Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1857-06-27
A Capital Jeu D'Esprit.
REPORT OF a FIsny CONVENTION.

convention. to take into consideration the
conduct of the Ocean, and also of mankind
in general The Whale was elected Presi-
denI, and from his greatness might be termed
the Prince of Whales.
lie opened the convention by stating that
he did not wish to make a speech; he would
take up as little room, and be no longer than
possible. (Cheers.)
The Shark whispered to the SwordfiSb
that il @ns not possible for the Whale to be
much longer, for be was eighty feet now ;
in his opinion, he only wanted chance to
spout, and he considered him as regular
old Wo'Oer
The Whale contended that, notwithstand-
ing bis great size, he was not exempt from
suffering. He had been grossly insulted by
man-he would say hmpooned, not chat
he would pun upon the use made Of his fat,
as lie did no. wish &c ;aGke light or such
matter. He had been harpooned at least.
Man had been sarcastic towhios him, and
MS shafts were sharp and pointed. Some
of his fellow whales had Been very much
cut ZIP and cxceedingly hiW He had late
Is learned that u substitute for oil had been
invented, which might lessen the persccu.
ton of whales. but be learned ii was al
gas. The whale alluded to harpoon which
had lately hit hint made great impres-
SION upon him, and i've feared mad affected
him deeply. (Great sensaton.) Here his
feelings overpowered him, and he sat down
ION the shark amid a general UuJJcr.
The Shark rose with some difficulty, and
remarked that the tail of the whale had
movcd him; in fact, it was very str4kiag.--
His own situation was far from pleasant. He
was by profession lawyer aud be tlaltercd
himself one of the deep kind (Cheers and
hugh,er,) But business was bad, and lie
had been obliged to take an few pupils.
lie had already represented .fas opening
10 young mln who fell overheard, but was
soon obliged TO reject his Suit as indiges,i.
"6le. Unless he had more cases he should
ieave the law, and open as dentist, as he
was acquainted with the art OF setting teeth
lie held up one fin as signal that he had
finished
The Sea Serpent did not wish to intrude
upon tho convention, a. he did not knuw
whether he properly belonged TO the fish
tribe. and did not want to appear o6iciouS
a Il he asked was to be classed with The Eel,
whom he regarded as a slippery character.
Here the eel was observed to wrggle -
Lately he was passing certain species of
the eel when he happened to touch him, he
had been SO shocked that be hardly ,recov-
cred.
The Eel arose and said that he was elecs
hifed at these remarks it was evident that
the serpent was more than BAH seas over,
and if he was not careful! he would get him
self into regular coil. AS for being a
"slippery character" be thanked Neptune
he did not belong to such a Scdly set as the
serpent. The Whale called the Eel TO or
der, and the Eel called the Whale con
founded old sweU head, and was then sum
marily put out Of the convention.
Tho Turtle was suffering from a slight
indisposition. He was walking ashore, a
short time since, when he met party OF
young sailors. The result was, that he was
laid fiat on his back. and was unable to move
for some time. and since he had not felt as
usual. There was one thing to which he
would call sihe attention OF tie convention
| He pridcd himself upon the purity of his
political principles lie was the aldermans
best friend. The shark had insulled him
by calling him regular old hard she'll =
There the Shark Interrupted him by asking
Il was notlhe case y The Turtle replied
that he should say morning more at present
but should have something 10 lay before III,
next meeting. The Shark (contemptuous
| ly yes, a te,o eggs, probably. ,t..os.ts
The Porpoise did not exactly understand
the purpose of the convention, nor whether
| oil 4 ha frI,.
tarY called the roll The whale called him
to order. and WAS sorry to see him reelina
about in that disgraeeful condition. Hi.
motion was quite outef order, and he up
peared to be attempting to getupa reUoLa
| tiOn. The Porppise assured The convention
that his movements proceeded entirely from
the motion of the waves, hut still he should
waive bis mo,ion He then took back sea
} amid cries of yOa'rea 6lower."
The President remarked that he should
be happy to hear from some Of the small
fry--the oystcr lobster, and others---who
if not the "boheaand sinew" of the tribe
were at least che muscles. Tae Oyster pro
ceeded to open has case, which was horo
one. He was continually in lrouble, anc
always in some Stew or broH He had fam
| lily troubles also; his hall brother, the Clam
was q disgrace 10 the family always !,
liquor, and generally considered squirt
Some of his fapsiy were very lazy. ant
spent most Of their time in beds. Fber,
5had also been some sokes among them, ere
| a,ipga great disturbance, lie was most rc
spectacle himself; his father, was quite dis
tinguished. and his maternal ancestor wa
Mother Of Pearl. He. went in for his owr
! rights. and did not care whether the res