Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1846-02-05


wee, the other day, warming themselves by the
remnant of fire made by some sailors for the
purpose of melting tar. Like all conremplative
men, they sal in silence. Mr.. Williams under
took to remodel his har, which appeared TO have
had recent acquaintance with certain curb.
stones, while Mr.. Chips pursued stray atom
Of tobacco through divers leaky pockets, with
the utmost desperation. Finding il al last, and
dividing i, between hem-lhe matter of peas
bulk for each--Mr. Williams lifted up his voice,
and dIscoursed as follows:
s. say, Sammy, have you seed the Messige!"
Wot messige! Nobody never don't give
no messige, 'ceptin messige to cut and
make myself scarce-no more do you
Tha, are fact, Sammy but that ain wo,
mean was agoln TO speak Of the Presidents
ige-Jimmy KS gneral statement, 10 all
ou, DOORS and some par, Of Ashley. l borrid
one from red-headed Jake, 'tOIher day, and
reckon if you wos to have seed it, you'd have
said i, was some snakes Yes, boss !"
"Wot does il treat on :" enquired Mr.. Chips.
Treat on" returned Mr.. Billy Williams !;
"wy i. don't lrea, at all-il don't say bit,ers,
or eye-opener,' wunst. No, it refers US, that
is, ,oe the people. Meirselues, to our furrin rela-
shuns, and"
"Oh, cuss furrin relashuns )" nrerposed
Chipps " who ever is agoin 10 K them to stand
treat !-and then agin, 'sposn that feller haini
any! And Id like to know. jest for green's"
continued Mr.. Chips, waxing wroth, " wot a
Merikn Presden, has 10 do with furrin rela.
shuns anyhow. haint none, nor never had.
| wos born on the sile, and | wos rig on the
siIe, and oilers calc'laie 10 stay on The sile,
wlhou, I'm traded off 10 The doctors, and the
skellnlon hung up in one of their musinaries.
No Stree Cuss furrin relashuns !"
You'd be goat, you would if you had a
pair o horns. Sammy Chips" replied his COM
panion, 60 and be bulIin yer brains out agin
every thing Wy, steamboat faint folks he's
ialkin on. lis furrin countries. He scrouges
right up agin old John Bull, and fIngs mighty
heap o. rocks agin them French folks. As for
them thar Mexican, wooden-legged, ianned-up,
oncropped. oncivilized, miserable specimens Of
kerriers of bad Durango dollars, wy, he hits
'en ba, between the two eyes, and jest hol-
Iers out Come on, dod rol ye. if you want
any more I'm thar, and thar's heap TO back
me" Oregon, says he. is ours, and I've
drlv nail down clean loher side Of The jumpin
of place, and tied string 10 it, and kerried it
out TO The Pay-cifc oshin; so. jest you keep
your plumber loher side o that line, and don't
so much as look ugly across ont, or ,here'll be
one of the orfulesl muses. you ever did see in
these par,sp That's the way 10 tell it,"
WELL" interrupted Sammy Chpps, "who
said il warn't ourn! Amt it put down so on
,he map of The United States. and kolored ya-
Ier seed it myself, and I'll bet drinks ont.
Wy, you know'd old Scrap Dykers. Well, he
he'd bar skin as come chuck all the way from
thar, and he never sed il warnt of N 'Meri-
can bar O. course Oregon's ours !"
"WeIl, tain. norhin else" pursued Billy
Sos Texas; and soil Kellyforny, and Ken
nedy, and Kuby be fore long, or else III live
on s,inkin mackerel-that am fact Yes,
seq he, afore them outside, starved out, trans
laied-over-he.wa,e powers inler(eres on this
continent, I'll be cOnlinenlally and eternally
buu,ered and briled If don't lambas,e every
one On 'em, so lhal-'"
"Whose agon to lambaste anybody 7" de-
manded policeman who had just come up.
"Oh. hello, old feler!" replied Bill. "yon
see wc wos ony talking over the messlge, and
we'd got to furrn reIashuus. when"
"Never mind relations, but up with you both
and see some of your old aequanlances. You
have been away from em about long enough,
and the Recorder wants to give you tickets TO
the parry Come along"
IN have rrial by jury" mu'tered Billy as
he shuffied along" +" for this is unconstitutional
AN inv aston of wes'ed privileges You've
no rrgh, to take man up when he's agoln TO