Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1844-03-16

TO the Constitution, contrary to human natur, !
aud contrary to the rights of all free white ci- |
tizens Of the State Of ,Aasseysap and travellers
in gneral
~ knowcd a genclman--a right genteel gen.
Gilman too he was. doa assure you gcnclmcr, !
who was travcin in this State with his wife !
and hull crowd of lcctle ones in a waggin' and
his lady was tuck with the shakes, and his bot
tie was run out. 7hC,c was fix 10 be in gen.
elmen! he didn't want 30 buy gallon ofardcnt
6ecGS il ,Cdr'm conucnicnt--so ne asked the
landlord to ill hin bottle at fair price-a5d
the landlord, who was a clever fclcr, and
knoned what i was 10 have the shakes and be
ont o'lickcr, why he filed the genelman's bot
tie at fair price, when another geneman who
was standing Ivy, says "youro going contrary
to ,ne laws or Masseysap," and then this gcnel
man goes out and Informs agin the landlord for
scIIin Ticker by less than gallon, and if they
hadn't knowcd him well ali around them parts
he'd been fined and imprisoned for dcin' as
any gcnelman would like to be done when :
bottle is run out which is contrary 10 the
rights of any white man, traveller or not.
II knowcd another gcnc,man whose horse
was took right sick, and he was told that little
brandy and half pint o campfire would cure
the beast Now, lie was temperance and never
drnkcd- but for all that iIe was obliged to buy
a gallon when he Only wanted drap To mix
with the campfire. Is this law for any white
man to live by
"Why, I, myself gcnelmcn, were once ira
vcln' down there by the Nclcrbusher, with n
friend, beside myself When felt like takin' a
small horn, havin' been moyn' right smartly
through the swamps the hull day, which my
friend said was correct, and unanimously agreed
with me in the same Well, myself was O.
Dgcd to p1y for gallon when | oney wanted
to fill three half pint boltle-which is my size
as it fits well into the side pocket of my top
( coa', though sonno gencfmcn carry bottle Big
enough to hold n gallon.
THIS speech was loudly chcered Throughout,
and Mr.. Is solemn carnesincss OF manner con-
trbucd materially TO hcigh'cn the effect. The
best of the joke was that his bug-hear, "the gol.
ION law, AZ u ls Cdlt'u; mas utCH itp'dII" IoI
some considerable length Of time.
A member moved to strike out 'aclrolous and
v,nous," and inscr, "abe beer"
An amendment was moved and seconded anC
pat on papcr--the Clerk read it aloud, and u
proved to be a parody on Russelrs song, "a
Life on Tie Ocean Wave" beginring"A day
in a muddy swamp"
Another "amendmcpt" introduced the epi
gram now going the rounds Of the papers ahou
the marriage OF Mr.. Bee 10 a Miss Fowler
ending with
"And soon thorc will if Heaven p!cases,
BE swarm Of little Bccscs.'
Here the fun grew fast and iurious--lhc Indie
left tho gallcry--,,ho chairman raped in vain
and Mr. Baiour rose in great heat and said
mir Speaker, look at the chandelier !-.looI
at this splendid pile of building-look at ever.
body about us--is this the place to play the fool
look upon tho bill proposed as a disgrace t
the nation---a disgrace to the Stntc--a disgrac
TO the house Of God :"
; The committee reported progess-,he bill
was ordered to loynpon the table, and the llous
adjourned ab1u, ten oc,'ck at night.