Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-05-30

WHAT A PITY Once upon time our
town was blessed with am Alderman. son of
the Emerald Isle, who had 81 much of MAGMA
Charta in him that he would neither delay,
sell, nor deny justice to any; but he hada ma
tional feeling. The green island. which has
no reptiles, (thanks to her patron Saint y is
free also from creeping things in human shape
Your true lrshman stands erect as he and his
race have stood under centuries of oppression,
and even in his cups he asks no better play
than to stand up TO fair knock-do,on. Our
Alderman had the national fontlness for bit
OF arrow. And once upon time Ito continue
as we began,) while our judicial friend sat on
his stool or tripod, from which he delivered
his oracular decisions, fellow was brought
before him, charged with an assault with at
tempt to commit battery. or some such anu
sing lrishism. The faithful tip-staif who
brought custom To his good friend, the Alder
man, testified to these facts:
" Ii was airly in the morniu, yer honor, as
whit towards the market and thinks to NV.
sell, I'll just step in and take wee drap i'm al
the grocery And whin went in, says JUDD,
TO me, says she -
"Well, never mind that, but come till IN,
oflince, SIR"
Certainly, yer honor. So whin KEN till
the market, but efore started out SAYS Judy
to me, says she, it's a could mornin', sure
well, lave Judy and so on, SIR"
=" iis, yer honor So l stepped up till the
market, and by thin felt could, and that's
why | slia to Judy in the grocery, Yis, my
darlin, and bit of the craythur would kecr
out the could this mornin'"
Cant We tell US, thin, about the oflince a
all, sir" cried the Alderman.
"Sure, thin, heeri this defendant and ano
Their lark about the same weight % him inga
ged in the divarsion of an interesting CONVEX
sation. And says he-that's the defendant
says hc-there's not grain of truth in it al
all, what you're sayin,' says he. And will
that, says the nan torment him, says he, 1T.
every word of it thrue, by my sowl, then, Sc
it's And with that, says the defendant. saw.
he, Stand up, now, like mon, and I'll prove
II on We whether it's thrue or not And h,
rrn up his cane as it might been shilleah
and he made it whiz round his head most
beautifully, yer honor"
Well, well, sir, 90 on"
"And as was sayin, yer honor, he keep il
whlstlin' and talkin like fun round his ears,
for the matter of short time, and with that
saw he was goin' To let him have the purtiest
stlroke that ever rung on the pate of mortal
man.
Inc Alderman was now leaning forward,
listening with mouth and eyes and ears, all
open, TO hear the upshot of this darling bit of
a row, and again he cried,
Go on, sir, with your violence; out with
it. sir; what tni.i ?"
"Sure, and with that, yer honor, as in duty
bound, | stopped his hand, and there was an
end of it,
You, aia, OF. a. exoIainled -ous= 4allarm,n
=" Good Lord, what pity what pity!'
C3-Ihe errors that sometimes creep into a
daily paper, no matter how unsleeping the Wig
lance of him who presdes over it, are enough
to rulle the peaceful plumage of an angel
We were made yesterday TO say eve think
now the worse of him for his Irish brogue. -
The reader would perceive the error, that the
word no,c should have been none but il never.
theless ruifled our lovely temper nota little
CASTINGS.-Wce xamined Yesterday some
of the castings of r. & w. MILLER, at thei,
foundry on the bank of the creek, and we con.
Tess to the belief that they are hard to beat.
We do not believe there is batter castings to
be found anywhere. These are the kind OF
men who deserve public patronage, and they
are g'ttingit. Their castings are used in eve
ry direction throughout the country
0-g~ a writer in the National intelligence
recommends To Mr.. Clay and Mr. Calhoun to
take no letter from the Post Office unless pre-
paid, as they are both the subjects of most
onerous tax in the shape of Postage. We do
not doubt but they will be led To- adopt that
suggestion from the fact that they are made the
subjects of gross imposition in that way
Any mans correspondence who would not
pay ms own postage, when addressing such
men on public business or for his own infor-
nation, is not worth taking from the office at
no cost.
OCsH Mr.. King, Professor of Elocution.
VINO has attained much celebrity in the east
Tor the cure of stammering, suffering, and
other defects OF speech, informs us that he will
open an institution in Cincinnati on the 9Th
OF June, and remain there four months.
PALMER'S POCKET SCALE.-The no.
tee, III our paper, Of a Lecture on this work
Tor the evening Of the 2Sth inst, was a mis-
take The agent, however, stops at the u. S
Hotel, where he will be pleased to wait on
those who may wis, to examine or obtain
The work The agent wishes to obtain agents
Tor the sale Of the work. A few who NAV
be wishing TO obtain employ, can here find
lucrative business.