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Rome courier.
Climate. Soil and Productions of South Florida.
Continued from our Last.
Cocaa-nutsuro found lo be adapted to near
ly all our varities of soil, and may be raised
in the greatest abundance with the necessa
ry care of planting This article has been
sadly overlooked, for the reason that the
plant requres some nine years growth before
it yields any fruit. But this should never be
considered as a reason why it should be neg
lected. Let every person who clears a piece
of ground put into it a few of these valua
ble plants, and in a few years we shall find
them important ns a source of revenue to the
State. Neighborhoods near tho salt water
are found most desirable for them, and in
these locations they will soon, by the rapid
unfolding of their elegant fan-like leaves, and
beauty to the scene, and at the propssr time,
n never fniling, and almost never ending
source of profit will be the result.
In regard to the culture of Sugar in South
Florida, it is well known that tho seasons
are nt least from four to six weeks longer,
than in the best sugar lands of Louisiana and
Mississippi, which had been considered the
best in the United States, but owing to the
liability of frosts it has been conceded that
they lose one crop out of overy four, for in
what they consider n favorable season, they
are compelled to commence grinding their
cane early in October, nnd before the cane
matures. In the Counties of Levy, Hernan
do, Orange nnd Hillsborough, ("to say noth
ing of the Counties further South where the
season is still later J they do not commence
grinding until the last part of November, and
at the last season the planters on the Mani-
tee did not finish until the middle of Febru-
ary, giving them three months to gather
their Sugar Crops in. A planter last year
made on the Manitee 30,000 lbs. of sugar
from 10| acres. The cane matures and tas
sels there every season, which is conclusive
proof, th at no other part of the United States
possesses the same advantages for the cul
ture of enne. Thoro is beyond a doubt in
the Counties of Levy, Hernando, Ornnge
and Hillsborough, nt least 170,000 acres of
the best sugar hinds in the United States;
entirely uncultivated.
Your cuiTimitlGe feel that they have al
ready made this communication of a some
hat lengthy character, yet they are con*^””,.
strained, Tn justice to two other branches of
employment, in prosecution of which South
Florida has n large interest, to devote some
further spuco to n cursory glance at their
respective merits and ndvanlnges. The first
is the great interest of Cattle raising. Al
ready has this branch become of great im
portance. nnd may be greatly extended, for
which there is abundant range in the lower
Counties. In soma of these Counties there
are nu cattle at nil, ns in Dade, although the
—. range is of the freshest kind during the en-
Tftre year. A most desirable mnrket for largo
numbers can he hud at the Bahamas, and
West India Islands, nod at Koy West. The
proximity ot Miami (with nil excellent har
bor,) to these places, would give a very
great advantage in supplying those markets
with beef, not only on account of the dis
tance nnd expense, but the beef would be
in much belter condition than alter the long
passage now made from Tampa, Pensacola,
NewOrlenns, and other places, from which
their supply is now obtained. The Commit
tee mnkc the suggestion in the hope that
persons who now have large stocks in the
Northern Part of the Slate and in Georgia,
may profit thereby, ns the price of cattle in
those Island markets may he estimated ut
twenty dollars pet bend for two year old
s'tqers, and thirty to forty dollars for those
three years and'upwards. It is presumed
liv the Committee that at the present session
of the General Assembly an appropriation
will he made to open a road from Indian Riv
er to that point, when all the difficulties now
existing will ho romoved, nnd cattle will
doubtless soon he driven there, very many of
which would find a ready snle to persons
settled at that place, who are now entirely
without any, owing to the great difficulty of
penetrating the hummocks and crossing the
streams which intersect the entire region
from the Miami to Hillsborough River.
