Weekly Messenger, Volume 3, Number 6, Vevay, Switzerland County, 12 October 1833 — Page 2
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SUSPECTED FORGERIES. The examination of Charles Ircw
i , i !i-ir.TU! f lit Kul mi
Remarkable Escape' from ihe. Indians, . In the year 18IU, while two hunter?, bv.the names oi' Colter and Potls, wen-
ite ckut;aive fore-tUing their trap?, in Missouri, they
run took pSace this morning (Sept. :j).5U.Jd:iily hoard a great noi-e, vvecmat It) oVbc at thy mayor's oiiice. ' bliu the trampling of .animals soon Hio c"!rv:;:r:l:-iiirt vc-iiavt-learnetl jiti'tr which from 50Q to 000 Indian?. f j,.Fi'v Vj tne arrest and character of, made their appearance, and bekoned he-e individuals are such as leave lit-i to them. I'olts expecting lo be tortur-
hr-douht o!' their gmit. O.:--: of them ed to death, it he was taKon, tircw rp
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e"s stern, and in an instant drove in. verbage, tne organ ol veneration and ' uations jor tnctians. Un I hursday the wedges between the rudder and there is a general disposition in individ-1 lt, the proposals, under capt. Brown's -
in.! luft Unr. !n flip mnrni i n' I trals and in communities In fill oo.l.r
fails were seen 'fluttering about, she! religious influence and this is always
was adrift in the middle of' the lake,
and being presently bio.vn ashore, she vrasTcasily taken. Wc are informed that goods coming
from rew York, have been shipped tlx
i.iWiV'dld co:n:e;,anJ more t!ian oncejbis rifle and shot one of the foremast In-jp,.,. season from Albany lo Galena us.ec-od of Uliins tire' to buildings jdians upon which, in return, they fil jpekin, Peoira,and Lower Alton, inthhotie hns.Wii. courderleiting, nicking tied bis body so fr.il of arrows, that he 'State of Illinois, Paris, Mavsville, P.
b- is s.'iid to he complete i fell dead instantly.
rolessiou. and to evince! They now seised Colter, stripped -Kentucky ; to Chicago and Green "iJ-'M
ver-atilitv aid acute ih-ss that would .him naked, ami began to contrive how ici territory; to Tort Wayne, . . J. . . ... . i . a. ji. v' .. r.... . -f ." J ' -J
?! j: him wofthv Jo become the iierotw pi mm ueain
p.... act
prejudicial to temporal interests, and to
Som
advertisement of the i!Sth of June 4ast,.
for furnishing rations for Indians at the several depots, in the new Choctaw
the great caite of religion itself. We country west of Arkansas, were opened
should beware of this latal tendency. ( tins town,and tne contracts taken at If our institutions fall, let them not per-ism avarage of about seven and third i.h under the knife of sectarian bigotry, cents per ration. The competition, If they survive, let them be free from j we understand was, was greater than at ts polutiou,its desolating spirit. Letjmiy former bidding, and the contracts', eligioo flourish in our hearts, inourjwere taken at considerably lower piiicts, in the spirit, charily of our laws; ces than was anticipated; particularly
tpcshiire-h '. : I .ouiivi 11 ..id-' I.iicino-K. L-nf from -i union ofChnrrh and State, those Oi the. denols on the Arknr.s.T
ie great Lod oi Heaven preserve usij i ne aggregate oi tne contracts a-
moitnts to ver ;J"J,0tK?, and we are
:i i:HW
were K:rjv;a Maumec'Indiana; to Nashville and
to St. Louis.
At. ... I cntf mtr Kick nr ? ? i'nlr f II I -ir rn
; w York have lirU k'eni a watch-'but the old Chief interposed, and aked ; Missouri; and to Florence, Alabam:iJtre 'cst :a! eye upon him, and alter these ex-i hsm it he co-.ld run ia,t? Colter, under- jThis jnformHtion is derived Jrom one of Hollow
A as ' ;.r;iiii ,-i c-
r"j:u o
r."cries were committed. Drew i standing Indian customs, and knowing :tne ror-ardirir lines, ( the merchant's)! fa and fun. The grave and the gay,
oi being tne-.i woma w oaru ouiiumaii tu ul !anti embrace-! onlv thenlares to wh ch;ne n8ni nna 6- erc,aii joineu uie ... . ...,.i:.li!,l,., .. . . .. ..'.'.'I ' Li I .1 I. ,f l La
ini ong;anu me pt-ii.i mummer men
resounded througlf the streets enliven
l ne. tamnsucais. ur grave cuy igratihca to lenrn, that they have all
was completely thrown from her ecu-j been taken by citizens of the territory tre yesterday by the IJachanals of the;0f ample responsibility to insure theTi
was contusion, InromD V ti -d. and wo hone t!uv r.,.,t
Guards. All
once su
theaiiair. A tew CnvS"ii. .,i-u ia.u..o a .ny .mu:tlKlt i,eliad shipned eoods; there'are
.1 IC3
ii-d notes to tne a-. rummer, though me Hunters o.u not ,seVeral lines emnlovuJ in transoortini?
