The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1851-08-05
Iington is not bird cu,cher. +. NJ.
the Duke of Welliupton understands

the Duke of Wellington understands
there are several Eollowing this line OF
lie in the neighborhood of,he Seven
Diuls, to whom, iii be her mnjes,v's
pleasure, he will make known the royal
request. +. NJ. the Duke Of Woling-
ton has had considerable experience III
capturing French eagles, but none in
taking English sparrows.
Ills grace read The note; g6ve grim
smile. then repenled, tore il, and order
ing his horse, said he would he at Buck
lngham Palace in twenty minutes.
The prince was still walking about
restless, when the Duke arrived.
The queen and the prince all but
jumped into his arms, andremindcd him
Of Quntrc Bras.
"Oh, last and best resort Of difficulty
and danger! what do you suggest 2
rlaCuuled the sovereign.
"a SPARROW HAWK said the Duke
bowling.
oh, ever fertile in resources = ex.
claimed The prince, TO place II difficulty
before you Is 10 have remedy. Wen
nave The sparrow hawks, he added.
'Ne will, sunl The queen; and on
extensive order for sparrow hawks was
immediately issued.
In the meantime, the twii,ering colo.
ny III the Crystal Palace were not un.
conscious OF what was taking place u,
us buckingham, neighbor. and had
couple of messengers Of their own fly.
M, between the Two houses bearing
hourly intelligence of the consultations
Tor turning them out of office. Thus
when Lord John Russell was with her
majesty, clever, sharp cared young
sparrow aIighlcd OH the sill Of the win
dow outside, aud overheard the whole
Of the conversation. AS soon as the
premier departed, master sparrow was
back again, and, gliding in through one
OF The vcnlllulofs, was soon telling the
whole story TO n council Of veteran
lwllicrs assembled in one ofihe highest
branches. The council was presided
over by u grey -headed old sparrow, the
NcSior Of The many hocks that fitted
about the Crystal Palace.
When Tho young sparrow had told
2ail that lord John had suid, .Pshaw!'
cried ii,s presiden, of,he enuncil. Net
us! and we forsooth are fools enough,
10 90 into The nets, while we have plen-
~ Of room TO avoid them; Lord John
has seen his best days. Unless they
can get wiser counsellor than that.
wei! bother Prince Alber, and his
brother commissioners, and break up
their bouscd exhibition and all these
sparrowS laughed and twil,ered, and
provoked The commissioners, who hap
pcned 10 be underneath, and who cried
out with more vchcmcnce than ever,
Ham. these sparrows = Another mes.
scngcI sparrow flew in amongs. The
f"a,hcrcd council. The Bishop Of
London has just left her majesty, and is
gong 10 eject us by canon law A
provUk:n%ly mirihful ou,burs, Of lwil.
tcrin"s in.iowcd this announcement.
The Bishop Of London has enough
to do 10 mind his own business said
the veteran sparrow. Let him frs,
gel some strange birds out Of his own
diocese, and then come 10 disturb us
But he had better no, throw stones q,
us; ours is no, the only palace made Of
glass. think ~c need no, make our.
selves uneasy, bu, 90 no building our
nests. We needn't cried all The spar
rows from all the branches, well STAY
where we are
The Duke is sent for exclaimed
another messenger sparrow, making his
appearance with some sign ltrepidalion.
THE Duke! repeated they; bu, there
was no banter in their lwitcr now.
hui the prrsidcn, OF the sparrows'
council still put bold face on the mat
Ter, and said in boas,ful tone, 'l'hc
Duke would find he had not Napoleon
To deal with This time nevertheless the
$parrowS were noticed not To 80 on as
busIIy with their nest. building as before,
"hcn a fourth messenger new in, and
sanl he had lrS' overheard tho Duke
suggest - sparrow hawk. Then I'm
oil, exclaimed lhc veteran prcsidcn, of
ihc council, popping ont through ven
liiator. That horrid old Duke; was
AFRAID he would hi upon an expedient.'
DISSERTATIONS "A letter to the
Tribune mentions the circumstances
Of merchant at San Francisco, who,
having been burnt out of all that he
owned by the previous fires of that
city, VIXEN the flames of the last con.
migration surrounded his building. in
which he hal all Ii, possessed, coolly
invited his wife to walk out and see
the ire; when they had passed into
tho street, in u moment Of mad
phrcnzy, he drew revolver and shot
her through the head, and then in
statly ended his own life with anoth.
cr shot.
---~-~~---~. .-Se.-.
IF you want an enemy, choose the
person and expect him To be one and II
he is now your friend, ten 10 oneif OH
do not sooner or later realize your ex.
pccialionS. But on The other hand if YOU
take man 10 be friendly ten TO one If he
does not become ca 'rnka fnr yon r