The weekly Butte record., 1858-11-06
The World,


one OF our principal hotels.
Yes, SIR"
The dinner was brought and devoured. and
the eater called the landlord aside, and thus
addressed him
You are the landlord p
"Yes"
You do good business here?'
"Yes," In asionishment.)
''You make probably ten dollars day,
clear ?'
"Y&."
"Then ! am safe / cannot pay for what l
have consumed. | have been out of employ
ment seven months but l have engaged to
work tomorrow. | had been without food four
and twenty hours when l entered your board
ing house. | will pay you in week.
Il cannot pay my bills with such promises. -
clustered the landlord land l do not keep o
poor house. You should address the proper
authorities. Leave me something for secur-
ty, SIR"
Il have nothing"
81 will take your coat"
any dear sir, if go into the street without
that l will get my death, such weather as
this"
You should have thought of that before you
came here"
You are serious? Well, solemnly aver
that one week from now will pay you"
Il will take the coat"
The coat was left and week afterward re-
deemed
Seven years after that wealthy man enter
ed the political arena and was presented to
caucus as an applicant for Congressional
nomination. The principle of the caucus held
his peace--he heard the name and history of
the applicant, who was member of a church,
and one of the most respectable citizens. He
was the chairman. The vote was tie, and
he cast a negative, thereby defeating the
wealthy applicant, whom he met an hour al
terwards, and to whom he said
"You don't remember me p
NO"
''I once ate a dinner in your hotel and al
though told you was famshing, and pledged
my word and honor to pay you in week, you
took my coat and saw me go out into the in
clement ,air at the risk of my life without it."
"Well, sir, what them"
mot much. You called yourself Chris
tian. To night you were candidate or nom-
ination, and but for me you would have been
elected to Congress"
Three years after the Christian hotel-keeper
wretch that was, is now high functionary in
Albany. We know him well. The ways Of
Providence are indeed wonderful, and the
worlds mutations almost beyond conception or
belief.
DIDN'r SEE Ir-A short time since young
man living in Ogdensburg, whose name we
shall call George took to drinking rather more
than usual, and some of his friends endeavored
to cure him. One day, after he had been drink
ny several times, they got him in room. and
commenced conversing about deiiriun trenaens,
directing all their remarks tp hiss, and telling.
what fearful snakes and rats were always seen
by the victims of this horrible disease, when
the conversation waxed high on this terrible
theme, one of the number stepped out of the
room, and from trap which was at hand, let
large rat into the room None of his friends
appeared TO see it but the young man who
was to be the victim seized chair and hurled
it at the rat, smashing the chair in the opera
ton Another chair shared the same fate,
when his frien IS seized him, and with terror
depicted in their faces demanded to know what
was the matte.
"Why. don't you see that big rat ? said
he, pointing to The animal, which, after the
manner Of rats, was making its way around the
room, close to the walls.
They all saw it, but all replied that they
didn't see it-"there was no rat
But there s!'' said he, as another chair
went to pieces in an Intellectual attempt to crush
the rat.
At this moment they again seized him, and
after terrific seattle, thr- w him down on the
floor and with terror in their faces, yelled:
"Charley run for the doctor p
Charley started for the door, wuen George
desired to be informed "what in h was up"
"Upl' said they, "why, you've got the de-
lirum tremens =
Charley opened the door to 60 out, when
George raised himself on his elbow and said.
Charley where are You going!'
"Gong." !" said Charley, "going for doc
tor"
Going for DOCTOR" rejoined George, "for
what? ?"
For what !" repeated Charley, "why. you've
got the delirium tremens ~
"The delrium tremers-have II" repeated
George. 1How do you know I've got the de-
lirium tremens ?"
Easy enough says Charley you've COM
menced seeing rats.
"Seeing rats p said George, in a sort of
musing way; "seeing rats. Think you must
be mistaken, Charley
Mistaken y said Charley.
"Yes, mistaken rejoined George. liant
the mani haren' seen no rat -
The boys let George up after that, and from
that day 10 this he hasn't touched glass of
liquor, and hasn't seen no rats"
The THAcKERAY AND YATES LITERARY
Row.-Thackeray Us. ~ oung Grub Street is
likely to become cause ceiebre in the Eng
lish courts. Young Grub Street, who is Ed
mund Yates, as is well known, said in pen
and ink sketch that Thackeray was superciI-
ious and that the bridge of his nose had been
broken. This last, is not concealed even by
spectacles and, though Samuel Lawrence. the
artist, when painting the author of Fanty Far,
represented him with upturned face, as If he
were snufiing up the morning air, after late
supper, he was unable wholly to conceal the
effects of the accident. Allusions to personal
deformities are what public men are usually
very tetchy about. So not content with stick
ing Yates into The Eirginians as the manag
ing committee Of the Garrick Club, of which
both are members. Here, rather unexpected
", Charles Dickens and Sir James Willis 1.-THE
judges) sided with Yates. declaring that the
complaint was frivolous. But majority de-
cided that, to avoid expulsion, Yales should
apologize or resign. He declines doing so he
al been duly elected member of the club !;