Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1844-01-27
Burns and the Rhymstrr.

One Andrew Ilorncr, resident in Carlisle,
went to Glasgow to publish volume OF poems,
much ADMIRED by himself Oddly enough, on
his way home, he strayeG out of the direct road
into Ayr, where he met with Burns at public
house, and soon boon companions set the poet
errant, and the poet resident (whose fame was
then unmade} to try their strength in match
of verse-making. An epigram was the subjcct
chosen, because, as Andrew internally argued
cit is the shortest OF all poems" In compl-
ment TO him the company resolved tha, his OWN
merits should supply the theme. He COM
mcnCed,
In seventeen hndrr thrctty nine
and he paused. lie then said, "lc see | was
bora in 1870, Ohc real date was some years
carIicr,) so max that The commencement"
lie then took pen ~ hand, folded his paper with
conscientious air of authorship, squared him
self to the table like one who considered it no
trIle even 10 write letter, and slowly put
down, in good round hand, as if he had been
making out bill ofplrccs, the line,
"ln seventeen hmdrr lhrctty ninc, :"
but beyond this, after repeated attempts, he was
unable to advance. The second line was the
/ Rubcon he could not pass. At last, when
/ Andrew llorner reluctantly admitted that he
was not quite in the vein, the pen, ink, and pa
per were handed TO his antagonist. By him
they were rejected, for lac instantly gave the
following, uiuo roce:
/ "ln scvrtrrn hundrr thrrtty-uinc.
The Dell gat stuff TO max swine,
And pit il in corner;
Eut shortly after, changed his plan,
Made II tn something like Il man,
And called II Andrew llorncr -
The subject of this singing stanza had the good
sense not to be offended with its satire, cheerful.
ly paid the wager, set 10 for a nights revery
with his new friends, and thrust his poems be-
tween the bars of the CRATE, when 'rhe sma'
hours" came on to four in the morning. AZ his
poetic rival then kindly rolled up the hearth
rug IN quiet corner of the room, to serve as a
pillow for the vanQuished rhymer, then, literal
ly, carpct knight, the old man, better prophet
than poet, exclaimed, 'lloot mon, but yen be a
great poet eL'-AinSwOrih'S Magazine.
A Coon IlINr.-The celebrated Dr. Abcr.
nathy once said; ~ tell yon, honestly, what
think is the whole cause of the complicated
maladics Of the human frame. II is their gor
mandizing, and stuiiing, and stimulating the di
gesrye organs to excess, thereby creating irrl
tltion. The state Of their minds is another
grand cause.-the fdgetIng and discontentln!
themselves about that which cannot be hepet
passions of all kinds; malignant passions anC
worlds cares pressing on the mind, disturb TN
, central action, and Go great deal of HARM"
p DAScrNG.-The following is the way the
call out figure Of ''reel' in Georgia;
J. dance to the gal with the yellow shawl o
, now down outside and up the mddIe-tur
j TO your partner Isaac Smth-and now To tha
n entire stranger-sacheaz to the right and le
IA, dc dan, da, da, de-now to Peter Switcl
1t ellis aughter--turn to your partner every on
set to the gal with the flarng frlIl-Oolane
e one and spin about to the gal with hole IN III
heel Vi her stocking"