The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1859-06-15
MISCELLANEOUS.

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.a~.., From the MY. Times.
"A Little More Leg, Charley.n
The other evening, we CHANGED to NEE
an old policeman, whose fun is as exhaust
+. less a. his taste for S. Q. P. brandy and in
dubitahle ''old rye" We kindly took tn,
Did stager by the arm. and after a few pre-
raratory remarks, asked him if he hat
anything new to tell. The sturdy old DO,
surveyed US for some minutes through
lens of cut glass, and then smiled quite
dandy.
did ever tell you about Charley b,
FIRE rope?' he asked.
NO" said we.
. 'rhanlet's take something, said he, "anc
you shall hear all about it,"
The ex-polceman did take some thing, anc
then he said:
"Charley B, you know, was capital fel
low, that boarded in Amty place; but sict
sleeper never did see. WHY, that char
would go to sleep with brass band in each
ear and an old woman beating tin pan on
his stomach Well Charley Joined a hose
company, and he had great ideas of running
to fires, but his sleep troubled him, and he
sat up for two whole nights, for fear a fire
should break out and he not know it.
At last he came TO me, for my beat Law
right past his boarding house, and, SAYS
he:
Tom, l want You 10 do me favor"
Spit il out says l."
We'll, says he, 'I'Il be darned if III
lay awake any longer, but I'm going 10 tie
rope to one Of my feet, and let Il hang
out Of the window at night. When
.hsrsss frs yo Hd iSst s!SS sd ts rehstEibis
hot &c. ssszzE.:z----.. ]
snu ySu s7Ianf Sleep after the
first tap Of the bell .
Wow, you see tbs first night alarm in
that district after that, was on bitter cold |
night, and ] made up my mind to warm |
myself at Charley's expense, so l went to |
his boarding house and commenced peering
about for that rope. Thought he had forgot |
II, at hrst, but when got onto the stoop, l |
saw It hanging from second story window,
about halfway between the end Of the house
and the stoop railing
How does the natural fool expect me TO
pull that ?" says to myself.
But got over the railing, and with ny
heels on the edge of the stecp, commenced
reecnlng tor the rope. | managed to git
ho!d OF 1t and was just giving it one savage
pun 70 relieve my feelings, when my feet
clipped. and away swung like kite hang
ing from a roof The first thing I heard
vas like several claps of small thunder, and
then the rope give with a vengeance! 7
felt myself lower until the tips Of my boots
lust touched the airy pavement: and when
looked up hang it if there wasn't Charley
with the longest leg ever did see, a hanc-
ine out of the window, and he straddIiny
the sill lopsided like, and screaming
like California monkey with his tail on
fire. - -
oh, intruder fire. I'm dead ,-ouick
Let 60 you fool'' rcared the sleepy fell
Now you see that made me mad he
cause Ia done it all out Of kindness, and
held on like wax
'Murder!" yelled Charley
A little more leg, Charley" saws and
then let 60, for the house was raised. and
crowd was collecting They hauled him
IN with one leg about yard longer than
the other, and swearing till he was blue
around the mouth. / tell you he didn't
leave home for a week, and should not
wonder il his tailor had 10 make him some
new pantalcons He always thought that
dldn' mean it, concluded our ca ob;c,o
Trend With an innocent wink
sOh, q course not"
Hold on Devil.
In the early days Of the State of Ind,
ana, the capital was Corydon; and the an
nnal session Of the General Assembly usu.
ally brought together as Wild set Of mad |
~ags as could be found in the State, who
had to rely upon their own resources for |
amusement, for there were then few thea
tres, concerts or shows.
Ihessl lovers Of mischief had established
q mock lKdspnic Lodge, into which they
would entice such as were a little green, and
take them through variety Of ridiculous
ceremonies, to the infinite amusement Of
the crowd .s
On one Of. these occasions, il being un
derstood that good-natured athletic young
man, about half simpleton, was to be init.
ated the room was crowded, Judge Grass
" being character in which he was pc
cGilarly happy had consented 70 act the
roll OF devil; and to make the services
more impressive had put on a false face
and large paper cap surrounded with
horns, end with some chains in his hand
placed himself behind screen.
After taking the candidate through va
riHty OF ceremonies he was brought TO a
stand before the screen, and told that he
had then 70 confess all the crimes he had
committed during his whole life He con-
fessed some trivial offences, aud declared
that he could recollect no more At this
the Judge came out from his hiding place,
Eroansd and shook his chains The fright
ened candidate related some other small
matters, and declared he had disclosed all
the crimes he had ever committed. At this
the groans Of the pretended devil became
furious, the chains rattled and he shook his !
horns in tho face Of the terrified candidate.
who starting back "a alarm. cried out
nH.hold on H-Rsist6 D,derl, If IA-nmst
= I'll GOV, T did E,zSss yju1ge Ggrass
e-tc;ts 0oco1r,s Of t-.fmss? s.
The groaning ceased.