The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1850-02-12
College Trick Of Phil Waters.


from Baltimore, has The honor OF being ,b
birth. place AID the home Phil Waters, on
of the mos, in,eierate practical jskers lb,
world has ever produced; no, that Phil was
fou, b and tumble sort Of fellow no deli. ht
cd IN such low, practical ,kes IS The ringln.
Of door. bells-Ihe calling up Of the old docio
on cold winie : nigh, 10 see sick female
and after leading him for two or three mile
through The snaw 10 the woods, TO decar.
tina, he mus, be m,s,cken. Not such u Ike
was Phil Waters, but nice. quiet, unobrusi.e
modest young mao, tina, wo.ld have passet
muster among host OF ministerial candidates
Ph had studied chemistry. and 1t was BIZ
special delish, 10 form a cause AID watch it,
chemical effsc, on bis devoted victim.
No, far from PATS paif rnal mansion wa
situated The B-Acsdemy. or, as Tho vii,
lagos called 1t, =" The College" Among ,ht
students Of which number Pail was one-a
the Academy, wasa young msa from North
Corolins. named Morris Kenny. who had i'm,
b'bed with his mothers nix a s,rong sve,.
sion to black man. To him "n,grer'
was an Oh ject ofspecis aversion.
Shortly after Aors keuny's arrival a, tho
College, be had the good fortune or m,slor
tune TO becons lnnms,e with Pail Waters, SO
much so, 'ha' day did not pass lhar the lso
we're 90. together. To Pbll, Morn. i.npart
ed oil his feeling Of aversion TO the blacks, and
would YAK Tor how. ~ . .,~.. o.. tho u,..,
curse Of being born a negro. Cunning f,on
the South, Morris's complexion did 20. ,iya!
=" loves lily white y bis dark. Gully hair snl
small features FIRST led Phil to think Of giving
his friend lesson on his autpa,hy.
The jec, was 10 aoonar fnrmed Than OK.
eculed. Morris had read ba, Ini!e, had
boundiess c'edul.'y, end would ls!en With rapl
attention 10 Ph's wise qao,a,lous from authors
which no one bu, himself ever had The p e l.u,e
of reading; 10 be sure be always gave his
authors name and The page ur tho book, but
tho library a, g. was not fortunate enough
10 contain oil The works that Phil had read,
especially those he quoted from.
Singular circumstances, is /, nnt!" re.
marked Pad one evening, when in compsu,
with several other students, of which number
Morris was one. singular circumstances,
s II not. lha: Rafingsparfer mentions 10 his
history Of North America, that the ,nhnbI,auls
II the South have bsen knoan 10 turn Jet black, /
10 being removed &c more temperate chine"
"God bless my soul who Gays tina, I" es
'lai'ned Morris, spin4ins from h,s ,ea,.
"Rafingspsrfer." repeated Pull, the " lity.
ouih page OF The second volume, uader the
sad Of" Strange Phenomenon"
Yes, indeed. Morris. my boy, did you
ever hear Of tina, before I" cried Charley
ohus. Why, man. do you know ,huI
ave been watching your most interesting
h, siognoDy siienlwely for the past three
'etks, 10 see the great change come over
hs .pifi. ofthy Ece.' as Byron says. or should
ave ssidl"
Morris made no reply, bu, the bal. had tax.
D, the iron bad entered HE soul.
Mex, day. Phil found him locking over tie
btary for Rafliiog-parfer's History of the !
/. American Rlces," which, unfortunately,
0 found Phil had loaued to particular friend
e few days. Ii
That night Phil obtained from tho village Il
'o,hecary somo nut.gaIi., in a solution Of II
hch he washed Morris'. towel. and then ,e.
Irned i. 10 the wash.s,and. There are few n,
lat dini know tia. when Towel 10 washed il,
solution OF nu'.gaIs and dried, it posses. N
. The power to turn The skin block when w.p "a
on II; not black 9, once. bul slowly and %
rely. Before refining Tor the night, Ph,
oked in Horris's room and found hun read in
9 an old catalogue Of the books in the Br,, m
. Museum, and declared be could no, find mi
sfiing-paffe''s name among tho authors. v,
+" Never mud" SAID Phil. "my copy viii
st home next week, and then we'll knoe an
about il. Bu, goodness! Morris, how dark IN,
look this eSening-nol been fishing in the
!. ! hope 10,
" Fishing sun dark! chi o Lordt Phi ca
"a, do you meant o. no, I'm not" exclaia.
the poor soo'hefusr, rushing to bis mirror e,