The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1852-11-11
WHOLE NUMBER 5S2.

S kasm lett me here lar time, aEl tiiEi
) ed upon nv clieut. Poor iIiegjnbotasi
j caught Ii lhiek aud heavy. He wooie
;, him, then skinned hlm, aud tlen took I
i .kinning off the under cutcle. Iiig heYe
$ skinned a beefso thoroughly. lie put &
@ geiher all the facts about the wiinesset
hearing the hogs squealng At night; y
] different marks Of the hog; the losses !
, the neighborh9od; perverted the testmon.
} and supplied omissions, until YOU woa
] suppose, on hearing him that II had beel
faIly proved that poor llig had sfolen a
the mca, he had ever sold in the market
lie asseyerated that this suit vas a mall
+ cioos conspiracy between the Methodist
land Masons to crush bis client. Bat al
Iihis | leave out, as no. bearing on Toe
main subjeci-msse!t.
He came back to me with renewed ap
Ipeti,e. lie said he would conclude By
paving his vaedictory respects TO ms JaYe
mile friend--as this was the last tlms ne
ever expected to have the pleasure oi
meeting him.
.That poetic Young gentleman has sai5,
that bv your verdict against his ciien',
YOU would blight forever his reputation and
that Of his falnly-that you would bend
down the spirit of his manly son, and din
the radiance Of bis blooming daughter
beauty. Very pretty, upon my WORD -
But. gentlemen. not so fine, not so poetical
bv half, as precious morcean OF poetry
which adorns the columns Of the village
newspaper. bearing the initials }. I. IT,
/ As this admirable production has excited
rood deal of applause in the nurseries and
boarding schools, must beg 10 read Il, net
for the instruction of the gentleman, ne
lbas already seen il. but for the entertain
ment oflhe Jury. II IS addressed g K =
Young lady of this place. Here i goes
Judge nv horror when on locking up,
saw him take an old newspaper from bis
pocket. and putting on bis speetacles, began
10 read it off, in a stage seior styie. some
verses had written for Rose Bells Al
bum. Rose bad been worrying me foF
some time to write her something. le
ge, rid Of her opportunities, | had aeribbled
IF few lines and copied them into the
precious volume. Rose, the latie fool,
thought il something very c'ever-she had
never more than thimble fall Of brains il
her doll baby head--and was SO lckied
With them, that she gol her brother Biii,
then about fourteen. to copy them oil,
and take them to the printing o.
flee. Bill threw them under the unde'
the door; the printer as big fool as either.
not only published them, but n bis inior-
ma. kindness, puted them in some crllieai
commendations Of his own, referring to INC
.soifled author" as 'sone OF the n * prem
4 ising Of the Younger members OF our bar
i The fun, by this time grew fast and tu
rious. The country people, who have a
bout as much sympathy for young tow
;awyer, badgered by an cider one, as ter
young cub beset BY ours, ana who have as
much idea or respect for poetry a. tor
wichcraft, ioined in the mlrih with great
glee. They crowded around old kasm
4 and stamped ana roared as az tacircus The
Iljudpe and sheriff. in vain trying TO keep or.
der. Indeed, his honor smiled out ione
! once or twice! and 10 cover his retreat.
pretended to cough, and fined the sheriff
five dollers for not keeping silence 10 coart
i Even the old clerk, whose iTmemorial pen
behind his right ear, had worn the hair
! from that side Of his head, and who had
], not smiled in court for twenty years, and
bossted that Patrick Henry couldn't dis
], ,urh him in making up . judgement entry,
j actually turned his ch air from the desk anc
pm down his pen; afterwards he put hi'
hand to his head three times in search OF \
1 forgetting, in his attention to old kasm
wha, be had done with it.
i Old kasm went on reading and common
ting by turns. forgot what the inetiabIf
1 trash was. wouldn't recollect it II
could. My equan.mity will only stand
phrase or two that still fingers in my mem
Iorv, fixed there by old kasm's ridcus.-
i had something about my 'bosom's an
ruish''-ab about the passion that was con
sumipe me: and, 10 illustrate 1t or 10 max;
the line jingle, put in something sbou
..Egypt's Queen taking the Asp to her DO
son. which. for the suke Of rhyme or me
ire, called the ..yenemous worm"-hov
the confounded thing was brought m
neither know nor want to know. Nhel
old Kasm came to that, he said he tails ap
prccia,ed what the Young bard had sid
.lhe believed it. He spoke of venomou
rorms Now, if he (Kasm) might prcsum
to give the young gentleman advlce, b
{ would recommend SWANS Patent fermi
t fuge. lie had no doubt i would efiectnall,
4 cure him Of his malady, his love, and last
bu, not least, Of his rhymes-which woul
be the happiest passage in his eventsu
historys
couldn't stand il any longer. ha
borne it TO the last point of human endu
E rance. When i, came only TO skinning,
was there; but when he showercd dowI
; aauafor,s on the raw, and then seeme
disposed 10 rub it ii, ! fed. Ali, erapi
erasi. The last thing ] heard was OF
n kasm calling me back, amidst the shout
/ Of the audience ce-but no more,
u Tho mex, information received o! tn
i. case was in letter that came 10 me a
II Natchez. nv new residence, from Hicks
sbou, month afterwards. telling me the
, the iury ION which should have stated ol,
Kssm had got two infdels and four anti
masons) had given in verdict for deien
Iaaut: tha, before the court adjourned
:, Frank Glendye had got sober, and move