Wisconsin herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1846-1849, 1846-01-03

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aidecamp, could give him informa-
ton upon certain point, and not
wishing to have the answer public,
said to the young ladies, Il am going
TO do very rude thing; | wish to ask
a question, which Mr.. - would not
like to reply 10 except in confidence;
| must take him away from you for a
minute or two. beg your pardon,
Mr.. -, but l feel and shall be truly
grateful for the great sacrifice you will
make in giving up for one moment
such charming society," Il fear the
loss will only be on my part said / to
the young ladies, as l dropped their
arms and followed the President to
vacant spot near the ochestra. The
question which the President put to
me was one which l could not well
answer, bot he helped me out of the
difficulty by answering it himself ac-
cording to his own views, and then APP
pealing 10 me if it was not correct. /
replied, that certainly was not at lib
erb, although had left the service of
General Bolivar, to repeat all that l
knew; fortunately continued |, bow
ing, !where such clear-sightedness is
apparent, there is no occasion for the
question being answered. you are
right, Mr.. -, / wish all those about
me had your discretion and high sense
of HONOR replied the President, who
had one of my new brass buttons be-
tween his thumb and finger; 'and !
perceive by your reply, that was also
right in my conjecture. | am much
obliged to you, and trust shall see
you at the Government House, l
bowed and retired.
! 81 am going ahead now at all
events, thought /, as every one was
looking at me as | retreated. had
been walking arm in arm with the
daughters OF the two first officers of
State, had been in confidential COM
munication with the President, and
that before all the elite Of Washing
ton. can now venture to order IA
new suit Of clothes, but will !
never will | forget you, my old brown
coat.
"The next day the tailor came to
me, he bad heard what had taken
place at the ball, and | amended my
wardrobe. Every body came to me
for orders, and | ordered every thing.
Cards were left in showers; / was re-
ceived every where, the President was
my friend, and from that moment ]
went ahead faster and faster every day,
till / am, as you now see, well oil, well
married, and well up in the world.
snow | do pertinaciously declare,
that it was all owing to the old brown
coat; and have kept this cuff, which
| show now and then to my wife, to
prove that ! am grateful, for had it not
been for the old coat. should never
have been blessed with her for CON-
panion."
"Bnt,--,' said his wife, round
whose waist he had gently encircled
his arm, 'the old brown coat would
have done nothing without the velvet
collar and new brass buttons
"Certainly not, my DEAR
"And they would not have effected
much without they had been backed
by
"What?'
"Impudence,' replied the lady, Civ
ing him slight slap on the cheek.
II Me,O Mode Of Raising 7obac-
co.--The following which is worthy
of the Partisan b0heniiennes, occurred
in Pittsburg, where everything and
everybody smokes. A colored man,
who was very partial to the weed, bui
whose exehequer prevented the indul-
gence, met a little boy about three
years old on Fourth street, and accost-
ed the little urchin with-"How dare
you smoke cigar? Throw it away
this instant, you little white rascal, or
I'll tell your father" The terrified
boy immediately threw the stump
which he was smoking into the middle
of the street, and scampered off. The
darkey quietly picked up the castaway
fragment, and walked of, smoking 1t
with as much gusto as though it had
been ''fresh as imported"
Riuer RaiLroad.-The engineers
under the direction of John b. Jarvis,
Esq, are actively employed in survey
ing tue proposed line Of the River
Railroad. As far as they have reach
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