The Republican. [volume] (Woodville, Miss.) 1844-1847, 1845-05-31


NhnrElNo. = Whpdiug Is esd @ bel Yankee
habit Illankee Be generic distinction, ems
biqaipe 10 is broad grasp The euli|s of Uncle
sam.dom. 3, Alleganla, alias NhisllssSom. 81
whatever other dom mia, our sissacfes mag
wax upou iris great nation as distinctive SOU
bgQnel agree thai Il IS essentially yankeeish
70 uhillle. Bul e Yankee means only hose who
have through mother NaloIe's accidents Or good
intentions, dFs! filed their pipes with tho all eas
loo lhs Hudson, on "Cape Cod and all along
shore" We deny The yankeesm Of tho whilug
art. There is distinction however 10 he kind
Of whaliing. One acquainted With The prevailing
business Of different sections, might with loesa-
Die chance Of success, undertake 10 locate City
Of every hundred men whom he sees white.
For instance, he man that lakes up chip
and with knife wbillea il into miniature ship,
should DO put down as native ofihe Androscog-
giu, Kennebsck, PenobscoI, or SacO country
The man from Hineham, Mass. whites you a
bucket from two chips, while the graduate ofcaps
Cod aa naturally ends bis study and bis stick "a
harPOon. Tondsr chap so serious, Is Com The
land Of Blue laws--you may know il BY lhe faint
limitations Of wooden clock wheels. cucumber
seeds aud hams. thai drop from his accomplish
edknile. The exiles Of DOrr.land. turn Iheil
weapons and wits TO The accomplishing Of in
iantle cannon, all however, ia memory Of Che.
paichet, without cabre or vent. You shall see
q dozen New Workers in whiting expedition,
and ten Of them viii turn out from bis chip facio-
y, yardsIick. The PennsyIvanian carves out
miners crow, the Yirginian a stick for stirring Up
mint julePi a representative of the old North
State eIabOrsIes tiny grooves and canals in his
whitile-wood that seem formed for vents to iar
kiln on small scale, while one Of the s. G.
chivalry will invariably terminate on vast heap
Of chips, and, perhaps, palmetto shaped button.
A KenIuckian tries hard as usual to initiate an
eaHhquaks-so ends his stick in heap Of ill.,
formed chiPs-ruins- gaining as the results Of
his labor the effects instead Of The cause.
We might proceed with these characteristic
cuts, but as this IS but depression, we viii just
9oJ snoe "u'"inb 70 PiHiOSuPnlSdi anu oOOtnlne N
its moral tendencies, and we illustrate il BY al
fact, which was our purpose when we sci out
The jury ia neighbOring court, had been
kept through long session listening 10 the
shrewd question and guarded reply Of legal tall
emit, The thrust and ward, The tort and relOrl Of
EquiIy's sIickIers, until patience, endurance and
hope seemed 10 have given way, to be succeed
ed BY long faces, lll-suppressed curses, coatuils
turned Tow ards the bar, and ennu pilisble from
It's very hetplessness. just then, some John
Locke, in the shape Ola sheriff. sent out aud had
brought into the court house boshel Of cedar
blocks. These were distributed philanIrOphicalIy
and democraIically among the jury. The effect
was electrical, Long faces became short Iauk
cheeks putfed out with delight; the component
parts Of cedar were anayzedi The Cokes and
BlackstOnes in miniature were left TO sclew out
evidence 10 their own benefit, and when the long
session closed, the officer might have reported
progress IN two afidavits aud Two bushels Of
chips.