Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1848-11-23
"Taking the DIississippi.o


| While Mr.. Sam. S,ockwell, The ar,is'. now
engaged on the great panorama of The Mss's-
sippi was ons afternoon slowly Goanns dawn
The river in his boul, very uncomfortable
shower came panerng down, al The moment
he was abou, dropping anchor TO sketch the
picturesque establishment of squatter He hes
itated moment, but finally let 60, and his boat
swung around in the stream.
"Vot isb you going to pictur him NIT der raihi
inquired his German boatn1an.
NO." says SAM but I'm going to pictur' hi \
NIT the pencil. We are now about at the right
spot to take good view of that odd looking cab
in, and If we go on we will lose it. So haul out
the old umbrella, and Twill try sketch. Per-
haps by the time we finish our view, the proprietor
will invite us to take some buttermilk with him"
This old umbrella had, by certain violent e1h-
cussions received on the trip. become quite GU
riosity. One half of the whalebones were gone,
and, when it was hoisted, 1t hung like wo be-
gone sonbrero over its owner The pitching of
it carelessly into the boat on sundry occasions
il-shaped sky-lights in its roof; and taken alto
gether, it was the sorest apology for shelter ever
stretched over a sovereign citizen of the great
United States. Sam, however, worked away be-
meath the "ginghdm" until he finished his sketch,
All this time an afuent from the top of his cone
like covering poured food OF dark tinged water
through one of the holes. and down his neck
His German watched this stream with intense n-
terest, as if calculating how much the artists
clothes would hold before they would leak When
he had finished, George, the German, broke forth
in admiration.
$ Veil. for a little mans, you soaks more water
den ever sees pefore. 1t viii take you von week
to pc so nice and dry as re YES shust now
Just then voice from shore hailed them
Look y,o, you, with that awful ugly hat; what
in thunder you sittin' out thar in the rain for
Who are you1 What are you goin' to do -
:" am going to canrass the Mississippi" said
Sam. ss
you're an eectioneerer ar you Z" inquired
the squatter.
No, not exactly" said Sam, "except in
small way for my own individual benefit. / am
going to '' take the river"
'.Whar ar you goin' to take it to Z" inquired
the squatter. a
"All round the country said Sam, :. and over
to England
Well afore you kin do that you'll hev to cir
an awful big tub and sot yourself at the mouth to-
dra,c 1t off,
Oh, no. says Sam, am drawing 1t Of now"
The squatter looked up and down the shore
two or three times, and then shouted back.
don't see as it gifts much lower-your suck
in machine draws it off dreadful Slow
am painting the Mississippi, my friend" an
swered the artist.
Hev you got my cabin chalked down. g" he in
quired.
"Yes," answered Sam, " and you, too"
Good, by thunder" said the squatter. "When
you show me them Inglish tellars, jest tell 'em.
I'm Mississippi screamer. | kin hoe more corn
in day than any Yankee machine ever invented,
and when hit anythin,' from bullock down to
humin natur, they ginerally think lightnn Is COM
in''e $50 &.
Are you a Taylor mah,'' inquired Sam,
No, by thunder says he.
Do you go in for Cass, then." inquired Sam.
'Well, calculate not, stranger" shouted he.
"What! do you support Van Buren!' con,in-
ed the artist. a. E4a
$ No Sir,' shouted the the screaner; supsport
Betsey and the children, and It's Id fight
screwin' to get along with them, with corn at on
ly twenty-five cents bushel.'D
!" Good bye, stick to Betsey and the children"
said SAM they the best candidates out -
and raising anchor he Hoated off. AS he sped on
ward the squatter's voice reached bin once more,
and it's burthen was.
Hurrah for Gineral Jackson, the old Msss-
sippi, and nae and Betscy r--[st Louis Revele.
Human Life Estimated by Pulsafion. ia
genious author asserts that The length Of a mans
life may be estimated by The number Of pulsa-
ions he has strength to perform. Thus,slIow-
ng seven'y years for the common age Of man,
md sky pulses in minute for a temperate
persons, he number of pnlSaions IN his v hole
,fe would amount 10 2,e07 $50 900; but if by
nemprrance he forces his hl,pd in,o more
apId motion, so as 10 give sesenfy-fse pulses
as = mlnafe, sihe number of pulses wonld he
in fifty years. consequently his@hfo
would be reduced fourteen years.