The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1853-08-18
NO. 400
Cool Impudence.

Cool Impotence.
There is gentleman residing in Wes-
tern New York, whom in default of his
real name, we will call him Colonel. He
had one son, Ned, rather graceless
youth, full of all the wild pranks in which
students generally excel. Being at home
during vacation, he cerresponded regular
ly which his chum, who by agreement was
to keep him posted up in regard to eve
ry thing that transpired with him worthy
of note. Of course he was very careful
to keep all of his precious epistles from
the eye of the Colonel, and as Ned was
Colonel, Jr., it became necessary to watch
the mail arrivals closely, as his chum
wasn't very particular in adding that dis
tinguishing feature to his name.
One day he road round to the Post Of
flee, as usual, and found to his dismay that
Joe, the groom, had taken the letter and
left for home. He started at gallop, but
was unable to make up the time, for Joe
arrived head. Hoping that nothing very
bad would come of it, he marched into
dinner as eayalierly as possible One
glance at the ColonePs face revealed to
him that he was in for it. ~. asy,f
i The substantials being disposed of, as
usual the lady mother left the room, and
i left Ned and the Colonel slipping their
wine. Leisurely pulling the letter from
his pocket, the Colonel passed it to Ned
and asked him what he thought of it,
Ned quietly perused it, its contents being
an account of his chum's doings, both
lawful and unlawful and ending by urg-
e ing him to come to him without delay
t Ned finished it in silence, and handing it
: back to his father, said
3 We'll, sir, considering your age and
t station in life, think you keep very bad
a company! and before the Colonel had re-
n covered himself sufficiently to reply, he
o vanished from the apartment. = Dutch-
: man.
: English Ignorance of America.
" In a recent debate in the English Par
:, lament, Sir Robert Peel stated that the
e number of States in the American Union
: was thirty three; and Cabinet Minister
0 called the late .old Patriot of America,
e John Randolph astatesman of Massachu-
) sets, and quoted him as having said that
b if you wish to make the inhabitants of
I, State set of scoundrels, you had only to
: givethem secretyoting.' In recent Eng
e lish journal, we noticed an account of the
e political movements of the State of New
y Orleans. One of our citizens was asked,
d a short time since in England, if there
" were many persons in Boston who could
II speak the English language DIR. Bailey,
II editor of the National Era, in his last letter
is from London to that journal, remarks,
n we must not forget that the masses of
d English people are exceedingly ignorant of
n onr country-its geography, its people,
n their institutions and usages, their Gov
L ernment, the relations ofour State Gov
l, ernments to each other and to the Fedora
N Government, and their relations seyerally
o to slavery. Many intelligent persons be-
1, lieve that this evil is diffused throughout
If all that States. An English lady of high
to position lately asked an American whether
Id he saw much of it in Massachusetts, AT
lg a considerable dinner party, the other day,
st an English gentleman remarked to one OF
10 our countrymen that he had understood
OF that the great vegetable for making soup
in the States was pumpkin! Were you to
re tell many respectable people here that
N Massachusetts, is the capitol of Philadel-
y, phia, they would not know that you were
quizzing them. .'-Eueuing Transcript.
n MURDER.-Capt. Horace MILLER, oil
IN the canal boat 14ustin, was shot and in
le stantly killed, between and o'clock, a
few days ago, on the tow-path, near the
te Charlottesville depot, two miles south OF
1T Lafayette, Ia, by an old man named
is OWEN NORTH, whose only provocation was
Is a rebuke from the Captain for using gross
ct and obscene language to the Captain S
y wife. He persisted in the use of obscene
re language, when the Captain gave him a
" push or slight kick withnis foot. Hcwalk-
s.. ed off a few steps, and the Captain gave
"a orders to the hands to loose the boat and
t. go ahead. At this moment. NORTH raised
his gun and fired, the shot entering just
,t below the shoulder of Captain MILLER,
If severing aI1arge artery leading to the jugu-
N lar vein, producing death in fifteen min
utes. He is on the direct road to the gal
: lows. - sae
IS The Aztec children are now in London
lc and are creating quite sensation. The
n scientific men regard them as children. OF
n. parents of ordinary size, but of degra-
ly ded race producing probably, many such
ID dwarfsh specimens.
~ The Richmond Va. Wing proposes as a
u substitute for the Maine Law in that State