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FLING TO THE BREEZE OUR RANNKU,
A CAUI’AICX SOMi.
Aik — “Bonnie Blue Flag.’’
Oh, have yon heard the tocsin,
It sminils on Northern hilts,
dad down through Southern valleys,
The patriot's bosom thrills,
The Democratic party,
is stirring up (lie land,
It takes the Southern soldier.
And clasps him by the hand.
Chows -Hurrah ! Hurrah !
For the white men’s rights hurrah,
Hurrah for our Seymour's flag,
It has not lost a star.
The gallant Northern soldier.
Who thought that he was rigid.
Says Rise my Southern brother,”
While 1 your shai-ktes smite,
Beneath great Seymour's banner.
Beside the warrior Blair.
We'll shout a loud 11' sauna,
That’s music on the air.
Hurrah ! Hurrah ! Ac.
No mor« shall negro ballots
Abridge your rig! Is as men;
We'll chase'the "Rads" together,
And drjve them (.' their <ieu;
No more shall tyrant's minions,
Your manly limbs enehuin,
Tie- Democratic sabre
Will cut their bonds in twain.
Hurrah ! Hurrah'S Ac.
Fling to the Breeze our Banner,
Seymour and Blair is the cry;
A a teaman and a Soldier,
Th> speechless Grant defy:
Onr lathers smile upon us.
And freedom lifts her voice;
Thi. tyrants quake with terror,
The Democrats rejoice.
Hurrah ! Hurrah 1 &C.
Miscellaneous.
Till: OUTLAW.
TRITS STRAKER THAN FICTIOI.
There are those who disbelieve the]
story below ; but it is true in every par
ticular. We knew Nixon Curry, and a
more brave, honorable and candid man,
prior to the attaint with the Strongs nev
er breathed. The wri er has omitted to
mention two facts—first that Curry was
under the influence of strong drink when
be revealed the strange history of his
early life, although he was a very tem
perate man. The second omission is tl at
Muse Howard spoken of, was the betroth
ed of Curry’s supremely beautiful daugh
ter Maty.—Butte Cos. (Cal.) t’ress.
In the year 18—there lived in Iredell
county, North Carolina, a Presbyterian
minister by the name of Curry, lie was
a man in a comfortable circumstances, of
most excellent reputation, with a large
family ot sous and daughters. .Among
these was a boy named Ntvori, noted for
his sprightliuess, his activity and cour
age.
Many are the incidents recorded of his
early life, wherein he displayed his brave
ry and won the respect and admiration
of his school mates. Hu seemed impul
sive, generous, aud the possessor of many
noble qualities.
From childhood Nixon Curry was in
love. His fair one was a girl somewhat
younger than hinself, attending the
same school with him She returned his
affection, and so ardently were they at
tached to one another that what is most
rare in childhood, no rival was ever sut
fered to come between them.
Thus they grew in a delicious dream
of the future, and as their years increas
ed, so apparently did theii passions for
each other. At fifteen this was so evi
dent that their parents forbade all inter
views between them. Her parents were
the very F. F.’s of North Carolina and
they bad arid could easily secure more
brilliant prospects for her.
The natural cousequeucc followed. The
lovers met by stealth, and renewed their
pledges to each other. She promised
that whatever should < ccnr she would
never wed any one else and Nixon vow
ed to stand by her so long as a breath
of life remained in Iris body.
At length at the age of eighteen wbe.t
Lucy’s relatives were doing their utmost
to force Iter into the arms ol another she
(led with ltt;r true devoted lover. They
, were immediately pursued ami overtaken
| when the enraged Nixon Curry brought
I to bay, turned and shot his rival and tine
! of the others and renewed his flight.
! The pursuit was hot but he succeeded
in eluding them, and took refuge in the
Aleghany Mountains, near the sources of
i Catawba.
