The North-Carolinian. [volume] (Fayetteville [N.C.]) 1839-1861, 1861-04-06


doctor ov divinity uvcr got sich call that
Brother Walker must have license fur sartin an
for sure.
The license was granted. the story goes, am
Walker is doubtless making the nous tains rim
with his stentorian lungs
QUIZZING A JEW
Nine persons sailed from Basle down the Rhine
jew who wished to go to Schalamp was allow
ed to come on board and journey with them, upper
condition that he would conduct himself with pro
priety and give the captain Ell hteen kreutzers fo
his passage.
Now, it is true someth' ,lcd in the Jews
pocket, when he struck h l against it bu
the only money there was ,.,erein a twelve
kEeutzer piece f1r the other a hras..h-As.-
Notwithstanding this. he accepted the offer witt
gratitude; for he thought to himself, ''somethins
may be earned even upon the water. There il
many man who has grown rich upon the Rhine ~
During the first part Of the voyage the passengers
were very takativc and merry, and the jew, with
his wallet under his arm-for he did not lay it
asid-was the object of much mirth and m"ckery,
as, alas is often the with those of his nation.
But as the3vesse sailed onward and passed Thuringcn
and Saint Veit. the passengers, one after another,
grew silent, and gaped and gazed listessly down the
river, until one cried
Come Jew! do you know any pastimc that will
amnse US Your fathers must have con trived many
one during the journey in the wilderness
aNo is the time, - thought the Jew, Ito shear my
sheep!' and he proposed that they should sit
around in circle. and PROFOUND various curious
questions to each other, and he, with their permis-
sion, would sit with then. Those who could not
answer the questions should pay the who pro-
ponnf1ed them a twelve krc 1tzer piece.
This proposal pleased the company and hoping
t" divert themselves with the Jews wit stupidity
each one asked, at random, whatever Glanced to
enter his head
Thus for example, the first asked GLOW many
soft boiled eggs could the giant Goliath eat upon
empty stomach ~
All said it was impossible to answer that question
and each paid him twelve krcutzers.
nj hQ lou Say6 Ono for ha hn haSea atom
one egg cannot eat second upon empty stomach
and the Others paid him twelve kreutzers
The second thought: ''Wait, jew ! will try you
out of the New Testament; and think shall win
my piece Why did the Apostle Paul write the
Secon Espitle to Corinthianss.
The Jew said: Because he not in Corinth.
Otherwise, hewould have spoken to them.
So he won another twelve-kreutZer piece.
When the third saw that the Jew well
versed in the Bible he tried him in different way:
Who prol"ngs his work to great length
possible, and still completes it in time ~
The ropemakcr. if he be in,lustrious,' said the
Jew.
In the mean while they drew near % village, and
one said to the other "That is Bamlach.'
Then the forth asked, In what month do the peo
pie of Bamlach eat the least -
4fc jew safu, I'm, February for has only twen-
ty-eight days"
The fifth said ''There are two natural brothers,
ard still only of them is my uncle"
TIE jew said, The uncle is your fathers brother
and your farther is not your uncle"
A fish leapcd out OF the water, and the sixth
asked, What fish have their eyes nearest togeth-
cr 20
The Jew said ''Thc smallest"
The seventh asked. "How can ride from
Basic to Berne, in the shade in summer time, when
the sun shines 20
The Jew said, "When he comes to a place where
there is no shade, he must dismount and go on
foot
The eighth asked, 'When a man rides in the
winter time from Berne to Basle and has forgotten
his gloves how must he manage SO that his hands
shall not freeze ?"
The Jew said. ''He must make fists out Of them"
The ninth was the last This one asked, ''How
can five persons divide five eggs, so that each man
shall receive on, and Still remain in the dsh'
The Jew said, "The last must take the dish with
the egg. and he let it lie there as long as he
pleaseS."
But now it came to his turn, and he determined
to make good sweep. After many preliminary
compliments, he asked with a mischicvous friend
''nc<S, fl"w en- MN fry tw" trout in three pans
SO that trout may lie in each pan -
No one could answer this, and one after tn other
gave him a twelve-kreutzer piece.
But when the ninth desired that he should solve
the riddle, he rocked to and fro, shrugged his
he said at last.
The rest cried aWhnt has that to do with it ?"
Give us the answer?
You must not take it amiss, for I am poor
jew At last. after much persuasion and many
promises shat they would do him no HARM he thrust
bis hands into his pocket. took out one of the
pieces that he had won lad it upon
the table. and said. II do not know the answer any
more than you. Here my twelve kreutzers" "
When the others heard these words, they opened
their eyes, and said this was scarcely according to
agreement. But they could not control their
laughter and were wealthy and good -natured ,nen
and as ths Jaw had hel ped them t" while sway the
time from Saint Vet to Schalanpi they let it pass,
and the Jew took with him from the vesscl--lct a
good arthmctcan reckon up for me how much the
Jew carried home with him. He had twelve
kreutzer piece and brass button when he came on
board. He won nine twelve-krcutzcr pieces by lis
answers, nine with his own riddle, on he paid back
and eighteen kreutzers he gave the captain.
\ CHAPTER NIGcER-The corporate name for
'Cieveand,'' says the Cleaveand ''Plaindealcr," !"
should 5e changed to "Nggcr Town. 1t is now
but little else Six Gays in the week the Black Rcpul-
hcan politicians talk nigger in the streets, and
the seventh day the ministers take up the ao!cful
theme in their pulpits, and dcscant God and our
African brother Democrats have done going to
church since Christ and his cruced, has ceased to
be preached and party abuse in ceaseless floods
emanates from those Coward Castles re-
j"inders not allowed, The Sabbath schools and
thctree schools nurseries for this negro mania.
else than abolition stump speeches. paid for by Sim
s folks at two shllings per head Thus 1t Is that
'o n':sger'' is stuffed DOWN our thrOa is wherever
W - o whatever we do morning, noon and
s' =. a.s'on and out Of season. At the fast and
o'' 'lla"Ass's days. and on festive occasions this
savory se'.lenian Is toasted and roasted, prayed,
preached, hummed and drummed-the incessant
talk. and the all pervaiine tboucht of men.
monkeys, saints, sinners-We have % niger minis
ters Niger marshas, niger constahles nioc or iu
| ries-so, white men have niger wives and som,
white women have Niger babies The African enter.