In a country where the best of pine tim
ber is growing in such abundance, nnd whose
geographical features present such great ad
vantages for transporting it to mnrket, it
would be superfluous for this committee to
dwell upon its importance as furnishing a
ready and certain reward for tho investment
of capital and Inhor, either in converting it
into lumber, or in tho production of Turpen
tine. It is remarked, with some degree of
pride, that our State is exporting considera
ble lumber and turpentine, hut where one is
engaged in either of these branches of busi
ness, there should lie at least twenty. There
is ample room and scope for this increase,
and with our rel|{jy access to the coast, this
should be the greatest exporting State for
these two important articles of commerce
in the Union There has never been devo
ted to these important branches of industry
any thing like the attention they demand,
and our Stale is still sadly in want of saw
mills throughout hor length nnd breadth,
save perhaps at one or two points, as at
Pensacola and Jacksonville. With the
abundant supply of timber, w-e hope soon
to see enterprising men engage in reaping
the hnrvest tlinl is presented every where
throughout South Florida, whero there is not
at this day, wilhi',1 the knowledge of this
committee, a solitary saw-mill.
Turpentine making is receiving some at
tention in the Western part o! the State,
where its profits are so large ns to draw ofi
attention from tho culture of cotton, even nt
present high prices, and when, w-e consider
the enormous consumption of Rozin and Tur
pentine, and the large extent to which they
may hg produced ip South Florida alone, we
need only look to mi accession of laborers in
. thisprodnotive field, lor if-to btomne a most
- valuable and imnortaut resource of the State.
& “ ” '^Ircominittoe have- made industrious-
ular elate 1
Florida and the only ouo Within lhhir : adce'srj R
is a series ol observations made by the' late
Dr. Perrineat Indian, Key, during several
vqars following 1330., At’that pluce, in la
titude about 25 degrees North, the average
range of the thermometer, during a series of
years, was found to bo seventy-six degrees,
and never descending lo a freezing point.—
The entire region, embracing all South of
latitude 28 degrees, may be claimed as en
tirely exempt from frost. Persons nolv liv
ing bt Key West, Miami, Tampa, other pla
ces, and who have been may years in Florida
have never known a sufficient degree of cold
to injure the most delicate plantes. With
such mildness of climate, nnd a widely ex
tended primitive soil, may wo not expect, os
we hove certainly every reason for hope,
that South Florida will soon become, what
Providence in its wisdom seems so emphati
cally to have designed it to he, the Garden
of America.
Sketches of Western life.
COL. ARCHIBALD YELL, OF ARKANSAS.
The first case on docket was called, and
tho plnntiff stood ready. It was an old case
that had been in litigation for five years.—
Gen. Smoot arose for the defendant, and re
marked in nn overbearing tone :
"Our witnesses are absent, and therefore 1
demard that the ense be continued until the
next term, in course.”
"Let the affidavit be filed, for not till tlieu
can I entertain n motion for a continuance,”
was the mild reply of the Judge.
“Do you doubt my word ns to the facts 1"
Gen. Smoot exclaimed sharply, and involun-
taiily raised his huge sword cane.
“Not at all,” replied the Judge with his
blandest smile; “hut the law requires that
the facts justifying a continuance must ap
pear on record, and the Court has no power
to annul the law, nor any will to see it an
nulled.”
The Judge's culm nnd business like tone
and manner only served to irritate the bully,
and he retorted, shaking his sword cane in
the direction of the bench—“Whatever may
be the law, 1, for one, will not learn it Irom
the lips of an upstart damagoguo and coward!”
Judge Yell’s blue eyes shut lightning; but
he only turned to the clerk nnd said quietly
—“Clerk, you will enter a lino of fifty dol
lars against Gen. Smoot, ns 1 see him named
on my docket, for gross contempt of Court;
and lie sure you issue an immediate execu-
He had hardly communicated the order,
when Gen, Smoot was seen rushing towards
him brandishing his sword cane, all his fea
tures writing with murderous wrath, and
pallid ns a cjipso.
