The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1851-07-21
Reniniseence. u california.
warrTEK ron THE YANKEE BLADE, ~ HUAKAH.

. :. 49, y ~ ~ X
aA NUMBER /.
California has a multitude of sins to answer
for. Among other things It has invaded the
prerogatiye of the weaker sex. Formerly ey-
cry hen-pecked. sack-inyested husband had q
good opportunityto escape from the tyranny OF
his stronger 4. weaker vessel, and many 9
husband as suddenly discovered an unexpected
courage and energy, and sought the land OF
gold on the pretence and excuse Of making q
fortune, and bringing it back to share and en-
joy with the slowed one at home y but in
reality to gain. his freedom once more. But
alas for human hopes! This Elysium is no
longer. Wines hape learned the ,rdy there.
To those accustomed always to wear the
Hemblem Of authority at home, tits not such
adreadful thing to don them to cross the Isth-
mus in. So many luckless wight has been
suddenly started by the appmition--no, worse
than that Apparitions Danish by daylight
by the appear-ition rather, Of the one they sup
posed FAR away, and to whom they fondly
df6aMtd the gatessof the land of their adop-
ton would never be opened
These arrivals often unexpected and unan-
nounced have caused some laughable incl
dents. Some husbands wish--well, no matter
what-some cypress great joy at their agree
able (?) surprise. BY the way have ever
noticed that this last class are those true phi
losophers who meet the worst luck and the
unkindest cuts Of fortune with smile, and
the declaration e AIRS for the bestp'
A son of Faust was busily engaged in his
depihsh occupation one morning soon after the
arrival of steamer from the States, when a
brother typo entered the sanctum and said to
him.
"There is a. bundle below for you, come
by express from the States, on which there
is twenty-five dollars to pay"
"a bundle for me? Tlpenty.fpe dollars
10 payl There must be a mistake. 1t must
be for some other man Of my name"
"No, it bears your sohole name--nis- take OF
not, and there is no other man Of your name in
the city. ItInust be for you"
ut can't bel T,oenty.fue dollars! VIII,
all my property in the States would not be
worth that, even in California; f
"This bundle is, worth five times that! Al
amy rate, I'll pay the bill, and give you al
I"Uncle SAM (the California fifty dollar coin,
besides, for your interest in iti Will yol
take it?
| "Now know it can't be for me-"
"Well, well, I'll run that risk. Will yol
accept my Offer You are safe at any rate, a
II buy only your interest. But don't want +
take your money for nothing"
""Thats my look out. So come down an,
deliver it to me, and you shall have you
money!
So down stairs came L. and his friend t
close the bargain. L. opened the door, an,
There stood his wie! The use Of arms is nc
forbidden by law in California, and it is wei
it is not, for in this case such law would hav
been broken into pieces "too numerous I
mention!" as
But d. interferes with "Stop, stop, L.
don't allow others to handle my property, es
Ipecially of this kind in that wayp,
L. turns in astonishment from ID. to his lad,
and as he sees the fun sparkling through th
tears in her eyes, he understands the joke an
perceiyes its author. But though sold hin
self, he has not sold her, and he replies, ''Nt
it is not yours, as personal property passes onl
Iby delpery, and shall take my own tim
for that"
"How long9" whispered his wife.
.tMy ,ohote ife," returned the enrapture
. husband. it 80
D. and then left. But it came near beir
fatal to me. The devotion Of the wife, th
: Joy of the husband. came near making n
4 vow / would give up my bachelor freedo
and turn Benedict the first chance that
S could get.
: But REFLECTED that "all is not gold that gil
: ters'' even in California, and refrained. lBl
' as narrated my escape to one of my ia
1 friends she replied, a little malicioasly, 'fYc
:. would be safe, perfectly, in your bachelor fre'
E dom, you would, if you made such a vow, ar
u epen tried your best to perform itp'
y Scandalous insinuationi! isn't it? s.S
q BY the same steamer, arrived the lady Of OF
/ of the principal merchants of Sacramento
i Hearing of her arrival, he hurried off on Il
i wings Of love and steam to meet her at 81
" Francisco. Unfortunately, she STATED for Sa,
a ramento the same day, and on his arrival
! San Francisco he could get no news of her,
= All his inquiries were fruitless. As he w
, about giving up in despair, he happened
p take up Sacramento paper, and read the 70
lowing paragraph,
>, STRANGE IF TRUE.-H is said that one
$, our principal merchants, hearing of the arriv
l. from the States Of his better half, sudden
y and mysteriously disappeared to parts unknow
le In the meantime his lady has arrived here. "
: feel sure from the beauty and reputed accor
plishments Of the lady, and from the gallant
for which the gentlemen Of Sacramento q
distinguished, that she will receive all due .
j. tention in her singular and trying situatio
J. until this painful mystery is cleared upp'
3 This was his first intimation of his lad,
!. whereabouts. Now, if "mysterious disappes
i ance' is mentioned in his presence, howey
4 Igravely it is sure to producee "smileD ,
!, round
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