Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1844-11-26

ner assistance, he 0elIbe ratcly laid open
the thigh, until the edge Of the razor touch
ed the bullet; then inserting his two thumbs
into the cash, she f;rted it QUIZ as he used
10 say, without costing him cent" The
other ball yet remained; it gave him, how
ever, but little pain, and he carried it with
TO his grave.
Higgins died in Fayette county, Illinois,
a few years since. He was the most per-
feet specimen of a frontier man in his dav.
and was once door-keeper Of the House Of
Representatives Of Illinois
NEW ORLEANS GUESSING INSTITUTE.
Macmotechny Eclipsed- England
Ahead
A seedy son Of New England found
himself, recently, all alone, unknown, and
hard up in New Orleans. OF course he
soon set about guessing some way to get
out of the scrape and before he had quite
Whitfield his stick away, he became absorbed
IN the inception of grand thought. 1t
seems, setting down to guess, his astu;e
brain made plunge, at once, among the
metaphysical and scientific ramiicatons of
guessing; and, not long after. he might
have been observed, with sober sort Of
twinkle in his eye, marching off along the
Levee,' apparently looking for a house 10
let, humming--
Yankee Doodle come along
When fortune falls distressing,
There S nothing like Yankee song,
And scientific guesslng
Early next day, our hero and another
odd-looking genius were seen on a ladder,
mailing up broad strip Of canvass across
the front Of house Oh the Levee; and the
job being completed, there was displayed.
in flaring, sprawling, struggling, broken
backed, decapitated, knock kneed, round
shouldered. bow-legged, limping letters
Roman, German, Hebrew, Caligraphic,
Chrographic, Arabian, Armenian, and Pot,
hookia
NJ ORLEENS GESSlNG INSTITOOT.
CUISINE TAur IN ONE LESSEN.
Only 90 Fire Cents.
This thing produced a sensation al once
among sailors, pedlars, Levee laborers, and
all sorts Of stragglers Our Professor Dor
rowed IN old rotten awning. hung it up,
and divided his room in two, put his asss-
tant at the door to take in quarters, turned
his Tin cup inside down on the middle of
an old rickety table, got vial Of vinegar,
pot of tar. a bottle of whiskey, and various
other we'll known odoriferous affairs ar
ra nged around him; and, with a black
skull cap on his head, and n red STICK in
his hand, he made no bad 'splurge' at the
representation Of modern Faust Mad
anne Ludwig might have taken u lesson
from him, ('' YOU understand me now?'')
and Herr Alexander should have seen him.
He drew a mystic ring on the ceiling with
charcoal, filling it ap with the most hides
cribable curlecues,' right over The table,
and business soon commenced.
In struggled an open-mouthed inquirer
after the mysteries Of guessing.
stranger, good morning; walk up and
prescribe yourself as a true inquirer after
the irrevela!ions oil Gesseology. Put your
left hand on the converted tin cup. Very
well. Lift your right hand TO The ceiling,
and fix your eyes upen the magic circle
So. Now, if you wink or remove your
eye, you'll ruin the hui business, stranger !;
so. jes, hold still. Now percede to pre-
woke the guessing spirit TO descend upon
you. What is that hold under YOUR nose p"
Vinegar"
"Crimini lingo! you larn fast what's
thisl'
That's tar"
fright again, my pupil; what's this1"
Birthstone"
"Good you develope the faculty rally
amazing Can you guess what this is!'
d" Whiskey, by thunder"
"Al creaticn! how quick you take! are
you sure its whiskey"
" Sure! we'll, | reckoRI'
YOU'D better taste it and see. Is it
whiskey!'
..Well it is"
"Take a good swig, then: you'll do,
stranger; you're ready 10 graduate. Come
in. next. Halo mister, don't take that
bottle away"
One after another, as fast as he could
dispose Of them. the Professor found his
customers sideling half shvly in upon him
all day long, and when, now and then, one
would exhibit a belligerent spirit. between
good humor and whiskey, the New Eng
land Magician still managed to send them
off satisfied. Every body coming out was
questioned by the eager crowd in waiting.
as to .what SOFT of show il was, any
how" ard the answer was pretty general
ly the same" First rate. and no mistake,
aud the last experiment is worth half the
moneym
The Professor counted his receipts that
night. finding a round sum TO help him on
West; sold his insiitoot' for premium 10
his enterprising assistant. and the next
morning he was off, iinglns the silver in
his pocket, and blessing devouty the bene-
fits of Science.-N D Picayune.
Cold winter Is at hand