The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1850-04-26
THE SENTIMENTAL LoAFER.

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IliE SElN i|MENTAL LoAFER.
| We were one exceedingly amused at
the air and manner Of a decidedNloafcr,"
a sentimenialis wiihal, md atoperswho
had come out { his way from Buffalo 10
see the falls. AiSgy
"Landlord!" aid he, 10 the Boniiace
lofthc Cataract, I'D you, gentlemen; who
!. slandon this poeh, Witnessing this pitt
less rain, you SO before you one who
has q tempest oflsorfow. .bcaiin'E upon
bis head continually. Wonst ! war wo'ih
twenty thousand IloIlars, and J dfiv' the
saddlng professiol. Circumstances al
iers cases, now vishfor to solicit chari-
W Some Of yous seems benevolent, and
do believe lam not destined 10 rank
| myself anonethose who could travel from
Dan y BeeFsAeba, and say all is barren.
No,l have read Wolney's Ruins, Mar
shalPs Life ol Washington, and Pope's
Easy on Man,and most fibe literature
.oftlie day, as cSntainedin the smallnews-
papers, But iAc way I'm situated at pre-
sent, is scandalous. The fact is, my
heart is troke, and fm Just. lshmpefzing
about the globe, with sombre bros,and
a bosom laden with we,s Who!wili help
me--speak singly, gen'lemen-who will
ease ny griei,and drive my cares away'
as isaac maIts eays,m one oi his devotion
lsi poems" s - SD, oys,t,,,
mo snswef was returned. a general
laugh arose. Inc PRIDE OF The mendIcant
was excited; iage go1 me better OF his
pumIil!y; ana shaking ms INST IN the luce
of me by-standers, ne roared out:
"You're all pack OF poorsornary com
mon people. fou insuk honest poverty;
but ! 40 not hang my head iot'a' that"
as Burns says. Will chastise any man
here Tor Two 'hree-cent drinks oi Monon-
gdhate WHISKY; yes, though have bur
lately escaped shipwreck, coming from
Michigan 70 Buffalo, and am weak from
loss Of strength; yet will whip the best
Of you: Let any on ye come over 10 The
Black Rock Railroad Dcepot, aud lick
hlm hse In! geySt
sNeyer mind that, SAID one; ;"tell US
about the shIpwreck. sihs
"Ah!"he contmued,"lllat 'ods scene!
twenty mIies OUT az sea, on the lake;
the storm Dustin upon the deck; the
waves, Ike mad ,allors, making breeches
over 1t continually; the i'glin'lngs bus
tin over head, and hisslpg ~ me water;
the clouds meeting the earth; the land
just over the leebow; every mast IN sPlin-
iers; every sail IN rags; women screech-
in;' farmers wives emlgran'lp'so the west
min all around! A good many was
dreadfully sea.slck; and one man, alter
casting everything aside, with violent
reich, threw up h's boots. Oh, gentle
men 1t was awful! AL length came the
last and destructlvest bIllow, II struck
the ship on the leftsde, IN the nelghbor-
hood Of the poop, and all at wonst Ielt
something under hE.t,l', US breakln, away. The
vessel was parting! One hall the crew
was drowned; passengers was praying,
and commencing themselves 10 heaven.
! alone e'caped tlie watery doom" ss .sW
Z e"sAnd how did you manage toIedeem
yourself from destruct'onI" was the gen
eralinquify.
"Why, gentlemen, the fact is. seen
how things was a.goIn', and 4 TOOK my hdt
ana trent ashore:D Z.
Inc iasssi saw o. iills Munchausen,
had schieyod a "drinkD aud was tfeam-
bulating through the mud, ligh,ened mo-
men,arlly, ofliis sorrows. s~ssl '
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or Tie London Times relates the
following singular anecdote. in ilus,rs-
,iorrs Of the difficulty of making anyai,n-
proy;ements in the agriculture Of the ma
lives of India go. .tirr,tS5
: .The one great element Of American
succcss-Amercan entcrprise-can ner-
or, at least toi many generations, % lp'
parted 10 INDIA. Il ls lmposslolo 70 ex-
pec' OF Hlndoos an mat Is ac'heyed oy
citizens OF the States. during The ex-