The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1851-01-11

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, Decd stsr3ea
The following is from the last number Of
, the knickerbocker;
DO you know" writes a friend At Ess-
ton, Pa. "the Dutch word for sHuangcs
1t is nprs pr,ulrs, and is pronounced just
Ike our word "wo,se. do not know
the exac, spelling perhaps some Dutch
friend Will give It to you but IN, going
to tell YOU a story alou il which | head
from the lips OF working man in my p.
Tiers employ. and will try 10 give nsInear.
ly as possible in his own woris: Jheis
was a Yankee TELLER worked one year to
Waldronss, they're Ducih, YOU know, and
they talk Dutch, aud this teller he didn't
know noibin' ahout Dutch. Wal, one
mornin they had sasscngefs for breakfast.
and they had kinder kep'em too long. mud
they was little changed. Wal, this Teller
had eaten some OF 'cm and the old man
asked him, If he would take ,ome more
upr;. No, hy thunder snys the Teller,
saws be IL its worse than that | cant
stand It, no how
The annexed gives about rs exact date
Of a mnn's sobcrness as We have ever no.
ticed;
4 certain acquaintance Of ours not I'M
known in Washington, nor altogether IN.
acquainted in Gotham. said to Il friend n
his who was i,nLibing eleven O'Clock
potaiion the other morning !" Cornelius. my
siicnd, .,on drink too much; you will cventu.
ally ruin your health your wife and chil.
drcn will inevitably he brought 10 wont
aud You yourself may become = poor diaes.
4 e.
pause bcforei it. eyctlastingIy too late /"
Why, you impudsni old incbriatc-yoa leo.
ture me on drinking! replied the other,
"you. you old .wipcs, who bnvn't been y
bed sober in six monhs," Z" Yes ] have"
responded the somewhat astonished kctur.
err "Well | should like TO know whca
| don, believe It," It's n fact though. Ahost
four weeks ago came home about 10
o'clock and went to bed Pretty soon a.
ter got in bed my wife said Why
husband. whit is the matter with yoai
You act very strangely There's moth.
ing the matter with me, said ]. Nothing
at ALL. I'm sure there u.s. said she ; 'you
don't act natural at all Shnn't get ~
and get something fer you! And up shs
got, lshted ,nndle. ard came to the bed.
+ hiNs To lbOk NJ nv sHutu'E WV siSot WstSs
her hand knew there was something
strange abcu. you.' said she; why yon
are sober Now this is fhcs, und my
wife will swear To It; so don't you Islander
me any more by saying that havn't been
to bed sober IN six months cause have!
/ Here is another good one al.o from
knickerbocker:
! 4 friend Of ours mentions 4 lasghable
anccdo.e which he heard not long ago In
Rotter DIN. II seems that on Que ccra.
sion one OF our rational vessels, exchanging
sau,.s with "A Dutch vessel, accidentally
fired shoitcd gun. No sooner did the
hall strike the Dutch ship, than up ran
defiant flag. The IRE ceased: and.wo ofiicevs
came in the captains gig to announce that
a man had been kIlisd, aud 10 NIX fcdscsA
The American commander instantly order.
ed his barge, Al Il in fifteen minutes wsa on
board the Dutch vessel, explaining the scci.
dent, adding, Ms he concluded: " And tbs
man whose carelessness has occasioncd this
sad disaster shall be hung at the yard. arm
tomorrow morning il succeed in diseov.
cring him" A" No, no, mol" exclaimed thu
Dutch commander, ii is cnoH. now, the
apology is cnoh,--plaaniy; let the poor
devil 90. dare IL plaanty more Dootchmans
in Ilolland--rlaaniy
A cmAarto> or WuxAN. RiGnrA-
The Lowell Offering furnishes an iuteres.
ting account OF Miss Weber. a young Belgt-
M lady, who stands preeminent among ~
ndyoea,cs of woman's rights. Her psac~
tee is in accordance with her theory. and
she wears male attire and carries on a farm.
She is handsome. only ,wcnt, -four years old
dresses IN the Partisan fashion, Of black
dress Goa, and pants. with buff vest
Her defence of the praetic. u racy
The neither garment. she sxys, WA first
worn in the bifurcn,ed form by the women
of auciont Judca The exclusive Claim
which man 80 pcrainaciensiy tGaintasns y
the use Of this garment, Is arbitrary, with
out n solitary argument to support Il, mos
even that Of prior usage. Nature ncves In.
tended that the sexes should bc distinguish.
ed by apparel. The beard which she ~
signed solely 10 man, il the natural token
IL his sex. miss Weber may not only
take our bat, but pants al.o.) She claiaas
in addition every civil. political, snd eccIest
as,ical right for women, and Il h said taas
her every word, look and action 10 chsrao.
,ersed with the most refined wctnanly
delicaey.
A free trade league was formed ~
DAYS ago IN New York city. The hasls u
the association to he absolute free trsds, ~
,brora,ion of Ill indirect taxation, and "
substitution Of direct taxation for thr ~.
port Of the government \ committee wne
/ apreinted to draw up constitution Tor ~
association and another committee 10 pre-
pare an address TO tic people. The ultimate
object Of the league il To abolish rvvessa
duties and place the intercourse bettesM
ibis country aud others on The san.s ioeltn1
Of good ncighhc,heod and unsnol<sssd 3 },
crtv. which exists between New yovh -
the other ports aud cities u 10 UntoA
Rrrs>vwrNr.--An accomplished NJ
on returning to her fhshcr's hoese, 49,
. having been one quarter 10 Beese
school. quito shocked her hsoshss. -
{ language aud IDEAS were rather unset
. Gated. with her relited cxpfsssieas $50
rlare," ssid he. ore day, = - aos9
T our Sally has GIT to - = la,ss: - a.
can't undcrstand above hall whse - se1A
Twas only this n,crnisx that - slss4e
, = ~. ~ s..y~r amd ! - IN t. lnnD0K@