Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1846-01-08

We were the witnesses of ludicrous incl
dent which occurred in this city few days
since, for relating which we claim the indul-
gence of the gentleman directly concerned
deeming it TOO good joke TO be lost.
While sitting al our desk and laboring assid-
ouI readable paper for our patrons. we were
suddenly frightened from our proprieiy, by the
has'y entrance of gentleman, exclaiming.
For Gods sake, help me TO see what's the
matter I've got some dreadful thing--scor-
pion or taran'uly--in the leg of my panraloons!
--quick-help me y
We instantly rose from our chair, half fri ght-
ened ourselves. Our friend had broken in so
suddenly and unexpectedly upon us, and was so
wonderfully agialed that we knew not whether
he was indeed in his senses We looked al
him with sort of suspicion mixed with dread.
and hardly knew whether to speak with or seize
and confne him for madman The latter we
came near attempting. There he stood quiver-
ing and pale, with hand tightly twisted upon
part of his pan,aloons jus. in the hollow of The
knee
What's the matter 2 at last we asked.
The maiier he exclaimed, oh, help me !
have go, something here which just ran up
my leg! Oh, can't lie, GO; must hold it,
Ah, there he shrieked, Il felt it move just
then! Oh, these pants without straps I'll
never wear another pair open a, the bottom as
long as live. All, feel it again.
Feel what ? we inquired. standing al the
same time al respectable distance from our
gentleman; for we had just been reading our
Corpus Christi correspondents letter abou,
snakes, lizards, and taraniulas, and began to i'm
agine some deadly insec, or reptile in the leg
of our friends unmentionables, as they are some
times called.
| don't know what il is answered the gen.
,leman help me to see what it is. ! was jus,
passing that old pile of rubbish there in front Of
your office. and Eel, j, dart up my leg as qnick
as lightning and it stopped just here where I've
my hand !; and he clenched his fs, still more
tightly.
If 1t had been The neck of an anaconda, we
believe he would have squeezed it 10 jelly.
By This time two or three of the news boys
had come in the clerks and packing boys, hear
ing the ouIcry, stopped working, and the edi-
tors and all hands stood around the sufferer
with looks of mingled sympathy and alarm.
Bring chair Firz,' said we, and le. the
gentleman be seated
Oh, can't si,r said the gentleman; can't
me no. can't sit
Certainly you can sit, SIR said we, keep
your leg siraigh, out, and we'll see what i, is
Well let me give ii one more hard sque eze;
LII crush ii to DEATH said he, and again he put
the force of an iron vice upon the thing. Ii II
had any life by this time, this last effort must
have killed it, He then cautiously seated him
self, holding out his leg as stiff and straigh. as
poker A sharp knife was procured; the
pants were cut open carefully, making hole
large enough to admit hand: The gentleman
pu, on thick glove and slowly inserted his
hand, but he discovered nothing. We were all
looking on in almost breathess silence to see
the monstrous thing-whatever it nigh. be;
each ready 10 scamper out of harms way should
it he alive; when suddenly the gentleman be-
came if possible, more agilaled than ever.
BY heavens 2 he exclaimed lis inside my
drawers It's alive tool feel it Quick
give me the knife again.
Another incision was made. In wen, the
geniIenan's glove hand once more, and 10 out
came-his Dife's stoching'
{ How the stocking ever got there are una
BILE TO say bur there i, certainly was; !; and such
laugh followed, we haven, heard for many
day. Our friend we know, has told the joke
himself, and will pardon US for doing so.---
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