Every glance was fixed on the counten
ance of tho Judge, for ull wished to know
how he would brook the coining shock of
the duelist’s fierce assault. But none, how
ever, could detect tlio slightest change in his
nppearance. His cheeks grew niether ref
nor white, nor n nerve seemed to tremble'
his culm eye surveyed the advancing foe,
with ns little sign of perturbution as a chem
ist might show scrutinizing tho elfervesence
of some novel mixture. He sat perfectly
still, with a little staff of painted iron in his
right hand.
Smoot ascended the plntform oud immedi
ately aimed a tremendous blow with his en-
urinous sword cane, full at tho head of iiis
foe. At that blow five hundred hearts shud
dered, and more than a dozen voices shriek
ed, fur all expected lo see the victim’s skull
shivered into atoms The general astonish
ment then may be conceived, when, they
beheld tho little iron, stall describe a quick
curve, as tho great sword cano flew from
Smoot’s fingers and foil with a loud clutter at
fhe distance of twenty feet in the hall! The
Baffled bully uttered a cry of wrath, wild ns
that of some wounded beast of prey, and
snatched his bowie knife from its sheath,
hut ere it was poised for the desperate
plunge, the little iron stall cut nnother curve,
and the big knila followed the sword cane.—
He then hastily drew a revolving pistol, but
before he had time to touch the trigger, his
arm was stricken powerless by his side.
And then for the first time did Judge Yell
betray perceptible emotion. He stamped
his foot till the platform shook beneath it
and shouted in trumpet tones—“Mr. Clerk
you will blot this ruffian’s name as u foul
disgrace from the roll of attorneys. Mr.
Sheriff, take the criminal to jail.”
The latter officer sprang to obey the man
date, and immediately a scene of ennfusion
ensued that no pen could describe. The
bravoes and myrmidon friends of Gon. Smoot,
gathered round to obstruct the Sheriff, while
many of the citizens lent their aid to sustain
the authority of the court. Mnnances,
screams and horrid curses, tho ring of im
pinging and crossing steel, alternate cries of
rage and pain, all commingled with the aw
ful explosion of firearms, blended together a
viyM idea of Pandemonium. But through-
ou.. Il tlietempestuous strife, two individuals
might bo observed as leaders in the whirl
wind and riders of the storm. The new
Judge used his little irun cane with terrible
efficiency, crippling limbs yet sparing life.—
Rill buffuin, imitating the clemency of his
honorable friend’disdaining the employment
of either knife or pistol actually trampled
and crushed down all opposition, roaring at
every furious blow—"this is the way to pre
serve order in court,”—a sentiment which lie
aecompained with wild peals of laughter.—
In less than two minutes the party of the
Judge triumphed, the clique of Gen. Smoot
suffered disastrous defeat, and the bully him?
self was borne away lo the prison
Sucli was tne debutol Archibald Yeti in
Arkansas; and from that day his popularity
as a man, as a judge, ns a hero, and as a pol
itician, went on rapidly and brilliantly in
creasing, till it eclipsed all the oldest and
most powerful names. Within the first year
of his emigration,.hp became, a candidate for
the Governor’s , chair, and,notwithstanding
the bitterest opposition, he was elected by
ninn-tenthn.of the number of. votes polled.—
At the end of jus. term, ho canvassed fpt
Congress,and iA# | '°My' , p4l'i,..-*.^tat6 lihja
hurri ™-
, -Tied of the war wTCT
He then resigned, hurried home to Arkansas,
aiid raised a regiment of volunteer cavalry,
with which lie made ail possible disputcli to
the scene of action
The writer of the present sketch saw him
on his line of march to coalesce with 'he
grand army of occupation, and never will he
lorget the evening passed by the light or his
hospitable camp fire, on Red River, within
lii - ~
the limits of Texas. The prophecy of his
farewell words rings still on my cars with
mornful distinctness.
“I go,” said he, with n look of fire, nnd in
^ones of thrilling emphasis, “to make fame
Mtat shall be co-extensive with the length
and breadth of the Union, or to extinguish life
itseif in a blaze of gioiy.”
