The St. Landry whig., 1845-01-30
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
From II, Lo..is Reside,

A Sucker--His First yser-S,salla,c;g n
aIspe-Terriblc SitaatioR-7as Reseae-Jlis
appearance.
Al a late hour the other night, the dotnsofau
oyster house In our city was thrust open, ana u
stalked q herofrom the Sucker State. He wMss
quite six feet high, spare, somewhat stopped, with
a hungry anxious countenance, and his hands
pushed cles1 down to the bottom, ofhis breaches
pockets. ttSg outer covering was, hard to define,
but, after ssstiveying it infinitely, we came to she
conclusion thaA hs suit had been made hi his boy
hood, ola dingy, yellow liFsey woolsey, and that,
having sprouted up with astonishing rapidly, he
had been forced TO piece II out with all culors,
in order 10 keep pace with his body Til spite
of his exertions, however, he had fallen ii are.
rears about a foot Of the necessary lengsh, and
consequently, stuck that far through his inGx4
possibilities. His crop Of hair was surmounted
blythe funniest little seal skin cap Imaginable.
After taking a position, he indulged n Q long
stare at the man opening the b~iratUes, and Slow
liza eiac~ulated-AstersP
SYes, SIR responded the attentive operator,
aid fne ones they ara toos
Orwell I've heartfelt of isters afore,' said he,
SHUT this is the first time I've seed 'an, and pre-
hshps rllekncw what thar made Of afore ! git out
Of tpwfo
Haybhg expressed this desperate intention, ny
cau&1ol,s III approached the plate, and scrutinised
! I'LL u Etased she'll fish with a gravity and inter
, ek II fch would have done honor to the most il
lustrl Sus searcher into the hidden mysteries Of
natuEs. .Atlength he began to soliliqniSe on the
difficulty Of getting them out, and how queer they
lookSt wherout.
Il lever seed any thing hold on so-takes an
a.maltin site of screwin', hoss, TO get 'em out
and alnt they slick and slip'ry when they does
come / Smooth as din cell I've d good mind 10
give that fellow lodgin,s, jestto realize the effects
. as uncle Jess used to shy about spekelation,'
Il WELL, sir was the reply, down with two bits
Z and you can have two DOZEN
d 1.-TWO bits n exclaimed the Stacker, now, come
Y that's sticken' it on right strong, boss, for isters
: a dozen on EN- aint nothin to q chicken, ant
i thers'e no giten' more'n q pickayune a piec'
for them. I've only realized 40 picayunes oi
my first ventur, 10 81. Louis. iii tell you what
Y IN gin you two chickens for a dozen, # YOU
70 conclude to deal
A wag who was standing by INDUCING in
dozen, winked to the attendant to she'll ont, an
the offer was accepted. "a
sNow mind repeat0pthe Sucker, 'all fair
. two chickens for "A doxmf-you're Witness, mi
ter turning at the saree time 10 the wag mon
q ofyour tricks, for I'veAhcarn tell that you city 70
- lars are mighty slip'r JAcoons.'
10 The bargain being hirlyunderstood, orr Su
4; ke, squared himself for the onset-deliberate
of put of his seal.skin. tucked up his sleeves, al
e fork in hand, awaited the appearance ONO.
ne Ii came-he saw--and quickly II was bolted
A moments dreadful pause cnsued. The WI
on dropped. his knife and fork with q look Ofni
p, gled Amusement and demonstrating akin
Shakspeare's Hamlet on seeing bis cadd)
~ ~ ghost-while he burst into the exclamation
Swallowed alipe 7 as I'm a christian
ng Our Sucker here had opened his mouth wi
E a..- =. no1,, I,ocaroH kVf noun Il at.xll assa
ng Fear-a horrid dread of he didn't know what
:, 81 a consciousness that all wasn't right, and ign
rance Of the extent ofthc wrong--the uncortnl
,at ty Of that moment was terrible. Urged tod
Of + %peration he faltered OUT
What on airth' the row.
\, Did you swallow it alice 7 enquired tho va
iih II swallowed 4 it just as he gin il 10 mel shout
or the Sncker.
You're d dead man = exclaimed his ankle
,na friend the creature Is alire and will eat lib
ma through you ! added he IN a most ~hopelgAs lOi
tu- Get q piacn pump and pump II ont scraa
ed the Sucker, ii a frenzy, Ills eyes fairly Ata
SIN ing from their sockets. oh gracious l--Wha
| do7-It's got hold Of my inisards, already, Z
Pm dead as a chicken lido somethin' for i
do-don't let the infarnhl sea.toad eat me az
- your eyes,"
why didn't you put some ofthis on til
i. quiredthe wag, pointing 10 d bottle Of strong p
"a per-sauce,
T'heshIht was enough-the SUCKER upon
instant seized the bottle, and desperately wren
- ing Dit The cork, swallowed kaifthe content
= draugbt. He fairly sqiealed from its efe
a ,n and gaspcd, and bowed, and pitched, and isis
II al f Il were ~couFsing through him with cleo
- effect, while at the same time his eyes ra
two stream Of tears. At length becoming Il Ii
composed, his waggisb adviser approached,
: L most bursting with suppressed laughter, and
|, for quIrcd-
How are you now, old fsllow-did you
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