Here really begins the extraordinary
i carter of Nixon Curry Under the plea
til necessity he took tip the profession of
! robber and speedily rendered his name
famous by the number aud character of
his exploits. Without attempting to
give any of the minor incidents, it should
he stated that tlic voting robber never
took a lift for the sake, of plunder, al
i though he did.it again and again to
avoid arrest.
The Governor of North Carolina of
fered sf>,ooo for his apprehension many
parties tempted by this offer engaged in ;
the pursuit. They frequently gamed
sight if the notorious bandit; more than
once the crack of his death dealing title
was heard from some adjoining rock;
but never were they able to discover Ins ,
retreat or bring him to bay.
Suddenly all ; timurs of his daring con i
duct ceased, ami although the sear eh j
was continued, he was seen mi more in
North Carolina. It was judged that hisj
quarters were becoming too hot for sale-'
ty ami lie and therefore prudently re
moved them 'while tiie opportunity re- \
niained to hue.
During the first settlement of the fer-1
tile delta bordering on the St Francis, t
now in the Stato of Arkansas, an end
grant male his appearance, calling him |
self Jut n Hill. lie rapidly became the
most popular man in the settlement.
Although of moderate means, he was
sober, industrious, generous, and ol ex j
tended hospitality and such continued to I
he his character in the country which he.
had adopted for a period extending-over j
about a dozen years.
Daring all this time not a quarrelsome j
word occurred between him and any of;
his neighbors; and yet all knew that it.
was from no lack of courage on the part
of II ill, for of all the Hunters that pierce i
the jungle of untie in the "Great Swamp j
or descended by torch light into the bow ,
els e! the Ozark Mountains ho had tin; i
reputation of the most fearless, lie was i
ovei whelmingly elected again and again
to the Territorial Legislature and distill-|
guished himself by his powerful and im-,
passioned eloquence and speedily became
a leader in the ranks of his own party, j
He was a member of the Convention
which formed the Stale Constitution and
was re-el-I'tcd to represent his county j
in the Senate of Arkansas.
And flow began his second series ofj
misfortunes. Hill's moat intimate neigh
hors were the Strongs, four brothers ol
considerable wealth a t rent deal es am
hi turn and in the phrase of the country, I
‘‘famous fighters.” A close aim cordial
intimacy grew up between them and'
Hill and the latter most unfortunately j
and nngard dly made George, the eldest j
a eonfujetit of his previous history. It
so happened that George had a most,
ambitions desire for political distinction
and made a request of Hill that he should
resign his seat in the Senate in his favor 1
Hill refused and the brothers conspired
to revenge.
.Sending to North Carolina, they pro-j
cured a copy ol the reward ofle.ed tor
Nixon Car i.v, the notorious robber. The
four ptnvet ftil and determined us tl ey j
were, dared not attempt his capture alone
but securing the assistance of a dozen j
men, and made the attempt to capture i
Hill in his own house. The latter nev-■
er forgot Ids daily peril. He always car ;
lied a double barrel shot gtin two long
rifled pistols, and a formidable knife, j
Arkansas has never been noted as a
peaceably inclined State, and in those
dtys its population numbered a greater
pur cent, of desperadoes and lawless]
men than it does at the present.
The attack of the Strongs proved a
dread I til otto for themselves. Two of
the brothers were shot dead, while six of
the others were badly wounded, several
of them mortally, when the rest of them
were glad to withdraw for the time.—
This affair caused the most unbounded
excitement throughout Atkausas. l’he
I thought that the chivalrous and highly
popular John Hill could be identical wiili
the notorious rubber Nixon Curry was
swaggering to hundreds. Many for a
time refused to believe it.
