The North-Carolinian., 1854-06-03

On loard the steamer Indiana, in Of hsT
tripst wn The Mississippi, were a large number
OF goot -natured passengers. They were seek
ing to yhile away hours, according to their sev-.
eraint ions of pleasure and would have got on
verYHell but for annoyance. There hap
pensd be on board IIoosicr from tlc
Wal -, who was going down to Orleans aud
he llef provided himself with an old violin,
fancyi that he could fiddle as well the best
man, I'd planting himself where he wonld at
tractn otice, scraped away. The fellow couldn't
hdssie ny more than setting hen, and the
horrible noise disturbed his fellow passengers
excess vely. y Frcnchman, of very delicate
nerves and very fine musical car, was eslc-
clally annoyed. lie huttered. tid@etted and
SWore at the 'sacre' fiddle. The passengers
tried arious expedients to rid themselves "t
the II oser and his fiddle, it was 10 go-'fc
would music just as long as he d--d pleased,
At las a big kentuckian sprang from his seat
saying 4 reckon I'll fix linn placed himself
near Il e amateur fiddler, and commenced brayine
with his mi rht. The effect Of the move YVES
beyOne description-'Old kentuck' brayed So
loud hat he drowned the screenings ot the
fiddle, and amid the shouts Of the passengers.
thedis :omfted IIoosier rctrcated below, leaving
the. victory of the unequal contest with t"f''
keutu:kian end his singular amprom7fu inlta-
tion Q. Balaams friend. The delight Of to
Frelm man knew no bounds: quiet ored
| forth day. During the night the kentuck:'."
leftu boat. The next morning after break
fast tie passengers were startled by the dis
| cordaat sound of their old tormentor; 1Icosicr
had scoyered that the coast was clear, and
was b und to revenge himself on the passengers
l-Io 4, and worse than ever screamed the
fiddle The Frenchman just seated to read Iii,
paper on the first sound, rose, looked anNiouslv
| arooli shrugged hisshoulders and then shouted
areis he? ware is he, Quecck--queeck, Iinn
DieH Ware is lNonsiur Kentuck, de man rot2 lag
Q" aessss,
| IN TRAScE.-An old lady who resides at
Sand ich was taken i'll a few days since and
to all appearance died. She had been living
aloar. or some time and it thought she
ha T. good deal of money slowed away in a
secfet corner she had always been well to
do in hesR orld. The neighbors attended her
durin. hor illness, and when she ceased to
breat e, made preparation to perform the last
oilees to lpe dead. The body measured
for th col by the undertaken, who Went about
hisW,rk. The corpse washed and made
ready for burial. Yet the ladies, in performing
these luties, noticed that the body was IN
usual timber and did not exhibit the rigi1lity
OF cOl,scs III general, after being dead ONLY
half hour. For the purpose of obtaining
some lean linen, which was known to be locked
upin large trunk in the corner of the room
oneo the Women got the keys and went to open
it. = he instant the lid of the trunk was heard
to gre on It's hinges, up popped the old No
| CHC 'C't, lihc lne IdlC Olu lrSi1 Tcltlr-
mail' of the song, and sorceched out, s'Lct
the Trunk alone" The lid of tie trunk was
drop ID like a hot potato, and viii universal
! cry t surprise, the rcghbo;s gazcd upon
1.-The z We corpse Lefora til>n. The nervous
t~te ing Of the lips, and ri- angry flashes from
little ray e,ts was sufficient evidence that their
services were not needed longer, and with
merr lent depcted upon their countcnanccS,
they Eft The unkertakcr was reluctantly COM
peHe'lto give up his job, and the funeral was
postl ened sane die. The old woman is alive
and ell, zsand declares she was in trance.
Bn it Is the general opinion of the neighbors
that she was only playing possum- Ietr"f
/ ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Tn Boy AND THE BRIcK.-A boy hearing h-
father says ''Iwas poor rule that would l"'
work both ways" said: '' If father applies THIS
rulcfo his work, / will test il in my play
So setting up row Of bricks three or four
inches apart he tipped over the first, which, ntrI-
king he second, caused it to fall on the thlro
and s. on through the whole course, until All
theb icks lay prostrate"
. 'eii,' said the boy " each brick has knoct
ed dt vn his ncghlor which stood next 70 hini:
l oale tipped one Now VIII raise one aht
secifEie will raise his ne;-hbor. will see t
raisips one will raise all thC rest ne lookt"
in vii totsee them rise. !.
here father," said the bsy, sis poor rule;
twin notSwork both ways. 3hfy knock eacsL
other dowD but will not raise each other mp
my son" said the father, bricks and mar
kind re alikc made Of clay, active in knocking
each ,thef down, but not disposed to help each
other up
.latber," said the boy. " does the first brick
repre- entsthc first Adam"'
Tn. father replied with the following
s.V hen men fall they love company: but whcn
th4y Use, they love to stand alone like vondcr
-Aaz and see others PROSTATE and below
them"
4 BROTH a BoY."-The Dublin Irclar,,
Freeman states that Owen Dui1e of Mona CHA.
county, is l22 years old-when ll6 he lost y: