The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1850-12-07
The Knickerbocksr.

The Editors Table" Of the knickerbocker
Magazine is always loaded with racy food. We
extract the following from the number Of this
month:
| A wealthy but very penurious old gentleman
got hold of rather tough customer IN the person
of Rochester railroad and steam boat runner ne
other day, whom he had offended by some act Of
meanness.
Blast your stngy old skin !" said the runner to
him, before a whole depot full Of bystanders,
knew you when you used to hire your children
for a penny, to 60 to bed without their supper
and after they had got TO sleep you would SO up
and steal their pennies, to hire EN- with AZ
next night" This was rather too much, and the
old mIser sloped amid the laughter Of the as
sesb lage
"lh conversation" saws Sidney Smith, ANY
language almost will do that ls great indulgence
is extended 10 the language OF takers, because a
talker is at hand TO explain himself and his looks
and gestures are \ SOFT Of comment upon hls
words, and hel TO interpret them, but as u WI
ter has no such auxiliary language 10 commuui.
cate lis ideas aud no power to re-eXplain them
when once clothed ia language, lie has nothing to
depend upon but careful use of terms. The use
made Of the great instrument VI CONVERSATION Is
the display of superiority not the gaming Of those
materials on which superiority may rightly aud
Justly be funded
We never SAW a more f1rcible excmplitcation
of the sublime and ridiculous than we witnessed
to-day, while standing on the railroad bridge Of
iorky.Ie, watching the approach of the train from
the city. Onward came the fiery dragon Of steam,
with snort, aud rumble, and roar, while a country
dog on a bank near by, was watching 1t with i
dIlatn. eye. As it ueared, he gave a short quick
bark. ana went forth 10 meet the foe He rush
ed down the bank and as If he were merely seiz
ing Nsgrant pig, WAS about to take tie lucono-
tive by the ear, when We heard a single scream,
! like the top note Of fiddle and then all WAS
still The train swept on, and while We were
| thinking, Surprising II had been man :" there
came slowly Jumping up the bank our four footed
/ brave VI hen he reached the bridge he looked
after The train, Hitting into The distance shook his
ears, aud said, IN q, plain English as ever dog
/ spoke IN the world, i am AFRAID ! made little
mistake IN challenging that fellow | didu cX-
{ nctly know his breed, And after licking hl, tugc
I foot, he ilmped away, q '-Iddcr aud wiser dog.
\ trend 81 ours lIcnlion' laugh tb.c lnrclutG
which he heard not long ago IN Rutlcr d----m.
1t seems that on one occasion one If our national
vessels exchanging saluics with Dutch vessel,
accidentally fired a shoted gun No SOONER did
the ball strike the Dutch vessel than w ran de
fiant flag, the firing ceased, and two officers came
IN the captain, glg to announce that man had
been killed aud to ask redress. The American
commander instantly ordered Ii, barge, aud IN
fifteen minutes was ON board the Dutch vessel ex-
planning the accident adding n he concluded,
And the man whose carelcssness has occasoned
this sad disaster shall be hung at the yards arm
tomorrow morning If | succeed in dcoyerlng
him. NO no, No - exclaimed the Dutch com
mander 1t ish enoif now de Apology ish enof
-blaanty; let the poor devil go; deere sh plan
~ more Duochmen IN Holand-blaauty r. The
same friend who tells US the foregoing, saws he
saw this inscription on a little German Rhine
/ steamer: "Al gownycrsations mid ovecers and
blot Is dezred TO be forborne."
A clever example of making the best Of bad
job was mentioned to us this evening by friend.
One OF our young metropolitan philosophers, after
little Acknowledgements nj the AstOr House.
was taking drive with a boon companion in a
light vehicle, and was having deal of what seem
ed to him fun in seeing how near he could APP
proach TO- and clip the wheels of larger carriages.
The fun waxed fast and furious while his escape
from accident stimulated him to higher cams.
So he undertook to make one Of our big omnibu-
ses give him room aa be called It, The meet
ing was sudden, the crash very decided and deci-
sive. Rising from the ruins of hs little vehicle,
he shook hi, fist at the omnibus cab, and with an
actual grin Of triumph exclaimed Why didn't
YOU get o The ,cdg MeHf Ssryed you right,
larn you to look out next time y