The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1853-10-20
mot .9asirFfon scott's Weekly Paper.
.AwTURNPIKE AND A DIVORCE.

.ARTURNPIKE AND A DIVORCE.
.Aseertain Captein Al, a hale, good
humored man, beloved by all who knew
him, and certain DR.. Y, one of the,
handsomest men alive, and gentleman,
al,oyer,rme+ q fewrdaysr since in Trenton.
1t was during the session of the Legisla
ture, which, aseverybody knows, is, when
ever it happens, great featurein Tren-
ton life, and pregnant item in the history
of New Jersey. 1T
Both the Captain and Doctor were bo-
rersHlpbby' members for the benefit
of their own pocket, but for the public
comprised within the limits of Camden,
which as you know, is a great city, loca-
ted opposite to the retired hamlet of Phil
adelphia. The Captain was boring for
Camden asthe seat of government, court
house, and djail, for the great county of
Camden. 9, The doctor was boring for
Iong-aComing, being large city, conf
posedsof blacksmith shop and two frame
houses, and located somewhere between
tteiextreme limits of Camden county and
the Atlantic ocean.
In a word, the site of the county Court
House was disputed question-the citi-
zens Of Camden wanting it in Camden
the yotres Of Camden county, just to spite
the Camden people, wanted it in Long a
Coming. Well, the Captain with his
hearty honest face, and the Doctor with
his honest very handsome face, came to
Trenton, as "lobby" members, to press
the respective merits of Camden and
Long "a Coming upon the great Legisla-
tpre1of New Jersey A week, two weeks,
three weeks, month passed, and yet the
Legislature took ksno action, and Camden
countylwas still without seat of govern
naens, court house or Jail. : ar 3
neThe Doctor grew impatient, meeting the
Captain one day, in one of the passages
of'the singularly peculiar Capitol of New
Jersey, he said to his friend-s'Y Y ou are
here for Camden, for Long Coming,
and here we have been for month. AL
low ME to ask in the most delicate man
ner, why in the devil, don't this Legisla-
ture take some action in the matter, and
let as 90 home? Your business is suffer
ing, and my patients are dying, and yet
here we are, dancing attendance on the
cursed Legislature: Why don't they
tie assembled wisdom of jersey
Camden! or Long-a- Coming and let US 6
hohe2"s 'od 9lnos 9d o3 vfssla .q41lT
Is The Captain drew his young friend into
the erecessofa corridor, and looked at him
queefly, with one eye half shut, and his
mouth fixed on decided pucker.
."The fact is, r., said he, "you arc
green. rna.I Are you not aware that this is 9
great country, that New Jersey is a grea
Stats, anew Jersey Legislature the TALES
kind out Of jail?"' l.ss'The Doctor confesse{(
that was aware Of some Of these points
butdtfk as to others; he had some concep
ton Of how the LttiyosauTsts, "a big ami
NAL, with hard name, known to geolo
gists, which had the whole world to itself
a few millions of. years before ADAM
how the 7e1bEyOsaurus looked, when h,
VI d = d
was about, but Jersey Legislation was al
animal which he had looked at on all sides
but could not understand. 81 Whereupol
the Captain took the Doctor good-humor
edly by the arm, and led him into retire
place, where lighted candle shone uIo
the honest eountenance of bottle of res
champagne-7madeinNew butlabele
"a aaalHi,, ad tidaIgieaaq 98idBa 9d
-frSt 'nlreST tHT9Y9s TeI Fl oItot folr ,al,sfe
-loOver this bottle the Captain proceede
to give the Doctor an idea of Jersey LEG
islaton. IF you could have seen the fin
Roman features of the Doctor, and th
good ,hnmored face of the Captain, a ltd
ruddy, and topped by hair that was par
y gray,youwouldhaye much cnjoyedth
startling narrative which fell from h
j;nnsr5is Ed 9HBTsTta q ~ IaJdB Yolgf>
.aeh9I uon4 hrs iitgiI i..sie,,
siGetAlbany isa great place." SO the Cal
tain began; Do Harrisburgh is anoth.
great place legislators can be had the1
1ingreat quantities and at reasonable pr
fes,lbut Trenton is the plaee;'' r. :, .l5;
m"Expound!''o said the Doctor. Upe
which the Captain illustrated his text
the following narrative: 2w daidi 2H