The Nevada journal., 1855-08-10
A Texas Loafer's SoIilo0uy,

we clip the following quaint scrap from
the Houston Texas Star.
During the hardest of the storm the day
before yesterday, we took lounge down
to the steamboat landing-while standing
on the brink of a deep gully, that emptied
It's torrent OF water into the bayou, our at
tention was attracted to the bottom of the
gully where drunken loafer was stem
ming the torrent, holding on to root
fast anchored in the bank. The poor fell
low, not knowing any one was near him,
was combating his fate manfully, and in
calculating his chances of escape, gave ut
terance to the following:
"Hayn't this orful sitiyation to be
placed in nohow? If was steamboat,
a railroad, or a wood-pile I'd be better
worth fifty cents on the dollar than I'll be
agin. Unless Pm gone case now, their
no truth in frenology I've weighed all
the chances Ike general, and find only
two that bears in my favor: the first is a
skunk hole to crawl into, and the second
special Interpretation of Providence
and the best chance of the two is so slim,
| if | only had the change | would give a
premium for the skunk hole. IF | could
be mink, or a muskrat, or water-snake,
for about two months, perhaps | wouldn t
mount the first stump tother side of the
Rio, and flap my wings and crow over ev-
erlastin' life, scientifically preservated.
But what's the use holdin' on this root
There hayn't no skunk hole in these here
diggins the water is getting tall about a
feet, and if my nose was as long as king
dom come it wouldn't stick out much
longer. On, Jerry, Jerry you're a
gone sucker, and guess your marin don't
know you're out-poor woman won't
she cry the glasses out of her spectacles,
when she hears her darlin' Jerry has got
the whole of Buffalo Bio for his coflin!-
What a pity 'tis some philanthropis or
member OF some human society never had
foresight enough to build house over
this gutter, with steam engine to keep
out the water If they'd done it in time,
they might have had the honor and graft
fcation saving the life a feller being
but its all day with you, Jerry and big
harbor to cast anchor in. It's too bad to
go off in this orful manner, when they
knowns | oilers hated water, ever since ]
was big enough to know 'twant whiskey
| feel the root giving way, and since |
don't know prayer, here's bitt oi
Watts Doxologcr to prove l died a chris
tian.
On the bank where droop'dthc wiler,
Long time ago.
Before Jerry got to the conclusion, he
washed into the bayou, within few feet
of large fat that had just started for the
steamboat; his eye caught the prospect
of deliyerance, and he changed the bur-
den of his dirge into thrilling cry OF
'heave to passenger overheard and sink
ing, with belt full of specie the man
that saves me makes his tortunep Jerry
was pushed ashore by darkey; and to
show his gratitude, invited Quashy to go
and take doggery and liquor.
SAYINGS OF THE ANCIENTs-W hen
Ptolemy the Second, king of Egypt, look
ed forth one day from his palace window,
afflicted as he was at the time with the
gout, the consequence Of his luxurious in
dulgences, and distracted with kingly anx-
ieties, he observed a multitude of his poorer
subjects reclining in festal case On the
sandy banks of the Nile Miserable fate, ,
said the monarch, 'that my fate hath not
allowed me to be one of them
Anaxagoras, the Clazomenian philoso-
pher, and preceptor of Socrates, being
asked for what purpose he conceived he
had come into the world, answered, 'To
see sun, moon, and stars!' The same phi
losopher being utterly negligent regarding
the politics of his town OF Clamoxene, was
twitted for his Indifference on that subject
by some of his most Jealous fellow citi-
zens, who asked him whether he enter
For my country replied the sage, 1
have always great concern. My native
city, pointing to the heavens, is perpet-
ually the subject of my thoughts
| Chilon, the sage Of Sparta, inquired OF
4H1sop what was Jupiter's employment
what was his regular daily business in the
! skies 'To humble those that are eleva-
ted, and elevate those that are humble,
said the fabulist.
Anacharist, though Scythian, uttered
sentiments as beautiful as those of Plato
himself. Among his tine sayings IS the
one-'The vine bears three grapes: the
first is that of pleasure; the second is that
{ of drunkenness the third is that of sor-
row. A certain Greek poet, in a very
ingenious distribution, gave the first bowl,
or crater, to the Graccs, Hours, and Bac-
:. chus: the second to other heathcn deities;
the third to Mischief.
When Mark Anthony was first fleeing
from his conquror, after the battle of Mu-
tina, one of his acqlaintances gave as a
reply to some person that inquired of him
what his master was about, He is doing
what dogs do in Egypt when pursued BY
the Notwithstanding and running
Cresus, king of Lydia, who felt pre-
sumptuously proud on a count of his pow
er and bis riches, had dressed himself one
dow in his utrnoSf cnlardor of ,,oorol -, Il