Fetde me some Gtttled porter,
spvs he. for he. war foud o fettle; 'or
.uva Bit says he, don't letle me any
t.u,eu porter tonight; but III have
soale warmed ale warmed hot in the
warmer So warns I'm some warm
al, in he warmer, and he takes il warm
and comfortable, and it warns un ill
he felt warm all over. And he says, 8!
feel wlrm, says he; that warm ale has
warmed me quite warm.' he says. So
he lay down, and kiyered hisseIf with
the rug, and talks o taking ola Sal the
mare to the llirier, and told me which
cGd o field to dig The next taters, Till he
leII into a woundy doze; but when he
woke he war dying, and says, Fetch
me tie leather purse, for I'm going,
aaI the tithe isn't raised yet, he says.
lie lost by the composition says he;
but take all, only don't stress me- he
SAYS; for his intericks war wool gath
triug, and the pailson had snudged un
once. And then he turns over, and,
without saying, Sal, good by, or waiting
for Tie purse, dies, leaving me a loue
widow. And a sorrowful day it war
for me, though we must all go to bliss
iul teruity some time, and may be some
Gme; and may be my time is as far off
as another's, ifit comes to that. Rich
and poor mustall tlke it in turns, as
saying is.
Qmrc. That's a mighty tough sto-
ryof yours granny. As long as one
Of the patent eyor-charged rihes-fre
lwo-and-twenty shots without exaust-
.1y the bullets
Succafor. That is novelty. Ma
for Lon.bow, however, invented a
ausket that could shoot ronnd a cor
.er.
Qaarc. Did you ever shoot with a
Cuanel-bore? Il spreads the shot so,
that YOU can bring down hundreds al
one pull But III tell you peculiar
cheap shot as had with a single bull
LEI. In at Farmer Spovin's | see a
coop ready to 80 to Brooklyn, with
seyen-and-forty ducks in it. So |
SAYS TO Spoyjn, 'How much viii you
charge me FOR a single shot among
u.at brood with a single bullet, VIII lie
and not split Two dollars, says
Spovin. 'Donen says /, slick enough.
So | took a little bruised corn aud
s,rvweI il along the trough, and out
pops The seyen-and-forty heads Of the
ducks. Then | lay down on the
ground right away,and taking a per-
soective horizontal. view of the whole
segment sideways, | wish | may be
tes.totally substaquiiated if | didn't
carry oifthe entire whole Of the seven
and forty heads.
Amcrican Son. That was mortal
clever. How the bullet must have
uo5bed in and out amongstihe necks Of
the critturs.
Qaare. had a curious winter shot
a; nineteen rocks as wanted for a
breakfast pie. These here rocks were
perched on piece Of zig-zag OF Far
mer Mugs close to the location house
as they built when they were scoping
out the pike for gravel. Nineteen
rocks in line with their feet all spread
Fat over the top Of the stake. SO ]
slides over the ground, for it was over
sihcry, and snew powerful, and gets
down in;o the hollow. | calcy!ated
/ should not be able to hit the whole
nineteen with oae bullet, 50 | aimed al
the stake, and split it 80, that ii open
ed over the whole length on the top,
audln fell the feet Of the nineteen rock!
right into the split, which closed ag'iI
immediate on the whole of their feet
aud wish may he amazing disbe
Iieyed il l didn't wiring the necks o
the whole nineteen, for they waited pa
uendy while / come at 'em one By
one.
Dry Storcheeper. That was consid
cradle OF shot; / made a curlor
aim once at u livery-button on an Eng
isher's shoulder.
Qare. What on airth is a liver
buuou.
Dry Storekeeper. Kind ola brande
button as they know a help by.
said to the Englisher, he ought to b
ashamed Of himself for wearing sue
buttons in free country. His answC
was
NcbooJoo.,sr IN vour heve