Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1855-12-08
From the New York Tribune.
Queer Fish.

DURING the proceedings ot Tue moToIh4
q queer looking customer attracted the at
tention Of the lookers.on. He was short,
stubby man, about thirty years of age, with
long brown soap locks and norid lace.-
He seemed quite impatient, and at short
Intervals would rise from his seat and then
sit down again. He watched the judge
closely, seemingly anxious to hear his own
name called. Alter waiting for SOME tiu,r
without being gratifed in hi, wish, he ad
dressed the court. lie SAID
why in Enumeration, Squire, don't
you give 'Merieans the fast chance, and
TO. keep 'em waitin' Till you've put all
them darned Greeks asoak.'
The Court--"W hats your name. sir?'
"Prisoser-"Bili Sherman, and nothing
shorter; you can bel your bowels on that.
Squire.
The Court-"Well, Mr.. Sherman, your
case will be reached ina few minutes. In
the mean time keep cool.
Mr.. Sherman-"Sqaire you might as
well ask inan 10 keep cool when he was
ios.n' at game oil old sl.agt in All air.
tight oven.
After disposng of three or four short
cases the Judge called out the Aame OF
! William Sherman.
MIR. Shernsn stepped forward.
The Offices ho arrested Mr.. Sherman
stated that he .ourd him eadeayouflbg to
pull canvass awning down IRON its place
III Nausau street; on expostulailng with
b,,n for his CONDUCT, Mr.. Sherman swore
that il was shirt which belonged to his
a., Ia. J. ar nj marx
upon it the week previous; the mark, he
said, was red spot where he bad killed a
be..-bug by hitting him with all anvil; be-
liieyinp Mr. Shern.an, 10 be mistaken he
brought hin in.
Tie Cuurt-Mr. Sherman, what have
you got 10 say!
Mr. Sherman-"I 'spect the less said
the better; the soger here ho brang me
in is a putty decent felier, considerin'
til ough Hank Spencer, who used to be
CAPTAIN Of the Tprnail invincibles, has got
a coat that tax es the shine tight out OF
hs'n."
.Where are you from. Mr.. Sherman?"
81 was born and raised III Port Bay, but
have speut considerable time on Cfusoe
Lake.
sWhnt State mean:
"Weil, Squire, I'm Gust # You're very
well posted. For the accommodation of the
poprllalion, Port Bay ~as put down next
10 Lake Ontario In the moth side oi
Vague county to keep the bu.heads
from dyln. BY !hn"der, Squire, you
hsin'l never seen the world Till you've
seen Port Bay; there's more Shermans
there than YOU can shake stuck d. IN
week. The deportation let's corn and per.
tatris grow wild, but thr great agi!cuiiu-
raj products are buliheads A young gals
edlcation isn't iinish.d ill she can skin
live buiihead and fry IT in inside of three
minutes The popera,.oh never sees mon
ley except When there's circus or show,
and then bu!lhcads sell in the villages Yea.
DIV skinn-d at shiilin hundred. Wa.
ter is considered an excellent taing Tor
bulihesd rising by the men, aud for steep
ing green tea by the women. when the
bulhrad cropis harvested, the ropeiial'oI.
goes TO trappin' maske.s. The outlet OF
the bay is about four feet vide and six in-
ches deep. and the deportation quarrels
like thunder sometimes about who has
the best right to pu' their loks III ii. Old
Aivah Rood stuck to II thar II he could cut
IA canal iio,n port Bay to Crasoe Lake the
popei lalion could find market ior bull
heads i'll New York"
"Where il C;usoe Lake, Mr. Sherman
Squire, amt jogerphy teacher, but
/ dout care if do ehllshten ,ou little
You see, Squire, one corner OF Wayne
rounty Nus sci aside and called Savannah.
Thai corner happened to be ,hunderin
b,s Swamp, except Ctusoe Lake, which Is
ali water. Well, there is numerous pop
CREATION Of swamp angels and nnskee,ers
vegetables. Evcn family that hasn't got
COW keeps a barrel OF rot-g gut AID its sul-
pr,siu' how quick the babies Learn to smell
out Of the bung. They weak em when
suck m.skey and walm water, lived be-
tween Port bay and Ciusoc Lake 50 years.
and then cut stick for the canal. I've been
bowsman Oh a scow ever sUce except in