Ho kept his word—he did both. He ar
rived on the gory arena in time to witness
the magnificent storm of Buena Vistn; and
where is the true child of American birth that
cannot name the three transcendnnt stnrs of
chivalry, Who fell quenched in blood that
day ? Aye, who fell, but ns they fell such a
parting sun-hurst of cverlnsting sunlight
over the field ofglory and of graves? Har
din ! Clay! Yell!
Pretty Wem. off.—The papers have
been speaking of the richest mnn in Virginia.
A writer sends to one of them a full account
of tho person alluded to. llisimmeis Sam
uel Hairston, and ho lives in Pittsylvania.
What he is possessed of is thus recorded :
When I was in his section a year or two
ago, he was the owner of between sixteen
and seventeen hundred slavei, in his own
right, having but a little while before taken
a census. He also has a prospective right
to about one thousand slaves more which are
now owned by his mother-in-law, Ruth
Hairston, he having mnvried her only child.
He now has the management of them, which
irinkos the number of his slaves reach near
three thousand. They increase at the rate
of near one thousand every year.
A largo number of his plantations are in
Henry nnd Palrick counties, Virginia. He
has large estates in North Carolina His
landed property in Stokes nlonc, is nssessed
at six hundred thousand dollars. His wealth
js differently estimated at from three to five
millions, nnd I should think it was nearer the
latter. You think lie has a hard lot; but I
assure you Mr. Hairston manages all his
matters ns ensy as m ist persons would nn es
tate of $10,000. He has everseers who nre
compelled to give him a written statement
of what is made and spent on each planta
tion, and his negroes are all clothed and fed
from his own domestic manufacture nnd rais
ing, leaving his tobacco crop which is im
mensely large ns so much clear gain every'
year, besides his increase in negroes, is a for
tune itself.
And now for his residence. I hnve travel
ed over fifteen States of this Union, and
hnve never seen any thing comparable to his
d nnd garden, except some of them in the
ississippi delta—nnd none of them equal
it.
Mr. Hairston in a plain, unassuming gen
tleman, and has never made any noise in the
world,though he could vie with the Bruces,the
McDunoghs nnd the Astors; nnd strange that
while their wenllh is co-extensive with the
Union, ho is not known a hundred miles Irom
home. I believe he is now the wealthiest
man in the Union, ns Win. B. Astor is on
ly worth about $4,000,000, and (he estates of
city people nre overrated, vvhilo Mr. Hairs
ton enn show the property that will bring
the rash at any moment.
Duel between Randolph and Clay
“The night before the duel,” says Gener
al J. Hamilton, of South Onroliun, “Mr.
Randolph sent for me. 1 found him calm,
hut in n singularly kind and confiding mood.
He told me that he had something on his
mind to tell me. ‘Hamilton, I have deter
mined to reaeive, with out returning Clay’s
fire ; nothing shall induce tne to linrm a hair
on his head ; 1 will not mako his wife a wid
ow, or his childred orphans. Their tears
would lie siied over ills grave ; but when the
sod of Virginia rests on my bosom, there is
not in this wide world one individual to pay
this tribute upon mine.’ Ills eyes filled, and
resting hi* head upon his I and, we remained
some moments silent. I replied, ‘My dear
friend ('for ours was a sort ot posthumous,
friendship, bequeathed by our mothers J that
you have mentioned this subject to me , for
you call upon mo lo go to the field and see
you shot down, or to assume tho responsibil
ity, in regnrd to your own life in sustaining
your deter mination to throw it away. But
on this subject, a man’s own conscience is
his best monitor. 1 will not advise, hut un-
dec the enormus and unprovoked insult you
hove offered Mr. Clay, 1 cannot dissuade. I
feel bound, however to communicate to Col
onel Tutnall your decision,’ He begged me
not to do so, and said ‘lie was very much
afraid that Tutnall would take the studs and
refuse to go out with him.’ I, however,
sought Col. Tutnall, and we repaired about
midnight lo Mr. Randolph’s lodjdfigs, Whom
we found reading Milton’s great poem. For
somo moments lie did not permit us to say
one word in relation to the approaching duel;
and he at once commenced one of those de
lightful criticisms on a passage of (his poet,
in which he was wont enthusiastically to in
dulge. Aficr a paws Col. '] utnall remarked,
Mr. Randolph, I am told vott have determin
ed not to return Mr, Clay’s firo; I must say
to you, my dear sir, if I am only to go out to
see you shot down,you must find somo oth
er friend.’ Mr. Randolph remarked that it
was his determination, After much conyer-
sat’on oh tho subject, I induced Col. Tutnall
to allow Mr. Randolph to take his own
course,as his withdrawl, as one ofhis fiiends
might lend to very injurious misconstructions.