r.ou:.r of q2 la) nt the ohicr. of Jacob call mm so. i he chief now led turn J;goo,js to 0luo, wl Little & Co., in Wail stirc, ,i: d was i or 400 yard?, and then released him,!ROO(ls trausnorle loi,'.w-.i tt,e hit;hco:.staUo his i e-i telling him to sax e himself if he could. :ua. a. but had liv-ii same snornin" ta-l At this n.omenf, the hcrriJ war whooui - . -
-.ce ' pn-s:g 1 1 ii l i v" last he
.. -i .i il'S
Pi.'ila ieij,!iia. (a S..t-a-ed st v;ral counterfeit
the ;V;w Vork end of the
w 'lieli he w
stated or: the wav tiH
vmao'rail roac
sos'iecte-c
i'.U
route, ol I the tact
Aiierw.-'.rus, on
sounded, and tlie chase began.
CoUcr ran liive a deer across the
Sleam Boat bunrt. The steamboat" Ousalonic, plying between thi place and the different landings on the Potomac River, was burnt to the water's edsre. on Friday niHit last, whikf .h
Dofts inhorrcs..; A writer in the. A-j Every thing that could excite a laughjlying at Lconardiown, .Md. The fire
soods to Ohio, which are reached by cd by the parade, ini gut nave persuaded
ported through the Erie -"1 stranger nc naa wamuerea lnio a coiO I .. . f II. II . .
ny oi ieui.imnes.
i ie array was irresitaWy comic.
realize from them a handsome profit,-
Utile Rock Uric.) Gaelic.-
mercan Farmer savs, horses fed on was pressed into service. The warriors
plain six miles in breadth, and the I a- Igreen oats will discharge the botts con-1 were garbed in every fashion that ever dians after him, at full speed. At cv- tained in their stomachs. When a! coveted flesh and bones. All that is cry instant he was treading on the 'horse begins to suffer from the botts he 'grotesque out landish, comic and queer,
prickly pear with his near leet, int-J should be immediately bled in the neck: were there. Each individual of the
Soar,! lli Burlington boat, he passed oQ'j wounding them. When about half! and the blood poured down hi throat, host was, in himself, a farce: and the ? er i! ennna ri'cits at the bar. Tli. wa.v ac-l:;? the plain, he vetured to iok ! it should be caught in bottles, and kept j whole array reeling with mock gravity,
perceived that i trom coagulating by having the bottles. through the street?, would have mane
with the iiotice on the way bill .:siicion. The police were
to-elbo eX'MTed
informed, and a strict watch kept upon fcU tnovemet.-t and those of hi. conipan-i-:u?'""0.i ?,Joi.lay they" were about to dejv.tit i'.r n d'if;,ire, '.vhen Jii.h. conctab!? S-iiaiicv ai d the oih'.:r oiiicers ar-
Drc.T.
Charles Dre'A.
r?"i. ir. ;
UU two Wisier
A PitorfGV. An irishman recom-m."-tiding an excellent milch cow, stated t;i ! siie would jiie mlik year after year, vvitliot isa. iiii; calves because it ran in 'Jv- ''od: aiv' she came of a cow that r.cvor ha.-i a calf.
'Missionary..- ou-g missionary ask;d te of his'iiip.posed lemaSe converts.
' now ma ' co-n:n i
van "en
imenistnere were.
