San Andreas independent., 1856-11-08

| EXIT Fat, anathemlHlng the dhlrty
wire machine of telegraph" and followed
by not over friendly ejaculation from the
clerk in attendance.
THAT DAM RoARING.-A young buck
went to see the daughter of Presbyterian
elder, lately, whose house was near mill
dam. 1t being the spring of the year, the
waters made considerable of a roar as they
tumbled over the dam. The modest young
gentleman tapped lightly at the door, at
| first, and received no answer He tapped
again-stillno answer. Again and again he
repeated his knock, but still he was un-
heard Mastering up courage, he pro-
ceeded to infict some severe thumps on
the door, which brought the staid old GEN
tleman out
~ suppose" said the youngster, who
had by this time become slightly savage,
from being compelled to wait so long; +"
suppose you could not hear me knocking
for the dam roaring"
"The dam roaring! What do YOU
mean, sir? How dare you speak in that
way?" said the divine, somewhat angered
at hearing the young man swear in his
presence.
II mean to say, sir, that suppose you
could not hear my knocking on account of
the dam roaring"
"Dam roaring, again You young
scoundrell Have you the impudence to
insult me with repetition of those words !?
Begone, sir"
My dear sir, quoth the now bewil-
dered youth, 81 intend to say that [ pre-
sumed | could not be heard on account of
the DAM rooring," laying particular en-
phasis on the last two words.
Insult on insultw shouted the infuri-
ated man, and he rushed at the poor fell
low with the evident intention of ejecting
him, but was restrained by the voice of his
daughter, exclaiming-
"Pappa, suppose the young man in
tended to say that he could not be heard
on account of the roaring of the dam"
"Oh-I beg your pardon, sir-I beg
your pardon-walk in, walk in, really
ah well [ declare The dam roaring !
Capital Come in, come in. That is
really too rich y
1t is needless to add that the youngster
went in, and in the excellent society of the
young lady, soon forgot the 'dam roaring"
REGULARLY SoLD.-During the month
January, 1850, two gentlemen from New
York, one of whom had been in Califor-
MIA nearly year, and the other just ar
rived, were accidentally overheard in the
following conversation at the Sutter House,
Sacramento. The new conner was lamen
ting his condition, and his folly in leaving
an abundance at home, and especially two
beautiful daughters who were just budding
into womanhood-whenhe he asked the other
if he had family.
eyes, sir, I have. I have wife and
six children in New York-and l never
saw one of them !"
After this reply the couple sat few
moments in silence, and then the interroga-
tor again commenced:
Were you ever blind, sir?"
g No sir"
Did you marry widow, sir?"
- NO sir.
Another lapse of silence.
Z" Did | understand you to say, sir, that
you had wife and six children in New
York and had never seen one of them?'
" Yes, sir-I SO stated it."
Another and longer pause of silence
Then the interrogation again inquired:
:" How can it be, sir, that you never
saw one Of them?'
Why" was the response, one Of
them was born after / left"
cob. ahv' and a general laugh fol-
lowed
After that the first New Yorker was es-
pecially distinguished as the man who
had six children and never saw one of
them"