At last, Mr. Randolph, smiling,said, “Well
Tutnall, I proiniso you one thing, if I see the
devil in Clay’s eye, and that with malice pre
pense he means to lake my life, I may
change my mind.? A remark J knew he
made merely ta propitiate the apxr
'ol'orfjac. But he saw ‘no devil in Olay’s
eye, hut n man fearless, and expressing the
mingled sensibility and Dimness which be
long to the occasion
“I shall never forget this scene as long as
I live. It bus been my misfortune to wit
ness several duels, hut I never saw ono, at
least in its sequnl, so deeply affecting. The
sun was just setting behind the blue nills, of
Randolph’s own Virginia. Here wera two
of tho most extraordinary men of our coun •
try in its prodigality had produced, about to
meet in mortal combat. Whilst Tutnall was
loading Randolph’s pistols 1 approached my
friend, I believed for the last time, I look his
hand ; there was not in its touch the quiver
ing of one pulsation. He turned to me nnd
said, ‘Clay is calm hut not vindictive—l look
iny .purpose, Hamilton, in any event; re
member this. On handing him hi* pistol,
Col. Tutnall sprang the hair trigger. Mr.
Randolph said, Tutnall, although 1 am one
of the best shots in Virginia, with either a
pistol or a gun, yet 1 never Arc with the hair
trigger; besides, I have thick buckskin
gloves on, which will destroy the delicacy
of my touch and the trigger may fly before I
know whore I nm.’ But, from his great
solicitude for his friend, Tutnall insisted up
on hairing the trigger. On taking their po
sition, the faot turned out os Mr. Randolph
anticipated ; his pistol wont off before the
word, with the muzzle down.
"The moment this event took place, Gen
eral, Mr. Clay’s friend, called out that he
would instantly leave the ground with his
friend if that occured again. Mr. Clay at
once exclaimed it was an accident, and bog
ged that the gentleman might be allowed to
go on. On the word being given, Mr. Clay
fired without effect, Mr. Randolph dischar
ging his pistol in the air. The moment Mr.
Clay saw that Mr. Randolph had thrown
away his fire, with a gush of sensibility he
instantly approached Mr. Randolph anti said
with an emotion I can never forget—“I trust
in God my dear sir, you nre untouched ; af
ter what has occurred, 1 would not have
harmed you for a thousand worlds.’
The close of this passago in Randolph’s
career makes too complete a picture to be
omitted. Returning from his mission as
Minister to Rusia, broken in health, sick at
heart—at death’s door—lie went into the
Sennte Chamber, and took his seat in the
rear of Mr. Clay. The gentleman happened
to be at that time on his feet addressing the
Senate. ‘Raise me up, said Randolph, I
want to hear that voice again. When Mr,
Clay had concluded his remarks which were
very few, he turned around to see from what
quarter that singular voice proceeded. See
ing Mr. Randolph, nnd that he was in n dy
ing condition, he left his place and went to
speak to him ; ns he approached, Mr. Ran
dolph said to the gentleman with him, Raise
me up. As Mr. Clay offered his hand I
hope you nre belter, sir; replied Rnndolpe, 1
am u dying man, and 1 came here expressly
to have this interview with you.
They grasped hands and parted, never to
meot more.