;r." Wha.t have I not learned "Ye- Mr. Minister, and last
in warm water. In five minutes the
hoi?e will obtain relief.
over tus shoulder, and
the Indians were wnklv scattered, ex
cept one, and he iK) or 100 yard? oil. A laint gleam of h:'pe now cheered his heart, and he exerted himself still more,
till the blood unshed from the nostrils'!
and almost covered the fte part of his good looking Jonathan came into this 'fun. On the contrary, it is anew spe
body. He bad now arrived within a j place with a load of "gals," and stop-jcies of logic; a grave argumentation mile of ihe river, when he distinctly ;ped at one of the taverns in the east (he militia system; and embodied illusiieard the appalling sound of footsteps : part of ut he town. After handing thejtralion of the reports of our last dele-
uenino mm, and every instant expected ladies into the sitting room, he drove Ration to the legislature on that impor-
" Nestor swear the joke was laugha
ble." This exhibition, say our morning co-
Uoto to patronise a intern. One eve- temporaries, must by no means be con-'
ning last week a rather well dressed Isidefed a mere ebulilion of the spirit of
.1 ;
Vi'J learned ne break one."
Tie.? fr;-tt:n!ati' f N. Y ) GaeUe .tell? lhe.-t;',liviiig uhaost incredible 'o:y : .in utie.niii was in:le bv two iniliviJurA - Ui r';') t!:!i iiirti! lieHvoi-n t!ii? phtoe ami HfMti'i trulv ;!! Tliinsii;iv night (f Inxi
S!;:n1."i!rl t,-ir fc?:fmi''ed V climb oa tiic t"rc t o". it tif f-f cucli box, 'hat lie was
Ti e driver p!i d the bet nf hi etaciciiuy br ihe !ie:J of the
ahondt.n !iis projeol. and lei
t-ie sii:4'f- ps!" on. i he - (her who ba t t on ti.f b. nil part of th coach, findinL' be fniiiil do ni'liiing aln, jr l liwii ar.i' tnufded- i: 'in tnre. Th'-ie were nine piSs-!.?rv!S iiide of li.ecoac!i, all of wliom were stuul, l;ealtbv nifii, a!d who, du' i'i;;
t)w hint !' the sink1' between the driver the robber, tb; former c;died u; n t!.v:rn for an-sist.inee, not one of I hem po?sesd snil.rieet manhood to emu; to Ins aid, ,'A oil united in beseectiing him to put whip to Lis horses, and get to a stopping place ;.'s suon as possible.
to ieei the spear of his pursuer. Again he turned his head, and saw the savage
not twenty yaids from him. Determined, if poshle. to avoid the expected blow, he suddenly stopped, turned round, and spread oat his arms. The Indian, surprised by this action, and perhaps by the bloody appearance of 'Colter, ale, attemped to stop; but, exhausted with running, he fell whilst endeavoring to throw his spear, which siruck in the ground and broke. Colter instantly snatched up the pointed part, with which he pinned him to the earth, and then continued his light The foremast of the Indians, on ar
riving at the place, stopped till others came up to join them, when they set
up a hideous yell. Every moment of
time was improved bv Colter, who, al though laintiagand exhausted, succeed
ed in gaming the skirting of the cotton wood, on the border of the plain, thro'
which he run and plunged into the river. Fortunately for him, a little below
this, place was an Island, against the
upper part ot which, a raft of drift tim
,ber had lodged. He dived under the I rait, and alter several eiforts, got h"s
head above water amongst the trunks oi the trees, co- ered over with ernaller w ood to the depth of several feet. The Indians arrived, schreeching and yelllii g like so many furies. They were frequently on the raft during the day,
and were seen thro the chiaks by Co!-! ter,who was rejoicing at his escape, nntil the idea rose, that they might set
the raft on hie. In honible suspence he remained until night, when hearh.g no moie oi the Indians, he dived under the raft und swam silently down the river to a co.isiderabie distance, where he landed and travelled all night. Although happy in having escaped from the Indians, his situation was' still .dreadful; he was completely naked, un-
T:e -question ws. hither a person who .dor a burning sun; the soles of his feci
h co:Tinviil a f ll-.nv in one aie, cuid ! were entirely tilled with the thorns o.
jtbe prickly pear, he was hungry, anil
had no means ol killing gam', althougi he saw abundance round him. He at rived at the Fort in seven days, howrv
ro.-XMi.le tinif! vo:il,, ellipse as er- having subsisted nn a rm.l mnrli
!- " - teemed by the Indians of the Missouri
now known by naturalists as psoralsa c?
cvlChla.
his teaai into the shed and gave them tant subject. The persons engaged in
some ha of his own. lie then wentto a jit are not to be regarded as mere devogrocery, and purchased a pint of Port I tees of fun, frolic, and flash; but as a wine, borrowed a bottle to carry it in,,band of philosophers, philanthropists, and a glass to drink it with, and took it 'and patriots, who have enacted an ini-
up to the tavern, and after treating the! posing drama, to teach saving political
gals," returned the borrowed articles, and started for home. The landlord
will be able to retire from business itiaj
short time at this rate.
truths to a sinking age.
