Wisconsin herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1846-1849, 1847-02-06
HOW to SnclE Cat.

Sparkling paper, the New York Spirit
of the Tim S, which has roll OF con-
/ tr;butors that cannot be heat" The
lesson on orthography, quoted below, is
worth all the jokes Of Yankee Doodle,
Judy or Punch, for the past half year.
IL any of our readers can resist the
fun Of It, It's more than we, who serve
il up, have been able TO do:
Sometime during the last war with
Great Britain, the ---- Regiment Of
Infantry was stationed near Boston.
Old doctor M, (pcace to his ash
Ies,) was surgeon Of the Regiment. -
The doctor was an old gentleman of
very precise and formal manners, who
stood great deal on his dignity Of
department, and was in his own csti-
nation one of the literati of the Army.
! Nevertheless he was fond Of u Joke
provided always, it was not perpetrated
at his expense.
II is well known, in the sold school,"
that at the commencement Of the war.
a number Of citizens were appointed
Officers in the army, who were more
noted for their chivalry than for the
correctness oftheir photography. The
doctor took little pains to conceal his
contempt for the "new set"
One day, at mess, after the decanter
had performed sundry preambulations
of the table, Captain s., brave
and accomplished officer; and a great
wag, remarked to the Doctor who
had been somewhat severe in his re-
marks on the literary DEFICIENCIES OF
some Of the new oilicers:--
"Doctor M, are you acquainted
with Captain CO"
"Yes, know him wcll,' replied
the Doctor; "He's one of the new set
but what of him?"
''Sotfing III particular replied Capt.
s., IL have just received letter
from him, and viii wager you a do
zen of old Port that you cannot guess
in six guesses how he spells Cat"
"Done," s1id the Doctor, "iis wa
GER"
"Well-commence guessing" said
s..
"K.a-doube t."
"No."
"K-a-t-e."
"No-.try again"
"K-a-t-t-e."
No--you have missed it again"
"Well them" resumed the Doctor,
"C-a-doublc t. FN
"No," that's not the way--trya again |
its your last gnessn -as
"C-a-g- hit"
NO. said s., "tbat is not the
way-you have lost the wager"
"Well," said the Doctor, with much
pctuIance of manner, show the Devil
does he spell it,"
''Why, he spells il C-a-t," replied
S., with the utmost gravity.
Amidst the roar of the mess, and al
most choking with rage, the Doctor
sprang to his feet, cxclaiming;
Captain $, am too old q man
to be fooled with in this manner"
0PAbstract Of the Report Of James
F. Chapman, Commissioner Of the
Potosi Canal.
The total amount Of money in the
hands of tie Receiver applicable TO the
work according to bis report, was
S2,725 IL, Of which the sum Of SGSS
30 was paid for clearing and grubbing:
and it was not probable that the bal
ance, after paying all contingent ex-
penscs, which would remain applicable
to the work of excavating, would OK
coed fifteen or sixteen hundred dollais.
Although it was apparent, from the
general spirit Of the act under which
the undersigned was appointed, that II
was contemplated that the work should
be prosecuted according to the survey
OF Captain Barney, yet it did not in
terms prescribe the width to which the
said canal should be dug. 1t would
have been highly desirable, had the
fund been adequate, to have dug the
canal 100 feet wide, and six feet deep,
but it was apparent that the fund, il
expended in making an excavation over
the whole surface OF 100 feet, would
have made but shallow excavation,
which would have been entirely use
less, and tie money would have been
thrown away if expended in that man
ner, and nothing further done.
The citizens Of Potosi, who were
more Immediately interested IN this
matter than any other part Of the Ter