Macon Manufactubed Engines.—We
examined on Mo iduy last in the machine shop
of Mr. Charles P. Levy, in this city, a
steam engine which he had just completed
for Messrs. Demining nnd others, who nre
erecting a set of steam' saw mills between
Gordon and Mi'ledgeville. It is of twenty-
five horse power, embraces nil tho modern
improvements, nnd has been constructed en-
tiro, with the exception of the boilers, in
Mr. Levy’s establishment. For beauty of
proportions and finish, and, so far as the eye
can judge, for substantial utility, this engine
is not a whit inferior to the best wo hnve ev-
or seen produced in the Northern works.—
We are nappy to find that the Southern peo
ple are not only using a great deal more ma
chinery than formerly, hut that they are gen
erally determined to give preference to home
made articles. Mr Levy informs us I ha'he
has now in hand no less than eight steam
engines, and that he employs, all told, about
forty hands. Such establishments und their
proprietors, ought to he cherished and sus
tained byn wise, sagacious, and prudent peo
ple. They contribute essentially to the
prosperity, not only of the city, but of the
surrounding country.—Jour. & Km
The Frenchman's Revenge.
There are hut few pleasing reminsrences
of the time when business and credit were
prostrated by the hurricane whieh'sweept
over this country in “thirty seven’’—when
the banks generally suspended specie poy-
ments, nnd hard ia h was a phenomenon.—
We recollect but one mirth-provoking inci
dent, connected with the great paniu. nnd
that was tho presentation of a hundred dol
lar bill at the counter of a city bank, by a
Frenchman, with a demand for the specie.
“Monsieur,” said the fiercelittle French
man, “vili you pay zis bilTT^Ht^oii give
me zo monniae ?”
“We cannot redeem it at present,” said
the Teller, in a very bland lone, “we have
suspended.”
“Suspended t Va’s that ? Hang by ze
neck like one tarn thieving tog ? No, sore !
you no deceive mo, snre ! I vill hnve ze
I’nrgenl, ze gold, zosilvnre, ze enppare !”
“ 'Wo cannot pay it now. We will re-
deom our notes when other banks redeem
theirs.”'
“Whon oder hank redeem theirs 1 By gar,
ze oder bank say ze same, sale I vill shoot
you, save,vis ze pistol, ze gun, ze connon,
saro.l”
“You had better wait, sir. You had bet
ter keep cool.”
“By gar, I vill not wait l vill not keep
cool ! I vill have, by gnr, revenge ! Sacre !
Look here 1-1 tear your paper note all in
leetel piece ! I chow him I I stamp on him !
You loose your leetletnni biller note 1 There,
sare—I am revenge ! I am by gar revenge /”
And having destroyed the note, looking
ull defiance at the.Cashier, Teller, and i "
4t« i iu lo Frenchman- star 1 --- 1 —‘
the air iofu
NUMBER 22.
Scent) at tho Trcinom Haase.
DININQ ROOM—YANKEE AT TABLE EATINO
DINNER.
Superintendent, [coming forward.]—Any
thing the matter here, Thomas ? Any thing
wrong, sir ? J *
ple'Jse sir ~ H0 ^ lh ° S ° Up ^ c,e8n »
Yankee.—That’s n tetotal lie. I didn’t
say twas dirty—I didn’t say ’twan’t clean-
l shouldn t hevsntd any thing about yer soup
llne " i aket '"How hadn’t poked
the bill for the dinner in my face afore I be-
C t° eat. 1 shan’t pay in advauce. He
more u fort„ things charged on it—
more’n I could eat in two fortnights. Hed
a lot wines chnrgod, when ] belong to the
Sons. What I hev I’ll pay for when (he
work s dun. 1 Ids here was recommended
to me for n furst rate tavern.
Superintendent.'—My dear sir, that was
only our bill of fare, simply to indicate what
d.shcs may be called for. Our prices for din
ner are uniform.
Yankee—The duce it is-well, the fact
1 ,nean MOfling agin yer soup.