Phil.
paper.
State nf Tmdt-
-The excitement in
Thieves and Swindlers. This description of gentry are daily becoming more numerous, in all our cities. Whether the accessions are to be traced to emi-
the cotton market continues to increase,' grants from Europe, or to demoraliza-
md prices appear to advance more i Hon at home, the tact oi increase is un-
rapidly the higher they become. Two'doubted. In the West, it may rer on-
or three parcels of lioweds have, this I ably be attributed to the necessity im-
wcek, lor tin; hi st time since 13:Jj been posed upon those, who have become sold for a chilling a pound, by whichiuotoiious in the atlnntic cities, to seek i i- ii 4 r . v.,.: v.-
weuenecseme or consiaeraoie wagers uclv .oetiiru -iui u.ui u rcmuuiw.-
T;1." n tp'ter fr'ni Cohimbus, we lenrn th.it Co!. iMilron, tvh.i recently very delib-
cr
leiy f;b t M -jor Camp, in the street of
!'!ib'!f, wih the shei ui s d'ibk-barrel-
ir,ia. Im- bee a tried, acquitted ami dis r ie.i. V:Ht Pr we n-.iiTiing to in Geor.Avzunta N. .2 G.izctie.
have beeu derided, and bets are freely
ollere.d at Liverpool that they will be sold a t 13d. before the hi st of January. In short, the market, has become what it was in 18"25; -a scene of speculation and gambling. In this town the prices of reeled yarn, which is very scarce in the rnatket, keep closely behind the
cotton though the buyers. have rather
shy of making purchasers at extreme
prices within the last few days. 1 he advance in most descriptions of goods is still considerable below that in coteotton; and in some descriptions not
much in demand at this season ol the vear it is difficult to obtain pvpii the
tnallest increase in price. .Manchester
Guardian.
The facilities of conveyance make this
easy It is. becoming more untl more necessary that caution should be observed in receiving persons unknown, into acquaintance and association. Men of character, who visit strong places, should provide for themselves unexceptionable recommendations. Those not provided with them should be looked
upon with suspicion. Cincinnati Gaz, A young gentleman stepjl into a book
store, and said he wanted to get a
loung Alan's Companion. "Well sir." said the bookseller 'here's my daughter.'
t? IHC ! A h ' i 1'OHT A XT pECISIfjr. ?,:: s we.1; a very intef.stina constitutional ti'iosiion rnim' up fr the first time in this ::;;, t:;r:i a kuheaa corpus, beLre fh : i!. "''! . Oii'-iHii.
:t;i..n ori tjiis c.emriml rvr tp executive r-f s-id St'ife br rrres'.eil in il is State i,v a ia-!te of the peace. and committed tr
a ;;c:", en proof ol the naie, mjtil
?ica
ml. I e
l '!;
th.'
V. !;e'-t; On- i.TillH whs
Dnie wo:ili! cinpse as Eveewtivp of tj:e stale
ommitied to demand
th t-
GEXER.1L PUTXUL
f:f .five Ai'erfnli la l rt a Ti'iiuieii t Ci Hi!f: ! F.st. on 'b" si!e nn.i Ito-
ie;t .. V'v'MlVer and Win. VmineiHon. Vvz-.-j in il,j r 'iif.r tn Plinn r'd.ir.iiftfr
ii.!un- i'vur ..'deliberate on this, icr.-! ""g ti,c u:,r Canada, ln;tweei
lioilHi.t oi'f-s'.i'iii. (ieriilfd that flie r.rn-s
nd '..w;:iiiPi! w b-l, b?; the prisoner j herit was marching across file cotitdiy
C'lild iv t l-R o-i.fiiid be-, end such re.- S'm j to Canada, the army coming to one o
a' le period is vwrdd ru il.le tin; executive ; the lakes which they were obliged to
c! the Suite. wh'MiMhe crime !!romni;tten,i iiass, lound the rrench had an armed
Th
general was in great distress; his tKiat
Sinovlr. The following circumstance has been related ta us as having
lately occurred in the neighborhood of
JJisrhitrnis rfTnls of j1tinnn'jnnus Er.l
ers. In the the Bankruptcy CourtTurkhamiock' Luzcrna county P. Wo I J . . - J i L f -il.. . . r . i
esterdav. Thomas Arbet. bu der. ol u" "ol vouch. iorj.ue correciness oi jne
be Horse-ferry road, appeared to pasfijstory though it is said to be strictly
lis tast examination, when it appeared ! 11 ut
a- nine rmiu ueggea ot us meaner
piece ofcake, and on receiving it im
mediately went out of the house. A
snort time aiterwards, the mother ought the child, whom she found a little from the house amusing itself with
feeding the cake to a large rattle snake.
