, 1872-04-11
Marine Interigence

H. Marine 1ntelsigence
l. schooner Mist. Capt. Hoxie, ar
z frem Cape Flattsry, last Sunday,
cod 1900 gallons. fish il from the firm
a6ite o m nnOt6in' for suppe. Five hundred
Landlord-"G l can Hunt you up
something"
Yankee-"Yer mean to say ye ken bed
an breakfast me :"
Landlord-"Yes, sir" Hands the
Yankee business card.) my card, sir.
for further information
Yankee-(Rrading Cosmopolitan Ho-
tel, J. ]. Hunt, proprietor first class
family house, etc. "Gol darn glad to
hear on t, an ef yeon ken only mix a
feller little suthin hot and strong. with
good deal of rum in it, an but little water,
it II do me a mszin site o good"
Landlord-"All right, SIR"
Yankee Strong, mind-a god deal
o ticker. You We got rum ?"
Landlord-"Yes, SIR"
YaEkee--'A good deal O. rum an but
little water-stif, as the old deacon used
to say-stiff, Mr. landlord"
Landlord-"Yes, sir"
(While landlord is preparing drinks
YANKEES stands in front, watching the
landlord mix the drink. Imbibes and re-
quests the landlord to assist in removing
the pack. This done, be is about banding
it to the landlord when be discovers rent
in pack. with clothing prOtruding Pic,
ture of despair. Yankee strikes his fore
head furiously and exclaims y I'll
Ruined! ruined! ruined Teeio-
tally ruined busted TO smash one hum
dred and sixty acres o the best land that
ever lay out o doors ripped all TO flinders!
o, Sarer Ann, little knowest thou that
we are a ruined, busted family! Little
yeou thinkest thou art a beggar. Jerusa>
lem How shall ever meet yeou since
this destruction have been wroughtens
After all our scrimpin', an pinchin', an
turDin'. an twistin'; after sellin' the two
year old heifer an the fine shotes, an after
thou, o, Sa-er Ann, goin' to church in
caliker, we re busted family o, Je>
rusalem! All, all lost, gone in a mint !
o, heow, little Jed an Sarer Ann, kin /
meet yeow I" 2
Landlord and guests astonished.
Landlord-"What on earth has hap.
pened to you. sir, TO cause you so.much
distress: You are .rtsinly not lament
ing at this rate over that rent in, your
carpet bag" :.
Yankee-"Oh, no, no, holy Jerusalem J
ef'twas nothin' else but that! Oh, mnr-
der, murder, dars mt hardly think on t !
There s poor Sarer Ann feeliu' so proud,
and talkin' to little Jed about our fnr,
new home in the valley, just like me an
her us't oft'n to do, an here, oh Jewdas !
is a hull quarter section Of the neatest
land in Washington Territory gone to
eternal smash"
Yankee weeps. Landlord takes up the
pack, opens it, and finds among package
of papers land warrant for l60 acres OF
land, all in good condition. Yankee over
loved, snatches land warrant and places
it to his bosom, and then strides back and
forth across the room.
Yankee-"Glory to God Glory TO
the most highest! Sarer Ann. all our
sayin' an skrimpin' amt in vainl Go on
with yer talk-plan an kalkerlate Take
little Jed on yer knee aud sing J In the
evening when yer go out to milk look to'rd
where the sun IS goln an think tnefe We
a happy home Your Peleg's there;
be Il hrv the land. and we'll be happy
vet! The steers is saved the shotrs is
all right the heifsr ant gone, an old
Barney is bound to count Fellers! 0,
yrou see in yer midst happy head of er
fsmprIy-yeOu witness joyful human ="
Landlord-"If you viii excuse my iu-
terrup,ing you. sir, and ii ) fair ques>
lion, how did you come to get into this
sorry pickle :"
Yankee-.Excuse the question ; Sart-
ing, sarting! Tell yer the whole story in
a minit-give the hull Particklers, full,
account! Jewdas! what narrer escape
that quarter section did hevr
Landlord-"welL lrt S have the story.
Yankre-"YPss. sariing, sarting! Well,
gents, my names Prleg Snodgrass, son of
Deacon SnodgrasS, from deown in Maine,
in the" =.
Landlord-"Never mind that, but tell
ms how yon got 50 wet