Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1846-04-02
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BY JoRN WATERS, Is the title Of capisni
thing 10 the January number Of the knickeE-
hocker We copy Tie concluding portion
AT tha dinner table our parson' takes
bottle Of cayenne pepper from bis pocket, To
season his meal withal.
"The two farmers wera attentive 10 all his
movements. The addition If the sauce, when
4 there was such full supply Of gravy ia the
i dish, seemed to them merely snperhuity ;hut
the exploring genus Of AJAX Tasemon was II
resistibly excited BY the pepper. a continent
that was altogether ntw TO him and perseiv-
ing that the elect was grateiuland appetizing.
Pray SIR said he, would YOU have the good
ness 70 lei me taste a little Of your red SALT =
With pleasure replied the parson but
must appfsse you that il is pepper, and not
salt; pepper Of the strongest force. that recci-
yedit iron friend IN the tropics. and said he,
I handing II to him, 20 very few grams go .
great way
/ "a half derlsive glance at the size ofnv
uncle, and then at his own portly figure seem
Cd to intimate that he thought the caution very
! lltte worthy Of notice BY man OF his cnhictl~
/ lar inches. He raped the boule on the side as
BE- had seen the parson loosen the grams Of his.
/ fiery stimulant, applied itin the same way but
without the same caution, to his gravy, aud
used il freely with his meat.
The pepper was not long IN making his
acquaintance, but he resisted rnanfully the
first limitations Of this internal assailant hem
med s,ouily and repeatedly, as IL he were de-
temned 10 maintain his ground; his face then
became scarleti an unnatural warmth took
possessi of his frame; the tonsls Of his
throat began to swell; his eyes ghst,ned, he
dashed away tear from his ohslfucfcd sight,
spread abroad his arms ike Samson cropping
for the remaining pillars Of the temple Of Ca
"a, and rose IN an agony Of distress and pain,
unlmaginable to him in his dreams before
His first note was that of the great hrin3led
bull in his own cattle yard al home The
word ROAR does no justice whatever to tho
sound.
Fonunately he did not cough MY uncle.
much concerned al the incident. recommended
him to allay the pungency with glass Of
water He caught al the word. He en-
deavored to say. Win that put il out?v
and making for hugh stone jug that had been
replenished. he raised it bodily 10 his lips. and
took draught, that, had its contents beon
more gentle. might, for its length. and breadth
and depth and heigth, have won from Bac-
chus the whole conquest the Indies
"'Jediah,' said he. as soon as he could ar.
tculate, for the lands sake docs my mouth
blaze 2
" No. said the other, with impcrturabls
GOODNESS, but itsrnokes consumedly, Hiram,
tell YOU
f" Another jar Of water seemed 10 reassuro
HIM OF his safety against internal combustion
and his powers Of speech in some measurers-
turning. and with them his entire self posses
sion, he strobe in front of my uncle and accos
ted him; DO you know. mister, | took you
for parson p
~ am. indeed said my uncle an hum
bic member Of the CLOTH
"'Oh You be, be you2 And DO you think
ii is any how consistent with your calling 10
travel about the country in this here way car
rying hell fire in your lreeches r."