1 he snake with its head elevated near
ly to the height of the child's head, was
receivieg with much apparent satisfac
tion from the hand of the unconscious child, the crumbs ofcake which it broke
off and put into the snakeshin's mouth
I lie alarm ot the mother, as might rea
sonably be expected, was very great on seeing her child put its fingers into
the mouth of so dangerous a creature as the rattle snake; but retaining a proper presence of mind she persuaded the child locome to her, and then pursued and killed the snake Montrose Vol.
was entirely aecidental, and so rapid -' was the progress of the tlames, that the
I captain and .crew, asleep on board at
the same time, with didcuhy escaped with thrir lives. Wc understand the Ouvdonic was partially. .insured. Asi-. . nolher boat'it is said, will be put on the
muit .is 3oun me necessary arrangements can be made. Ilex. Gaz. Sits fllAKUFACTUE. One of the , most gratifying exhibitions we ever, witnessed is t!it of ihe si;k worm in all its t,-r-;e5, with Ihe mulbeiry leaves, , egg, cocor.n?, chiysaa-., miller, &r., logtdl-.er with a comphdf domestic procesi of manufacture, which may be seen at the Agricultural warehouse in this city. The machine which is there -in motion was invented lsi winte r by Mr. Adam Urooki, of Sf ituate, M iss. i and a patent of if, which we have s.-en, was issued or t!:e 29th June last. It is an improvement, at it seems to u?, of vast importance: Cr, unlike the Piedmontese wheel, hi ret fore thieCy u-ed, which only performed the reeling process.it combines the ret lir gand
twi-iing; and Ihe saving of labor La-
such, inconsequence, that 1 bO skeins
can be made in a day by one woman . and a liitle girl, to turn this improved wheel, as earil) as 40 can by the dd. -This we learn from those who b.ie : tried both. One of the new machines is used in Connecticut, and aHr in New Yoik, besides those in the f mily
of the inventor, who tiow devote their-f timenagp-a. measure, to Ibis business. "K Mr, 13. is one of the society of .. Friends. His wife, who superintend th wheel, and h s paid some attention .. to silk -making f.-r several yt--.irs, had made frequent complaint of the labor lost by tie old machine. Her hu3-. hand doubted t!e prac tstability of arnending it, and t .ld her so in plain
terms; but went to thinking, it seema,
md in about three wet-fea produced.
his capital improvement. Mrs. B. .
saja it was formerly a ery hard day's
worb to make thirty skeins, she now -make one hundred in ordinary hours.
1 lie silk id beaulihil. a smooth as the
Italian, and stronger lb in lh;it.
Boston Joarna'.
ivprc tin-mnti-h in hir '.mJ tliu iibinp h;nn nf rv wfi linvo tin ennstitlltion.il ini.'n r...;.. .... i .. I,.. ii.. i- i
Ivnc! fcrih it i cer am hat Missi9in ii. ..... . - i- n j t,..,.. u..i '. . . mho on a
to .len-.-ifid il.e"'gilive imhe mote uresrri-j vtfcs,c f twelve guns upon it.. U-i by the Censiitation nf the United j general was in great distress; his
I were no match to her, and she
(was capable of sinking his whole army,
1 . r - , . , ii i r 'in the situation it was placed. (enerrri.t. :'i- rrmiiiiald v.no'bave n-d trom; . josn. e. in a s,sier 8t,.e. Let ihe decision j"1 l!ltnam enmc to him, and Sa,d,,'Cea-t-Copied by all the Sta'es; and crimes eral that thlP must h.e t:ik(n- Ay,
Vii! be !cs$ freqort. :,s hope ofescane s Amherst, 1 would give the world wii! be. diminished eept- lly as- it is de-,she was taken I'll . take her,' says sir-. that i.nr neishiior Ftite, LouisiHivi,; Putnam, Amherst smiled, and asked ?N i :-. adopt a si nilar principle. Natch- how ? 4 Give me some wedges, a beetle ?z Mi's.) Journal " (a large wooden hammer or mallet, used for driving wedges,) and a few men
A considerable number of persons : of my own choice. Amherst could not hav-; been Idled in dm Is, in the south, conceive how an armed vessel was to within a short time rm-d. I he present be taken by four or Gve men, a beetle, most fashionable mode i to die by a ball and some wedges. -However, he gran-
la Ihe head. So fell Mr. Campbell, U- ed l'utnam s request. hen night nited S. attorney fjr Florida and oth-. came t'utn tm, with his materials and
eta.
