The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1853-12-15

rain McCleary. Peter Ahl. J. w. Heter- |
ick, and Billy Patterson were the commits |
sioners. Capt Patterson was naturally |
fond Of good Joke, but his wife having died |
but thOrt time before, he was low spirited |
and sad; and the others for the purpose of
rousiag him from the lethargy into which |
he had fallen. commenced running their |
rigs upon him. Becoming tired of their |
Jokes, he determined to have some fun cost |
what it might: and going into another room
he found a little Irishman, John Mofit, and
told him that some person in the other room
had struck him. Johnny became very an
cry when told that his old friend had been
abused, and Immediately went over into the /
other room with him, and sung out at the
top OF his voice, and almost choking with
passion--'Who struck Billy Patterson!'
The party assembled, began to laugh bois.
terously, which only made Johnny the more
angry and as often as the mirta would sub
side little, he would again cry out--'Just
show me the mon that sthruck billy Patter-
son!'
And going up to Small who was laughing
loudly he seized him by the throat, and
said:
you dirty gripe, did you strike'Billy Pat
terson' and would have whipped him on the
spot, but Patterson interfered, and told him
he did not know who struck him, when
Johnny left the room.
| But little sleeping was done in that house,
for every now and then, during the whole
night Johnny would cry out--'Who struck
! Billy Patterson
This soon became the popular cry at sales,
public meetings, &c, throughout the county
and was given to the world by being pub
lished in one of the Lancaster, Pa, papers,
from the statement made by Mr.. McCleary,
at whose house the joke played eff
The actors in this little comedy in real
life are all living, so far as known to me, ex-
cepting Mr.. McCeary; and Capt. Patter-
son still lives in our midst, .s as fond Of fun
as ever, and will never knock under until
struck by the hand of death. But to appre-
ciate it, the reader should hear the Captain
tell the story himself.for he throws it into
dry humor that would make Don Quixote
forgot his whms or provoke saint tolaugh-
ter.--Er.
0TWhat does our old frierd /" Ed" say to
the following:-
A YANKEE AT THE CRYsTA PALAcE.-As
we were setting in the picture gallery Of the
Crystal Palace, taking memoranda of its
contents, tall addressed Vermonter, at
tracted probably by the bengnity of our vs-
age, addressed Us.
"Stranger, what mought they charge to
let felIer in this 'ere show"
"Why do yon ask; you paid at the en-
trance, did you mott"
"Yaaas! | didar pay nothin'; eff yew
see anythin' green bout ME, jest gew write /,
will yewl" Etss
r allow did you gain admittance, then!"
ava al,yew see tradedlwith a boy out
there for Herald and gin him an extra cent
to boiler "ire!'; and when the man with
the brass thing on his coat looked around, /
kinder edged in behind him"
S OF course we expressed our Indignation,
1 and were about t. leave him when he seized
g our button hole, saying quickly:
2 "Say, Mister; don't be riled, guess they'll
: never miss it. Yew talk so oall-ired honest,
:, guess you must be newspaper feller; been
r takin notes amt youl I've hearn bout this
d short hand"
We assented; and lie resumed:
"hought yewr name be Greeley, Mister!
i because seed a niger wench looked jest
e like a fewgtive niger; and eff she is it's a
. bully chance for you to spread--won't cost
nothin', nuther."
We denied that imputation, when he con-
- tinued: II alters like newspaper chaps
e cause they're 50 clever. Been in the fine
: arts myself; taught school ,hree winters
u eighteen dollars month, and boarded
'reound."
n We next stopped to view the fine speci
: mems Of perfumery, among which were bust
l. made of solid soap. "Hullo!" said Yankee
nosing the goods, guess these is made o
gravestone, amt they"
: "No, they are made of soap"
G Before we could prevent him he ha
. pincbed it to satisfy himself. eva a
y guess il is, feels soporiferous, any way
smells rale apocryphal tew, don't it! jes
ri like "Mr. Slocam's" pothecary shop tev
!. hum.
: A few steps brought us to the stationary
a where number Of persons were silent.
\ gazing at Powers statute of the Greel
% Slave.
>, "Mister," said he, after moments in
n ispection, pointing to the chains upon he
'" wrist, "tphat's that critter hobbled for?"
> The bystBnders roared; and we endeav
. ored to explain to him the nature Of the sub
= = iect: and to prevent him from handling it a
: he was bent upon doing, pointed to tn
% placard requesting visitors "EoT TO ToUcI
,s THE ARTICLES
" Don't touch the articles, repeated he.-
il Why she clint got the first dGrred article o
te her"
l., We left-Journalc Of Commerce.
% % Hon. LINN BoYD.-This gentle man, VIII
ty was elected Speaker Of the House, on takin
o.; his seat said:
o.; Gentlemen of the House Of Representative
's- BY the vote just given you have manifesto
lis degree of confidence and respect for my
IS self pecdliafly gratifying to my feelings,an
us for it you have my sincere thanks. Conf
le IDENTIFY relying on your kind co-operatio
n without which it were vain TO hope for sui
to tsss, and guided, as trust shall be, by
seepIess desire to maintain order and pr,
mote the harmony Of this body Dy faithf
ne execution of its laws, engage in the dutit
assigRed me with no feelings to crafty il
,r- consistent with the claims of impartial ju
be 'tice-no aim to accomplish inconsistei
= with the country's good. tr
Ier -
ed WOLVES. Wolves Of Maine seem
nd be numerous and remarkably fierce, the pr
III sent season. A correspondent Of the NJ
,e chias Union says that the accommodate
ife stage and passengers from Rockland WEI
a few days since driven back from II
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