The weekly Placer herald., 1853-07-30
NUMBER 46.

A SNEhK. We hardly can think mean
ness or cowardice natural TO man; but the
way man takes to it now and then, beats
the Jews. Our friend Theodore Parker
refreshed in our memory an old Joes
which fully Illustrates practical fact ON
cowardly meapnfss, not unworthy present
attention A fellow by the rather suspi-
cious name of Joe Smith, lived in the
town of Washington, Ohio, and he was
prone to doing very silly and very mean
things, such as breaking the ribs of stray
hogs, chunking children, and ham string
ing poultry, that might venture upor
Joe's poor, mean, miserable patch of
ground.
Now Ben Duffberry, good-natured,
free and easy, yet spunky fellow, had
colt, which no pair of bars, or "stake and
rider" fence on the face of creation could
keep in bounds. This colt broke into
Joe Smiths "open lot" Joe never liked
Ben Duffberry; there was feud between
them as long as the long roll of West
Point morning, and Joe had longed to be
revenged. The appearance of Ben's colt
in Joes "open lot," about the break OF
day, was grand opening for revenge.
What was Ben Duffberry's surprise to
see his colt-whose sire was Buckeye, by
Corncracker, out of Baldface, and whose
geneaogy could be traced almost to the
crtter that was foaled with Bucephalus
and Pegasus, and upon which he had al
ready "bet high on his doing mile in
four minutes on George Richie's track"--
tail-shaved and shot in the shonlder!
Ben swore at the sight, he cotildn't help
it; sshuman natut'n 81 couldn't stand it, and
the first thing he said was, "Joe Smith, you
mean cuss; no man in this settlement but
you could do that I'll lick you up like
saltr'
And so he did. Ben went over to Joe's
place. Joe sneaked out the back way;
but it was no use, Ben had him, and lick
ed him-as Billy Blue, neighbor, said
commercially! Joe was laid out for
week. He was too poor to 60 to law,
and too cowardly to attempt anything
else, so that he resorted to a most diabo.
lical mode of revenge. The reader will
stop his ears, shut his eyes, and turn pa
back; but the facts must come opt, we
cannot help it. When night fell Upon
earth, wheti all was dark and still, whe1
no soul in the silent town was cup and
dressed" to view the fact, Joe Smith
would steal up to Ben Duffberry's horse
block, and kick it like blue blazes -
Yankee Blade. de.--------------
MEAN SroRIEs.--Lawyers have their
puns on mesne profits, and perfumers
theirs on the celebrated Chinese soap,
known as Mean Fun, bus ! mean to tell
you about mean ment
That was tr1ean Dutchman; that Hans
Karg, He had ctie, beautiful Madonna
looking daughter, who no more resembled
him thar. does flower the root. as.
.Hans; how on earth do you keep the
potatoes from freezing!'' asked a neigh
Dor one mortiing:
"Fy, makes Catolina sleep ON lie boz
tatoes," answered Hans; "dat Keeps DENT
from freezin'!" -.
country store with an egg, which he wish
ed to exchange for darning needle. 10
oblige him, the store-keeper agreed to the
trade. The bargain over, the egg dealer
asked, "Don't yon always treat when
you've driven trader"
"Not for so small trade" answered
the merchant.
ga trades trade, whether it's for one
egg or a thousands"
Aghast at the mans mennness, the
store-kteper complied, and asked, "What
will You take"
s'I like a glass Of wine, with an egg
beat up in it!'' answered the meen man.
The store-keeper said nothing, but took
the egg which he had just received from
the man, and broke it, 1t happened to be
a double-yoked egg.
"There!" exclaimed the mean man.
"Now you must give me too needles,
cause that's double egg gin you:"
And that was very mean youth who
defined love as Ga prodigal desire on the
part of the young man to pay some youn'g
woman's board"
And there was Deacon Overreach; now
he was SO mean, he alwsys carried heniT
his gig-box when he travelled, to pick up
the cats his horse wasted in the nnanger,
and lay an egg for his breakfast in the
morning.
JUsrIcE.-In the translation of the
works Of Sadi, just made by Mr.. East
wick, we find a story upon which history
has been little more than beautiful conn.,
mentary. "They relate that once, durings
hunting expedition, they were preparing
for Nushervan the JUST. some game as
roast meat There was no salt, and they