The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1848-03-15
i A HORSE STORY. (


mr.. lie Ia, is an elderly French
gentleman, of noble connections, but al:
tered fortunes; he sustaius himself, how.
ever, in handsome position in society
by his talents, and is withal n model of.
gentleInanly deportmen. and feeling. He
NOT long since bought splendid looking,
horse for one hundred and i fifty dollars,
which however proved to have very vile
trick ofstumbling; and after three narrow
escapes OF his neck, Monsieur was obliged
to request our auctioneer friend to include
the animal in his next sale. The morn.
ing came, and the owner also, was in at,
tendance-from conscientious motive.
however. The horse was Of fine blood.
admirable condition, and the bidding,yto.
the owners great tribulation, became
quite spirited. r.,t
Mon Dieu!' he uttered. s'tis ,rascale
shame for me not to speaky
'One hundred s.-.going-goinp-
going; magnifcen, saddle horse, and kind
in harness. One hundred-thank YOU.
hundred and going-hundred and
ten; sold for no fault
Broke my neck tree time,' said tha
scruPulous Frenchman, in ON agony, and
catching the uuctioncer, by the skirt, tha
company wandering, meanwhile, what
that tail figure behind the salesman was
dancing about
Hundred and fifteen--twenty--than
you; sound in every particular, sure Of
gait pnd warranted'-
mo, no, no, not warrantedp proaned
Monsieur. sMon Dieu, it's swindalei
Knock him down without the hundred.s
The auctioneer, however, considered
that he should suffer as little as possible
from it. tIe proceeded,
Hundred and twenty y-ive,-
'fen dollars more for me, and stop the
sale,' cried the French owner! but the
crowd only saw in him ON anxious compe-
titor, and they became more eager,
'Ihank you, Monsieur continued the
auctioneer. Hundred and thirty.five-
forty-torty-f y-five-fifty-6ve-the Nspole,
or sixty IN
'Dlable! c'nest pas honorable! Stop de-
sale! You vas have constable wis me-
The excitement Of The tenacious gen,
tleman became extreme; and when the
hammer at length descended, leaving him
a handsome gamer by the sale, he stole
away TO muse upon the gullipility Of man,
the ffaility Of horse flesh. and the great
probability Of his being overhauled for
something dreadful and sent 10 the State
Prison, nt least! Six hours-the extent
Of the warrantee-=expired, however.
without The horse being returned. and
Monsieur now rides finer animal, with
an easier conscience.
An exchange paper says:-"A Miss
Brown breaches in England In state Of
somnambulism; in this country it is gen.
orally the reverse-the preacher is wide
awake, and the audience asleep"
The Millerites have fixed upon another
day for the grand burst up of worldly af,
fairs. IT is 10 come in May next, when
according TO their calculations, the world
will be 5000 years Of age for certain,
and will take its freedom blow out. They
are getting ready for it at Leroy, New
York.
STIR UP THEM MUNKIEs. An exchange
gives the following touching harangue,
delivered in q late menagerie scene.
This ladies and gentlemen, is the natu.
'e' w tIC dillIldl "Ilut dppTOdCneS
to man second only to the baboons it skips
about with much velocity on its hind legs
of which it has two from rock to rock,
1t would be much more like man jfit
hadn't tail but this defect 1t remedies
with much art. 1t curles it gently into
its waistcoat pocket and nobody is any the
wiser. II feeds principally upon what
ne can get, and is found in the island Of
Rorneo, which ! have brother who was
born there myself, My brother has often
seen the kangaroos aa we'll as me feeding
upon CLANS by the sea shore, admring the
sweetness Of the meat and shaving them.
selves with the shells, The kangaroo ia
remarkable for his valise, which Is nat,
ural decavity in his abdomen, into which
he puts hia kittens and is exceedingly
portable. These are the guinea pigs
from the Island Of Guinea, they are as
yellow us guineas, aud cost one guinea
apiece.
The ETHIopIANs.-Lucy Neal, says
an English paper, has returned, after a
sojourn Of many months, to Ethiopia,
where, It is to be hoped, she will pass tha
remainder Of her days. She was accom-.
panied by Mr.. Daniel Tucker, MISS
Mary Blame, large suite Of Buffalo gals,
and other sable bores,-~
Specie TO q very large amount was car.
aied off by Bones and hts numerous in.
struments,
"Miss seraphine, do you write prose OF
poetry for the Magaainea" aNary. one
II writes small hand.''