What 1 was sgoin to say was this, that the
soup warn’t so clean ns 1 Imd seen, for yer
see, when I was travollin’ in IWylvany,
iney had some soup at one tavern so clean
that el you should dip n white cambric han-
kercher into’t ’twouldn’t grease it.
, ^ttflunt superintendent and “linen jacket
footer,” amid great laughter from the compe-
A Georaoai Made Piano.—Wo wore
equally surprised und-plonscdtheoilior day
to rociove invitation to call nnd see r. Piano
manufactured in Augusta—si’* prised to
lenrn thiil such on enterprise was in pro*
gress, for we were nut previously uwnro
uf it, so quietly had it been kept, nnd
plenscd to ascertain that through the agen
cy ol Messrs. Sohtrmor & Wigand, the
! nnd successful manufacturers
ol Burr Mill Slones, the manufacture of
Pinnns Imd hcon commenced. Imagine,
then, our high grniiiicniifin. on' arriving at
the upper tenement of‘‘Quality Range,’nt
being shown n sevnn octogo instrument,
which, for external beauty, exquisite finish
of wotkmnnship, wi|lcompare favorably
with the most elegant instruments made in
the bcBt Factories nt the Norib. Ol its
tone nnd power Wo do not foul competent
to express nn opinion, though in both if
seemed very superior, nnd that opinion a
very competent artist concurred.
The make*, Mr. Peter Brenner, a very
modest, unassuming German, who served '
his tinm in Gcrmuny, nnd has worked
several year* in some oi the best manu
factories in this country, has been in this
city about six months, und this is his first
instrument, every port of which lias been
mode by him here, snvo the strings nnd
screws. It will bo entirely completed in a
fetv dnvs, when il will lie placed on exhi*
bition at the Masonic Hull, nnd the public .
invite' to call and o>« unci for themselves.
—Chronicle <$• Sentinel.
[CP A Soul aoovp. Stealing—When
young Billy Bottom lost one of his fingers,
a fow evenings ago, “Old Saratoga” over
heard a .conversation between him and
Shecsick8 about the loss :
"Billy, how did you loss your finger F
‘ Ensy enough," said Billy.
“I tfpnse so—hut how 1”
“I guess you’d ha’lost your’u if it ha.)
been whenr mine was.”
“That don’t nosvur my question."
"Woll, if you must know." said Billy,—
"I had to cut il off, else sleal the trap’,"—
Evening Mirror.
OCT" Excessive Modesty.—-A young
Indy, noted for her iifFcc.tid manners, re
cently entered the sho w room ufnlnsh*
iotmb’le milliner, with whom her family
were acquainted, lor the purpose of mak
ing some trifling purchases. On being
asked how her mollipr’s health wns, she
•She is not very well.’,
•Ah ! wltnt is tho muter with her 7"
■She fell down stairs nnd hurt her cour
tesy bender"
“Her what;"
“Her courtesy beftder."
“Courtesy bender I what is that 7” in
quired the puzzled milliner.
‘•Why. her knee."
A Legal Curiosity.—Tho other day in
tho Superior Court of New York.n cause
came on for argument, when.the defend
ant’s answer was ptoduced to the court
shape of a documea of some six thousand
folios. Judge Duer inspected the uriidigy
ol pleading, and then gravely suggested
that it hnd i y nil menns better be stbt to.
tin) World’s Fair, ns a specimen of Ainer-
cinn industry ! The judicial bon mot was
considered a very fair reply to the mam
moth a- a'lcr.
There is n plantation fur Sale in Louis
iana, the advertisement slating it is “just
below tho Devil’s Elbow."
HCPEve.v with Him.—One ol tho eon-
ductms m> the New Haven Railroad,
whose speech, smacking of the French i
German nccen'. subjects 'him to nn inr.o
siounl quia from the passengers, wn
ed “A Hnppv New Year," by niie
uriog a trip on New YmrV day
tank yntx stir I merry Cliristi
fool. Four# July, and all ac re
roply
