, 1877-02-23


Xo3tis tAia.) Rt9fsttY.
The following amusing Incident, which hap
pencil few days ago, will show wherein vault
Ing ambition oYeIleapcd itself aud fell on tho
other sde.' An influential Toter, Mr.. H., frosn
n proslnct Of this county, WAS iu tho city few
days ago on buslneas, wLun hc fcll into the
hands Of q Sixth Wsrlcr, who, for sonlc time
past, las bccn looking with longing eyes upon
several fat municipal md coltnty nfllers. The
political nsp.rint, after treating Mr. X. several
times, proposed gamo Of tcu-pIns, which was
accepted, but tho political aspir2nt managed to
let Ills country friend beat him In tho games,
aud otherwise ,iado the evening so picus-
ant that his irlcul missed thu o'clock
accommodation train, and 50 tmo passed
until near time for tho II o'clock mail tsn:t1
hui a bundso Of stovc-pll'o mud d jar of.oystcr4
u take lnIe, and, lCeiing trcl after tic severn
exercise OF flvc h0trs at ten-its, lio eprAnI Into
eab md nl thv driver 70 dryd rapidly to t'o
half way to the nepot thcy suddenly reuleni-
bcrrd that the tram lett frOm tho New Orleans
Depot, At tho fuot Of Government streut; 80
they turned down aL LuuIs street. and just u
they got to Comucree street tfi,y saw tic tram
cunilng slowly by. Mr. Il. enrang olt, and, with
tho iar Of oystefa ana bundle Of stoye-p!ps ua-
der l!ls urn, M ns gn.spsa the han1:raIl u car
s,a fSfamsea sn' aSoa1 t moving tsa al
ably seated In . Sar Wien he discovered tint
he had gotten aboard the wrong train, aul
was OH hls way to Montgomery. A.
tlItY moment thu tram WAS at Tue out
speed. T'lcrc WIS uothfng le.t for slr. Il. tu
do but gother up his oysters and stovc-pipc,
rush out On the platform, and jump oE. liz
did So, and, ~ dc landp1 In tilc massli, he went
knec-dccn Into thu mud mud watcE-oystcrs,
stuvu-pEpe, aud oil. Dy extraordinary olfurt bs
sllcctelo1 III extslcattuG h!nsxlf IRON the eli.
tanglnx influence Ut marsh, wecd anl tlle suit
cn1bfu>c Of ti.e mud that forms the happy abode
o. aWalnp mb:asstt!e. 9lltRatufs, and bulllrogs,
Just In t1lnr " acs tho Alohe d ohtu traln COM
htnself for smother desperate effort, and I'll :.
ccelel once morv in getatux aGtsarl this train
Qhls time tho right one}; pErtty soon the con-
ductor came nlut,g anl Informed him that his
w.. w., = way-ssatlon, snl u was impossible ier
auothcr diletuna, but. being determined to yet
home, when The, train eot to Whistler
ha went forward y Induce. tt,e en-
gtucer to stop ut Ills statiou., AL his
r - saa Yu au srp iorbnasn Ts,G ,a run N
faator than sx miles All hour over frogs and
swltcfes1 and when you uusli0 down to that
speed ~ passing nv house wtll Jump otf Ia
the sand.honIs." So he got out on tic platform
oi the train threw hls hce!s up, and n wcnt
Into tile sana-bank hcau 1utrtnust When hu
picked himself up hs had uno leg through
joint oi sluyc-plpe, ~ 0yaser IN Als lott car hls
eyes full ol sand, and ltls hafr matted nass of
ii come 90 % % fSii .;op @ s @ ysfs 8 Beyond I a. 70 ' e
down q hot bax. It. snys hi las oystcss pluutrl
for !tlty feet along that sauI.Dauk, and his en-
trn holy Is like the union jack, blue ground
Will. tSw yhts pste,s: for atsts. md he has
bixth-Warlcr Tor any oiiivo Ac hopea he mag
u1vef cat another oyster.