The Butcher-Knife, Volume 2, Number 10, Danville, Hendricks County, 3 October 1857 — Page 6

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Rogers had just hrid't.J

sport with a herd of elcphsnts ; his, -four tul Ld r.H Iccn discharnred,,wlien an 1 llTsf ri i r jiVf) fit. 111'"! f'T'n -?ia .i'. :i of th- , 'There. "svas so .help aor it except to run; and for 400 yards the 'major kept just ahead, feeling at every step the animal's trunk trvinir to insiriute' itself around his loins,- .A turn around 3 tree gave 'him a 'momentary- advantage, T?hioh lie. made, the most of by -springing up into the. brandies (he .was as nimble a; ft cat and as strong as a lion): one foot higher and he would have been out of the elephant's reach; bat before he had. time to draw up his legs the elephant had got him firmly clenched in the toils of his proboscis. Still, Rogers pulled against him, thinking it better to have his leg wrenched from the socket than to fall back bodily into the animals power. The struggle, however, did not last-long; for, to the delight of the pursued and the chagrin of the pursuer, the Wellington boot, which the former wore, slipped off, extricating the leg, and saved the life of pcor Rogers.

The dilemma, however, did not end hex,- Titles. A .Heutenant in the service,

for the elephant, findin- himself baulked ibythe mme of Broom' a3 advanced to

of his prey, after destroying the boot,

(ft- TLo r.. -!;tcr cf a. tan-yard in Y?-h : i, . ; r UU through thj or, ..a 1 ' d; a V; tail through is. Lr r, t,hn: AH.r -ihh h'! noticed r, gr;.v2 bc'Jrg p:rcc::rige standing near "with h:: f ;-..ctr :1c?, gs-ir.g intently on ii- .i.' A..J th.ro ho cc;itiatied';to stand, gazing and gazing, until the curi--ositV'-of--the. tanner ??,? greatly escitcd. in turn. lie stepped-oat and .addressed the l .i I Hi it it I . - -

'Do you want to buy leather said the tanner. .-,..; . . .1 ..iT No- Lis v 'P.-yoa .T?ish- to buy l)ide3?f ' , 'Ho,' . ' ' .. ' - 'Are you a farmer 'Are you a merchant?

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No.'" 'Are you a doctor V jn . , , J- o. , What are you then?' 'I'm a ph'losopher. I have been standing here for an hour, to see if I could find out how that calf got through that augur hole.' :

too!: up his quarters beneath , the branches, and kept his anticipated victim. in the tree for twenty-four hours;' when.' the taped or country postman, happened to pass '".S:'lz gvc him notice of Jus position; and en this being intimated, to the

nearest village, the elephant was friphtened away by tom-toms . and 'yelling. -Had this occurred in a deserted; part 'of the jungle, -st ?cg:r3 would indubita'blyhavo been starved to death in., the

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a captaincy, and naturally enough liked

to hear himself addressed as Cap. Broom. One of his friends persisted in calling him plain Broom,, much, to his. annoyance, and one day, having done so for the fortieth time,. Broom, said -'You will pleafu remember, sir, that I have a handle to m name.' 'Ah,' said his tormentor, 'so yen have well, Broom handle, how are you?'

Bad Compaky.-c-A skunk -once challenged a lion to single combat, ' The lien politely declined the honor of such a mceiina". . 'How,' said the skunk, 'are von afraid.' t. ..'Very much so,' .quoth the lion,' 'for you would only gain fame by having had the honor to fight a lion,, while every one who met me for a month to come, would know that I had been ia. company with. a

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:;hct!;er the law recently enacted rgr.ir.:t t! s carrying cf deadly weapons, applisa to lc iters who c-rry pllb m their pc:h:t:,

Or A wayward son of the Km em Id Isle deft the ted am! beard which he and his ?ife, Margaret. ha d occupied for a long time, anh penl ..his,, timet around rum shops where he was always on hand to count himself 'in' whenever any one would 'treat. Margaret was dissatisfied with this state of things, and endeavored to get her Imsband back again. We 'shall sec how sho succeeded: ' 'Now, Patrick, my henny, will yc come back? ""' ' 'No, Margaret, I won't come back.' 'An won't ye come back for the love of your children??' 'The divil a bit wdl T come at all.' 'Will yc come back for the love of mcselfr 'Nivrr at all, way wid ye. An, Patrick, won't the love of the gooel church bring ye back?' Patrick still refused. Margaret tho'i she would try another inducement. Taking a pint bottle of whisky from her pocket, and holding it up to her truant husband, she said, 'Will yc come home for the drop of whisky?' 'Ah, me darlint,' answered Patrick, unable to stand the temptation, 'it's ycrsilf that'll always bring me home agin ye has sich a winin' way wid ye. I'll come home, Margaret.' Margaret declares that Patrick was reclaimed by moral suasion 1

03 The following dialogue took place between two da ikies: 'Say, Sambo, Bsc want dat dime, you owes me.' 'Can't pay Jim ; can't pay nobody narry cent.' 'Why, Sambo, how's dat? I seed you change a V dis mornin.' 'True cnufT Jim, bat Pso suspended since.' t 'Suspended 1 what's dat you mean?' 'I means Jim, dat as do papers say ,ob de banks, I'se suspended payment.' You black rogue, yen ought to be suspended by de neck.'

OtT Two country attorneys overtaking a wagoner, and thinking to crack a joke on him, asked why hh fere horses were' so fat and the -re:t ;,o 1::..- 'The wagoner knowing them to Id cf the Jaw,' said: 'The fore horses are lawyers and the rcet are the clients.'- ,f '

IZD Never believe rashly, nor object obiticately,, , ... -. .