Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-06-10

The liveryman's first assistant is seen to
look at spotted dog with one eye; to look
at you who ask to nIakeous of his stock
with only one large and SCARED ear, and
to cry Justify: ea14lll
,"Bull, you divil! stop itching yourself"
Then he falls to looking at the inside of the
wheels. and you find yourself of no more
regard than Professor Peppers ghost that
can be looked through. rE8 800
h"Can YOU let me hire a carriage" you
saw. with manifest discouragement. iT1aJ
The liveryman' walks with sudden and
resolute stride. to the spotted dog, smacked
his chops, and opens his jaws with extra
ordinary, sleight of hand and energy. He
selects one tooth, far removed, and peers at
1t with great concern. sal. .-u;ja ..I =
a"Bull, you devil,p he says, ''hold still
while examineyeW .7sa,sl.IG.s- ...a
II am in want of a carriage and pair, sir.
Pray may be accommodated y'I .niti.--
Swiftly and severely the liveryman's as
sistant projects one suspicious and trans
fixing glance toward you. He seems to
behold in you horse thief and an unre-
liable debtor together. b.. ~ s.-.....s
-"Don't know - he calculates, chooses
out. keepin' the leavings Tor our custom
'ers."
Here be wrenches the spotted dogs jaws
so wide open that the interesting CONNER
cial stool pigeon howls with pain.
Il say, sir, do accommodate Inc, If you
can" '@F'''. .-'t al'' .N-
With kick to the spotted dog, and a
visual knock down to yourself the livery
stableman's first assistant calls upon Ben,
the hostler, to see if the roam blues are fit
to be harnessed. In no time they are seen
to emerge from their stalls and submit to
buckling up, and then the first assistant,
still surveying the spotted dog as if that
animal were presently to indulge in little
business hydrophobia, says to you in sort
of deferential style:
Fifteen dollars %
This you pay out-mentally, but silently
groaning-and presently you are being
dragged up Broadway with which the Me-
tropolitan Jehu is famous. The day will
come in New York transactions when a
man must take letter of Introduction to
his grocer to be allowed to buy pound of
sugar, or make the acquaintance of live
ry stableman through his brother-in-law
before he can be permitted to pay fifteen
dollars an hour for cab. D 51i.-s- ..
THE Rev. Ralph Erskine, on certain
occasion, paid visit to his venerable
brother, EbeneZer. -...-.
come in guide time. have diel of exam
ination to day, and ye maup TAX it, as
have matters O. Importance to settle at
Perth"
'With all my heart" quoth Ralph.
''Noo," says Ebenezer, ''ye'll find a. my
IOlkS easy TO examine DuC dne, anu MIN
reckon We had better ma meddle wi. He
has an ld-fashioned Scotch way o. an
swering ane question by putting another,
and may be he'll affront ye."
"Affront. p quoth the indignant the
ologian. "Do We think he can foil me wiz
my ain tools ?" r.lr
,"Aweel," says his brother, "I'se gle ye
fair warning, ye had better ma ca him up."
The recusant was one Walter Simpson.
the Vulcan of the parish. The gifted Ralph
determined to silence HIM at once with
leading unanswerable question:. Accord
ingly, after putting variety of simple pre-
liminary interrogatories to the minor clod-
hoppers, he at once, with loud voice, cried
out:
s'Walter Simpsonl'' r-a
"Here. sir" says Walter. care ye want
ing me?" -...-
'sAttention, sirl Now, Walter, can you
tell me how long Adam stood in state of
innocence ?'' . -..
''Aye, till he got wife," instantly re-
piled the anvil hammerer. "But can you
tell me how long he stood after ?"
''Sit down, Walter" said the discomftted
divine