iere was a balance of (5,3 10 in his fa
i f t t i
or; rus property consists oi ireenoia
md Jeaselwld and he was driven into
e Cazette for a bankrupt, in conse
pience ol some secret enemy writing
I'luonymotisly to his creditor, reuect-
g on the state of his allairs. Lon lo?i
nnvcr.
CFWRCIIjIXD state. Sir William Jngilby, a distinguished hig, has giveu notice that he will
aove, at , an early day, for the exclusion
ii' the Bishops, in the British Parlia-
n'nt. This iscerlainly making an im ortant change in the constitution, and
will, no doubt be opposed with great zeal, by many, and probably, the British ministers. The King however, has recently told them that they have bro'l -caudal on their order, vitid endangered their seat in Parliament. One thing is certain- Public opiipou calls for such
i change and as the principles ot re
Jin Unreflecting Scoundrel- w rnt re
crnlly into a merchant tailor' lmn in
form progress, it must occur. In this; Albany, under the pretence of buvin" 4 i.... i i:. .:i . . -' c
ion in this church and Stale; but we: pair, and seeing a chance h. psr:m m
have a sectarian spirit which is rapidly i seen through a window he eloped; lealending o sucU.-a consummation. In, vine a pair of unmentionable mnrp Int.
some parts of the United States, this. tcreu than were Governor Marcy'a hcfoeling has arrived at an alarming! fore the Empire State renairrd tbom
height. It is felt in elections, in criiw-jat her own expense: hut tbev rnnlnin.
..I i..:..U ..:i :l .:iu iU- , . . . . J
.ii m.,u, anu ii presses won ne j0rj, as good luck would have it, ten dolcight of .an incubus on the social cir-l ars lawful monev- three more than
in
wcigni oi .an mcunus on uie social cir-: ars law u mnnnv ib.o r- k.,
clc. Already has it been declared, that; the price of the pantaloons: which thel I" .1 W T 1 I., f.ll-.l! - 1 . I
every ranee mine union musi ue uneu , green nos oJ a thief had forgotten to
by proiessors ol religion; mat tne man .remove to his new quarters.
and the travellor should be arrested onj the Sabbath; and that no one should touch, taBte, or handle ardent spirits without beitu? deemed cuillv of crime.
and frowned on .accordingly. Every ; na' co&t of which in Calcutta was one
meti6tole quietly in abotfi under thc.yes-j one, has more or les?, in phrenological thousand dollan. Sut Cquu
A merchant in Boston advertises for
sale one camel's Hair Shawl, the origi-
In the days cf yore, there lived In
Chester in the state of Penn ivatti,
in old geylleman who kept a dry ;
goods store, and was remai table for
his mild disposition, o much so that no one bad ever seen him out of temper. This remarkable characteristic-
having become the subject of conver- '
s.ition, one of his neighlors, who was somewhat of a wag, bet five dollars that he could succeed in ruffling the habitual placidity f the stoic. He accordingly proceeded lo his store, and asked lo see some cloth suitable for a coat. One piece w.n showo him, and then another, a third and a fourth were banded from the shelves;
ibis was too course, the other was too
line, one was too dark a color, another
loo light; still Ihe old Diogenes continued placid as new milk, and nosooner did bis coMoinor start an objec
tion to any particular piece, than he
was met by some ether variety, being Inid before him, until the very st
piece in the store was unfolded fohrs" view. The vender now lost all hope of pleasing his fastidious purchaser, when the lat;?r, affecting to look at the uppermost piece with satisfaction, explained , "Ah. my dear sir, you have hit it at last , this is the very thing. Til take a ceits worth of this pattern,'-' at the same lime lay ing Ihe money plump
upon the counter before him, lo show
that he wa prompt pay. Yimi ehall
Uiave it, my good friend " reolied th
merchant, with the utmost seriousness of speech and manner, and then, laying tho cent on-the eurface of the clolh, and applying his am4e ecissnr,?, he cut it fairly round to the size of the money, and wrapped it carefully up in paper, made a low bow, thanked hlin for his custom, and Iropcd he would call at his store when he wanted an
thing iu his line again;