Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1850-03-05

k'' Ai' h@"k u Jump lhs lama Nlt'
, the door"
. A handsome colorcd fellow who oiIiciatc,
As ico,man, descended from his perch, opcnc,
the door, threw down the steps, and we wcr,
soOn driving Od, seated beside genuine Van
kec, whom wc last encountered in Bangor
and who had been missing man to our kcr
lor half dozen years.
where have YOU been and where do yor
come front" We asked, ss We slowly rollcd
alouc fremont Street.
"Tm las, from Paris-cOms over in the
Canhna,' snid the elegant
From Pars-yOu,"
wcIl-I reckon, said be, with pcrfcc,
1oaoIasleHo,: AMI seeing our incrcdull,y, he
continued his remarks In the mos, cIcrau,
French Il was ever our fortune In listen To.
From French he changed to Spanish ana then
Italian, anJ finally, laughingly gave U, 4
Specimen ofhis German
Wholly unciuc.tcd IN early life, aud hay-
nc no knowledge Of English literature, be
presented the singular anomaly Of nan
speaking only as orcal dialect Of his own
country, and Vet thoroughly ycrscd iu mos,
polished ,dioms of,hc European continent,
Bu, there's nothing like the g,nooiuc
Yankee, ar,cr all, % said he, dropping easily
uio h.s mUthcr tongue. IL hate this en-
foreign r,bbrri,h. I've had great time on
Paris tell you-bccu sprcadin' round
among ms noble relatives"
How on earth did YOU fine noble relatives
in France Dugblc doesn't sound like a
French Name"
''l, doat hey Paraaps b, DON, sound like
d. Br.al--,ha, ,hc way cumc 0, over en-
! hunted up ,hr D. Brcull pedigree, and
found tha, one of 'rm come with Fruu,cuac tu
Canada rn the I7,h century. /, San't uo
hard matter 90 l,ra,c h.m in Maine, aud cor.
rupl ihr ,ame into Doublc-,hcy call Rou,
,.tu, Russell ln England The way suck
rI 'm lu va, immeu>r, tell YOU Co, into
the cour, rIrclr,, and patronil,i Iouu, Napo-
Icon. talked pretty freely 10 him, tell
sou, and gan him sonc pretty sha'P pokcs iu
,hr rib,. about ,hr Freedom Of the PRESS. saw
lamaulnc the o,h,r day Oli teller asked
noe What folks tho.t about hun rn Am,uca.-
Told hun they thought be- writ ius, rate pogt,
~. sd be- dlLu', kccr about thai-vrut
Postry brcause be couldn't help tt-hut was
,nN,ou, To know MIA, people thought abcu,
hlm as politician aHd state man, Asia
bar. That Kinder made h,n sock night down
,a h., I-,ais. Told hlm he ouch,rI b.
ashamed Of himself To lc, LOUIS Blanc ant
George sand and Blrb,, and the ryst ui 'cm
suck h.m ~. \, last the old iellur PIucsct
ap. and sad be- though, the Americans to"A
hmm for second George Washington, Oh '
ra ,l.d they tLlnk YOU a Sraosd George
Washington Dixon. Then De- asked mr who
h, was. ! told hun hc was the hero ct luca
ar-and old Lam-l;ru reflected a hu.c while
and said D., woull quake . G-a7dD,ou the
hero Of an epic pocm. Told hlm 10 Was
n,,.rl,s ldr,. and lrN hun 10 claw oa li.'
well. YOU seem % b, living ln style,
"Oh. ycs-I',c go, the tin
"Bsru lucky"
"Yr,. You know s,aHciiirw.,h some
Little capital, auI 81, up pr.uy considerable
ull variety store m Bangor. VI, s,"'s rn
trade consisted Of tape, pins, bcc,NaN, Knit.
rnr.ngcllD,, anchors, ,ot soap, c-ucA'rs'
fr-,ucscr,. brown sugar, camphcuc, hal,am
to.o. ,n-pau,, writing paper, shingles slabs
r.rluuui. lav.blauks, tire. shu,c,s, lH' gees
feathers, sand paper, >ccd-com, liarpor> Idi-
uou of the Bible. charucabIrs, b'ouu--Papcr
fn,.ia,ih combs. fshhooks, c.Ugh candy
pla,inr cards, sub-sod plough, colnrcd wor-
,fraf,. ,alt u4ckcrrl, INDIA rubber Shoes,
mou,Ilu De lain,, runPOwder, bna'cr hats
flr tlpugts. skates. uyrrcuJt,, wuuuc-b"oAs,
gingerbread. taller candles, and uumbcT ol
other notions too numerous 10 mention. ]
r.gI9r't make it itwurk-ant SOM time hglurc
the California fever busted. Folks looked
ON nr a,radflI hard, tell YOU. grn up
every thin, hal on the face OF the alrih' cN-
crp, what clo,h,, hal on and a llck-knlic.
some folks though oughtcr rln up these
but a love Of dccrucy and whiting forbade.
Wall. Itrlcd to rc, ,u,h,n' TO do for spell
but couldn't make Il work, and ~ ! sluped,
and shipped as a iorcmos, hand aboard a crail
that was bound round the Horn for Calliumy.
OrfaI SICK. tell you-hkc To have throw d
up NV boots oil the Horn. Wall, We got to
San Francisco lc-t about the time they began
IN spI ou, there VAS some dust there 80 ]
ra,e the Polly Ann the good buy, and started
for th, d,rrins with a psk axe, spade an
ola an pan, and a MeSikin | picked up long
shore"
Were you lucky"
..Lucky I'm going to tell you. Lucky
Why. snaked' It eout--raised It right up
I got To place where gold was Plcn'Ier than
buckl,b.rries IN our old pastor. worked
like a niger for SIX months, and then giu
oyer. for had enourh-and you know II
take, a pretty big pile Ia satisfy Yankee
Come home IN a steamer, cabin pSssengcr-
sr..nt some time in New Drlcans--won' uI
the r,er--secd the big towns IN the West
and finally got to Bosung. SciIed my pile
and invested Il. Foound was milion1ry
and then put On nay IN clothes, went a3oar,
. lnmbcr sloop, and worked my passage bac'
10 Bangor. Went ashore there, AM set dow
on a log conspicuous and solitary--whI'din
3 -o,ly iu.t Nhlttlin'. Lots Of folks passe'