The Plymouth pilot. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1851-1852, 1851-09-24
HUMOROUS.
PADDY'S MISTAKE.


OF the American Trac; Society, scat into
4 given district OF country. for the sale
or gratuitous distribution Of its tracts
and other religious publications. There
is q branch Of the society III St. Louis.
An Irish laborer, just arrived from
Dublin, where he had lived from his birth
hearing that the aforesaid society was
prepared to give employment TO al active
colporteur, and installing the business
for that of a coal-portcr, at which he had
spent many year-and for which his
Herculean frame peculiarly adapted him
he presented himself for the situation,
and in so presenting himself the follow
ing dialogue occurred between him and
the pious looking gentleman in the office:
Irishmdn-'Your servant, sir
Officer o: the society-'SiT, your hum
bic servant
rishman-'A mighty fine day this,
sure. intirely.'
ONcer-'i: plcascih Providence to
vonch safe 20 us mild season.
Trishman--'Be gor, was just think
ing !hat this must be a mighty fine coun-
thry altogether for the grain business
the cattle require so little fodderin, such
fine weather as this
OGcer--'The country. friend, is boun
teous one; but man maketh not due re
turn for the gifts unto him given
Irishman--'Pon my sowl although
YOU look as quiet as Billy Buchley's dog
and he was so quiet lie wouldn't bark
if any body kicked him--I think you are
about as cross as the cat II you name
have made no due return for any gifts
ever got. despise the name durty insin
uation. The only gifts ever got was u
pair of WASTED (worsted) stockings from
Kitty Finn, on, didn't make her a pres
ent of a beautiful calico COON. In return
Cor them. l tell ye, sur, that cum here
TO ask We a civil question, and I'll listen
TO nothing that nd cast a slur upon Mick
Mulligan's son, and that's myself.
ONcer-'Thou speakcst in paradoxes,
young man, have not said aught TO Of
iend thee
Hishman Well, 10 make long story
short. as Christy Casey said when he GU.
the tail of his pig, have you got situa
ton for me?'
Ofccr--'Wlat situation seekest thou2
The only situation we have open is that
Of colporteur. Its
Irishman-'Stop, me ovid gentleman
that's quite enough; don't put yourself
10 any unnecessary trouble of telling me
what coal porther is; spent seven long
years at it i'll Dublin. and always carried
two sacks at time. Pshawl wasen't me
father before me coal porther. and
wasn't born on Coal Quay mcsclf. Tell
me what a al-porther is, indeed, VIII
you give me the situation of coal-p
therP
OGcer--'Young man have given thee
no cause of offence. You seem to mis-
understand the nature of the duties re-
qui ii the person whom we would en-
ploy. We want him to travel in the
country, and to distribute our books and
tracts among those who seek the light,
but are in darkness
Iriehman--'And you call such a one
as that coal-porther, do your
OGcsr-I call him colporteur, most
certainly
Irishman-'Well, pursumin' to me,
but ye have read the Universal Spelling
Book to little advantage does mt that say
coal porther, one who hands coal?--
and now you'd be for convertin' dyin'
stationer-a fellow that good sack of
the Kilkenny demonds would brake his
back-in.o coal porther. O.! good NOR
MIN TO you, ovid boy, put yer situation
III your pocket and make tobacco of il.
I'm willing to accept of any employment,
but no one will ever see the son of Mick
Mulligan gelavantn through the country
with his book under his arm just as If he
wor poor scholar, what none of his
breed ever was. Good mornin' sur