The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1851-08-21
Natural History OF the s. Carolina Fire Eater

{ liofbear giylag il publication:
"Every dear litlIo baby thai is born il
Carolina has bump Of comba,iyeness
ianking each side Of lis darling head as
| big as a hens egg. These bumps, Or some.
lining ID them, lead to the most interesting
'resals. The first thing nailifer in en-
bryo does, on getting his eyes open in tbs
world, is to seize The dark hazzy tina. nurses
lin, b4 The fit end Of the nose, and give
/ 4 tweek which assures hof that shc il
j ,idiBg genuine hero in her arms. a
lih3 aye Of four weeks, the little son Of ihaa
Ter his 50 mainrcd his fighting dIalsies
hal he thinks it a rich pastns 10 knock
IAis nurse across the room bv we'll direct
ie,i aud scil applied b'a~ ff9m his miGi:-
ftnre. ft. As he grows old. and gets iat1
Ibreeelies, he amases himself in npseiting
I9Fl the negroes int happen 10 came in his
waq. lie goes 10 school, aud there per
.ects his education by becoming rcmar.a
! oily expert IN that INST lmportant and mfn-
.,ly of ali exercises, namely, the science oi
ugillsnl. Nothing is more common than
70 SEQ a couple IF yoan. men, not yet es.
eaped the bonaage Of roundabout, strip
themselves in the road, and Just for fun,
Imake few plsse5 al each other. Ga these
beaatilal occasions, il always happens that
beh Of the charming Youths whack awa}
ut each other TIL the eiaret streams delight
fully from each noslril, and then, covered
with dust and blood, they declare as blood
has been drawn, il is Il draw battle, and
| adi3Irn 60 resume the sport the next DAY
3r next week.
.Ihe last finishing stroke having been
nieen to bis education, The Youthful seces-
sionis Is ready for sun Of broaaeloth and
j beard to sui. Having achieved 50 much,
Ihe aspifes 10 the pfopretorshp Of Il now
pair Of piatos, With which ho practices al
confused outlines of men drawn in chalk
On barn doors. lie then, with pistols III
lfeady, mounts bis bufsa, and with bis heels
lrarpished wlth stirrops, proceeds to stir up
the neighborhood by an eXeftian Of his
braggine prapensilies. lie soon eucoun-
ters chap Of like intentions and fight il
seen arranged. Ifhc is so unforianate as
to have an arm or leg perforated, his for
tune is made, and BY way OF honor, he i.
dubbed a Major BY majority Of his neigh.
lhors. or admittel TO the title OF General bs
general consent.
7 "iIe Is now ready for the rosfrnn. and
addresses his fellow citizens At all the eros.
rjads ID the country. IF he has the cens'i
ttutianal qualifications of ynamber Of The
Legislature, thlt is 70 say, is iweniY-one
years Oh, owns plantation Of few hin
lrci acres md nt least. ten nerroes, be-
lieyes South Csrofina to be Il whole cont.
nnut, ani her people equal 10 all The rest VI
Giankiad he is pretty sure to be turned in.
to candidate for the Legislature, with i
Ipretty good chance Of IN election. Hav
ling served term in the State House ~
Columbia, he is regarded as one Of the
great living orators Of the State, and holds
himself ready for any contingency. He is
put into comfrsnd of the militia, and reads
Tie lives Of julius Cesar. Hannibal, Alex.
3nder, and Seipio Airicanus, and feels as
martial as thander-clou1. iIia hair bris-
\ ties NJ Ike clustering blyonets, his heart
bents like drom, The snap Of his finger is
like the crack Of rifle, he sneezes like Il
swivel, and when he purges his nose, there
is n succession of sounds as come from 0
trumpet slightly afflicted with The astam7
He is full Of fight. He longs for field
and fne. His only chance is 10 get up i
fight with the United States, and he turns
lis attention 10 the grand subject of agila-
ton. He becomes as indignant as tara
pin with a coal Of fire upon his back, when
ever he talks Of The wrongs which MI the
world is continually striving to pile up on
South Carolina. lie takes his gronnd
firmly, and AYERS himself for disunion now
sud forever.
All tho newspapers spoak Of bin as n
sort Of Demosthenes aud Hannibal; as an
incompatible orator, and d soldier superior
To any of the worlds desola,ors. lie reads
the life Of Marion, anl learns from Horny
md Wecms all about the hcrcuean achieve
men,s Of his S'ate during the revolution
Hencelortb bis speeches like historical
turn, and he descaais both luXnrousy and
Inxuriantly on The incaiculahIe services
rendered bv South Carolina to the cause Of
Independence. Aud thus he keeps on
dwelling until he is gathered to his ia
thcrs."
! 4 lIISr. The editor Of the South Bls-
ton Gazeue is responsible for the follow
ng:--
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