Butte record. (Bidwell, Butte County, Cal.) 1853-1858, 1855-03-17
quotation is not strictly correct, but
what does he know about it,
Q. X. P. D. P. B.
X.-DOESTICKS HEARS THE STREET
PREACHING.
NEw-Y York, No. 7,0OOl, Narrow-st.

NEw-Y YoRK, No. 7,OOOl, Narrow-st.
Got tired of New York, although it is
town of considerable consequence.
Wanted TO see the world SO started for
the seven-by-nine State of Rhode Is
land, where they shingle the houses all
over, outside and in, and put the win
dows in the roof; where they make
their "a licences out of cobble-stones 4;
where the ducks roost on the fence, and
hatch their young ones in the tops of the
| cherry trees, where the men look so
much alike, their wives often kiss the
wrong individual. Damphool says it's
way the women have all the world
over.) Went to the City of Providence,
where all the men make jewelry, and all
the women believe in spirit-rappings,
where they've got bridge wider than
it is long, and Macadamized on both
sides, where all the plaster-busts of great
men have gray wigs on, where they light
the gas In the middle of the afternoon,
where they drive five horses tandem,
where the apples grow as big as wash.
tubs, and the oysters obtain the ennor-
nous size Of three-cent pieces. Went
into the woods after chestnuts couldn't
find any, but discovered a magnificent
tree in the d:stance-rejoiced exceeding
ly thereat-started for it-three quar-
tiers of a mile away; went ahead, over
stones, bitches, fences, snakes, briars,
and stone walls, until, at last, I reached
it, and found it was an elm, no chest
nuts on lt-got very mad walked round
the State a couple of times, and took the
first train for home.
Glad to see the old place again.
Saw big crowd in the Park-inquir-
ed about it, and was told the usual street.
screeching was going on-wanted to see
the fun-got good place, on a fat Irish
mans toes. Enter Gabriel-tin horn
hole in his pantaioons-(Bull Dogge says
that if angels have wings, they are also
provided with tails-hence this last
item y thought it extremely proabIe.
Gabriel mounted one end of the Citv
Hall steps, and rfter preliminary over
ture on his horn, and slight skirmish
among the faithful, resulting in four
black eyes, a damaged nose, and bro
ken leg, the religious services commen-
ced-(Damphool was entirely carried
away by bis sampathies for the last mar
tyr, but soon discovered that the frac-
tured member was "purely vegetable"
as the patent medicine men say, and the
injury was speedily repaired, by means
of few shingle-nails, and piece of
clapboard Gabriel went in to win
but, spite Of the sancity of his name,
and the holiness of his aforesaid breech-
es, he was not permitted clear field.
A female, with bosom undressed, in the
latest fashlon---pctticoats, (Damphool
says shrtlcoats) not immaculate stock
lngs, through the texture of which, her
delicate ancles were visible to the naked
eye, whose hair resembled molasses can.
dy, with nose symmetrical as an
overgrown sweet potatoe, and, in hue,
not unlike the ma. tyred lobster, and
whose teeth reminded me forcibly of the
crags and peaks'' mentioned by the
man in the play, took up her station on
the other end of the steps She, like
Gabe, went in for giving the Church of
Rome " jesse" but, otherwise did not
agree him. Did not seem willing to 90
Heaven by his conveyance, but claimed
to have discovered some kind of north
west passage, some exclusive path ''across
lots, and she advocated her right of
way, with all her woman's power of
tongue in fact, they agreed only toler-
ably, " Areades ambo'-both Celestials,
but of different breed~--(B. D. SAYS,
that, some time since, they joined issue,
on the Devils head one asserting that
he has horns, and the other maintaining
that his birthstone friend is muley J
but they both pitched into the Pope
abused all foreigners, denounced the
Church Of Rome, walked into the affect
ions of the Catholics generally, talked
learnedly of priests, inquisitions, dun
geons, thumb-screws, martyrs, converts.
nunneries, and other luxuries, as being
the only legimate offspring of the mother
of denominations, the scarlet woman and