Ypsilanti sentinel. [volume] (Ypsilanti, Washtenaw Co., Mich.) 1843-1900, 1845-12-24

ZONE We slgnerS,proud and lOWly,
Rich and ragged, lean and fat.
Come fork over what you owe me
For the Dollar Democrat.
The Parsons anxious to receive it.
s,.p.zss- All ? he sadly needs the chnk,
l. Every dollar bright, believe it; et
Due for paper, rent and ink.
Paw don't hestate,ye signers
OF the Printers pttance think
Send, O send the silver sinners
Quickly us, or we sink
During the singing of the hymn the deacons wilt
please hand round their hats
PUNs-Du. Sole thus heaps them up in his des
crpton of an exquisite beau under the fortunes of his
! first sea voyage.
Our voyage was very rough and stormy one,
and it was necessarily impossible for one to
whom the situation at all novel, to enjoy
the least repose. Our desired course was eastlerly,
but through the long and dreary hours of the night
the listening ear could detect nothing in the respon-
SEES of the helsman besides ''Sou West "SouSou
West or Sou West by Sou or equally forbid
ding intelligence. Our lisping beau was exasperated
almost to madness by these "she-pork' reiteratons,
! as he bitterly denomlnated them.
"The thailors thay, he whispered to U.s. in a voice.
choking with anguish that thoIne of their nterethng
thweathearts ashore have put BLACK cat under the
tub, to occathion thuch contrary winds but cuth it !
he calculated at muth be black pig and are be-
ing haunted, in these winds, by the goth of 18th dth
lcontholate mother"
We laughed and suggested that, in such case the
ship stood very slender chance OF 'sdUing its bacon
: A sudden plunge of the vessel at this moment en-
abed three or four of us to accomplish rather de-
cent but unprecedented somerset. 49,
!sOn my thou, said companion, who was the
first his feet again, 'thth ith too bad don't tho
much object to the thmell of tar, but the pitch of
thth vethel, cuth it is very annoying" His grief
had grown 'pun-gent.
..Yeth" he murmured to himself as he took up
his light to retire for the night. s'the thip
doubt built in .'eap-year th determined to jump the
; whole distance between here and Liverpool
o. The following will serve as a fair specimen of
the conversational style, prevailed in the ''West''
about ten years ago.
Question Stranger, you ha seed nothing ofno
! little dog without no tail at all amost hardly, no
time to day h'aint you!
.4nslcer Yes 'haint.
OLD TIMEs.-I appears from the following
extinct from the history of Scilu te that the ear.
E ly settlers of Plymouth Colony adopted sllgu-
lar mode of destroying black birds. Iistead Of
offe. ing bounty TO: killing those birds penalty
was exucled of those who GiJ not kill certain
number curing The season.
In 1896. the town di enact that every house.
holder should kali aud bring in six back birds year.
: y betw ell the 18th and last of May on the pea
ally of forferiug for the towns use 81 for every
bird short ofhat number.
1 1897, he unity court resarted 10 the foIIowin ing
strong measure Of precaution: Ii is ordered that
every man that comes to meeting on the l. ,rds
day, bring with him, his arms, with at least six
charges of powder and shot :. aso that whatsoever
/. shall shout gun al any game whatever. except
e at an I"dian a wolf shall forfeit 5s for such
( default until further orders.
n A STORY OF POCKET PICKING.
The Albany Citizen cites The following Case
land says may be ruled upon as auIhen,lc.)
, which illustrates The l.gerdenain of this wide
: spread and dangerous species of vany more thor
0 oughly than any other We have heard of
"A few weeks since, gentleman of the Astor
house in New York, suddenly missed god watch
which was worth firmorc To himself than II could
be to any body else. He marveIed much at ils
absence for he knew he had only been in and
z out of the office and reading room of that hotel
: since he noted The hour By 1t. La the hope of re-
. covering il. He advertised his ,ss and offered
J. a reward OF sou
The same day he reed nole informing him that he
It could have his watch by calling at certain house
ii in obscure part of the city. Afer some little
e hesitation he resolved to 60. The watch was too
valuable 10 him 10 he given up without at least this
. attempt TO recover it. So he went. His call at
u"oI !" pun dueiueu Dy very gentleman.
ly looking person. who, in reply to his inquiries
replied that he had In his posse the advertised
o watch, aud that payment of the offered reward
o he would deliver 1t up. The loser promised to
/ pay the 500 provided he convinced The watch
ii was his. Ii was exhibited, aud the gentleman
recognised 1t at once. paid the reward, aud gladly
= placed The recovered treasure in lis place in his
I'd vest pocket. As he was turning 10 90 away ae
t remarked Il am glad, you may suppose, 10 ge,
= my watch back again, but should really be pleas
70 ed TO know how you took it from me-
N "That will Inform you, readily replied The pick
,e pocket, "Do you remember holding an animated
conversation with two other geniem II, IN the read
IN ing room of The Asher house on the morning YOU
it lost your waich!"
1t 81 do" replied the loser.
y "N ell 60 you moi also remember that a ge ntc.
" man who stood close by left his Newspaper. drew
near, aud fina'ly joined in the discussonl"
Very distinctly" replied the other, sand ALEC
h that he engaged IN it with much warmth"
c "PrecIsely. continued the narrator. sand do
you not remember that he at one time. in his earn
= estness, tapped youtwo or three times ON the LEFT
% breast hus!' (suIting the action 70 the word.)
AYES replied the gentleman