Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1846-12-18

Respectfully submitted,
CHARLES L. HINTON.
[From the New York >pirit of the Times.l
APPLYING THE PRINCIPLE.
BY THE YOUNG 'UN.
A brace of legs, thurst considerably too far
through pair of notified pants and attached to
a couple of the largest sized feet which were
encaseI in twin cowhide brogans, formed the
underpining to a long, s!ab-sided body, of
otherwise generous proportions, the whole be-
ing surmounted by head, which was COW
cred with a gray Give year old Cat least)
seal skin cap. This sum total-legs, pants,
feet, shoes, boly, and chapeau-was the pro-
neEtv, bv possession, of Mr. ZENAs HUMSPUN.
LZENAS had been on ''a bat'' during the night
previous, and had squandered full half dol
lar on himself, in white-eye and sweetning1
But his returning senses made him feel philos4
optical and on the morning we speak OF MIN,
he stood, at an earl y hour, i'll Street ga
zing mechanically at the Geographic wires
solioquizing, thus wise:
&c THAT'S the telegruf--W-'c
well, don't poorseive nuthin' per-'ic-cu-
ier bout them strings, on'y ones bigger 'en
tother-'ic.''
That's the lghtnin' line, big 'un," said an
urchin IN the doorway near by
"When does she-'ic start 90
"YQh'd better ak in thar
6, Whar?'
9" In the office, up thar
su,'a \. sa7 :sE q j. J! el5Bs found his way
up three flights of stairs, into the Telegraphic
Office The attendants enquired ''what the
gentleman had TO forward?'
For ud?-'ic-w She"
"What will you send ,"
"Send wharf,
"This is the Telegraph office, SIR
"Wel-'ic-who'n thunder said it wusn't?'
81 suppose you had business, Sir"
"Nuthin' O. the sort-'ic, quite the re-'ic
verse O. the contrairy."
"What will you have?"
&c want to make some 'ic-quiries."
The hour being early, AMI little doing, the
clerks very charitably determined upon some
fun with the fellow, with view to SOLDERING
him. The opportunity for any thing gratuitous
escaped them, however-for as they COM
menced consultation upon the best means to
benefit the intruder, he STEPPED up to one of the
batteries, which happened, fortunately, to be
but lightly charged, and, concluded that the
nobs were portable, he pulled his cap over his
forehead and attempted to remove one of the
balls; the next moment Zenas lay stretched
upon the floor!
He arose as best he could, and turning to
the clerk. with
:" Look we're, Mister-'ic-wots yure name?
kin lick as many sch like skunks as you, as
could be druv into forty aixer lot Wot in
did yer-'ic-nock an innercentman down
that way fer ?-Eh"'
"Nobo,ly touched you" said the clerk.
-they-'ic-didn't
Ono, Sir You took the''-
"Took wot' Yere's yure contemplate
copper"-and, proceeding to dash loose pen
ny towards the attendant, which lay upon the
machine-his fingers came in contact with the
battery, AMI away he went again, heels over
head, across the floor
Look we're '' continued TIE sufferer, who
by this time, was well nigh sobered-" 'od
blast yer internal pictur, wot in thunder are
you baout?'
"You mustn't handle the tooIs"-observed
the clerk, neary bursting with laughter
| Look you Mr.. Wot's-your- name-ain't
to be foo!el this yer way, fer nuthin'-I arnt
By thunter I'm a inderpen1ant indvidooal,
am-and this yere nockin' people down, with
out notice of no kini, arn't the thing by
Ef you'll open that yere door, Ill go out O this
and no questions axel--
g That's the door, sir
"That brass handle"
Eyes"
| l.ssTm blowed eff you do, though! Thi,
child don't me Idle with no more hard ware ii
this trap, no how"
The door was opened by the clerk, and the
fellow sided out. A suppressed laugh perva
ded the countenance of the attendant, as Zena
departe |, which, as the door closed, vented it
self in broad haw-haw.
s.Yon're smart young gentlemen-you are!
baw!ed the ioafer, through the keyho e, as h,
held the deor fast with 10th hanIs-'syou'r
a very smart young may be! You'd like Il
git very out O that and go to yur breakfast
bimebv, may be An eff yer do git any grul
afore noon, les let a teller bout nay size know
twill yer? I'll teach yer to knock peopl
down, simu taneously for nothin'-[ will
ami, from the preparat oas making on the out
side, the prospect was that the insiders wer
to be ma lie prisoners.
thought struck the attendant Pe discon
nectel the wire, and p acing it in contract wit
the mob of the !oor upon the inside, his com
panion let on the battery!
The door flew open lnstantaneously, an
our valiant stranger, with the seal skin cap
was discovered in the act of an anti-angula
decent down stairs, the sile of his hea scrap
ing the paint from the elges of the steps, an
his legs. mean time, performing an involuntar
fpirouette, which would have done infinite cre1
Il it to French dancing master
Il 1t so chancei that Genes had purchased
bunch of lucifer matches the night before
which hal been deposited in his coat pocke
In his progress down, the matches had becom
ignitel, and by the time he had reached tn
first flight he hal partially recovered from hi
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