Perhaps the state of public feeling can
I best be shown by the two following ex
tracts from the Little Hock Gazette.—
: The first appeared when Hill became so
j popular during the days of the Conven
tion :
"Among the truest friends of the peo
i pie of all the present Convention may be
i named John Hill of St Ihaueis. Hison
■ ergy. eloquence, and courage lolly enti
j ties him to the place' lie holds, and, as we
trust wi 1 long retain—that of the lead
er of the Arkansas Democracy,’
j The second extract is taken from the
same paper fur May, 1840.
j ‘Bloody Affray. —A desperateencoun
i ter occurred in Ist. Francis last week-
Two distinguished persons, citizens,
were killed and three others dangerously
wounded. The difficulty resulted from
au attempt to arrest Joha Hill a mem
ber of the Legislature, and formerly of
tie State Convention, who it is alleged,
:is the notorious robber Nixon Curry,
who committed such atrocities fiftcea
HERE SHALL THE FUESS THE PEOPLE'S RIGHTS MAINTAIN, UNA'WED BY PEAK AND UNBRIBED BY GAIN.
QUITMAN, GEO., SEPTEMBER 4, 1868.
years ago in the mountains ol North
Cundimi.”
A requisition was sent by the Gov
ernor of North Carolina demanding the
surrender of Nixon (bury The Govern
«\T of Arkansas published an additional
reward tor the arrest of John Hill ; and
thus between the two it seemed as if it
was about up with the victim. Hill,
packed tip hastily, and set out with wife
and children for Upper Arkansas where
he knew ot the existence of a baud of
desperadoes tlfat he had reason to be
lieve would protect him. He was pur
sued by over a titled red of the citizens,
many of them unarmed, and attending
only for the purpose of witnessing tliei
sport and securing a part of the magni
ficent reward that was offered for hfs -ip
prehension., Hill was overtaken at Con
way Court house by those men and hal
ting his wagon and admonishing his
wife and children to keep thir places, lie I
marched forth with his death dealing
gun.
The gallantry of the action, and Hill's [
incredible bravery, operated in his fa -
vi r. Many were unwilling to hurl so
intrepid a character, others were afraid ;
a panic was created, and Ilill pursued
his way unmolested.
Subsequently attempts were made to
arrest him, all resulted tragically ur In-j
dicroimly to those attempting it, it
was known that Hill could never he ta
ken alive, and many began to believe
that ho could not when dead also.
The constant, pursuit and hunting him
changed his nature. He became morose
aud sour, aud nimble to follow any reg
ular business, resorted to the gambling
table for the support of his family. lie
became a drinker, too, and was speedily j
transformed into a most bitter quarrel
some opponent.
If Hill had' been famous among the
mountains of North Carolina ho now be
came doubly sr. Excepting perhaps
that prince of duelists, Joe Bowie, there
never was a man who inspired tm re ter
ror. Men who had acquired a wide re
pudiation for deeds of daring turned pale
when they encountered John Hill. Bul
lies who sought quarrels on the slightest
pretext accepted all mat.tier of insults
from him without a single word of rc
monstrance.
One day ill September, 1 845, while lie
was seated at the - breakfast table, Hill
burst into tears.
"What’s tlur matter, dear?” inquired
his wife.
‘I have had a deradful dream. It is a
warning. I know 1 shall die before sun
set. Together- we have encountered
perils and hardship ; you abandoned
wealth an 1 position for my sake, anti
you have never spoken an unkind word t
to me. We Imved loved from childhood,
and that love lias never known abate j
incut. It is this tlmt troubles me— no j
regard for myself. It is indelibly im-j
pressed upon my mind tlmt I shall die a
horrible death before sundown, and the]
thought that it will distress you also dis
tresses me.'
These were the exact words of Hill as
testified by his wife and children. IDs]
wife told him —
“Then, my dear husband, do not go to j
court to-day.”
(.The Circuit Court of Dope cotmly, in ]
which Ilill resided, it should be remark
ed, was then in. session.)
"Yes, my wife, I must go,” he replied ]
‘When a man’s time has come he should ,
not seek to avoid death, but meet il
bravel; .’ ’Then trmiing to his sen Wtl
liain, a bright boy ol lfl, he told him to.
go and get the Bible, ami upon it. he
made him swear to kill the man that
killed his father.
'Here come Moses Howard, father, he
will protect you,' remarked Mary, the
oldest dangler, as she dcscridod the
young man approaching.
