The North-Carolinian. [volume] (Fayetteville [N.C.]) 1839-1861, 1856-04-12

Joy lights thine eyes. Ps xvi. IL.
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Paddy and the Lovers,
| OR, AN UNsoC1ABIE BEDFEILow
| \ few months since son of Erin about
| eight o'clock one evening, called at country
inn in the western part of Pennsylvania, and
demanded lodgings for the uight. 1t was
| evident from his appearance and actions that
| he and liquor had been quite Jolly companions
throughout the day The Landlord was lazy
good natured SOUL and had imbibed rather
freely that day himself
| "If give you a light and tell you where the
| room is you find the place?" said the land
| lord
| "Och and it's mcscf that do that most
! it as asy as the Holy Virgin showers down
| blessings upon the sinful" rejoincd the IRISH
| man.
The directors were given him and also a
| candle. He was directed to go to Il room Oh
| the second floor i'll the house. BY the time he
had reached the top Of the stairs, his light had
become extngushc.i and had forgotten in what
direction he was to 20. Seeing rays of light
issuing from room, the door of which stood
slightly aar, he reconnotcred the inside of the
| room, and found it to contain bed in which
lay man, and a stand with small lighted
lamp upon it, Feeling disncIncd to make any
further search for the room to which he had
been directed, he divested himself of his cloth
ing and quietly crept into bed. He had been
in but Il few moments when Il young lady and
rn'fc"ra" r"tcreu tire rour'r fi'c fri''''''"''
eyed them closely. They seated themselves on
the chairs. III close proximity to each other,
and after chatting mcrrily for short time the
Young man threw his arm around her waist in Il
very cousny manner and imprinted kiss
upon her tempting lips. There was a witchcry
in it which demanded repetition. The scene
| amused the Iri>hnan vastly, and being free
from seliishncss, he concluded that his sleeping
| companion should be participant with him in
the enjoyment Of the scene, nudged him, but
his companion stirred not. He put his hand
upon him and fonnd that he was tightly locked
in the embrace of death. Synonymous with
this discovery, he bounded out of the bed,
eXclaiming:
''Murther! murther! Howly Saints of Ivcn
protect mel"
lie had scarcely touched the floor with his
feet before the young lady and gentleman were
making rapid strides towards the stairway,
terror being depicted on their countenanccs.
They had just reached the top of the stairs
| when the Irshman came lashing along, as
though the fcnds of Erebus were closing at his
heels, intent OH making him their prey, and the
whole three went tumbling down the stairs, and
it is hard to determine which of the three
reached the foot of the stairs first.
The landlord stood aghast as the Irishman
rushed into the bar-roon, with nothing between
him and nudity but garment vnlgarly styled
a shirt, the hair on his head standing upon end
his eyeballs ready to leap from their sockets,
and he gasped for breath. 1t was sight that
| would have made a man laugh who had worn II
vinegar face from the day OF his birth. Nothing
could induce him to seek a bed that night
again. When the young lady and gentleman
found that it was not the corpse that had SO
unccremonionSiy bounded from the bed, they
IL, hniu hp at hfrS
for the night and doubtless commenced their
conrtng at the point where it had SO suddenly
broken Off
THE BEST rWAy-Jcnny-"W el Annie, how
did Won get along with that stupid fool of Il
| lover of yours? Did you succeed i'll getting rio
| of hm?'
Auuie-"Oh! YES! / got rid Of him very
easily married him, and have no lover now.
! (Spoken in modest manner.)
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ANCIENT FAM1LIEs.-It is well known tha
| the Higklanders great sticklers for he
| reditary honors, and trace back with th
! great veneration the origin of families int
| the remotest ages An amusing Instance o
this tenaci1y to hold to the dignity and ant1nit,
of their kindred may he found in the case W.
| subjoin:
| DISPUTE arose between Campbell ane
| Mclean upon the never ending subject Nc
| Lean. would not ALLOW that the Campbells had
any right to rank with the McLcans in antiquity
who, he insisted, were in existence as clan
from the beginning of the world. Campbcll
| had little more biblical lore than his antagonist
| and asked him if the clan Mclean was before
! tho Aood2 Flood! what flood!" said Lean
! The food that you know drowned all the
world but Noah. and his family, and his flocks,
replied Campbell. "Pooh!you and yonr food,
said McLean; my clan was afore the food.
| Il have not read in my Bible said Campbell
"of the name of NJ Lean going into Noah'S ark.
IN oah's ark" retortcd MLean, in contempt
.'who ever heard of M'Lcan that had not ;