Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1853-09-08
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editor that the hcn fever RACES some
up that way, and enquiries:
Snow what do you think ofthe va
riety called Shank-heihs, whose name
don't belle them2 tell my wife they
have no body at all, and that when his
head is of, the legs come right apart.
Am / right? Neighbor Buckingham's
wife says they set. and lay both at onst.
Idon't 'tbelieveit-its contrary to mater.
i think they only recline a little as it
we're, and--J Jerusalem! how can them
things set! Myjack-knife can set as
well as they can.
q tell you, Mr.. Editor, they put
things outof joint SO dreadfully When
Buckingham's wife gotherShank-highs
home the odder day, old Kink happen
ed to hear the rooster crow the first
time, and not knowing anything about
the matter, summoned halfthe hands
on the place to come and help get the
old blink eyed mule out Of the crib
Old Kink says, day don't sit on de
roost same as odder chickens nohow,
but dey sit straddle of de stick; cause
why when dey tempts to sit same as
common chicken, lie head amt hcaby
'nuif for de legs, and dey falls off
backward. Correct philosophy that.
"They sit when they eat, | know,
for I've seen 'em do it; and I've seen
entry to eat standing, but was no 90;
when they peck at grain Of corn on
the ground, they don't more than half
reach 1t, but the head bobs right be-
tween their legs, making them turn
a complete somerset. May be they're
like singed cats, worse than they look;
and that's bad enough, anyhow III as
soon see a pair of tongs or compasses
walking about the yard, as these
Shank-highs. And ! had liho to for
got to tell you, that Pete says thai
they are big liars, cause dey crows
long time fore day in dc mornin when
"a!nt day; but KIM says Pete don't
'ncct dat their legs is SO long dey see
daylight long time fore common chick-
Cn. s,
ANEoDoTE OF WEBSTER. Anecdotes
Of Mr.. Webster are always acceptible
especially new ones. Here is one fol
which we are indebted to a correspon'
don't of the Boston Transcript. "lr
The summer of 1928, when mere lad
I was at "Swift's," in Sandwich. My
then schoolmastcr was there also, and
from him ] had the tale. John Trout
was the well known soubriquet. of the
fisherman who attended amateur ang
lers on, their excursions. John was
not remarkable for his veracity, but
quite otherwise, when his success will
The hook and line was the Subject o
his story" One day he was ''out'' will
! Mr.. Webster. Both we're Standing il
ihe brook, patient walters for a bite
when Mr.. w. told John how he caugh
a large, very large trout, on forme1
occasion. "Your honor" said John
"that was very well for a gentleman
But once, when ] was standing dow
by yonder bush, l took a fish weigh
ing forget how much, but o
course many ounces more than til,
great lawyers big fish. "Ah! John
john" exclaimed Mr. Webster, "Yov
are an amphi6ious animal You lei
the water, aadyou lie Out cfH
The SpowGr Of. music" is rorcibl.
illustrated in this paragraph from tn
Detroit Times:
.as Gone of the best things to resis
fatigue with lis music. Girls who coul
not walk mile to save their lives
Wilhdamee in company with a knocl
kneed clalionet and superanuatc
fiddle, from tea-time till sunrise; Will
soldier, grown weary with quiethcS
will no sooner hear a bugle give
flourish than he will give one himsel
Whether men can march twenty {
forty miles a day, depends altogstht
on who blows the bass drum, .
John Bull-humane, negrO-loyinI
uncle Tom John Bull--can hog
eolored man! The Cape Town MAJ
May IA, gives an account of the publ
hogging oftwo black men. They wei
tied up to post as The m@ket az
proceeding, and in the presence of me
soomei5 and children, underwent IL
torture Of receiving on their expose
bodies some twenty or thirty lash
apeice.'--BoStn Post
osFAGT-9Ihe seeds ofcucumbcls ha,
been analyzed, and found to conta