The Westerly echo, & Pawcatuck advertiser. [volume] (Westerly, R.I.) 1854-1858, 1856-05-08

cases he should leave the law and open
as a dentist, as be was well acquainted
with the art of setting teeth. He then
held up one flo, as signal that he had
flushed.
The Sea Serpent did not wish to in
trude upon the Convention, as he did
not know whether he properly belonged
to the fi-h tribe did not wish to ap.
pear oficious. All he asked was not to
be classcd with the Eel, whom he con-
sidercl slippery character. Here
the Eel VAS observed to wriggle.1 Late
ly, he WAS quietly passing certain spe
cies Of the eel, when just happening to
touch him, he haG been 50 shocked that
lie hardly recovered. The Eel hastily
rose and said he was electrified at these
remarks. II Was evident to him that
the Serpent was moro than half seas ov-
or, aud if he was not careful would got
himself into'a regular coil As for his
hcing a slippery character he thanked
Neptune he didn't belong TO such a
scaly set as the Serpent. The Whale
called the Eel to order, and the Feel
called the Whale a confounded old
swcll.head, and was then summarily put
out Of the Convention.
The Turtle was suffering from a slight
indiSposi,ion. lie was walking ashore
short time since, when he met a party
of jolly young sailors. The result wa.
that he was laid fiat on his back, and
was unable to move for some time, and
since he had not felt as lively as usual
There was one thing to which he would
call the attention Of the Convention h,
pridcd himself upon the purity Of hi:
political principles ; he was the alder
mans best friend The Shark had
lately insulted him by calling bm re.
gular old hard she'll Here the Shark
interrupted him by asking if that was
not his case The Turtle replied that
lie should say nothing more at present
but should have something to lay before
the next meeting. The Shark replied
contrmptuously, Yes, few eggs, prob
ably
The Porpoise die not cxacJly under
stand the purpose of the Convention,
nor whether all the members were pres
ent. The Secretary shall the r0U.-
The Whale called him to order, and
was sorry to see him rccliDg about in
that disgracerul condition. His motion
was entirely out Of order, and lie ap-
pcarcd to be attempting to get up a
revolution The Porpoisc assured the
Convention that his movements proceed
cd cntilely from the motion Of the
waves, but still be should waive lis mo-
ton. lie then took back scat, amid
cries of You're a blower )
The President remarked that he
should be happy to hear from some oI
the small fry, the Oyster, Lobster and
Others, who, if not of the bcnc and sin
cw Of the tribe, were at least the Mus
clos. The Oyster proceeded to cpcr
his case, which was hard one. IlC
was continually in trouble, and always
III some Stow VT DIoll' lo ndu IdIllD
troubles, too bis half brother, tn,
Clam, was a disgrace to the family, al
ways in liquor, and generally considered
a squirt Some of the family were
very lazy, and spent most Of their time
in beds. There had been also some
rakcs am3pg them, creating great dis.
! tur bancc. He was most respectable
himself; his father was quite distin.
guished, and his maternal ancestor was
Mother of PEARL lie went in for his
own rights, and did not care whether
the rest got theirs or not. The Jew
f,h remarked that dat vosh very shell.
Gsb.'1 The Oyster continued there
was one Of his noighbors-hs would not
call any namcs-who we're very surly
and grabbed that he was one sided
individual, and no ono approved of hi,
motors. The Crab protested against
this abuse, and said that tho rest took
advantage Of him because he was soft.
lie respectfully retired backwards.
Here the Cod Fish entered, and apol-
ogizcd for his lateness, as he had been
visiting school lie thought the