, 1858-06-18
DisceIIaNg.
IounE America speaking the Lingo.

trxf, /, Young America Speaking the Lingo.
Young man." inquired puzzled trav-
: eler at point Of his journey where theway
diyerged in different directions" which Of
these roads will take you to Manchester 7"
- =. Neither, sir; but il you waitan hour the
stage will be along to take you to town for
tYou appear to be. a shrewd boy, but not
particularly charged with manners. How
q Old are youln
e aI'mhoein' around my fifteeH.h year; and
as for being shrewd, they reckon me that
away around here. have knocked the spots
Oft old Dabad, and beat the schOolmaster
at sseyen up and parsing; but when you
talk about charged with manners, I'm well
loaded and rammed too ]"
aHaTe YOU paren's living I"
sParenfs living l--if you mean the old
man and .woman-no thank you they
did, and let me TO play the thing alone"
with whom do you resideL mean
with whom do you live r.
aWell tharg If you call living, being
bound out till you're one and twenty to one
Of the meanest men that ever set down 10 a
billed dinner, I live up the hill there, to old
Waggoner's, whofar il With me and yoke
Of roam stag ]" Te
~ sfMy young friend, your early culture
seems 20 ha Q been sadly neglected. Have
you ever enjoyed Sabbath privileges:"
.Sl@YOu'd better think 50 there amt a
$ hedgehog nor a wO0dchnck within three
miles Of here, Old Waggoner has the mea !,
and have the hide and iallow."
eWhat may call your name, my lad :"
~ You can't make any mistake, call me
what you have the most Of; but my genuine
name Is Alph Chesebro--ior quick they call
me Cheesey. But have wasted more time
than common can hear the old boy giving
tongue and must worm Of, or the old boy
will be here and lick us BOTH So, captain,
consider me yours, and If you'll eddy around
some Sunday, TIL show you fun or pay the
ruml" a
David Constable says there Is one advan.
iage about old fashioned irigates They drag
90 much dead water behind that, If man
fallslorerboard on Monday, you need not
stop ill Friday to pick him up again. He
never gets beyond few yards from the
1lclnpost IL confirmation Of this opinion,
be reler rs ioa vellknown anecdote con.
nccied with Captain Pompous, Of the frigate
Wash Tub One evening, while Tgnrine
up the Mediterranean under ,siIlnl1o
brscle. Pompous came on deck Just before
laudoen, and entered into the following con.
rerIation with Mr. Smile, the frst lieuten-
anti
~ heard little noise on deck, just now,
Mr. Smile; what was the cause Of III"
A man feIl lfom the fore-yard.n
Without saying another word, Capt. Pom.
roas entered ihe cabin. and was not seen
until the next morning after breakfast, v hen
ho once more refreshed the deck with his
pre- ence. and again entered into conversation
with The first Lieutenant
think you told me, Mr.. Smile, that a
man |l|i overheard from the foreyarc, last
evening
d|1. SIR al'
Have you picked him up yeti"
aWeIl, you had beilsrdoitsome time dur.
IngIhf morning, Or the poorde win begin to
lI1rr1"
The lieutenant obeyed orders, lowered
boat about noon, and found the gentleman
Who disappeared from the fofc-yard, bot
eighteen inches further aslern than be was
lourtecn hours before. He was lying on
BE back i11t a1leop. ~ lc'fa9
Z, We ct this ftoin q an eyewilness.n
E.InIur ~ arrourf.