Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1871-01-21

| We find the following 'sell" In the l's 3Si;o-
Nsns. We would advise our genial friends al
! Northumberland, to not base their authority on
| a hotel segister alone, when they wish TO extend
| their hospitality 60 distinguished gentlemen. In
this case, tho old aange 'that ell is not gold that
glters," has been verified.
NoRrnuwuERIA~p SoLD.--1ho New York Sta
details the doings Of five n. Y. gamblers, at the
| staid old town OF Northumberland, n short time
| since. la accordance with plan laid out for
yictin,iling Gle Northumbcraudera, they person
| ated John e. Hcenan and four other wcl,-!;nown
gentlemen of the ring, creating an immcnsc SON
sation In their assumed characters. Shorty al
ter the registry OF their fal-c names TT the hnte,
q committee Of citizons, named jos. Bird II veal
thy retired coal operator, Samuel Bllkenbinr, q
rich farmer and snpculptor, Nud John McfHr and.
n coal dealer, called uTon The reiouhtablc Heuuan,
and In behalf of the citizens, tcndeie1 him the
hosptalities OF the town. MIR. Bird then Invited
the party to take carriage drive with him on
tho following morning in his new English drag,
drawn by four spanking bays, ON visit TO his is
land farm, and to other scenes OF interest In the
| neighborhOod. The invitation was gratefully dc-
| cepted, and after quaiiinE half dozen bottles OF
champagne the committee withdrew.
During all this time, big, stripping Susquc-
hanna river rn fssman, considerably boOzy, was
creating amusement for the crowd with his boast
full relation Of the many fights he had taken
hand In, and In which he asserted he had always
rably, and doubted his prowcss, and tod him If he
was such fighter, that now was his chance to
! immoytalizc himself, for Heenan WAS there, and
he might tackle him and show what sort of stun
he was made of. Ieenan presently came into
the room, and, nothing 10th, the sturdy raitsman
advanced and greeted Heenan thus:
care You John Heennn, the Beuahy Boy ~
"That is my name, sir"
"Well, I've heard good deal about you. They
say you're pretty good fighter. I'm not bad ut
bat nd tAt uqt ma
top when II comes to the back holt, Hn ! kin
gpUge an bite as well as any nan on the river.
| Kin spar too ; used 10 take lessons from Tom
Simms, that drives canal boat down to Harry
de Grass"
The crowd were laughing Loudly Mt the RATS
man, and enjoyed the udcrous scene hugely.
! Heeuun replied that he had given up fighting,
and advised the puEuaCious ru!tman 10 do the
same. But the rattnan wanted to see the style
OF lIeenan's position.
"put up your hands and let me see how You
fix yourself, when you are goin' to f2ht." At
the same time the rattsman doubled UP his big
bony fists, and awkwardly placed himHcifin po-
sion in front Of Heenun. At this the crowd
nearly split their sides with laughter, and for the
purpose of amusing them, and ut the same time
to teach the raitsman lesson, Hcenun threw
himself into the Eoyal Pugiiistic attitude, -iih
his left mnuley well advanced, and Standing
lightly on his pine. danced around the brwi'ie, ed
rnftman once or twice, and made feint with his
right hand, and with open left duke carromei
loudly on the rsitsman's car, which sent him
spruwlng on the floor
The crowd nearly raised the roof of with the
laundering burst OF laughter which followed.
The raitsmnn soon gathered himself up. and
good humoredly said, 'l satisfied you're llccnaE,
and you can lick h--,ls bluZes ont of me"
Lets all take drink what do You say2'
and the rartsmau warmly shook the "Benishy
BOy'' by the hand. Hecnan consented, and 50
did his friends. who were nearly dead with cor
Vui,ive laughter, aud did the crowd consent
to drink at the discOmittcd raItsmGn's expense.
Hccnan and his friends then retired to their
rooms, after being voted by every body M devil
ish good fellows. The next morning they ac-
companied MIR. Bird in the promised drive, and
enjoyed the beautiful scenery surrounding the
rO.nautcally situated town. After dinner they
requested the courteous EunitHcc to make ont
their bills. as they pnrposrd leaving that after
noon for Wtiimspnrt. To their surprise the
landlord said there's nothing 10 pay, gentle
men, your bills are all settled. When You are
ready to leave the boy will bring down your
trunks.'
Heenan and his friends made some demurring
objections, bat il was no use, and thanking the
landlord, and bidding good bye to everybody,
they took their departure on the northern boEal
train for the handsome city Of Williamspott.