The youth, who was a fiuo, powerful
looking man, chatted a lew minutes
with the family, and tliep went out with
Hill, who shaved and dross hinisclt with
particular neatness, and embraced his
wife with the warmest afleclion, and
with tears in his eyes, before leaving.
As soon as the two reached town, ilill
; began (Linking deeply and showed a
more quarrelsome desposition than ever.
; lie insulted everybody that crossed his
! path and all the entreaties of the young
] man failed to pacily him. I’ ittally he
! declared that he would clear the Court
house aud dashed into the court-room
! with fury depicted in his countenance,
Judges, lawyers, jury, spectator, till
made a rush tor the door. One matt who
lagged behind was seized by Ilill and
: beaten unmercifully.
Young Howard caught hold oi the in
! furiatod man, and attempted to restrain
him, when glaring like a tiger, he turned
i upon the youth and struck him to the
I earth. Before ho could rise Hill sprang
! on him, and commenced pounding him.
‘For God’s sake, stop, Ilill I Don’t
you know me, your friend —Howard?’
HiH seemed to grow mote furious each
| moment, and finally clutched a pistol,
I determined to take his Iriend’s lilo.—
Howard seeing the crisis had come,
1 seized the tiowie knife that protruded his
vest and butiud it in his bosom.
‘The dream is fulfilled 1’ exclaimed
j Hill,with a smile'of singular sweetness
] that lingered on his naturally handsome
1 face alter ho was a corpse. He then
died without a groan.
Howard looked down into his face, as
if unable to realize what lie had done.—
Then he burst into tears.
‘God knows I would not have douc it
if I could have helped it, but it was
either your life or mine.’
lie turned away with a gloomy air,
and upon the instant disappeared; He
was never seen in Arkansas again, but
several years alter a trader brought the
news that lie was living at San Antonio,
Texas.
Were we writing fiction, we should
here lay aside the pen; lint as we are
giving facts simply, which can be sub
stantiated, duty compels ua to add an
other incident be for.’ this tragic tale is
ended.
It will be remembered that Hill en
joined upon his son to avenge his death.
Faithfully did that son obey the com
mand. Wlu ii lie had reached his six
teenth year lie left fir Texas. II ; was
gone several months. When he.return
ed, he said to his mother:
‘lt is done, mother ! Door Howard ! I
pitied him, but 1 had to do it.’
From tile New Orleans Picayune.
1 BliTlil’TlVlS’S STORY.
What life is more thrilling than that
of a police detective, what more full of
startling adventure ? An incident in
the experience; of two men well known
i|t tiie city of New Orleans as the most
skillful and accomplished detectives in
the’'Southern country has been related
to the reporter. It is used; ss to say
who they are, their names are household
words tlioriighout the valley ol the Mis
sissippi. The event about to be related
is of recent occurrence. It is one ot the
unpaid shed histories of crime, one wl'Jtlie
heart beats underneath Die social cur
rant of the great city. But the words
of the detective invests the relation with j
an interest, more potent than the report
er can accord it. Let him tell the story
A robbery had been committed in one
ol our large commercial houses under
very singular circumstances. . Thu day
preceding the crime a large amount ol
money had been received and h it in the
safe over night. I’urt of this money
cotisi.slcd of S2O and soo bills. In
known to any one but the proprietor
they were marked with a small cross in
red ink in the left limit! eot iidr. The safe
was locked at.night.,,in the morning it
was open, tiie night clerk asleep under
the influence ol’eliloril'orm'and the money
g . The cashier was a young man ot
nigh social positive and about to tie mar
ried to the daughter ot the proprietor.
He alone cartied the keys ol the safe. I
It was evident the lock had been picked
or opened with the key. Our observa
tions convinced us it was the latter.
