The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1853-01-22
A Tale Of Blood.


anecdotes related of Curran, the ce,e
braed Irish lawyer and wit:
As a udg=, and Indeed harrington
has often hinted at It. Lord Avonmorp
had on" great fault; he was apt to take
iup the first impression of a cause, and it
was very di iicuIt afterwards to oblter-
ate it. The advocate therefore, had
not onl Y 10 TO struggle against the real
obstacles presented 10 him by the case
itself, but also with the imaginary one
created by the hasty anticipation of the
Judge. Curran was one day most Sc
riously annoyed by this habit OF Lord
Avonmorr, and +" took the following
whimsical method Of correcting it.
The reader must remember that the
obJcct OF the narrator was, by tedious
and malicious procrastnation, to lrli-
tate his hearcr into the vice he was so
anxious to obIiteratr. They were to
dine tose ether at the house of q common
trend, and a large party ware assembled
many 81 waom witnessed the occur
renee q! The morning. Curran, contra
=
ner, and at length arrived in most adj
E1lrab'y affected agitation.
"N ny, Mr.. Curran, YOU have kept us
a full hour waiting dinner for you,'
grun5ed out lord Avonmore.
! Oh, my dear Lord, regret it much;
YOU must know that il is not my custom;
but Pve just been witness to a most
melancholy occurrence.
'My Goo You seem terribly moved
+ by it; take glass Of wine. " hat was
( il what vas it 2
4 viii tell YOU, my lord, the moment
J. Can colIrct myself. had been de-
tanned at the Coat Of Chancerv; vour
hordship knows that tue Chancellor sits
lAte.'
| i DO, | do, but go on
We'll, my lord, was hurryine here
as fast as could; did not even wait 70
change my dress; hope shall be ex-
cuseu ior coming in my boots.'
I Pooh, pooh, never mind your boots;
thr point come at once to the point of
the story
oh, | will my good lord, in a mo-
ment. walked here: did not even
wait to get the carriage ready, it woul
have taken tune, you know. Now, there
is market exactly in the road by
which had 70 pass, your lordship may
perhaps recollect the name Of the mar
ket; do you -
TO be sure DO, GO on Curran-so on
! with the story
4 am very glad vonr lordship remem-
hers the I"arN.t, for totally forget the
name Of 1.-THE name-the NAME
what the devil signifies the name of
it A.! It's the Castle Market
'lour lordshlp is perfectly right, 1t is
called the Castle Market. Well, as
:. as passing through the very identical
Castle Market, | observed butcher
preparing to kill calf, He had huge
kuje iii his hand it was as sharp as a
razor. The calf was standing behind
him; he drew his knife to plunge it into
the animal. Jus, as he was in the act
OF doing SO, little boy about four years
old, his only son, the Ioveliest boy ev-
er saw, run suddenly across his path,
end he killed, oh, my God! he killed
'The child the child ! the chlld! vo-
cilerated Lord Avonmore
No, my Lord THE cALF!' continued
furran very cody, 'he killed the cali,
but your lordship is in the habit of an
ticipatIng'
The universal laugh was thus raised
against his lordship: and Curran declar-
ed that, often afterwards, first impress
sion was removed more easilv from the
Court of Exchequer by the recollection
Of the calf in Castle Market, than by
the eloquence OF the entire profession.
EXcCRsloN TO EURopE.-A wealthy
steamboat owner of N. York proposes to
rig up, for an European trip steamer
yacht, now nearly compl eted, furnish
ing her in the richest manner at cost
of 100000 over ordinary ships of the
kind .-About the first OF May he will
take on board his sons and daughters
and forty Or fifty other guests, and sail
for London, Copenhagen, Stockholm,
st. Petersburg, Havre, Bordeaux, Lisbon
Gibralter, Marse,ies, Naples, Malta,
and such other ports as may be desira-
bic, staying short time at each port,
giving fetes and seeing the lions, The
expense, which is estimated at more
ti.cn 5000, 900, will be borne by the
Protector.
do you know how to cast ironl" ask
ed the proprietor of stove factory OF
green countryman who applied to him
for work.
"Wall, yes" said the pumpkin,
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