The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1849-10-31

by this time the driver had discovere;
that the intruder on his private CONVEX
satlon was really as unsophisticated as he
appeared, and thought it good opportu
nifty to get off"a sell. ''-one which if sue.
cessiul, would rebound greatly to his cred.
1t as one of the 'ssharP shooters.'' Hav.
ing this in his mind, he readily, and with
great sang .troid, replied
"Why, to tell the truth about it, I've
got the Sea Serpent that was taken off
the beach down at Lynn, the other day.
eyer have! Now, du tell! Well,
swow | should like to see the darn'dyar-
mint, cause I've hearn considerable
deal bout him, and seed his pictur once
IN the Boston Croanatype newspape y 81
.somethin' else; but didn't know he WAS WAS
took though. Say ou. yer showin'the
;critier Amt ye2 lif course We be, or else
We wouldn' keen HMM that ar travel
lin nud. hole Msll what's the stipula-
ted fee for iist ogle look lowest cent yer
know -eh
ssOnly twelve.and y half; and you have
q fair sight THE monster. But be quick,
1orlrshall start along, for there are lots
1of folks waiting TO see him up the street."
s welye- and a-llalf, repeated SETH
that's ninepence! See here, you,
It's dreadful hard times, you know, and
money is or(ul scarce up our way-all
OWN to the Observation-Disclosures, some
folks say, and perhaps tits, but I went it
stiff for the old Ginsral myself--y-e-a.s,
did-but I'll give ye ten cents, and say
no more about it,"
swell ten cents, then; but mind, you
are not to mention il; for you see we 20
Tor Keeping up prices here, and never al
lowed any one to look al him before, short
of nine pence, 'pon honor.
mot a word-nots ir,' was the emphat-
lc reply. 'l'm as dumb as the consecra-
ted dead, as Uncle Bill said in prayer
meetin' t'other night.-You haint no OBJ
lection to my tellin' our folks up to hum
bout the Sarpint, 'spose'
certainly not; you may tell whoever
you please about the snake, but not about
admission fee that's ALL
well, let's see him then, and dam the
expense, say, replied Seth, his curiosity
excited to the utmost.
The price being agreed upon, the dri-
yer told his first customer that he must
60 TO the hind part OF the "cage," at a
certain place named and described while
he would 60 to the opposite side, and by
means Of connection cord raise slide
door or window, and expose the wonder
tul monster to full view, through glass
light, and that he would give seasonable
notice by calling out, Now you see himn
Seth passed around as directed, and
stepped up so close to the vessel that his
shlns came in contact, the drippings Of
which tended in no ways to improve the
appearance Of his once pantaloons, and
there waited the countersign, eagerly
and earnestly. After keeping him there
an unnecessary length of time, the eye
of his victim painfully closed to the ex-
pectant opening, he beloved out around
the huge body Of the machine-sNoac you
see him' at the same instant giving the
string sudden jerk-letting flood Of
water on the fellow that would excite the
admiration OF cold water doctors in gen
cral, and all lovers Of the shower baths
in particular.
AS Seth recovered from his astonish-
ment he made a lunge from the catarac,
that was pouring on him, while the driver
giving the whip 10 his beast called out
EtsHave you seen the snake!' and the ole
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