Still wo kept onr own council. At the
request of the merchant the whole mat
ter was kept a profound secret. It tnr
thered our chances of detecting the rob
her that it should lie so Before we had
left tlii'store we had settled in our minds
the identity of the thief; but it was nee
essary to obtain the proof before otir mis- j
pieions were divulged or his arrest at
tempted. Description of the money stol
en was left with certain parties midci
whoso observation it was most likely to
come if put in circulation with instruc
tions to detain the person offering it un
til we were sent for. This was all that
could be done for the present. Wo went
Inuiie In await developments. Still we
kept our eves on the cashier. He was
Voting and although he never drank to
excess he Was fast. lie spent a great
deal of money and to use a common ex
pressimi was the deuce among the girls.
Once or twice wo caw him walking in
the squares n! evening with a very pret
ty young English git I, a milliner, work !
ing on Canal street. There was some
thing very noticeable about the girl's
lace -a s'nt, of inelaliCbidiy and sadness!
that went straight to our hearts Any
one would have telt kindly towards her
by just looking at her. Somehow or
other I felt a presentment that this g;rl
was mixed up in the robbery. 1 coulen’t
get rid ol the idea. It haunted me. In
this way several weeks passed. One
day we received a message in a great
hurry to come to the steamboat lauding.
It was late in the afternoon, and the
boats for St. Louis were about leaving.
Arriving there we went at once on board
the Republic and up to flic clerk’s desk
Standing at the counter was the pretty
English girl, and in the hands of the
clerk were two of the.marked S2O bills.
She had just offered them in payment
of her passage to St. Louis. 1 fell now
that the cashier was in my clutches. —■
But il was necessary to proceed careful
ly and not frighten the girl. As gently
as 1 could I'told her that the money she
bad just offered at the counter had been
stolen; that it wasmesessury for me to
know where she had obtained it. At tny
words her face took the livid hue oi death
but she shook her head as much as to
say she would never tell me. 1 plied her
with importunities, entreated and beg
ged ; but it was of no avail. 1 had no
recourse but to take her into custody,—
Still I hoped to be able to discover from
her the proof ol the cashier’s guilt. He
was evidently her lover, lint I doubt
| much if she knew his real mime or aetu
tual position. 1 plied her with questions
! on this head and although she was on her
guard and her answers evasive I was
! hoCn satisfied that the real name of tier
I lover was unknown to her. As 1 left
i the cell I heard her mutter in the most
i poignant grief—
i ‘Oh Charley, Charley, can this be true.’
! This was, indeed, his first name. I re
turned oft the instant and said to her
! that 1 knew tim person who gave her the
money, that his name was Cliarley .
At the mention of this name she clapped
! her hands and laughed. It Was the
nanie she knew him by. I was almost
jat my wits end, The girl must confess
ior the real criminal would escape putt
] islimenl. I thought, however, of are
! Bourse,, ami put it into at, once.
I went to the st to and told Ihe merchant
j that T wanted a picture tjf every member
of his establishment, himself included. j
Me looked puzzled but complied with my
request. Armed with these I returned
to the sell. 1 told tile girl 1 had some
thing to shew her—my heart ached its I
tiid so. I knew she worshiped the heart
less scoundrel who hud betrayed her. 1
held the picture so that, she could see il
ill full; as the light flushed on it, I said ]
Mary, this is the Charley lam alter.’ i
Sim gave.one quick, hurried glance at I
the picture, and then, with a low moan !
