The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1853-03-30
Psts milestone and the HAIL Boy.


Pete milestone and the MaiI Boy.
Pete WhessIonr, 81 Arkansas. vas once
travelling on horseback through she inir-
rior a The State. and called one evening
ing 10 stay all night Al little lsy house
nesr ihs rosd. wisse enirrgainms nj and
pcsl ofiee were kept. Two other siran-
grrs were there. and The mail lider rode
up about da,k. Supper being over. .le
mail carrier and the three arnilemsn were
invited inlo smsll room furnished wilh
good ERE and iva beds. whirh were. 10
accommodate four persons fnr ihe night
The mail carrier vas liule. shabby,
dirty. lousy-looking wrieh. with whom
none af The gentlemen liked ilse idea Of
slreepinr. PsIe whe stone eyed him
closely as he asked:
Where do you sleep Io-nighi. my
lad 2"
I'll tIleep with you. reckon" li.ped
the youth. ''or with one o them frlIer-,
don't care which,"
The other two gentlemen took The
him and occupied one Of the beds loge,h-
er Immediately. leaving The oil.er bed and
The conlab TO be enjayed BY prie aud the
mail boy together as hest they could.
Pete and the mail boy commenced haul~
ing of their dnds. and Pete getting lnio
bed first, and wishing TO gel rid of sleep-
ing wnh The boy. remarked very earnrs,-
Ily-.my friend. III tell you beforehand.
Pue got the Itch, and you'd better moi gel
in he.e with me, for The disease is catch
ing"
| The hoy. who was just getting in bed
too. .lrawled out very coolly J" wal rerk :
on iha, don't make biz o. difference, -
l've had il now for nearly these iheser
years. and into bed. he pllrhed along
with Pete, who pitched out IN as gieal l
hurry as II he had walked up hofnel'.
nest in the bed. The other two gentle.
men roared. and the mail boy, who had
got peacesble possession Of bed TO him.
seif, drawled-.why ynu must be the,
o. darned fuIse, man and dads go, the
catch heap wurih Than is, and the,
ihlept ia that bed last nigh, when the,
were here al the qnilung."
The other two strangers were now in
worse predicameni than Pete had been
and bounding from their nest like III
house had been on ERE, stripped. shou
their clothes, pun them on again, oriere
: their horses. and. though IL was nearl
= ten o'clock. they all three left. and rode 81
II yeral miles 10 The next town before The
r slept. leaving the imperlurbable mail cal
rier 10 the bliss of scralchi ng and slreT
' ing alone. Southern Watch 7ower.
: ----~~~~~-~-~--~->-
! ONE OF THE WATcHmEN "A /" feller
: coming home from California had mor
sler railesnake in wicker cage, whic
l. he deposited with his olhrr plunder "
. der his bed. at Chsgres. The room col
> tanned fifty beds-hall fiill OF drunk al
n !. sick 8 lelltrr;" during temporary absen
- Of the owner The snake got loose, and d
= owner coming in and finding his crit
~ gone, yells out.
se "Eyerlas,in' misery !. who's seen n
i waichman!''
s. Many heads popped up from The flea
flcled dirty beds, bul nobody had seen 4
n: missing article.
~ "rWla, was he, ole feller, you're
quirin' fort" says bald-headed man.
n. !. Why; my walchman; all my dust
m under my bed here, and lef, guard "
il, but he's gonel'
re Gaard!--was he Niger or VIII
- feller!''
i'm mo he was a California raiilesna
n. nine fee, long, and ffty-.s rallles on
he tail. Have any of you fellers seen
,st eternal crliter rrau lin round here!"
90 They hasln'i-bui all able TO ge. ou
!. bed and mizzle. did so, in a bunch.
oh The national peculialilies OF peo
e are shown as strongly in the naming
et. ships as in more consequential matte
: The Spaniard displays the religious u
J. ,lency of his mind byFsuch titles as.
,aJ Holy Trinity" and The ",Twelse Ap'
- tles.' The French exhbi, lLeir SEN
;,b alily in The " Prlma Donna and NADIA
ha Ceritas." The industry and love Of II
III ney Of The Dutch shows itself in 81
ha titles as the !. Beaver" and q Gold HI
ter" John Bulls uginess comes out
The shape Of "Spilfres." and " Boxer
Thunderels." and :. Devasiaiions."
'ol- nathan goes his length on speed. progr
but sion, and universal dominion, a peculiar
ed, that shows itself in such names as" F
vas ing Cloud" Sovereign Of the Sea-
Wes. Wind," Wild Pigeon" E
ro- pless of the Deep" and Brighter
les Lightning" In our opinion, philo
OF pher could get up quite truthful hist
per of people Without consulting any OF
the documents than The slerns Of their shiI
Oc~ DutchRar
me .---.--~---------
ght Accounts from Western Africa state
err thirty varieties Of cotton haveOaen fo'
an gro wing spontaneously IN That country.
aid missionary says he has stood erect w