The Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1834-184?, 1845-01-30

near the close of the reign of John Ty-
Ter the Traitor.
My sleepy fiiend-From your silence
infer you have had a long, and, | hope, re-
freshing slumber-perhaps a Greenland
it is about that, that would at presentspeak
with you.-You must know that am, al
this present writing, IN sore trouble, taken
some thing after the fashion of that young
baby, you told ne about, that had the "snuf-
fes,n-and | am all fired scared that grease
wont save me, unless it is daubed on ever
lastingly thick before a hickory fre--The
matter is this-walking up street the other
day in hunt of something out of which to
make up a paragraph for the Journal, who
should | meet but that chap on two sticks
not the sold gentleman from below but one
of his imps-the same fellow as tried to PISS
himself off for the Correspondent from Cat
fish, you know him,--well, as | was saying
we - / always try TO avoid that
chap, and I'll tell you why, he has the awk-
wardest way of telling bad news OF any fell
low lever saw-there is no plastering over
with him, he cuts away like wrath, and il
does seem TO do him so much good when
he has anything unpleasant to relate, and
that is aboutas often as you meet him. You've
seen Stephen in the character of SWORN
woodn.-Stephen is great in that character,
or he used TO be when he trod the boards
well, as | was saying,-now, mind you, |
don't wish to be personal, very clear Of it, |
know how liable gentlemen ofthe quill" are
to lible suits. 1t always seemed 10 me that
they are looked upon as fair game for every
Jack in the community 10 kick-(hat don't
mean the chap upon two sticks any more
than il does any body else, and consequent
ly he cant sue me for that-do you think he
can) but, If any body does take it into his
head to prosecute me for a libel, it is my
opinion they'll get 'their trouble for their
pains'--it would be like "suing a beggar
and-"but | incident finish the sentence,
you know what | mean, and can inform
those all about it, as you heal have any such
nonsense in their heads.-Well, as | was
about osay--Slephen CAM play 'Wormwood
not near as nigh to perfection as the fellow
right across street from him-cause why
one is acting and the other is nature, and ma
tnre cant be beat no how it can be fixed
Stephen is good in that character, but The
fellow over the way can lick the salt off hin
when it comes to deciding as to who is best
don't think that | have said anything libel
lous so Ear, at least ! have tried 10 word il 81
as TO leave a loup hole for me TO crawl gu
of, and if that chap does sue me, you ma,
promise yourselfthat III ..saw his leg off,
We'll, we met, that chap and me,-he had
broad grin on bis countenauce, and looke'
as | always expect to find him when he ha
~news--bad of conrse--io tell, develish.-
allow are you Bill" says he (some folk
cant learn politeness, no matter what assoc
atoms they have.) "How are you Blu
We'll, thank you Sir-how do you do y
(you see the difference of our bringing u
at Ia glance) "Elave you heard the news,
says be, and he sorter laughed sideways
me. knew something unpleasant was con
ing, from the manner in which he brace
himself. "No," says /, and | had a gre'
mind TO say that didn't want TO either; b'
some how, | am afraid of that chap dol
mean to say Pm afraid of his hitting me wit
one ofhis sticks--I just wish he would CON
that-drat bis hide but / would lather hin
and his sticks into the bargain--but +
afraid to be saucy for fear of his suing m
and | don't believe, either, he could recov'
much, at least he wouldn't get his damage
in the way he'd like if he did,-but then
about as cheap to be civil, and as alwa.
like to show a contrast when caught talkiI
with him, | generally "come the d~ecency
"No | ha v'nt,'' says ], "what is itTn 81
tell you,n says he, and he grinned a~wfully-
4There is an old gentleman in town ofyo
acquaintance, just taken with the Tyler or
and am sorry TO inform you that its cate
ing" and he snorted out like a man reliev,
of a horse load of pleasure. Some fol
have quee Ell ways of showing their sorro
and had not the chap on two sticks said
: was sorry | should have believed from