Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1855-01-20
NUMBER 25.
ANECDOTES.
Theodore Parker.

from Jerusalem, Virginia, tells the following
good story, illustrating at once the Importance
Of the letter Il" and the bad odor of abolition.
ism in the Old Dominion. .....eg...r
Theodore D. Parker Esq, a merchant in
Boston, happening few weeks since to be a
guest for one night at Knapp's Hotel, in this
place. After tea. as he was enjoying the cool
OF the evening on the piazza, he noticed a gen.
tleman in the Office who was examining the
books of arrivals, and who afterwards walked
up ard down the piazza, scanning him (Mr. P)
very closely. Some ten or fifteen minutes
were passed in this way, when the stranger
broke silence by thus addressing him. s.',
"Is your name Parker, sir!' ....+..
"Yes sir" '# *."5 at @@-@ 'a 5'-"t
"Theodore Parkers". stseg l.-f5aHs
"Do you come from Boston, sr?' s....
"Yes, sir"
"Then, sir,-(with the look as if the identity
of the individual were fairly estabIished,)-
suppose that you are the man that goes about
in New England, villifying the institutions Of
the South!" sr.asg .q~srg
ooh, no, no." answered the astonished Mr.
Parker, before whose vision a bag Of feathers
and kettel of tar danced a momentary "pas
de deux, II am Theodore D. Parker-I am
merchant of Boston; am not the minister of
whom You speak" ae ..esa a.. t...=E.,g
"Ah! that alters the case, then" responded
the chivaric Virginian in a milder tone. "B0t
allow me to give you one piece Of advice, and
that is, that it you are going to travel around
these diggns, you had better in future, when
you sign your name, be particular aud put
that D d-n plain" @'.' d "'''
ed aa,s self-Possession.s % sysga,
Years ago an unknown correspondent! to
city paper gave the following anecdote of tho
olden time ssslg 4a5asg aE"
'When the town oflV Voodstock, Connecticut,
first began to be settled, there was a time
when the few and scattered families were fill
ed with the dreadful apprehension Of being
taken or perhaps killed or carried off by the
Indians. No man retired at night without
first having his gun well loaded and placed
over his head where he could seize it instant
". With these and other precautions, one Of
these brave men and his no less courageous
companion on certain night retired to bed.
In the dead Of night they were simultaneously
awakened by an unusual noise around the
house. They listened; presently they heard
it again: it sounded like slight knocking o.
gainst the window shutter at the opposite end
Of the house. The man seized his gun and bold.
ly entered the apartment whence the noise
proceeded, and in thunder tones demanded:
{. "Whe's there!' @73 sf@a Sp
a A gentle voice which he well knew, replied:
81 am your neighbor, and have come 10 get
some medicine for one of my children that is
sick"
He lowered his gun and turned to 20 ana
replace it over his bed, almost in vain strue-
Cling as he went to let his courage down and
IN, tpNh rhndE in "a.
bedroom, he discovered his wife deliberately
changing her inner garment. e5nl SF 'E5f>l
"Pfay. what are you about" he exclaimed,
tat such time a. ihis!' - s,sa 3. 4, "a vtys,
"Why," she replied, "see what am about
don't you! 1 wasn't a.going off among the Ia.
dams without clean clothes on, would have
you to Know. y9a 81 sgs2.zsq eafs' fna g
General knowledge is unqnestionab'y ncces.
sary for the lawyer. Very 'ludicrous mistakes
have frequently occurred through the defciens
cies Of some Of them in this respect. We have
heard an anecdote somewhere Of an eminent
barrister examining witness in trial, the sub.
ject Of which was ship. He nsked among
other questions. "Where the ship was sat
particular time?" "Oh!" replied the witness,
'the ship was then in quarantine. !" 'Iu Qsar-
antine, was sheg And pray. sir, where isQuar.
antine!" Another instance, given BY Mr.
Chitty, ofthe value of general knowledge 10
the lawyer, is worth citing. 1t is well known
that judge was 80 entirely ignorant of insur.
.nce causes that, after having been occupied
Tor six hours in trying an action on q policy
Russia, he in his address to the Jury complain.
ID that no evidence had been given sto show
low Russia ducks (mistaking the cloth ofthst
lame for the bifd) could be- damaged by sea
vater, and 10 what extent! @'sa vs't's '9fSsS
,s.s s..1,5g g.,g I ffe 8ssIl a9ssh sYsfug stEa6.
A good old Dutchman and HE frow sat an
III gaping time, when The latter, affer 4 full
tretcb, said: ~ wish vas ils heben."A Hans n.
% yhwned and replied: aIyislf vas IN d6f stjll.
louse.n., The eyes Of Sally 6ewswids open, %
be exclaimed-.I re pppn for you; you always
ish yourself 10 der pest blace. 40 (.
) The, Bcllfontains, Rspsblieass says sahltths
ioosiers on the Wabash turn thsir agy shaker saha.kes
0 some accounts" They climb into the Top 81
"shel bark" lust as The chin comes on, .lnd
hem. there's netl aisiagis hickory natlsfsdh
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truck Ir;shmsd, asthennrss sppsoaebsd, bssr9
% = new pledge of afeeiions from his Gaitfal
elpmaie. s.Twins, hinny!. cried the pprse;-
faix, Murdoch, an il The Ulessed whisky that
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. hignormtsss al ,essess tligsesaatb Psppls
ays as how is's ihrowia. money AWAY to tsks
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