Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1854-10-04
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A PUZZLED YANKEE The following ex-
tract Of a letter from a Yankee correspondent
Of the G,d,esto News, is highly amusing:
Well, pnt up with'a first rate, good ma
tured fellow, that met at a billiard table.
! went in and was introduced to his wife, a
fine, fat woman hooked as though she lived
on latin. her face was 50 full of fun. After
q while-afier We d talked about my girl,
and about the garden. and about the wealth
er, in come three or four children, latin and
skippin as merry as crickets. There was no
candle lit, but | could see they were fine
lookin fellows, aud started for my saddle
bags, in which l pat a lot of sugar candy
for the children as | went along.
Come here said /, you little rogue,
eome here and tell me what your name is
The oldest one came to me and says my
name is Peter Smith
And what's your name, sir2
Bob Smith
The next said his name was Bill Smith,
and the fourth said his name was Tommy
Smith. / gave EN- some sugar candy, and
old Mrs. Smith was SO tickled that she laugh
ed al! the time. Mr.. Smith looked on, but
didn't say much.
Why saws L, Mrs. Smith, | would not
take a good deal for them four boys, il | had
'em-they are so beautiful and sprightly.'
No said she, latin, I set a good deal on
'em, but w spoil en- too much
No, no, says /, they're rale we'll be-
haved children and by gracious says ],
prctendin to be startled by a striking resem-
blance between the boys and their father,
and | looked at Mr.. Smith, never did
see anything equal to it, says | your 0 En
eyes, mouth, forehead, and perfect picture
of hair, sir tapping the Oldest on the pate.
L thought Mrs. Smith would have died laf-
fin at that her arms fell down by her side,
and she shook the whole house latin:
DO you think so, Col. Jones, said she,
looking toward Mr.. Smith, and 1 thought
she'd go of in a fit.
Yes says l, | do rally
- 'Ha, ha, haw = says Mr.. Smith, kline
o'half latin, you are too hard on me nov
with your jokes
amt jokin at all says l, they ar
handsoma children, and do look wonderful
like you
Just then II gal brought a light in, an,
Ill lie darned it the little brats didn't tur
out to be niggers-every one of EN-! an,
their hair was as curly as the blacklist MIG
gers! Mr.. and Mrs. Smith never had an
children, aud they sort of petted them MIC
gers as playthings.
lnever felt as streaked as | did when
found out how things stood. III hadn'
kissed the nasty things, l could a got over it
but kissln' en- showed | was in earnest
though | was soft soapin' 'em all the time
How to get over the scrape, | didn't know
Mrs. Smith laughed so hard when she say
how confused l was that she almost sufFoca
ted.
A little afterward, there was a Who'll
family Of relations arrived from the city
and turned the matter off; but the ne1
morning | could see that Mr.. Smith did nj
like the remembrance of what | said, and
don't believe he'll vote for me when tb
next election comes. 'spect Mrs. Smit
kept the old fellow under the joke for SON
time.
Day" A distinguished Doctor of Divinit
is responsible for the following specimen
western eloquence-which, as it has new
been published, ought to be embalmed
print:
Who discovered the North Pole? O.
W illustrious Franklin. Who hung t
star .bangled Spanner on the heaven-piel
ing summit of the Andes? The immort
Jefferson. Who discovered the route
Cappadocia by the way Of Cape Cod? II
peerless Moorish Navigator, Paganini.
Let US then, with the horoscope in O
land, and Magma Charta in the 9th
plunge boldly upon the raging pillows
the Mississippi, and leave no land untri
until we shalt have united Tripoli o
Gretna Green with the Rock of Gibralt
Then shall be brought to light, Tarantr
, that longlost isle of bliss, of which a Pl
reasoned and a Galen sung
q, We commend this specimen to those '
make their first debut on Independe
day, and to the junior students of Oratc
who are fond of the intense as peculia
suited for their favorite style of de,
nation.
PENN AND SToRY.-William Penn
Thomas Story, travelling together in Y
ginia, were caught by a shower of rain,
unceremoniously sheltered themselves Fl
it in a tobacco house; the owner of vii
happening to be within it, accosted IL
with
you have a great deal of impudenc
trespass on my premises; you enter W
out leave do you know who | IN p
TO which was answered-tN No
why, then, | would have you kno
am a justice Of the peace
To which Thomas Story replied,
friend here makes such things as thee
is the Governor of Pennsylvania.
The great man quickly abated his ha
tiness.
rs u see a squall arising in the lat
of your wife, what course should be pul
TO avoid its consequences ? Double
cape with sour left arm, and let your
drop anchor on the eruiSng-grounC
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