The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1846-11-06

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il'cIcd upon him, than tn simply say
horn gun hints'---' wno,!en5nn.megs'- s'-.bia
fankes'..-'Frcnch gcn.lrman,' or, dead
open and Shut
CHASED BY A LOCOMOTIVE. 8
The following is a:..Iloosier's" descrip.
ton of his FIRST sight ia. locomotive, and
his adventure fGorsGquon II thereon:
came across llrongh The cnuntry, and
struck your railrou,i. and was plvi,.g i.at
nbout four knots an hour, Nuw, / had
heard tell Of locomniirc, bu, nerer dream.
cd OF seeing one alive pntl hickins; but,
about two miles from here, heard some
thing cofhhg. "sneezins and tlInnGcring,"
aud looked round. Sure enough, there
she comes down after me, pa wing the airth
np, ard splitting the roaa wide opcn with
more smoke and fire flying ,han or 10
come out Of q hundred bnIning mountains.
There WAS n,ozen wagons folleriu, ar,er
her, and To save her tarpal black. smoky,
noisy neck. she cnuldn'; &C; Gle ar OF them.
l don't know whether lhey scared her up
nr no, but here she come, foaminq a the
=, with her tccll, full Of burning rcd hot
Goals, and she pitched right straight o, ,nc
like thousand OF brick. !conldn'l stand
| II any longer; SO I wheeled round and
broke down the road. ard began to make
gravel ny in every direction No sooner
had done ,hat. than she spill, rinh, ar,er
ME; and every jump made, she squealed
like thousand wildcats! She began to
gam on me comm up II little bill! but we
come round Il pint 10 a straight level on
the road. Now, thinks I. III gin you GIN
Iger, az. ~ reut on dead 4errl; atrI pull
iet to II. aud got myself under full speed;
and then she began 10 yeip and cough and
STAMP and come 0n full cl,ise!, aud make
the hull airtii shake. But kept on before
bounding al the rate of twenty feei at every
step, I'LL got 10 q tnrn Of the road; and /
was under such headway that I conld'n,
turn; SO iurncdhcad over heels down q
bank by ashouse, landed cosmoIick into a
| swill barrel, and my ieels,nck out behind
qnd up in the air! Just Mt tile. time the To-
comolive found | had go, oway from il, il
commenced splitting hot water into one,
and JUS. literally spat.ered it all over me.
| thought in my soul lhat Mount Versuvus
had busted in some place in The neighbor-
hood. Blu, do you suppose stand there
long! No, sir? just walked right thro'
That barrel, aud come out OF The other end
go quick that it really looked ashamed OF
Itself. Now. here an. real doubIe-rc-
lvolving locomotive Snnl!y -Gosier. ready
TO at.aCs; anything but combination. Il
lhunder-and-lighiing smoke, rai!-road iron
and lol water.
Give me picayune, Mr. ---4- 10 buy
BREAD said consumptiyc little urchin
yesterday 10 friend Of ours.
"Why don't your father buy Dreod for
Iyuu!" said our friend.
"'Causc he alnt got no money!" said shc
hoy.
why so?" snid our fricnd--"does he,
ever get drunkl'
Well" said Young hopeful. "he dom!
do an. ahing clse!"-N. O. Tfopic.
! TnH best yET.--sAIy dear Polly, I am
Sun prsch nj your taste in wearing another
womAn's hair on Your head said Mr..
Smith TO his wife. My dear Joe, an,
/ equally as.onis,el that ynu persist in
There now Poor Smith SneaBed. S
! CnpsssL. Now sir. on Your oath, were
i yon NOT hnrniin frcau,iH' Nj e
I Witness lin nFsalemn !onc--tAithangli
present nj ,hsrrent, iswear, on myoatby
have no recollection Of The facl, S
/ BoRRowISG EABiEs.-A curious inci.
tccni lately in Boston: A gentle
man and lady IN thn!cily were blessed with
u beautiful cl,i!A, Of about year old. whicl,
lnlractcl so mech attention !rem %,he
c!gibors, ;hui thc young lahies opposite
IircQucn,iy sent over "io borrow The baby"