Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1850-10-21
WHO STRUCK BILLY PATTERSON

About the year 1880, the Commissioners OF
York, Pa, when making their annual tour tor the
purpose of holding the appeals, stopped at Corner
kerch, at the public house Of Ephram McCleary
Peter Ali, j. w. Hetrick, and Billy Patterson
were the Commissioners. Capt. Patterson was
naturally fond Of good joke, but his wife having
died but short time before, he was low spirited
and sad and the others for the purpose Of rousng
him from the lethargy into which he had fallen
commenced running rigs upon him. Becoming
tired of their jokes, he determined to have some
fun, cost what it might; and going into another
room he found little lrishman, John Moflt, and
told him that some person in the other room mao
struck him. johnny became very angry when told
that his friend had been abused, and Immediately
went over into the other room with him. and sung
out at the top Of his voice. and almost choking
with passion, who's Billy Patterson? 2
The party assembled began to laugh boisterous-
w, which made johnny the more angry, and as
often as the mirth would subside little. he would
again cry out-sJust show me the man thatstruck
Billy Patterson =
And going up to Small who was laughing loud
ly, he seized him by the throat, and said
You dirty grippe, did you strike Billy Patter-
out Pattefsoa interfered and told him he did not
know who struck him, when johnny left the room.
But little sleeping was done in that house, for
every now and then, during the whole night,
johnny would cry out
who struck Billy Patterson?'
Or-'Show me the mon that struck Billy Pat
terson?'
This soon became the popular cry at sales, pub
| lie meetings. &c., throughout the whole county,
and was given to the world by being published in
one of the Lancaster Pa, papers, from the state
ment made by MIR. McCIeary, at whose house
the joke was played Oft
The actors in this little comedy in real life are
all living, so Tar as known to me, excepting MIR.
McCleary and Capt Patterson still lives in our
midst, is as fond Of fun as ever, and will never
knock under until struck by the hand Of dealh.-
But to appreciate it, the reader should hear the
Captain tell the story himself, for he throws into
it dry humor that would make Don Quxote
forget his whims, or provoke saint to laughter.
| Mas. PARTINGToN ON THE CoMET.-lt was
with an anxious feeling the other evening that
Mrs Partington, having smoked the glasses OF
her Specs directed her Missionary organs" to-
wards the western sky, in search Of the comet
III can't see it," said she, and shade of vexa-
ton was perceptible in the tone Of her voice
~ don't think much of this explanatory system
that they praise SO, nuther, where the stars are
so mixed up that can't tell Jew Peter from
Satan, nor the CONSERVATION OF the great bear
from the man in the moon. It's all Ill the dark
to me. | don't believe there's any comet at all
Who ever heard OF a comet without any tai,
should like to know. It's unnatural, but mos
people don't seem to keer, whether it has tai
or not. but the printers will make tail about il
long enough, for they always getting uI
comical sories.n With a complaint about the
falling dew, and a slight murmur OF disappoint.
ment the old lady disappeared behind the dea
door like the moon behind a cloud.-Path finder