of anguish, fell fainting to the floor.—
The tears would come to tny eyes as I
looked at the poor, beautiful Creature in
her agony. Only heaven knows how 1
pilied her; but justice as well as her own
good, required that the mask should be
lifted and the criminal exposed. As
soon as she had time to recover, 1 went
to her again. 1 found her calm, but
with a look of sorrow that pierced me to
my heart. I told her who Iter lover was,
his crime, and begged her to reveal all
she knew ol him. I might as well have
talked to a stone. She sal deaf, silent,
in her tearless anguish. (July oticc she
murmured,’ho loves me, 'he is true to
me.’ 1 told Iter she was mistaken —he
cared nothing about Iter—would never
marry her. She laughed at me in bitter
scorn. Asa last resource, I went to the
place at which she had been working, i
found out all about her friends, and with
whom she associated. From these 1
learned that she was engaged to be mar
ried to ‘Cliarley,’ who represented him
self as a, young mechanic, that ho had
purs a ailed Iter to goto St. Louis for 11 at,
purpose, where it was said that he I ad
relatives. 1 knew it was only to gat
rid other while he married the merchant's
daughter. 1 had got all the information
1 wanted. As I returned 1 passed by
tiie theatre, brilliantly lighted for an
evening’s entertainment, f stuped in.—
The b'ettiity and fSsliion of the city were
there, lit one of the boxes sat Charley
and his betiothod. She was radiant in
beauty—ho attentive and lover like. My
resolution was taken on the instant. 1
left the station. In a few mopients I
returned accompanied by Mary. 1 took
her to a seal commanding .a lull view ol
the box. One glance was enough; I saw
that her heart was breaking. Silently
1 lead her out of the theater and back to
the station.
'Will yon tel! me now V
"I can d.e bu L 1 have nothing to
tell.”
She never did. It was useless to de
tain her. Wo let her go, but three
weeks afterwards slit; died of a broken
heart. The mystery of the robbery has
never been explained.
A WOMAN’S FATE.
THE STRANGE CA".F.EK OF A NEW ALBANY REI.I.E.
New Albany Ltd., Louisville’s pretty
neighbor, has given many strange, sad
stories to the public prints, but none,
perhaps more melancholy than one we
chanced to hear on yesterday.
About the tune of the breaking nut of
the wat there was a brilliant wedding in
a magnificent residence on one of ils
fashionable avenues aud a bountiful girl
of sixteen was married with- tiie bless
ingsol her parents and friends, to the
man she had chosen for her protector
through lile. She was indeed a lovely
creature —the rose bloom of her fair cheer
flitting and returning again as il at bide
and seek with the long silken black curls
that rested coqiiettishly upon her snowy
shoulders; and there was a pair of lus
trous black eyes that seemed speaking
from as merry a heart as ever beat with
in the bosom of an innocent maiden. A
matchless form and faultlessly graceful,
site was universally admired and belov
ed as well for her qualities of head and j
heart ag for her strange wild beauty.]Do; -
sessetf of a fine education and having all ]
the accomplishments which are deemed, ]
so necessary to a modern young lady
there was every reason to believe tier
future would be a happy one. Her be- •
ti'otlled was apparently a young man,
of culture and not without talent ; and]
there certainly appeared to bo no obsta ]
010 in the way of the youthful couple.
Tire war progressed. Immense armies
were gathering lor the Southern cam
paigns, and tiie Northern hosts, a great
bristling avalanche of steel were soon to
be hurled upon the brave but ill-fated
Soutlt. The thunder of the angry can
non and the rolling drum beat of muster
ing regiments had become music to the
popular ear and everybody thought and
talked and dreamed of blood. The citi
zen was changed to a soldier; In mes bus
iness, everything was abandoned, for
war bad become “tlu: fashion,” as much
as though it had been some great revo
Intion in the cut of coats pants, or crino
j line, and all were rushing madly to tine
] sword.
Among iftose win marched away front
New Albany, carried off by the temporuy
excitement, was the husband of Hie mar
• riage just alluded to. With bis regi
; meut he passed through a number of
minor battles, and at length, as fate
I would have T lie pitched his tent in Shiloh
[53.00 per Annum
NO. 30
I where the Federal army Was shortly af
ter snrprisod and defeated by the Con
j federates, aud were only saved by the
] arrival of Buell. In one of the fierce
i charges of the second day's fight the
I New Albany volunteer fell, and his
I mime went to the papers and to his
! heme in Indiana among the list of the
slain.
The young wife mourned for him and
long sought, news of Irm hoping the sto
ry of It is death might, after all, be some
cruel mistake, but time at length sooth
ed the stricken heait, and the beautiful
widow was really human enough to lovor
and marry the second time.
