Mariposa Democrat., 1858-01-07

And l think that, and the force of habit at
home, explains it all to pieces
The "aig' was placed carefully under the
pillow of the captain, while we, who had been
on this deceptive lay, congratulated him on the
recupcration of " that air hens" long dormant
powers, and retired
The morning broke cold and chill and " them
fowls" consequently remained under deck re-
ceiving during the day, the solace of the Cap
tain's attentions So great was the glee of the
Captain, that notwithstanding the elimination
by him, that the reception by Captain Kink,
and by us, the conspirators, Of these wild va
carries, he did not feel satisfied until he had
reused up the nau-seated Editor, who conduc-
ted newspaper in Georgia, and went to bed
armed, who during the whole time since we
had left the Narrows, had yibrated, in his BERTH
between fast decreasing dozen Of Congress
water, and blue figured washbasin. To him
the captain communicated the news of the
advent of that "aig," and from whom the cap
tain expected a leader Of at least n columns
length in the ,StingDiHe Castigator. The
editor, in the pauses of his attentions to the
bottled waters, for which he. was kind Of
cial receiver, did not enter into the spirit Of
the captains enthusiasm, with any degree of
warmth; but hinted something about I'D
sensations" and "horrible retchings," and
painfully suggested that "when he got round
be should be most happy to o"-&c., &c. So
the captain, thinking that the fighting cock
dodge. was not the game of the editor, changed
the topic, and to the inexpressible horror Of
his white gilled victim, dcscanted on the pleas
ures Of the table, as connected with fowls gen
orally, and the Shanghai in particular. Sea-
pies and gris, roasts and broils, passed under
the captains powers of laudation; until at last
he came to an admirable dissertation on de-
licious dish which he had ate in Bengal; and
which he said was dressed with curry and in
which frizzled fat pork formed prominontin-
gredent. In moment the EDITORS stomach
showed signs Of additional rebellion; one hard
grasped the aforesaid wash-bowl, and the other
the handle Of a Bowie-knifc which laid convc-
nienty concealed under his pillow. Seeing
which, and seeing also that the EDITORS stomach
would be apt to keep him busy for some time
to come, the captain kindly withdrew, promis-
ing as he left to drop into the stateroom again
"and talk the matter over" when the editor
was moro at leisure.
Now, | hate long yarns and feeble descrip-
tions, and instead Of boring you with carefully
elaborated detail, I'll simply certify that on the
night of the second day, that miracle of hen,
true to her antipodean habit, laid a second
'aig, which the delighted captain found warm,
and, as he asserted, newly drappcd."
OF course he received our united congratu-
lations, and an invitation to potato with me, in
the midst of which said: "What do you
intend to do with the eggs?'
GLOW long dye reckon you'll stay in Charles
toni" he inquired.
"a day or two" I replied.
"Very weIl," he rejoined; "this is the
twenty-second of the month; we shall get
there on the twonty-fourth, and the next day
will be Christmas If this ere hen keeps on
a layin', / shall have four of them aigs by
Christmas Now, whenever lspend Christ
mas at home, the old lady
"Mrs. Bnnacle," suggested.
"Just So" he continued she makes, with
her own hands, dye mind a Christmas cake;
and intend to turn these ere ags into that
are channell"
"a grand idea" suggested Harry.
Sand, he resumed, "if you'll just drop up
to my snug little crib, Christmas night-you
two, and Kink, and that feller with the white
choker," (nodding at the Reverend land he's
gay old dominie-youll just find one of the
d-dest incest Christmas cakes on my table
you ever saw in your life don't say nothn
about the surroundin's, I'll let them speak for
themselves My wife's church member, but
very liberal-would do to travel in double
harness with that dominie-and shall have a
few keards lyin' around loose, and all the ma
terals Tor snug time generally"
That hen was wonderfully prolific! On the
following day she laid third egg, and on the
day of our arrival at Charleston she had twins
I told Harry thought he was crowding feath-
cred nature a little too hard, but he said if the
chen could stand it the captain would" |" and
he did.
On the night of the oath of December, Harry
and found ourselves snugly located in the
Planters Hotel, cozily discussing divers whisky
punches, putting the fragrant weed and COM
menting on tho pleasant events of the passage.
Before we retired that night it was agreed that
early on the next day we should pay our re-
spects to the captain; and so on the following
morning, after breakfast, we repaired to neat
little mansion in the outskirts of the city,
knocked and gained admission. We found the
captain indulging in the luxury of cigar and
reading the columns of the Charleston Mer-
csgy He was very glad to see US ordered
up something which significantly hinted at the
commitments of the season and after vvn had