The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1847-03-31

III twenty>one years than there can be iwo
sundays in u week. II follows, both from
reason and authority, Thai u man born on
The 9th of April. lS26-(untl there arc ma,
ny such cases in the Sla,e)-a,,sins his
minority on the 9Th Of April, IS47, and a,
any time ofthat day. fur the law knows no
fraction .ll OF 'lay-and accordingly may be-
made an elcclor on The morning of ,hu,
day, II being the time Of our annual elcc.
tion,,
THE CAPTAIN AND DANDY.
A Captain of q Mantucke. wl,alcr, nm cc.
centric old fellow, and Of rather an uncouth
hRure, visited one ofour cities, n iicr n cruise
oi three years, and ono evening attended
'he theatre. AS muitcr of course, such
rough, dark compleXiune,l old character in
Tie b"x with several fashionable ludics aud
gentiemen attracted considerable al ltcr1iun.
ana created much merrin ntamong the cx.
quis'tes. Several times every opera glass
III me boxes was thrust ut him, until. finally,
aware That he was the attraction Of The cy.
enlng, he lrsi the house determined io onv
suCh lmpudcncc in their own coin on tile
following night. Accordingly on The sue.
ceeding evening, enveloping beneath his
coat his ships spy glass, about Two feet and
|
AS soon, almost as lie entered his box. tho
opera glasscs were in commo,ion. He
waited until The play commenced, when
observing young gentleman, with emo
under his arm. and glass at his eve poin.
ting directly al him,hr drew from Ills outer
garment she spy-g lass. mud drawing !, from
he case 10 the entire length, aimed il di.
rectiy at The dandy. aud continued 10 look
a. him until The house was in complete
upr"ar, and the i"p with modification left
the box for The lobbics.
WARNING A BED.-A good old LADY in
the city Of Portland, whose husband was
i"rmenlcd with The rheumatism, was alyis-
ed by neighbor. To warm his bed with q
pan OF Goals and 10 throw in a lille supu,.
She accordingly threw upon tho sheets
something like Il pound Of brown Havann
sugur, AMI proceeded 10 draw IA pan of hot
Goals briskly between the sheets, by which
oprrulIon the sugar was nigh restored TO its
primitive state, and made us hot rs when it
came from the boiling csuldran. Mean
while the old man had lcnudcd himself
ard when the pun was withdrawn, crawled
briwten the sheets as fast as his lamencss
would permit. But the bound from the
bed gave The lie to his complain,-no mem.
Der Of The Ravcl family could have vauI,cJ
10 The floor with more agility than the su.
gar scali old codgcr, and no Senator could
have r"ared louder Than he did. In the
jump he struck the dame, and man, woman.
two children aud the hot Goals came TO The
floor together. But the Goals were scarce
less comfortable Than hot snsar, and tho
evenings entertainment concluded with
ground and lofty tumbling by the whole
company" Bui the exercise thus taken
was productive of good, and barring the
scali skin The old man was rendered more
free from pain Than he had been for wears
bcforc.-Er. Paper.
a man, not fifty miles from Portland,
says lhe Eastern Argus. who wished TO
pass himself off as well read, was bons,ing
"f having read the life of Napoleon.
WHO was it written by" said flicnd,
Elder Lamsun?"
'Why, no." said this modern Hume"
iii seems to me thai is not exactly the name.
but still il sounds like it,
- don't believe after all Your knowledqe
of Napoleon" reioined his friend, shat
youScan tell what year Napoleon crossed
The ANcghanies."
well, don't know as can lelltho ex-
act year, said The historian." irritating his
knowledge box, "bu. know plnguey we'll
that he did cross them, if l can. tell tho
year."
GosLIN0s.-"lIalloo mister cried pas
scnger in stage coach. to arough looking
foot passenger, ''can you tell me what has
become ofthose goslings whierwere hatch
ed last summer on the top Of thai rock ?"
"Fonr Of them are dead, sir" returned
Jonathan. "and the other, perceive, is "a
passenger in the s.agc coach"