Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1843-04-20
Frnn ihs Kuickerbocker, Cor April
STRAY LEAVES
fiON IL PORTFOLIO OF A GEORGIA LAWYER
TIE WATER MARTYR.
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This produced a general laugh, in
which II Joined but the boxer and the
6oNee. who weie man aud wife. When
this subSldel DICK became intcrroga,ive
Lawyer sad he. Il got a little inter.
rhgniiou 10 put 'iCng with the rest. Sup,
Iose buy a tract OF land, with the 'pur.
I%enanccS who does the live squirrel on
the top Of lhc trees belong tor
Here iollowe II roar OF laughter.
Hes got YOU, Squire 'ilurrah for
Dick! Buy Drckey for a roolr etc
rs soon as | had u ch mce 10 speak.
feeling :hat my reputation was concern
ed. determined to curry the war into
Africa. Dick said /, Look up at me
AMI answer me one question, ant Their
I'll answer yours. Suppose were TO
buy this house AMI the p~urtelanceS i'm
C ddlng the drunken men in it, whom 40
you think you'd belong to?'
ThIs turned the tide in nv favor. AID
amidst the merriment it excited | rose
ana lett the room. As | got ilto tho en-
try the day was just breaking;the cocks
we're making a noise more like a scream
than It crow; a horse was lying down
under a shed, aud a man wa asleep.
with his head upon the horse, rs q pil
low. triPpcd and fell over him with a
tremendous crash, received, but reckcd
not of, a wound and entered the sleep,
ing room. Things there were IN slaku
puo except that two Of the s~leepcrs had
reused themselves and were getting up
Nuhou SAYING gentlemen, by your
Ieaye,' turned IN, with great coat spec.
tacleS, cap and boots, and wrapping a
blanket around me, tr ed 10 get TO sleep.
In a lew minutes two men can in on q
voyage Of discovery, and attracted by
nay spectacleS and cap, stopped down
and asccrtained who | was:
well, ifthe Squire amt drunk2-
well, did | ever!!'
| was SO sick and weary that repu.a-
ton wa nothing TO me; 81 did not con
tradIct them, hoping that they would 90
ou very soon, and leave me to my
SIumbers. Some by stander, however,
interposed and SAID:
Let him alone; no has been I'D all
night, and is Sick
Unfortunately for nv credit and that
OF my kind friend, at thus N he
stumbled and fell into the water.
why, you are all drunk!' exclaimed
he new corners; AMI out they went TO
premulgate the intellig
When the court assembled again,
came IN with red eyes and throbbing
head, and reported mys.lf too sick TO
proceed, upon which the court was ad.
lourned for the term. As | passed out.
neard diVerS commentaries on my con-.
dltIon: Il never knew it, gen'lemen!-
Pon my honor, | thought he was "A wa
ter man, Drunk sick!' shame upon
these drunken vnga6onds!' said one of
fair daughters But little | heed
ed all these remarks. would have
looked wi h comP!acency upon any man
VINO was my hangman, and the gallows
would have been a comfortable prospect
10 me. | ordered my carriage, reached
the next day was bled ana blister
Tor a fortnight, and came near shut |
fling off this mortal COLL
Ihe next time | yrsI.ed the county Of
-, u was IN spring tide. The balm
y ar. the sweet song OF the birds, aud
the green foliage, presses ute a very
appearances from lhe.ralI term
was in high spirits, but alas for hu.
man happiness! After | had argued my
first case,and considered that | had come
OIL with flying c%olors, | was d~ismayed
BY hearing around me: FIRST rate book
man? smart chap: what a pity he
drinks!'
From that hour my fate has been
in that county. Belonging TO a
temperance society, and strictly obscr.
wing IT'S rules nearly losing my life by
excess Of rain water; | an nevertheless
regarded there as a confirmed drunkard.
talents are wasted and misarplIed,
aud whose steps are tending 10 ruin aud
the grave. ] am emphatically a MARTYR
to water, and ! give public notice to all
"ashlngtOnians -
But there Is no use in threatening.
may as we MI to my fate, aud fall,
Iiko Caesar, with dignity, even at the
loot OF P~Onpey's %statuu.' There are
events ia life which a man is not
apt to forget. ! rather think that Tho
night IN the country inn. which
made me a water martyr,WiI be remem.
1ered by me AS loIg Go use the grace.
.uI language Of a brother lawyer as a
tree remains IN the broad field oil
reason, or a solitary flower blossoms n,
he garden Of memmory.'
TIE ELECTlO N.-Jur friend,
'ro1d may be disposed to ask the Ubigs