The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-09-19

dens, but always packed" or "toted
them. Among other Provincialisms
through the Southwest, the use OF
''crapped" Ga corruption of cropped) is
sometimes droll and startling. Gen.
Marcy tells OF an Arkansan who, point
ing TO little man with a huge wife,
inquired:
"Cap, don't you reckon that that thar
little man has bit oUeT cropped his
selt?"
The use of "beef" as the singular of
"beeves," obsolete through the East, is
common-the western farmer usually
say ing. II have just sold beef"
The New Highlander shouts 10 dis
tant friend: "Hallo- a, John u The
southerner or westerner cries. 10000
Johni'
Immigrants from the East were very.
merry ut the expense OF their Missouri
neighbors. In street discussion
lounger was defending as correct the
rural southern phrases-"We 'nns'
and "You 'uns." One OF the bystan-
ders asked him:
"Are you grammarianT
"Which2" was the bewildered in
quiry. E.. =,
"Are you grammarian?" IN
"Why, no, I'm a Missourian" "
It was distinction LOih a difference,
But the fun is not all on one side. l
remember an old Missourian who was
brought in contact with many eastern
men by the establishment OF new
stage line through his neighborhood
ave lived on the frontier all my
life. l know English and the sign
lam uage. and have picked up a smat,
tering of French, Spanish, Cn0cIaw ana
Delaware; but one Language L can't un.
understand and that is this Internal
New York languaRe!' .-
HOUSE ON WHEELS.
In most land offices Il man cannot
pre- empt unless he has a house Ht least
tw elve Ieet square. 1 have known a
witness to swear that the house in ques
ton was "twelve by fourteen" when
actually the only building upon the
claim was one whitfield out with pen
knife, twelve inches by fourteen.
Some offices require that the house
must have glass window. While
travelling in the interior, stopped at
little slab cabin, where l noticed II
widow sash without lights banging up
on nail. AS had seen similar Irun-s
iu other cabins, I asked the ow ner what
il WIS ior-
."To pre.empt WITH" was the reply.
"HOw?"
"Why, don't you understand To
enable my witness to swear that there
is a window in my housel |"
Sometimes the same cabin is moved
from claim to claim, until half dozen
different persons have pre- empted with
IL. In Nebraska u little frame house,
like country daguerrean car, was
built for this purpose on wheels, and
drawn by oxen. II enabled the pre-
emptor to swear that he had bona Fde
residence upon his claim. 1t WAS let at
five dollars day, and scores of claims
were proved up and pre-emPted with it.
The discovery of any such malprac.
in IN rho
title. But l never knew OF an instance
where the re.emptor was deprived OF
his land after once receiving his title.
No woman can pre- empt unless she
is a widow or the "head of a family"
But sometimes an ambitious maiden
who wishes 10 secure one hundred md
sixty acres of land, borrows child,
signs papers of adoption, swears that
she is the head OF a family, and pre-
empts her claim; then annuls the pa.
pers and returns her temporary of
spring to its parents with an appropri-
ate gilt.
IMPROVED LEGISLATORS.
The territorial legislature of 1859 was
a more reputable body than that of the
previous year. Still one OF the repre-
sentaIives, originally from Indiana, in
recording himself physician, tran
scribed very properly the letters
"P. h i.s-r'-then hesitated moment,
and at last, turning to IA bystander,
asked in all seriousness:
do you spell physician 'uon,' or
sion'2"
AN INFINITE DEAL OF SACK.
Alta creek crossing, little tent be-
side our road is labelled grocery" in
enormous letters. With keen appetites
we awake the melancholy mel chant
who in green spectacles Is sleeping
soundly between two whisky barrels.
Have you any crackers?"
mary cracker"
ANY bread 2'
"Auy what?"
BREAD"
mo SIR" Indignantly 81 don't
keep a bakery"
I''Any ham 2'
NO" assH
ANY figs?"
mo"
well, what have your"
why, have sardines, picked oys.
ters, smoking tobacco, and stranger, l
have got some OF the best whisky you
ever seen since you was bUrn!'
A AaovERNMENT WITHOUT LAWS.
The Chickasaws have a separate goY
ernment. A few years ago their legts-
laIure abrogHted all existing laws ana
passed fresh code. They sent the
new manuscript laws into Texas TO be
printed, without retaining copy. The
courts were in IA inuddle which would
have surprised Stephen Black bUoI hun
self, until u new legislature supplied
tie deficiency. ~
"HITcHING UP" IN NEW MEXICO.
Atdusk We passed old Fort Brlknap,
the last outpost of civilization. Thence
TO the Rio GTAnde stretches out II lonely
desert Iur six hundred miles. Our hOr
ses were now exchanged foI little Mex
Ican mules. Four stout men WeEe re-
uuired 10 hold them " hiIe the driver
mounted To his seat. Once lOosed, al
ter kickIUg, pluugIug aud rearing, IheS
ran wildly for Two iIiiles upon the road.
They never can he fully Iamed. When
first used the drivers lhsh the COACH 10
a tree before bArnessiUR Ihem. When
ready for starting the ropes are cut and
they sometimes run for a dozen miles.
But on this smooth prairie they do not
! Otlen OVerIuTn coach.
THE UNITED STATES LANGUAGE.
AT Messila the public records and le-
gal proceedings were in Spanish. a
/ KenIuckian was brought before The
aIcads or magistrate for assault and
battery. The native judge, with shaR
gy beard, unCumbed hHIr, and dirty
fVce appeared on the bench in a soiled
knew no English. SIernly motioniDg
the KenIuckian TO rise, he ordered the
+, sheriff 10 ask the prisoner whether he
spoke Spanish.
Mary Spanish"
hire an interpreter"
The delinquent, shifting his tobacco
quid to the other cheek, replied:
ASK him whether this court is sit