Democratic banner., 1846-05-30
A NEW YORK TRICK,

tliShS1 tIhI IL IlICl diIlL IiiIN NcN''
made, they will manufacture them out G!
whole cloth. That the Yankees possess,
as John Bull says, ga great deal "f clever
ness in the art Of trichcry," is not denied.
But that they arc Tie only ~.clcvc: f~cllo"s'in
Uncle Sans vast domains, is denied with
out hesitation. In proof Of the truth Of
This denial, | take the liberty 10 lay before
the public the followin. vcritab!e story.
Within the memory OF many, still in Ike
land Of the living, it came 70 pas tl:'t Il
citizen of the commercial emporium Jour
neyed to the Green Mountains AMI granite
State; and lie must needs pass through the
land of steady habits.
On his way through tits highly favored
region, about tic going down Of he san. Il
behooved him 10 Sccl; a lodging place fer
the night, where hc might procure Refresh
ments orhinself and tie faithful beast Of.
which he rode. Ey tits timcl IL had become
sufficiently acquainted with the county 10
know that if he St.cred for the Stcplc Of {
church, he was sure 10 find hard by it the
Sign-post Of a tavern; for, from cldcn time.
this people had been famous fur "&cratci:-
ing hard to provide food for Il" body as
we'll as the soul to gain the treasures ofthi.
world, as well as that which isto come"
Our traveller ailghted at the door Of the
inn, and soon found Jonathan. the landlord.
On inqairing if he could BE- furnished with
accommodations for himself ana horse
through the might. lac received for answer.
81 guess you can" ':Tkrn ! rrckonI will
stop with You he replied.
The horse being accommodated in the
lo., ,,.1 H., 49,, $500. ]
from the bar-room: Jonathan sat down and
at once began to smoke his pipe with his
guest. The questions which arc usually
put OH like occasions in this land of free
dom were sdccdily proposed by Jonathan,
namely: "What may call Your nar!c?-,
Where arc you from: Where are You 60
ing? What is your bHSinc>s?". TO these.
queries the stranger replied: F'I'm ofDutch
extraction; my name is Nandam Quizem:.
l came from Yawk: am bound to MaSsa-.
choosit, Yarmouth, Hampshire and towns.
round; and my business is 10 speculate I'M
cats.
At the word speculate. Jonathan la.dI
down his pipe. and eagerly inquired howl
many cats he wanted, and what Ike coulL,
afford to give apiece for Z lot of them. Tlc,
reply was that he expected to obtain them.
at from fifty cents to a dollar each, accord
Ing to the age, size and suitable training OF
the animal. Jonathan'S next query was as
to the meaning of the phrase "suilah'"i
training" The reply was Tat the animals
must be confined, a large numbcr together.
in an upper story of the house where light
is admitted through one pane Of glass only.
Here they must be e higl, and every third
day or oftener, a man must enter the apart
ment, fastcn the door after him. aud lash.
them severely with Il stout whip, till thry
become still, tame and obcGicnt. After
some conversation it was stipulated that. al
the return of Mymhcer Eamdam QuiZ:cm.,
from his excursion to the NORTH, lie s,,ouIdt
be supplied by the said Jonathan win al
number of cats and kittens, hot less tllanI
one hundred nor more tlian two hundred.
trained according to the discipline aforc-
said. The next morning came, the stranger
proceeded Oh his journey and jonathan went
busily to work TO fit lis garnet for ibis ncw'
article of speculation. There was near
his establishment another essential rrqui-
site for the centre of a New England vii
lage, namely: a large public school hou@c.
well filed with sturdy boys and ruddy Girls.
To these Jonathan gave notice, Hat Il,
would pay from sixpcnce to nin.pcncc a
pelce for as many cats IS they would hrin9i
to him; payment TO be made according toI
the age and size of the animal produccd.-f
This was as interesting a spec 10 the yonhgE
urchins, as the still expected one was til
him, SO that at The end Of the week thc tay-
ern garnet became the prison of a full hun
dred of the feline race At shutdown on
Saturday: Jonathan furnished a supply oil
food, sufficient to sustain his PrisoncTs o."
the Sabbath, and then set his house i'll o.
der for keeping holy time. 1t is true that.
during the night and day devoted to holy
resting, there was much noise in the gar
ret, resembling at enc time the racing of Il
regiments of rats, and at another the music
Of the celebrated Billings, performed by a
singing school in their earliest attempts in
psalmody. Jonathan was many tiincstcmn-
ted to ascend aud inlictthc prescribed dis
:%ipline; but concluded on the whole that
i was The suggestion ofthe evil one to induce
:iim to break the Sabbath, he dcfrrcd it to
sun-aown of the lord'S-day, at which time
holy time ceases in the land of steady hab-