The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1850-11-23

envy an individual 4 tongue. -iru
fN' with iasrhood' deiames his charac.
ter. Does h. covet the favor OF any one
! tie attempts 10 gain II by slardrrine 9th.
pr& Ills approach is feared his n,fsor
hated his company mnsought, ana biz
sentiments dr>piSei rs cuanlting from 4
heart fruitful with guile tee,nin.r Will
infqnity. loaded with envy. matc, and
Ievenge'
PRAcTGcAL JoTEs.-Wr remember bear
ing story OF Il fellow win rous, d a ven
erahie doctor abou, - o ciuck one WI t,i
night, and n coming to the dur, cpoiiy
inquired:
'!iar" you lest a knifn
| $50. onrWIrd tn victim.
'Wtij, never mird,' $40! tho WAC, Il
thought ldjnN cal and Inq"sr', lor
found one yesterday
W" Thought 'ha' rather cool, but tn"
follow in" story Of vi NJ, t.aoonn, Nrw
York wag. srrpats,> il iupuI ne an,
'hIn, wnhi4 recollection Read and 50 al,
for vculset, rau'le reader
When thp celebrated sCunrnha-eN
Jackson was nrj i>h Minister in lh!s
country. h. resided in New York, and oc-
"uplrd 'l"us" IN Broadway. Net. one
night, al a ATE hour, in COMPANY With a
hPvr OF rough IldrrS, while passing the
house: noticed il was brilliantly ilmmnat-
ed, and that several garages were wait
itg at TIL. door.
/ Esai'o. sad cur wag, whats going on
at jacksnn'sp
0"a Of the party remarked that Jackson
had party that r'oning
WHAT ex laimrd Neil Jackson have
aparty, and not Invited. l must see to
that So stepping 10 the door, he gave a
ring which soon brought the servant.
4 want TO see the Blil!-!. A.inister,,'
said Neil.
You must call Some other time said
the servant, for he is now engaged al a
game of whist, and must rot be disturbed )
Dont talk to me that way, SAID Nc
kennon. 'b't go directly and tell the
British Minister that must see him i'm
mpdiately on special business.
Tn" servant obeysd, and delivered his
message in so impressive style as 10
BRING AIr jackson to the door forthwith.
WELL said Mr. jackson, wha, can be
vouE business with me al this time ofnight
which is so very urgent?
care you MIR ,lacksour asked Neil.
Eyes, SIR, am Mr.. Jackson
Il
"ies, sir
'You have party here tonight, per-
ceiven
'Ies, sir, I have party,'
"A large party, presumed
s}es, SIR, a large party
'Piaying cards? understand
y es, sir, playing cards
sAh, WELL said Neil, 'as was passing.
I merely called TO enquire wha's trumgs'
hNrcDoTr. The November number Of
the New York k"ick~bocktr is response
bic tor the capita! anecdotes which fol
low:
ado yoU KNOW" writes a friend in
Eas!on, PENN ''lhe Dutch word Tor sau-
sages! 1t is fwurS, or 'wuro,' and ls pro-
nounccd Just like our word worse. do
not know the exact spelling; perhaps some
Dutch iiend VII. give il 10 you; but am
going to tell yon story about II, which
IL heard from the lips Of a working-ran il
my fathers employ, and will try 10 give
it as nearly az possible in his own W rds:
sThere was Yankee t,Ier worked o. =
year to Waldron's; they're Dutch, you
know, and they talk Dutch, and this TEL
Ter he did'' know nothin' abou, Dutch.
" al, one mornin' they had sassrnsors Tor
breakfast and they had kinder KEEP '+n
too long. and they was little rhqngn
Wal, this teIltr had eaten some of I'm.
and the old man ASA, him il he would
take so"e more rms sNo, ~ thunder.
says The Teller, SAYS he, "t II wnrse than
that, J can't stand it, M howl
LIE, m" tell vnu another anacdotr, rot
because it az all resembles the foregoing
hut because it seems To me too good 10 b.
lost. A certain wealthy and highly res.
pectabe gentleman, who kept bis carri
ase, once on a time paid visit IA. my
ithpr's house. H. sportod a sp|endic
pair of hoFsra, and my father, as he ad
mred the fine animals, asked the owner
if he had Names for them. Yes said h.
classical student; } Call them HEcToR ana
C.cEEo-tw two Roman gonera 81 he added
'fXp!anat,yely. DOES it not amuse yol
| highly, worthy KNlcE, TO hear iliteral,
people make Use OF words which they d,
not understand, and TO which they at
'ach an entirely different meaning! Mrs
harrington speaks of man who died of
'suggrs'lon OF the BRAIN and little boz
once informed me that his father was sic
with inGaiio" Of the lungs! A nelghbo
OF ours remarked, the other day, that
! phrenoiog'a had been collecting 'speci
mpns amono the rocks and hills in hi