Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1852-03-24
From the Pennsylvania.
Pen and ink Sketches.
BY L. A. wILNER.

CRY POLICE. March 2.-Wrongs Undeseyued.-
The lawyers. in order to show the perfection
of their science. pretend that "for every wrong
there is a remedy" The hard case Of Mr.. VIM.
Hedger. worthy and much abused citizen of
Philadelahia, proves at least, that the use of
wcrd every" in the above proposition. is not
correct. Mr.. Hedger, conceiving that his per-
sonal appearance might be improved by having
some OF the orange-colored fringe trimmed
away from the lower part of his physiognomy.
wen; into the BARRIERS shop Of Solomon Wright.
seated himself in the chair of state. and sub
mitted his chin to the skillful handling of one
Of Mr.. Wrght's operatives. The operation
was successfully performed, until it came to
that point when the artist makes use of his
customers nose Is . handle, in order to give
him steady countenance while the dangerous
looking edgs-tool is performing its work in the
the vicinity Of his wind pipe. At this critical
moment, Mr.. Jonathan Perch. barber from
Kensington accompanied by his friend. Mr..
Simeon Fox. entered the shop. armed with the
authority Of the law. to seize the person of
Richard shaffer, runaway apprentice. who
| happened to be the very young man Who was
then operating on the chih Of Mr. r. xe6e4 ~
Perch laid hold Of Richards collar, and g.
deavored to drag him away; but Richard. CLAN.
cling over his shoulder and perceiving the ter.
rife countenance of his former '.boss," tried to
maintain his position by tightening hi. grasp
on Mr. Hedger's nose and thus resisted all
the efforts Of Perch an l his friend Fox, to pull
him out of the shop. Perch struck at Rich.
ards hand to make him relinqush his grip.
but the worst of the blow was received by the
unlucky Hedger on the upper lip. from which
proceeded stream of blood which mingline
with the lather with which HIS face was we'll
succeed formed composition strikingly sim.
liar in appearance to the mixture of Spanish
brown and thickened milk, which is sometimes
sold for strawberry ice cream" Mr.. Wright
the proprietor Of the shop. seeing one of his
workman assailed in this furious manner.
snatched up heavy wash basin and launched
it at the head of Mr. Perch. Mr.. P. dodped
and the basin. revolving on its greatest diane
ter. encountered the head Of Mr. Hedger in it's
orbit. and made crash almost equal to that
which Mr.. Winston predicted would take place
when certain comet should run afoul Of the
earth. Mrs. Wright. who was il back room
heard the smash Of the valuable china basin.
looked out. and perceiving Mr. Hedgcr in the
midst OF the fragments. reasonably concluded
that he was the author of the damage. Look.
ing about for some offensive weapon, she
could find nothing better than a sheet.iron
vessel full of coa.-dust. with which she has.
tened to the scene of conflict, and completed
picture Of distress by scattering q peck of
ashes on the head of the afflicted Hedger. The
s'nothering cloud which was raised by this
discharge. compelled all the persons engaged
in the tumult to dssist, in order to clear their
threats. eyes and nostrlls from the penetrating
dust. Mr.. Hsdger sought redress At the May.
or's Office; but where was the legal remedy
Perch was justified in capturing his fugitive
apprentices. Richard had taken hold Of rs
nose with the sanction of the owner, and his
rough treatment Of it was excused By the sur.
prise and excitement Of the moment, Mr.. and
Mrs. Wright acted with the best intention.
and the injury done to Hedgsr BY them w.s
the result Of accident and mistsks. In short
As in al cases of steamboat explosions and
railroad disasters. nobody was to blame and
Mr. Hedger. though = used up man, must do
As Longfellow advises-"grin and bear it,"