Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1859-05-13
Old Virginia vs.. Suckerdom.

dustiny his boots-to all of which move
men's the Sucker took exceptions. Ii
fually drew up his chair and began:
"Wbar might ,ou be from, stranger ?
81 am from Virginia, sir" politely an
swered the gent.
"From old Virginny, l s'pose!" sal,
the Sucker.
"Ies, sir, old Virginia. was the reply
"Iou are pooiy high up in the picture
thar, | spose," continued the first.
81 don't know what you mean by tha
remark, sir," said the V.rsinian.
"Oh, nulhiu," says The Sucker, "but
that you are desp crate rich, aud hcv been
brought up right nice."
at the information will crafty you in
any way says the geuf, paironizingly
smoothing down his hair, ~ belong to
one of the first f,m3ics :"
'Oh !, in course" answered the Sucker.
"WeIl, stranger, beiu' as you belong to
the fust, III jest give you two of the fat,
test sioats in all Illinois, cf you'll only
find me fcller that belongs to one of the
second Vrginny families
"Iou want to quarrel with me, sir"
says the Nirgiuian.
No, stranger, not an atom," answered
the Sucker, shut | never seed one of the
secoad family, and I'd gin surLin' to git
sigh. at one of 'em know you air one
of the t,s', cause you look just like John
Randolph ~
This Modified the Nirginian the hint of
a resemblance to the statesman was fatter.
ing to bis feelings, and he acknowledged
relationship to the orator
ale, you know" continued the Sucker,
"was descendant of the Ingin gal, POca-
hontas"
"You are right, sir" answered the
other.
swell, stranger says the Sucker, "do
you know thar is anuther queer thing that
always puzzles me-and it is thi.-I never
seed Virsinnyin that didn't claim to be
i'her descended from an Ingin, j John Ran
dolph, or a Niger"
We need not add that the Sucker rolled
off his chair-suddenly! They were sep
arated and kept apart until the Sucker got
off at a landing near his home. As he
stepped ashore, be caught sight of the Vir.
giuian on the upper deck, and hailed him
with
81 say, old Virginny, remember, two fat
shOats for the first feller you find that be-
longs to the second THyjnny tamily"
PHlLoLoGICAL ANEcDoTE.-The Col |
h,ye Record, print published BY the stu
deEts of the Western Reserve College, |
tells this good story, illustrating the COM
parative hexibility of the Latin and Eng
lish languages: :.
"You will observe from the word"
continued the Professor, "the infcxibility
of the Latin language 'Pater' is a faith
er, and here We have 'Patruns,' an uncle
on tho fathers side, and 'Propatruns'
means a great uncle on the fathers side.
Can you make any such change in our
languages Pater, Patruns, Propatruus,
father: is there any way you can change
Jad'er into uncle in English" ?"
81 don't think of any" replied the
hopeful young philOlogist, "unless you
can get him to marry your aunt"
AN INTERESTING BooK-The late
king of Prussia once sent to an aid de-
camp, Col. Malachowki, who was brave
but poor, a small portfolio, bound like q
book, in which were deposited FIVE hun
drcd crowns. Some time afterwards he
met The officer, and said to him, "Ah,
well, how did you like the work which |
sent to ou?' Excessively. sire," re-
piled the Colonel, 81 read it with such in.
terest, that expect the second rolume
with impatience." The King smiled,
and when the officers birthday arrived, he
him with another portfolio, sim
liar in every respect to the first, but with
these words engraved upon it: "This
book is complete m t'co polumes ''
The Louisville Journal says: "The ed
ltor of the Freeport Republican says that
the fugitive slave law may be the law of
the land, but isn't the law of heaven.
Well, let him obey the law of the land
while be is in the land-he'l II have nothing
TO do but obey the law of heaven when he
gets there"
But how is he to get there, if be does
not obey the law of heaven
There was recently duel at Napoleon,
Ark, between doctor and a tailor, in
which the doctor shot the tailor through
he leg, and the tailor the doctor through
he lower extremity of the ceat. They
we're made friends upon the ground of the
loctor agreeing to dress the tailorIs leg,