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

$ probably, approached nearest to It--nt
q only ia the humour-but in the vcracloe
character of the incidents from which To
humoar comes. Such face-so vote
gone, 50 whimpering, as if the short perlo
]. .incc he was llogged al school, (probably i
reference to those eggs falsely charged
the hound puppy,) had neither oblterate
he remembrance Of his juvenile affiietlan
nor the looks he bore when he endured it.
"There was something exquisite in hi
lpicture The woes, the wasting grlef
his disconsoatc client, the butcher OF lilg
Iginbotham, mourning--as Rachel n1ournet
for her children-for his character, because
ii ras not! Gentleman, look at him
Hhy, he weighs twelve stone nor! Ht
has three inches Of fat on his ribs this min
ate! lie would make aa many links 0
sausage as any hog that ever slnealed o.
midnight in his sIanghter-pen, and ta:
lard enough ia him to cook il all. Look a
his face! wiz, his chops remind a hungry
man Of iowIs and greens. lfths is shad
Nv. in the name OF propriety, why didn't
he show himself. when in flesh, at the lasl
fair, beside the Kentucky OK; that were
more honest way Of making living than
stealing hogs. Bat lIig is pining in grief!
| wonder the poetic yoath-his learned
counseI-dd not quote Shakespeare again
lie never told his wo' o'-wo--.but let con
cealment. like the worm in the bud, prey
on his damask cheek He looked like pa
.ience on monument smiling al grief
or boefl should rather say. But, gentle
men. probably | am wrong; i may be tha
his tender hearted, sensitive butcher, waS
can. before, and, like Falstaff, throws the
blame IF his "a, on sorrow and sghIng
which has pulled him up like bladder
INIers IIigeinbothan left in disgust.
.Tbere. gentlemen, he goes, Harding tbs
lean earth MS he walks a!ong.' Well has
Dr. Johnson said: WHO kills fat oxen
/ sh ,nld h,nselfbe fat Poor IIig! stuffed
| iko one bis own blood -puddlngs, With .
lr5psicaI grief which nothing short Of ten
thousand dollars Of Swink's money can
cure. We'll, as grief pufs him up, don't
wonder that nothing but depicting another
nan can cure him.
sand now, gentlemen, come to The
| blood and thunder part Of the young gen
ltleman's harangue; empty an1 vapid words
and nothing else. lfany part OF this rig
ma!oe was windier than any other part
Ithis was il. He turned himself into
small cascade, mixing a great deal o.
uoisc to make great deal OF iroth; tumh
ling, rearing, fosming; the shallower II raj
/. all the noiser i, seemed. He fTetted AM
Knitted his brows he beat the air ana d
vociferAied. always emphasizing the mean
Iiugless words most londly; he pulled, swell
ed Out and bowed off, until he seemed llk'
4 new bellows, all brass and wind. Ho"
he mouthed it--as those vilsinous stag
i PLAYERS. ranting ont flslian in barn thea
l,r. m;nicinr-"Who steals mv purse
steals trash" q don't deny i') "'Fl'
something, (query p "nothing," teSactly.
"'ris niue, twas his, and has been slave
Ito thousapds--but he who iiitches from me
my good name. robs me Of that winch no.
epricheth him." mot in the leas;) "bu
makes me poor indeed" Gust so, hu
whether any poorer than before he par'e'
with the encumhrance. is another matter.
"Dn this Young gentleman refers II
his youth. He ought not 10 reproach Q
Of naturer age in that indirect way; n
one would have suspected il of him, or BIN
lor il. If he had not told il; indeed. 'ron
hearing him sneak, we were prepared 4
give him credit or almost any length O
ears. Bat does not the youth remberen
E,hat Gro,ius was only seventeen when h'
was in full practice, and that he was az
,orney general at twenty-five; and what i
Gro,ius 10 this greater light? Not tht
!. burning of my smoke house TO the con''a
5 grafton of Moscow!
sand ye. young Groiius tells US IN IN
> next breath, that he never new snch
SANDER in the course Of his practice!-
Wonderful. indeed! seeing that his prac
:. ice has all been done within the last sl'
hours. Why, to hear him talk you woni'
suppose that he was an old continents
) lawyer, grown gray in the service, His
, p.r-a-c t-i.c-e! Why, he is just in bis lie
(, GAL swaddng clothes! His practicc!!--
But don't wonder he can't see the absur
dit, of such talk. How long does it tak'
one Of the canine tribe, after birth, TO opei
: bis eyeso
u He talked, too, of outside influences; 0
.he public expectations, and all that sort
b lden,anogueism. observed no evidence
r any great popular demonstrations IL III
! favor. unless it be tailor saw stampln!
= his feet; but whether that was because h
had sa, cross legged SO long he wanted ex
, elcse, or was rejoicing because he had 60
I orders for new suit, or prospect O
payment for an old one, the gentlema
/, can possibly tell better than can (ier
Hicks let) However, ifths case Is 10 b
/ decided by the populace here, the gentle
:, man will allow me The benefit Of writ Q
error 10 the regimental muster, TO be hel
9 next Friday, at Reinhert's distillery.
r But suppose he meant TO trighten 70
:. into verdict, by intimatng that the mol
n trenzied by his eloquence, would tear 70
/ TO pieces ifs Oh gayea verdict for detenc
!, ami; like the equally eloquent barrister on
, West, who, concluding case, said: Ger
+ temen, my ellen, are as innocent Of stea
i, ling that cotting, as the sun a, noon day
! and you give il agin him, his broihe
2 Sam ketchins, next muster, will MAJ
d every mothers son Of you.' | hopo 'h
) sheriff will see 10 his duty aud keep th
q crowd from you, gentlemen, il you shout