New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-11-08
a HyFoTHErIcAL CASE.

Some years ago, an AWKWARD chap in Western
New York, who obtained his livelihood BY forge
RI in q blacksmith shop, hired horse one day
to carry q load of wrought nails to the nexs
town, few miles distant. While descending a
steep hill. the smith gave his horse a few ertra
cuts, thinking to accelerate his speed in /, place
where grayitation seconded the motions af the
wagon, but the steed stumbled, foundered into
| the ditch, and kicked the--buckst The black
smith, upon turning the body over, discovered
that the anatomical harmony Of the beast,s
neck was destroyed, that the spine was disIo-
Gated beyond the bone-setters art, and that in
| fact the sc hoss 9 was dead.
with rueful countenance he repaired to the
owner OF the nag. and asked what was to be
done The reply was g You must pay for the
horse !" The blacksmith demurred, and went
to consult a lawyer aa laa 7fsa5e8aas~
The lawyer happened to be away from home,
but his wife. who was prone to misehieyous fun.
thought she saw in the client food for 3 little
sport, and inviting him to enter the house, re-
marked that she sometimes gave legal advice in
her husbands abcence, and requested him to
state his case s1tassi ri ssiE ahs,zse ass
:" Very well,n said the blacksmith, seating
himself, leisurely, g I'll s'pose case"
g IF you pIease-that viii do as well as To
state your own," said the handsome attorney.
| p" Wells yer see its jest like this: Ssposin
you was an old lhoss--an' should drive you TO
mill And sposin should cut yer .up the
leastest mite on the flank, and you should rair
up and kick up and break the breeehin. and
finally yer should fall into the ditch and break
yer cussed neck-lwho'd pay for yea Would II
asked the excited vulcan, in a voice Of thunder.
I" No I'd be hammered into horseshoe nails.
and driven into the devils cloren foot afore I'd
pay the fust red cent ~
The lady decided that he had clear case
and might go ahead without fear of damages.
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FIRST RATE HfT.s-R ou 6 stern wheel
captains, doa't like the following, they. need
not s pitch in TO US, as one Of their own tribe
told Us the tale
very old and somewhat pettish gentleman
was coming mp the river few weeks ago,
and got particularly ont Of huynor WITH the
captain Of the stern wheel craft. and Id his
wrath damned the captains of such boats gen
orally, he following conversation was heard
between him and his little hoy, as thev an.
preached the Cave id the Rock, about which
the lad had beard monstrous stories .Lesgais
sand is that the caves asked the boy, as
the boat finally got opposite the hole s8si g5
's Yes, my son, that is the cave.
" And papa, did bad robbers used to live
there, and kill peoples'' e1 ls5s as1l
9 Yes, my boy they stole every thing and
killed every body they could. They were great
scoundrels.'' r -. -
Well, papa, what has become of all these
bad men 4 . -
The old gentleman scratched his head, and
finally answered.: sel Sis9 lshs aiiiisr
4 Why yon see theywere nearly all captured,
and some were sent to Jail, and some we're hung,
but some Of the greatest rascals got away
And what became of them, papa J . 5sst
Why" said the old man with o great
scowl, s they got away from the police officers,
and became captains of these id ste, n
Di,eei boatsi" Il