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

Ia If1ORSE STORY. t5.E {sa%h
Mr. lie Ia, is an elderly French
gentleman, of noble connections, but .ui-,
tered fortunes; he sustains himself how,
ever, in handsome position in society
by his talents, and is withal n model Of
gentlemanly department and feeling. He
not long since bought splendid looking,
horse for one hundred and fifty dollars,
winch however proved to have very vile
trick stumbling; 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, Ito
the owners great tribulation, became
quite spirited. (.s
Mon Dieu!' he uttered, .'tis ,rascale
shame for me not to speak!'
'One hundred dollars. .going-goinq-
going; magnificent saddle horse, and kind
IN harness. One hundred-thank YOU.
hundred and -going-hundred and
ten; sold for no fault ..l7'
Broke my neck tree ,time,' said the
scrupulous Frenchman, in an agony, and
catching the nuctioncer, by the skirt, tha
company wandering, meanwhile, what
that tall figure behind the salesman waa
dancing about
Hundred and fifteen--twen,y--thank
you; sound in every PARTICULAR, sure Of
gait apd warranted
mo, no, no, not warrantedp groaned
Monsieur. 'Mon Dieu, its swindule.
Knock him down without the hundred
The auctioneer, however, considered
that ne should suffer az little "a possible
from it. Ee proceeded,
Hundred and twenty-five
len dollars more for me, and stop the
sale,' cried the French owner! but the
crowd only saw in him ON anxious compe-
tltor, and they became more eager, ~,
'Ihank you, Monsieur continued the
auotioneer. Hundred and thirty. five
-fory-five-dfty-6ye~-the Nspole-
on breed-sixty'- Az.
'Diable! 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
handsome gainer by the sale, he stole
away to muse upon the gullibility Of man,
the ffaility of horse fcsh,. and the great
probability of his being overhauled for
something dreadful and sent 10 the State
Prison, at 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 a state Of
somnambulism; IN this country it is gen.
orally the reverse-the preacher is wide
wake, and the audience asleep"
The Mllerites have fixed upon another
day for the grand burst up Of worldly aE,
fairs. It is 10 come in May next, when
according to their calculations, tic 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 late menagerie scene.
This ladies and gentlemen, is the natu.
raj Kangaroo the animal what approaches
to man second only to the baboons it skips
about with much velocity on its hind legs
OF which it has two from rock 10 rock.
1t would be much more like man ifit
hadn't a tail but this defect It remedies
with much art. 1t curles it gently into
its waistcoat pocket and nobody is any the
wiser. 1t feeds principally upon what
he can get, and is found in the island Of
Rornco, which have q brother who was
born there myself My brother haa often
seen the kangaroos as we'll as me feeding
upon CLANS by The sea shore, admiring 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 as guineas, and cost one guinea
apiece.
The ETHIoPIANs.-Lucy Neal, saya
an English paper, has returned, after o
sojourn of many months, to Ethiopia,
where, it is to be hoped, she will pass the
remainder Of her days. She was accom-.
panied by MIR. Daniel Tucker, MISS
Mary Blame, large suite Of Buffalo gals,
and other sable bores,m
Specie to very large amount was car
aied off by Bones and his numerous in.
strumepts,
"Miss seraphine, do you write prose or
poetry for the Maganine3" "Nary one
II writes small hand.'''