Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1848-09-29
From the Geneva Gazette
THEY CAN'T FOOL ME-!
Suspicion is heavy armor, and
With its own weight, impedes US more. ="


Bnly Keene's peculiar boast was the Ut
ter impossibility of being hoared, or, IN his
more expressive phraseology, Jooted.--
"They can't fool me 20 was ever at his
tongues end, and so evident were his at
tempts to impress this fact upon all with
whom he had anything 70 do, that he no I
unfrequently made fool of himself!
Billy always made point of expressing
hIsdi sbclief of every thing; however plausi-
bic, that reached his ears, which, by the
way, were exceedingly easy of access, be-
ing not more than five feet two inches, from
the ground, when their owner stood upon
his feet.
Suspicion was always the lone idea" in
his mind he suspected everybody of some
abortve design to gull him-from the most
respective friend down TO poor old Isaac,
who had no more idea of practical joke,
thana polar bear ,nightbe expected to have
Of 4 baby jumper.
Billv was not naturally hard hearted, but
he was so suspicious that he turned twenty
bcggars from his door, where he relieved
the necessities Of one. In vain was the I'M
ploring eye raised, and the wasted hand eX-
tended To him for aims. The more plt2-
GUS '"I S'o'y' ~ III so,,nJs rar,, ni,;G,I ;"
he would cxcIaim, but I've seen too much
of the word-Pve heard toe much of such
VI az "o''1 ,.on cam, fool ,oer' and
>, '.,t',,I ,,onJ;cort ,vas comnelled to
Wv a,I'.- ,,,,-,ors c,r that CHARITY
- .,;nl,t IN ,b;nas which ,hinketh
'..:I
no eFh' o o.r;,a h,, :, ,yas =
~ ,,,.. c,oJo9 into tho state If
''"s ",''' ,I11'l.'aa.|,, 40, nc be himself
"'"''o III ~ 10, mo, Win L,;r
mas %o "''0 ,c,.,, -. mas L,;riv book. .
oi''0,,' '',AfI1' ,,', haas,or o,ce dprinc
~, t,aI,oiaryL;n ,h,t Emma y. the only
Dt,.a.ar n..;,,,horing merchant. was
,oo ns1are him into the matri-
'"''' ''''5 IT, ,,,.,., r,,L;,r the bo,st
'''V','''' , .,;,I,, c';ood .o,bcr ncoDIe don't
:" W. i,,,:1ta ..I,,,, !, i os nl,in rs dav
NM - I''' ILnn', seq her nlan -
~ "'I' ,,,, r,ol me-, Folks saw
u" ''' IN .,,., L,..a .ncI To-, ,housarj.
'cl ,'''I' -, L,o snoo,s vLv
HohoUS - '''' op, into mo
sH' W" Snc W. 80 CLaj
good gfac's lna' ; INC f".'" I,n e
Fa"t' F'e'y " Lo1,ano hcr connIexion
she th'nNS ,'A' '1 %aos sha.u Gnd ! ain't
ana 'ee'' nliu'+ sn |', ,h;,ts am. No
9"l's 80 ''',,r am, 90 ~ ~, ''''''''
sir, sac ca" 'oo' 'i'' ...o ,nords with =
blnY "rco" PI!''e" "',sv and cave
sly WINK OF Pec"i'aF t" '''Ss''',' %.'I ru;and
no Iliic cause OF "'''n''''nen' - p .',S @
who for reasons best kho"n 10 himself " a" as
aware that the Young '% LAY, was innocent -
any such in'enuo" as pn,y '''P"'e" \" ,el'
Billy was u" ,eS7 ~ "'.'''',' -, -, vNt "ey
al hearing oI we "''''',H' w '',S ,o''" ,,'I
the identical Emma D. ,.I,, ',s p'o.,1
TO eIJlt" "iu"S'""' "'" nh.
charms were all natural "i"%TC n"' S"S-
plcIonS. ii!- friend louno III F'nih" rove
IL devoted wife, whIe he sun wrapped Ill
his heavy armor, renamed oachel"r'
But at length, as we have already told
YOU. our hero was married. How any
mortal daughter of Eve managed to fool
HIM into an union, is now and ever must
remain to us. a proisund mystery. We
are certain, however. that he was married,
for we find him AT fifty a widnwcr with an
only daughter, beautiful girl of eighteen.
- ..-.,L.. r-;.,J vac Droud oc his