The North-Carolinian., 1856-03-15
N0HlII CAROLINIAN.

"a YE TIE TILLE. \. C..
A FISH STORY.


Anthony street, near where the new theatre is
i'll courses OF constructions, which, if brief
descrlptlea may convey an adequate impression
of it, is vel worth telling.
One oIIhe laborers growing thirsty beneath
the inflprnee OLA hot sun, went hastily over to
tile nearest hydrant for drink, and cIapping
his monttIto the spout, imbbcd the Croton as
it came, @ih the most forcible and plentious man
ner ma.sssiable. Hardly had poor Paddy
however.sEsted the gushing fluid that distend-
ed his cl& Is, when he boited upright, and with
a loossss- ed horror commenced q series
of par tonI'nc cont ortons which were absolutely
painful to witness.
'Ow-ow--uSh! he groaned convulsively
at the same time clawng at his throat in a
frenzied manner, while he spirited the water out
again with the energy of wounded whale; p;
then suddenly recovering the use of his Speech
he shouted
'Och murther! but he's gone; its all over
with me now!"
''What's gomez" exclaimed the crowd that
had gathered around him.
I've swallowed him! Oh howly St Patrick
I've swallowed him.
and what the duce is it that ye've swa!-
| lowed?
a snake, a numbering snake, Oh, holy
Patrick protect me-
| Sure then, yc've made savin O yer dinner"
said fellow-laborer, more alive to fun than
sympathy, while il shout of mingled incredulity
and laughter followed in which the poor sut-
ferer could hardly refrain from joining.
But was it alive manY inquired sympa-
! thizng individual, when the excitement subsi-
detl
Alive, did ye say?' BY the blessed powers,
ye didn't think I'd be after ating him dead
Alive, is 1t? And didn't lie jump down my
threat i'll spite of my teeth?'
Then clapping his hands to his stomach lie
cxclaimed:
Och, hone, he's squirming now Oh howly
St. Patrick! Oh, why didn't ye do yer work
entirely, and kill the snakes in this numbering
country too? Help, he'll bite the insides OF
me. Oh, how!y Moses! Help! murthcr! fire !!
Aud poor Pat, distracted by fear, cut up
more capers than Camanche Indian would at
a war dance.
Tut, tut, tut Be quiet, man, returned
another.
How do yon know it was a snake?'
How do | know, is it! Didn't | feel him
wrisyling his tail2 Oh, howly St. Patrick
deliver met
\ benevolent looking gentleman here sug
| sestcd that it>ni@ht possibly be fish, OF per
haps al eel, and remarked there ought to be :;
filter attached to every hydrant in the city, as
the water was full of all sorts Of animalcul;e.
Its an all, it's ail! howled the lod!nan
catching at the idea. Mike, it's an all Run
for filter, and yell catch the rascal prisintly
a filter, filter! was the general cry: run
for a filter, Mike'
Without pausng to inquire into the feast
bility of using the article in question for the
purpose desired the poor distracted son of Erit
started with the speed of a race horse for the
Office in Broadway where the figure of Hebe
standing in the window, 'pours her never ceasine
fouut
y what dye call emp cried he rushing
frantically into the establishment.
\ snake catcher, for the love of! A
snake catcher! Oh, howIy st. Patrickn he
continued. snatchng up filter and applying il
to his lips.
Come out wild ye, ye thaef Of the world
MY good fellow said the astonshcd hero O.
diaphray GINS, what is the matter with yon?'
Matter, is III? isn't everything the matter:
4 snake is the matter! Ive got an all in my
belly! aboo-hulab boo.
AN eel! How came an eel in your stomach!
And didn't the yarmint jumpt in my mouth
without sa wing 'by yer leave said the hewil
Gercd Sufferer, endeavoring to screw the filter
int his lips
; But my man, that won't Go you any goot
now It should have been attached to tht
hydrant, and then you might have drank witt
! perfect safety
And won't it catch him nowr asked oul
Mike, in piteous tone, turning aehast ht
dropped the instrument in despair.
'Of course not--how should it?
Och, murtber! what will become OF me?' eX
claimed Mike, with an agony truly painful t.
behold.
Get socdologer fish hook said a wag from
the crowd.
Ran for DOCTOR said another, and get
stomach pump
The suggestion was Immediately follow ed
| and he started for drag store by. Th
Apothecary, however, applied emetic instea'
of a pump, and the poor fellow, after violen
retching, elected lively black eel about ST.
inches long.
Co. howly st. Patrick he exclaimed, expe
riencng immediate relief, why didn't ye max
, clean work of it and kill the ails as wel-an,
sure they're first cousin to the ugly sarpints :
: Divl drop of water will | drink again in th
/ blessed country"
And, with snndry other resolutions whic
would have shocked the ears of a temperanc
man. Mike, pale and trembling with exhaustion
4 returned to his work.--N. J. Paper.
CoMsG UP.-"Pap, planted some potatoe
in our garden" said one of the smart youths O
this generation to his father 'and what do yo
think came up?"
"Why potatoes, of course"
: 's No street. There came up drove of hog
and eat them all.''
The imam gin in"
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
A New VERs1oN.-Kossuth thus interpret
the Central American Treaty:-"Two Traveller
had but one horse; of them proposed u
agreement on these terms: the first half hon
| You shall walk and will ride: the second l,a
| an honr T will ride and Won shall waIE Tn