Civilian & telegraph. [volume] (Cumberland, Md.) 1859-1875, 1860-08-16
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NOT AN L UNCOMMON CASE.-a traveller
from Virginia, as his. appearance indicated,
stopped at comfortable way-side Inn in
one night, years ego. The land
lord was jovial, whole -souled fellow, as
landlords were in those days, and gave the
stranger the best entertainment his table and
bar could afford, as well as his own merry
company, to make him glad.
Early in the morning the stranger was up
and looking around when he .espied a rich
bed of mint in the garden. He straightway
sought Boniface, and indignant at what he
supposed his hospitality, In setting plain
whislcy before him when the means Of BREW
ing nectar was so easy Of access, he dragged
him forth to the SPOT and pointing with his
finger at the mint, he exclaimed:
4 say, landlord, will you be so good as to
say what this is?'
"A bed of mint said the somewhat aston
ishcd landlord.rc ILSlg
And will you please telIme what il is used
for? ut sa'is
'Woll, don't exactly know, 'cept the old
woman dries it sometimes with the other
yarbs.' ...
The yirginian almost turned pale at the
assertion
And do you mean to tell me You do not
know what a mint julep is? st sr
Not 'cept it is something like unto sage
tea, stranger 90,
Sage teal Go right along 10 the house,
get a bucket Of ice, loaf sugar and your best
liquor =a.1a .,
The landlord obeyed, and the stranger soon
made his appearance with bunch of fragrant
dewy mint, and then they brewcd and drank
and brewed and drank again; breakfast was
over, and the strangers horse was brought
out only to be ordered back.
Through the livelong day they brewd and
drank; one or two neighbors dropped in, who
were partakers, and late in the night their
orgies kept up, ere they made i: bedtime, the
landlord and his Virginia guest, who had in
itiated him into the pleasant mysteries OF
mint inlep, were sworn brothers, and when
the latter departed next morning Bonifaco
exacted pledge that he would stop on his
return; and stay as long as he pleased, free
of cost. y.
The strangers business, however, detained
him longer than he expected, and it was tho
next summer before he came back.
Riding up late in the evening he gave bis
horse to an old negro who was at the gate,
and said:
We'll, Sam, how is youf rnaster?
Yonncr he come, said the negro, pointing
to a youth who was approaching.
Il mean your MASTERY
old massa! him done dead fot dis thres
monthsp
Dead! What was the matter with him.
He was in fine health when | left him.
'Yes you sec, massa stranger, one oi dem
Virsinny gemmans come long here las year,
and showed him how 10 eat grass in his Tx
er. he like it SO well he done stuck to it till
it kill him, said the darkey shaking his head.
SIMPLE DIvIsIoN.-A southern planter
named F., pretty well to do in the world now,
was, some twenty years. ago, q poor boy on
the eastern shore Of Maryland. One OF the
most marked traits of his character was an
inordnate love of money. In the course of
time P. was ofase, and thoughti it was about
time to get married. He went to neigh
boring village and was introduced to the
daughter of Judge B. gao
I'ine gall said the embryo speculator to
his friends, who were gaining him an entrance
among the elite.
Very
'Hnw much might Judge B. be WORTH
About ten thousand dollars, was tho reply
And how many children has he got con-
tinued Pr
'Only Three,
"fhrec into ten goes three times and third
orer,' mentally ciphered p.
Here was chance, and he improved it too.
He made love to the beautiful and unsophis+
ticated daughter of the Judge and all his pos
sessions. Strange to say, for he was untoutli
a looking cur as ever went unlicked, his suit
prospcrcd, and they were married. Tho
honeymoon passed of as honeymoons do,
and they were happy. The bride was lively
and chatty, and alluded to her brothers and
sisters Startled at 50 many names he thought
should not be in the catalouge of relations,
one evening at tea he said:
My dear, thought there was but three Of
you ...
so there are, but pas FIRST wife had eight
more .. ..tjTl .-
Eleven into ten, no TINES and none ocer,'
said the astonished p, who had jumped up
and kicked over a chair, and groaned in per-
feet agony I'm soldP -..q. ...t