The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1849-07-04
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Izi Mesterday sinorning sStlle 81 recordisi i:
heayed a deep sigh, bitsthesiia sgyend
OFF tic null 81 tic oil lis rfiissht
hand, and asGifsffack by a sudden
Isthoag gilt, tcallcd l2obs 0,oss,s.., In.
'stantly tall, Btny man, Id d thread.
,bare3 suit of rusty black, ali 6sc and res.
ting, the edge of o sharp chin on What
Islladonce been a, greeHYelyet stool, lie
thrust both hands in lis bTceches pock.
cts, and answered, present.
Owens, you we're taken up last night
for roving About tile streets. t'i
No, sir, said Ovens syou're ra;sss.3a.aa;;-- Il IA;
tsen;I Iswas noterosings butraying abput
the streets. Ess zsFsHHs asfX 50
ITsts.Haveayoua amy ysholnc anyyplace Of
iresidence!'qd srsse pstsii, si,iayaEs i
YES, j shaveta llomesin town and5a d
residence id in the eountyy;, but a friend of
mine 7 u hires out my copntryhouse ii; tho
summer, and / make it a point never 1to
live in my house iii town III silfe Winniteer.' ;
fS well, do you reside anys IlacceeS In
phrtieular?ssssa tesasftab slff;itiSssfsi !.
y No, sir, Ircside every Wherein gen
tFeral, and that s,t.ip reason twly Twas
|stryingstd locate myself for,atheIonigl,t,
swlienII was = fsnnds ,raying about the
streets BY an amiable gentleman, with a
very bad cold and a ,short. club. /
|aa What What DO you near b raving?'',
Rave, Sir, mean mad; raven means
d doYe:like bird, Of negro color, that is
:alWays particularly hungry; ard al rafyifg.
when appliedtto humanity, ,imeans Il man
with astfong appetite no money, inehis
Epocket, and.a paradise ufa restaurant,
glowing with angelic pieces of cold bak-
ed Fork, seraphiee 4ssirlnins of. roast beef,
directly under his nose, l,.a.t
Explain yourself, for surcl : a man
who speaks as we'll as you DO cannot be
in want Of food s. tlssSs /.
'.'. aYou're right, sir, / am not iinswsalnt inv
soffood; on'thc contrary, food ism want
|of'me. Yes, sirtIsrepcat it there sare
|Fthousands Diminishing graSc.wortns
thatare in eager expectation Of .cnioy-
ing banquet at my. deccase; but, sir,
they'll be disappointed, for Lhaye cat
en- nothing but picked onions and dusty
crackers Tor, the week past. / appeal
to you, yonr: Honor. if picked onions
and dusty crackers arc Calculated, rs a
general Diet to fill d mans muscles
|awithlstrcngth or his ribs withfat? ?'4{yss
'You talk very tstrangly and yetsra-
tionally; tell mc,l how. WAS it you be.
come so poor?'s ~, s,y,4IfEE 8. .,55;I
Yonr Honor, 7 commenced business
n n life With. Q great many large weights
on avery small scale, and the consc.
/ quencc was, the beam of prosperity
went up, and that Of f MI misfortune came
down u graduated as ansNI.a d !, wien
81 hadn't eTenaas much as a sllomeopa-
thic dose ofmedical knowledge in5my
whole brain. GItnevcrskad; but one old
patient, and she was widow, ola very
;1roFsical habit, 1 tapped and tapped
her; but the more | tapled, the more
that woman swelled; until one day her
watery spirit burst its feshy prison, and,
for I IaughtI know, Hinged into ar an
ocean ofbfss Finding thatI Had no
Fluckas a drorsy doctor,I dropped that
;pars of. the profession, ,and took tofrul-
.ling'teeth.' ;tIhat, ,siiss was glorious for
"a while, and I'll arcnturcsthat none of
my patients, eyensat this i time, know
whose teeth they have got in their
mouths. But, sir. "a change came DER
the spirit Of my dream, and when mi
neral teeth were invented with a, holy
horror l bade dental operations and on
orators avaunt, for I'had been brriooaght
dpina Che vegetable 'scfiooRof meaicine,
and the aTlroin IAN system, ave iali
know, is oppasedto minerals.'r.s gs
'Asveryipraisc eonclusion;b ;but
what fruit Gid your prolific genipslbear
after you had dropped dentistry? SO,
s, Sir, to, tell the trnth, ! went no fur
.ther in the sciences, but devoted ny
entire attention to the art'of borrowing. 2
sThe art Of borrowing what IS that?a
g99sIasis that delicate tact sir, gained
only byexpeiencosanas obscrYation,aby
iMlich4manawholf getting along. easily
in the worldsmanage to live off their
lfellows,a There are some men who ask
you for the loan Of a Y. with such. a
Oh charming rlliin grace, that it is impossible 70.
.youto refuse them; but I, Sir, / com
'fnenced gradually ''',a 's'tft,''
= tHow was that Mr.. Owcns2' M