Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1853-11-04

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sary proceedings render the jurisdiction
almost nugatory.
The Ho0sier In Paris.
There is no mistaking 90 Yankee" abroad
All mankind sailing from the United State
are "Yankees'' in Europe, and their pecu
liarities are such as to widely distinguish
them from anybody. Our irresistible
amiable friend John Owens, Esq, ha
lately returned from abroad, and tells SOM
Of the richest things seen end heard b.
him during his tour out.
strolling around Paris, John dropped
into one of the fine, large public gardens
where thousands of natives and foreigner.
resort to kill time, amuse and refresh. Al
the many tables around the garden, sal
in 'nmerable parties, of many climes aud
degrees and compilations, from the pletho.
ric Englishman to the sullen Turk; from
the rugged and hairy Russian to the dried
and stolid looking Persian, Arab or China.
man, from Greek to German, Egyptian to
Hebrew, Frenchman to Yankee. The
majority of these assorted human beings
we're busily engaged in smoking, slipping
coffee, creams, etc., or engaged in the Par
isian and frightfully(to use Johns phrase)
interesting game Of domino! At a con.
spicuous table sat conspicuous individual
-thcre was no installing hh;;:s..s bin. tribes
pdr 4 fAnKee wore such . hat in such
way. A full developed rocky mountain
beaver was on his brow, or rather nicely
balanced upon the combative portion of his
Of chronological territory videlicit-the
Uranium. Ofcourse bis coat was loose and
fitting him like shirt on q handspike; his
trousers after the same style; his neck
which presented the most extended penin-
sula of bone and muscle imaginable
was encircled BY gaudy handkerchief,
while his totally left to nature hair topped
of the unique and striking picture of one
Of our ont-west friends-large as life and
certainly as natural.
After spreading himself in that pecu-
liarly Independent, national manner, our
hoosier friend eyes the entire range, which
being done, be explodes:
"Musher1" Nobody responding to the
call he calls again.
"Musher? l say you musher, your"
Not word says anybody; backwoods
goes off again.
"Now that fellow hears me, but 'aint
goin' to answer. Isay musherl A-a-aint
you going to hear mer
But hold on" says he, "let me look
at my book here, that feller aint musher,
them chaps with white aprons on amt no
mushers, they're something else, let me
see"-and he fell to turning over the leaves
Of his "French in six easy lessons;" it
was long hunt but he finally finds the
place.
"Ah, here you are walters, waiter,
gassoon, (garcon y thatt it, them fellers
at the table smoking their pipes, drinkiu'
sour wine and playing them dominoes-I
they're mushers, the other chaps doin'
chores around they're a-gassoons; say,
gassoon gassoon"
A waiter comes bustling up to the
hoosier, and with the politest possible bow,
says he:
"Monsieur
"Mousher, no gassoon I"
"Oui, monsieur"
"I want some dinner, gassoon."
"Oui, monsieur"
al want some'en good, too"
"Oui, monsieur"
"Some'e en- good and plenty of it."
"Well, now, what a-you got good, fuss
rate p
Mopsieur?"
al say what h.ye You got good"
Monsieurr" continues the gayoOm, In |
total ignorance. !
"Don't you understand mef lay
-I-want dinaer."
"Dinn-a?" va, /
"Dinn-a' yes dinn-.-1 wants dinner"
"Oui, monsieur"
"Then Why in thunder and saw logs
don't You ay around and get the things?"
"Oui, monsieur" tr. ~s