East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1864-03-30
/" Tphit on It."

A good story has becntold Of a lisp
Ing officer in tho army, having been
victimized by brother officer (noted
for his cool delibcration aud his strong
nerves), and his getting square with
him in the following manner: Tho
cool joker, the Captain was always
quizzing tho lisping niiicer, n Iienten-
ant, for his nervousness. 80 mEai
"Why," said he, ono day, in the
presence of his company, nervous
ness is all nonsene: l tell you, Lieu
tenant, no brave man will be nervous" !" 2
"Well," inquired the lisping friend q
" how would you do, thpose she'll
with an inch futhe SHOULD drop ittheh
into walled angle, i'll which you had
tiken theltcr from company of
tharp thooterth, and where 1T wns
thertain if you put out your nose,
you'd get poppered."
How," said tho Captain, winlSing
q the circle, "why, take it cool, and
81 it on the fuse" 7se nd .spq
The party broke up and all retired,
except the patrol The next morning
number of soldiers were assembled
on the parade and talking III clusters,
when along came the lisplng Lieuten-
ant. Lazily opening his eyes, lie re-
marked: ~"
81 want to try an experiment thith
morning, and thoe how exthecdingly
cool you can be-" as
Saying this he walked deliberately
into the Captaiii's quarter, whore q
fro was burning OH the hearth, and, 2
placing in its hottest centre powder
canister, instantly retreatcd. There
was but one mode Of egress from tho
quarters, and that was upon the pa
rado ground, the road being built up
for defense. The occupant took one
look at the canister, comprehended the
situation, and in q moment dashed at
the door, but it was fastened On the
outside ~ .,
"Chailey, let me out if you lovo
me-" shouted the Captain. .iIa.' ao.u :
Thpit on the canithter - shouted
he in return. .rt ....,;.,s-.
Not moment was to be lost. He
hal at first caught up blanket to-
cover his egress but now dropping it.
he raised tho window and out he
bounded, sans culottcs, sans everything
but very short under garment; and
thus with hair almost on end, he dash
ed upon full parade ground. Tho
shout which hailed him called out tho
whole barracks to SEQ what WAS tho
matter, and the dignified Captain pull
ed q Sergeant in front Of him to hide
himself. h unil
Why didn't you tlpit Oh it {? in
quired the Lieutenant.
Because there were no sharpshoot-
crs in front to stop retreat" answer
cd tho Captain. sim,T
''All / goi to the, then, ith," said
tho Lieutenant, that you might
thafely have done it; for I'll thwaro
there wasn't a thingle grain Of pow
dor in it. fW rGaF et
The Captain has never spoken Of
nervousness since.
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Several Of tho posts on the quay at
Peel, us.d for the moorng of the vci-
sclo III tHc ftifDOr, we're Oiu lTOn guns,
which had at one time formed q por-
tion of the guns formerly moSnted On
Peel Castle. 1t appears that in con-
sequence of reports recently made by
some visitors to Peel, inquiries were SOB
on foot, at the instance of the apsholl--
ito. at tho War Office, ielatiye 10,
these guns, tho result of which was
that they were inspected by competent
persons, and reported as being. the
earliest specimens Of rifed cannon
known TO exist. A correspondence
botvoen tho War Office, the Secretary
Of State, and his Exccllcncy tho Iieu-
tenant Governor onspcd, which, result
el in the determination Of her Ma es-
tvs government To have the guns ts-
kan up &ou, their position on Pesl
Quay, and 10 be wardod to tho royal
arsenal AZ Woolwich, as among tho
most rare and early specimens Of n
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