The weekly Shasta courier., 1873-04-12
ANECDOTES.

A WHISKY SwEAT.-A western paper
furnishes the following. which is about the
best told story of the season: 1t appears
that Sergeant Samuel Fifeld has been troub-
led with fearful cold, which settled on his
lungs, and his friends held a consultation,
and decided to give the gallant sergeant an
old fashioned sweat. He was wrapped in a
blanket and placed upon cane-seat chair,
and about pint of whisky put under the
chair, and match touched to the whisky
1t is evident that too much confidence
had been placed in the fact that Madison
whisky was never before known to burn !;
but singular as it may seem, this particular
whisky did burn, and Mr. Fi6eld, with his
wellknown astuteness, discovered the fact
as soon as anybody. Without stopping to
argue with his friends as to the singular
phenomenon, Mr. Fifield arose as one man,
and with his hand on his heart, thanked the
audience for the warm and genial manner in
which he had been received. kicked the chair
over and jumped up. He jumped-well it
is said that if the ceiling had been higher he
would have increased his leap at least eight
feet. On his return to earth, elocutionary
powers were brought into requisition, and he
made a speech that for blistering sarcasm
and burning pathos has never had its equal
in the annals of legislative experience.
DIR. Walcot was telegraphed for from Mil
waukee, and came by special train, but gave
it as his opinion that amputation would not
be necessary. The party with whom Fifeld
boards, the telegraph informs US, have rails
ed the price of Sans board three dollars
waak hooousa II ia nooossarv fo GOT tho To-
BILE for him on the mantel-piece.
ANEcDoTE OF PoPE.-Alexander Pope
once received sharp rejoinder, whereby
pointed hit was made at his diminutive and
ill-shaped figure.
The poet was one night at Burton's Cot
fee-house, where himself and Swift and Ar
buthnot, with several other scholars, were
porting over manuscript copy of the Greek
Aristophanes. At length they came across
sentence which they could not compre
bend, and as in their perplexity they talked
rather loudly they attracted the attention Of
young officer who CHANGED to be in anoth-
er part of the room. He approached and
begged leave to look at the passage
"Oh. by all means" said Pope, sarcastic
ally. "Let the young gentleman look at it.
We shall have light directly"
The young officer took up the manuscript
volume, and after little study and consid-
Grafton his countenance frightened.
1t is but slight omission on the part
of the SCRIBE he said. at only wants a
note of interrogation at this point to make
the whole Ineligible"
Pope saw in an instant that the officer
was right but the thought of being outdone
in Greek translation by mere youth, and a
red-coat, piqued him, and with sharp, Bit
ter twang, he cried out:
land pray, young sir, what is'a note of
interrogation
"a note Of interrogation" answered the
officer, surveying the wizened, hunch-back-
ed poet from head to foot with contemptu-
GUS look, d" is little crooked thing that asks
questions !"
NIGHT SCENE AT WATERING-PLA
About two o'clock one Thursday morning,
was awakened by a receiHe tap from my
better half
"For gracious sake |" she whispered. "If
you want to laugh, just listen to that gentle
man and his wife, hunting mouse IN the
next ROOM"
"Fe-ee-aw l murmured, half awake.
"Now do just wake up! Tomorrow,
when I tell the story, you'll be sorry that
you wasn't awake to the reality"
Thus adjured, I woke up in right earnest;
too late to hear any of the mouse hunt, but
Just in time to hear the next room door
opened, and little quivering dandy voice
(which l at once recognized as that of Prin-
key, call out to some distant night-walker
"Wai taw! wai-taw wai-taw! Watch
man Waterman Waterman
"That's me, sir!" growled deep voice.
Waterman, come here directly! We're
in great twubble! There's a mouse in this
apartment, and it nibbles awound in the
most Distracted manner. spoke to the
proprietor of the hotel about it, and he
pwomised to have the mouse wemoved, but
he hasn't done it. Aw think it vewy I'M
handsome conduct of him to allow the
mouse to wemain, after pwomising that it
should be wemoved. Waterman, Mrs.
Pwnkey is vewy appwehensive Of mice.
Can't you come in and catch the cweature?"
"'Fraid not, sir. It's too late and l
should be sure to wake up some boarders as
mightn't like it."
How widiculous Well' Ia long pause),
" Waterman, couldn't you just step down to
the baw-r and get some cwackers and
cheese, and entice the animal into the entry?"