At lust the'crudest of wars’dragged
to its close, and one day a squad of
discharged -soldiers arrived in New Al-
| batty, veterans from the front, and sun
j burned almost beyond recognition—-
That day (he unfortunate woman for the
first time learned the astounding, crush
ing truth that she was not only not a
widow, but the wife of two liu-bande,—-
Her soldier had really Come l ack, and
them was no doubling his indentity.—*
lie was no ghost, certainly, for aspeetor
ednid hardly have raised the domestic
tempest he got up on learning of his
awkward position. It is reported that
the two husbands made the question one
of right and might, and pummelled each
other vigorously at various tithes, until
a divorce from (the soldier was finally
agreed upon. This was procured, ami
tin! three were made two by due process
oft aw-.
The divorce, however did not mend
matters much, anil quarrels and law sui's
and peace wurrentsensue 1 until the ha -
tasset! couple lied to this city to escape
the wrath of the tretiirned soldier, whose
hatred and malignity seemed to grow
with lapse of time. He a ion found them
however, and the old scenes followed.
The woman, weary of persecution, ami
believing herself the guilty cause of all
that had transpired, and despairing of
any further peace this side the grave de
seited her second husband, and threw
herself into a bagnio. Here she has liv
ed a life of shame ever since, striving to
forget in dissipation the purer life that
once was hers M oiv Who were formerly
her most intimate friends know nothing
of her terrible fate, and she has never
appeared upon the streets unless heavily
vailed. She sometimes clandestinely
visits her aged prrents, who are wealthy
and respected citizens of New Albany.—
They have not forgotten their erring
child in her disgrace, but she steadfastly
refuses to bring shame upon their gray
hairs by seeking shelter under their
roof and asserts her determination to Im
ry it with her in the gaave, for which slur
longs. —Louixoille Courier.
A Letter for Dennis. —‘Hillo, Mlstlier
Postmaster, aud is there iver a letter
here for Dennis OT’latherty ?’
T believe there is,’ said the postmaster
stepping back and producing a letter.
‘And will you be so kind as to rade it
to me, seein’ I had the misfortune to be
(•(licated to ratio never a bit V
‘To be sure,* said the accommodating
postmaster.
He then opened the epistle which Was
from the old country, concerning his re
lations there &c. When he had finished
Dennis observed ;
‘And what would yc be ax in for the
postage on that letter V
'Fifty cents.’
‘And its chape eneongb. yer honor, as
I hirer think of axiti ye to trust ni t /list
kape the letter for pay ; and say Misther
if I’d call in one of these days would you
write an answer to it?’
Doesticks, describing a New York
York hoarding house, says you can al
ways tell when they get a now kitchen
gu i by the color of the hair in the bis
cuit.
‘‘What, has been your business ?” said
a judge to a prisoner at tiie bar,
"Why your honor, 1 used to bu a den
tist—now lam a pugilist ; then I pot
teeth in—now I knock them out.”
Fellow citizens, said a candidate for
(' ingress, recently, somewhere out West
"Fellow citizens! you are all well aware
1 never went to school in nty life, but
three times, and that was to a jiiglit
school- Two nights the teacher didn’t
come and t’other night I hadn’t any can
dle.
Why is a flea like a railway I —’Cause
it travels over the sleepers.
A forlorn and desolate husband adver
tises thus:
‘.My wife, Anita Maria, has strayed or
been stolen. Whoever returns her will
get his heal broke. As to trusting her,
anybody cm do so as he thinks fit ; as 1
never pay my debts it’s not likely I’ll pay
her’nd
A boy was lately atked by his teach
er ‘Who first bit the apple ?’ To which
: lie replied: ‘I don’t know, but 1 guess it
was our Hal, for she eats green apples
like thunder.’
] A fellow coining tout of a tavern, one
frosty morning, rather top heavy he fell
'on the doorstep ; trying to regain bis
footing he remarked:
‘if it is true that the wicked stand
on slippery ground, 1 must belong to
a different class, for it ia more than I eat?
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