Southern Argus. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1834-1842, 1842-02-22

ped last week, Iris mere moss IS d.
vertuous Ldini boss as ever eat a
meal, saws ibd captain; land has no
vice. Sound Jump well quiet and
grandi in harnss, '6rst-fate in a sulky
handsome renter and courage: kind Of
hack, hunter nd racer all IN one
Only wants clipping, and. his switch.
tail screwed off So he says, Clip
line this here devil, and square his tail
up. And Isaks, I'll clip him smart.
and smooth; .Iut I've a. dog as..I
wouldn't swap for your hoss no way
you could FIX it Ia grand, clever liver
coloured poiniG,. shot over by Silas
Johnnes two fills; perfect,a stand and
back drop to the hand, drop to game
fast as steameI range like an .lndsne,
and all that. Then he says, You
don't know the valIy Of the critter-.so
full ofyertue th;t I.wopldn't go for TO
sell him to any but a Presbyterian or
Babtist. minister Well | clips him
right away, and vas going to square
his tail when his very vetsous boss
took hold of meby the waist bit q. hole
i'll my back, and laid me on heapjust
by. ftried to bark squirt yesterday
and couldn't not being able TO stand
right on account of my back.
Spectator. What do you.mean by.
barking a squirrel!
: Quare. Why didn't you ever. hear
of that.
Spectator. We haven't many SPUR
rels on Manhattan Island.
Quare. Why sir, sir when Iwqnt to
catch squirt alive, l maturity don't
ought to poke either bullet or.shot in
him, and maybe I've nothing ne way
but gun to make the critter come to
ha nd.
Why then; what does lido but load
with a single bullet and depend on
rhe frightfnl mater of the squirt hisself.
Il fires at-the bark of the Tree, jisi by
the squirt, so that the bark pecls off,
and so tarri6es the crittur, that down
it comes in a kind Of swoon.
Spectator. That puts me in mind OF
Col. Crockett, The. animals in the
woods were aware that if he fred at
them it was certain death. So. one
day when he was out gunnipg, and was
about to take aim at 'coon, the'crea-
ture cried Out, Don't fire; you're
Col. Crockett; LII .give.in, and come
down.
QUARE. That's as true as thunder,
sCol. Crockett told me the. story himself
word for word, three weeks before the
cunning took place.
ScHooLMAsrER. Did you ever hear Of
the Englisher and American thunder!
/ QuARE. Go ahead.
ScHOoLMAsrER. This here English was
a-travelHpg in this free country in a
PoughkeePsie stage, and he says &c. a real
American native, as was seated opposite,
You knoio.' says he,you knoc..ti ham
que tired Of this air free country, you
ktiow.'s says he;. .nothia' hin hit his has her-
cellent has hin Hinglqnd, yoaI kalolc, you
knoac.'-'lt's a size or so larger, says the
real American native. 'Hthdm MT hin
-d4ced TO ,hacknO1Oiedge that, you kuoic you
knOp,' says the Engl sher.
QUARE. Tarnat,on!
: SeHooLM4sTEn Why, lhen,' says
the real American native, 'youwont ac-
knowledge that we have powerful pc
culiar water privileges-or thatthe CT.
ty Of the falls will be the grandest cata.
ract location 10 the world--or that the
City Hall beats all nature-or that As.
tors Hotel is the grandest boarding.
house in this or any other countfy-ol
that Broadway goes ahead OF all tht
streets in the entire of Europe?'- tYos
knoao, says the Englisher you knou
herery harticle his a hundred ii;mes NOR,
he1egant hia.h'ngtapd, you hnosO, goa
hnow.' Jist at that moment -ther,
comes such great gun Of thunder
and such a prairie full of lightning
that fhe Englisher shut his eye.
with fright. There says the rea
American native, 'd-n you, have 20,
any. thunder aud lightning as .elegan
as that in Ehgland2'
ENGLISH Son. All EngTishmen dom
speak in that way. I am an English
man by birth, and | don't speak il
that way.
AMERICAN Son. But then you'v,
learnt civilization. in America.
ENGLISH Son. No;' was born civ
ilized,
american Son. But it don't com,
natural until you were naturalized
Thank heaven, Twas born an Amer
can.
English Son. |, am anAmerican cit
izen, if wasn't born here. Don't b,
50 Internally prond of being native
don't. Father was born in. England
and be rs as good. ay better, than you
though you are a,nalive.
Granny, Yer granfeytherwas the mo-
worth all the natives on Long Is
land.
Ame1scan Son. WheFe.did he aro :,