The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1849-11-29
Tar rRENcHMAN OVERHEARD.

TAr rRENCHMAN OVERHEARD.
We heard good story tho other day Of
: lrfeuchmsn who came very near COM
m,l,juo iuvoluntsry suicide by drowning
himself ia The Ohio That classic stream
has la,sly been very low thcro only being
eslicisns water to permit tho passage o.
very small-sised boats. On ono Of these q
rsenchman, Just arrived from "a 0eiie
Ehssce, end consequently ignorant OF a'an-
.nsse and customs on western steambnats,
Nd taken passage from Pit,sborg 10 New
Orleaus. The water was very low, the
ssrsam very contracted, and the bars very
lsoqusae. Every few miles che Doa. woo'o
nj bard aground on Quo a these 'mpeol-
meuts. while lie passengers would DO an
.oyed by the sight Of more fortunate Pc
destrians wandering from Kentucky to
Ohio. or rice cersd. One day the boat as
neusi struck on sbar' whore she seemed
likelv 10 IS permanent fixture until the
next spring freshet should float aer OH
Alaer many expedicnts had been tried 70
vain Ia move her from her position, the
dilot said to tho passengers, who were on
the hurricane deck, SNOW, gentlemen, all
run forward al once, and think she'll 60
over lust a easy a. falling offa log" Ac.
cordinsly all started Ut AZ it they we're
suasine ior : wager, and our Frenchman,
without exactly knowing Why, but having
an indistinct notion TINT something was
wrono NOT only followed their example, but
econ outstripped the rest. Just at tn:
moment some malicious individual called
out slump, jump" which words lhe
Frenchman happened to understand. 80,
instead Of stopping where the others d'd'
= the establishment ofcyery body, ne threw
himself headlong iato the river. A yawi
was Immediately lowered, and tho poor
Frsnchman was rescued from his perilous
position, without having sustained any in
jury except thorough wetting and good
fright. AZ soon a. he could speak, be said,
with an expression Of anger, which, taken
in connection with bis words, was rather
ludicrous: :.
.vst you mean by say slump, jampf"
You tell mo to jump, and your d--n boat
no blow up at all, and | get ono ducking
for nothing, eh!"-N 0. Picayune, 2lst.
GHoroercAL DEVELOPMENT IN VERMONT.
A Railroad cutting in Vermont, between
vergennes aud Middebury, recently
brought to light tho skeleton Of cetaceous
animal, bearing some resemblance TO The
dolphin. Mr.. Thompson, naturalist. who
was on the spot, says i was about eleven
feet long and six in circumference. Fur
Their, il is bis opinion that. il bears no re-
lation to any existing species. Not long
since the remains ofan elephant were found
10 the same neighborhood, which were ex-
hibited at late scientific congress in Cam
bridge. Subsequently, the remains OF an
ape, says an exchange publication. were ex-
humed; and, lastly, there has been dug up
this monster Of an ancient ocean whose
pillows rolled and surged abovesth mighty
0raGite peaks Of the Green mountains,
ages upon ages before the creation Of man.
All these show that geological revolutions
have taken place on this section ofthe globe,
even the widest yagarles q
tho imagination. Exchange.
How TO suBDUE VICIOUS HoRsE.-A |
correspondent Of the New York CONNER
cisl gives the following account ofthe meth
cd adopted by an officer in the United
States service, lately returned from Mexico,
10 subdue horse who would not allow his
feet to Be handled for the purpose OF shoe
ing.
He took a cord about the size Of a COM
mon bed cord, put il in the mouth OF the
horse like bit, and tied j. tightly on the
top Of the animals head, passing his left
ear under the string, not painfully tight,
but tight enough to keep the ear down, and
the cord 10 its place. This done, he pat
ted the horse gently on The side ofthe head.
and comma nded him TO follow, and instant
" the horse oboyed, perfectly subdued and
- gentle IS a well trained dog; suffering
his feet to be lifted with entire impunity,
and acting in all respects like an old
stagek: That simple string thus tied
made him at once as doci!e..an obedient as
one couldr desire. The gentleman who
thus furnished this exceedingly simple
means Of subduing very dangerous pro-
pensity, intimated that il is practsed in
Mexico and South America in the manage
ment Of wild horses.
ANrIourY.-A lawyer and doctor
were discussing the antiquity Of their res
psctive professions, and each cited author
ity toproye his the mos, ancient. "Mine,"
said the disciple Of Lycurgus, recommended
almost with the worlds era. Cain slew
his brother Abel, and that was criminal
case in common law!' "True," rcjoined
Esculapius, .but my profession is coeval
with the creation itself. Old mother Eve
was made out Of a rib taken from Admins
body, and that ~as surgical operation"
The lawyer "gave up"