watchhak li'm ' . two dollars payable in j advance two dollars iltrthefirst,and25ct3 ntioseriion coartordera l than these rates a lib . li°wl>o advertise by the year 1 circuastuntid evidence ■ account 0r ihe convict ton and | ieamab0 ihe basis iof circumstan j " from a late volume ol , . , journal the tragedy years ago and is now . and juries against relying imstantial evidence : . j one of the jails ol dutchess \ v york sunday alias a hoag sentenced to be may oe lie alleged we read with a good . .;;.: of mrs hoag as presiding magistrate barculo but - case was circum ij direct we it ihe circumstantial was 1 he olher most ol which . l0 be of a very irresponsible ., however lound a verdict ,. more to what appeared liuion lhan any thing else had .. iurv we would have remained doomsday before we would have nan guijty we hope lhal inas . a woman a molher — inasmuch j againsi her ought not lo be ■ pardoned hy lhe govern n ol punishment — .... has tive oilier liule cliil 1742 a case of a very remark - irred near hull england a i thai place wns stopped _-. about seven miles from ghwaj man and robbed ol g veniy guineas the high off by a different path at full nan frightened but noi n purse pursued his journey . however and being na ; by what had passed he ! , o in les further and slopped al lhe d kept bv mr james brunei he i chen lo give directions about his j he related lo several persons ict ol his having been robbed to i ibis peculiar circumstance ihai l travelled he always gave his gold a .. and ihat every guinea laken , was ihus maiked hence he ; mi be lubber wuuld be detected supper j he relired email hud no long finished his i l neii mr llrunell came inlo lhe parlor ! - iu-.aiid.uiei lhe inquiry of lhe land j guest's satisfaction with the meal sir 1 understand that you have | lot far hence ihis evening ?' ' i ir mr was the reply and your money continued tbe landlord ' it was [ er ' a circumstance has aris irunell ' which leads me to think ( ul oui ihe robber pray at whal ; . iiing were you slopped ?' ' il r in lo be dark leplied the tra ! ■•-. the lime confirms my suspicion said . ind then he intormed the traveller ' waiter one john jennings who ; ben very lull of money and so gant thai he the landlord had : mi oed lu part with him his conduct being ', bjmj suspicious that long before dark i light he had sent jennings out to get a i for him that the man hadon back since the arrival of the traveller ' not get change ; and that | be in liquor he had sent j determined to discharge him in mr brunei i continued to say j guinea was brought back to him was nol the same one he had lange there being upon lhe re i nark which he was sure was not : but thai he should probably the matter jennings i his pockets of late ■ a lhe kitchen told whal the i g the robbery and ice of the guinea being maiked m'.brunell had not been present when m'.s made and unluckily helore oni the people iu the kitchen ! way the guinea to a man who lived iid now had gone home the nce however said the landlord in ruck me so very strongly that 1 ■ - retrain as an hones man from com - g information ol it is duly thanked for his can ' there appeared irom it die osfor suspecting jennings ; and htng bim anv ol the maiked guineas nd ihe gentleman could iden - would then remain no doubt in ll was now agreed to go up lo his - was fast asleep ; his pockets e<j and irom one of them was drawn , ntaining exactly nineteen guin now became ceilainty ; lor the the purse and guineas lo be ! which be had been robbed d jennings was awakened bed an i charged with the rob deuied it firmly ; but circumstances - lo gain him belief lie was md the nexi day laken be il he peace the gentleman osed the lads upon oath ; g no proofs nothing but the ;'; ol innocence which could no m committed to lake his trial at - ze g seemed the case against him oman's friends advised him to ; jjnjuirow himself on lhe mercy of h>i8 advice he rejected and when ad not guilty the prosecutor e|actol lhe robbery thouth,as s*i he could not swear to the per sleul erl bul houshl him ol the same ' as he man who robbed him and guineas when ihey were pro j he swore—as to the purse posi ..._ be maiked guineas to the best ' ' ana he testified to their having ' t.e " r0fn j pocket of he prisoner ; ntojh mas,er'mf b rune ii de \ ",! ending of jennings lor lhe i a and the waiter's having . r"a maiked one in the room ; ,'. i i-'v d'e en h'm narked he | nee as to he ducovery of the ni l5f°",he prisoner to con y he man to whom mr bru guinea us mentioned cume the carolina watchman j j bruner j n . n ( " keep a check upo all vocr editor isf proprietor ) rulers ( new series dothis and liberty is safe < gen i harrison { volume ix number 17 salisbury n c thursday august 26 1852 flirw.nrrl niii-l r>r i _____________ _____________ n — r "'" i",ju»<-fu me coin tesiifuii at lhe same me hat he had received i on he very evening ol the robbery from the prisoner's mas ' ler in payment of a debt ; and the traveller or • prosecutor on comparing it wiih the other nine | teen swore that it was according to he best of his belief one of the twenty marked guineas i taken from him by u.e highwayman and ol wliidi lhe oilier nineteen were lotiud on jen j flings - 1 he judge summed up the evidence point mg out all the concurring circumslances againsi the prisoner and the jury convinced by the strong accumulation of circumstantial evidence ! without going out of court brought in a verdict i of guilty jennings was executed some time | afterwards al hull repeatedly declaring his in ! nocence tip to the very moment of his execution j within about twelve months afiei wards i mr riunell the master of jennings was him j sell taken up lor a robbery committed on a guest in the house and the fact being proved j on he trial he was convicted and ordered for j execution the approach of death brought on | repentance and repentance confession liru j nell not only acknowledged that ho had been ; guilty of many highway robberies but owned himself to have committed the very one for [ which poor jennings suffered " the account which crunch gave was that alter having robbed the traveller he had got home before him by swifter riding and a nearer way that he found a man wailing for him and to whom not having enough of olher money in his pocket he gave away one of the twenty j guineas which he had just obtained by the rob j bery presently came in the robbed gentle i man who whilst brunei not knowing of his ; arrival was in the stable told his tale us before j related in the kitchen the gentleman had ! scarcely left the kitchen before crunell entered j it and ihere lo his consternation heard of lhe j guineas being marked he became dreadfully j alarmed the guinea which he had paid away he dared not ask back again and as the affair j of the robbery as well as the circumstance ofj the marked guineas would soon become pub licly known he saw nothing but detection dis grace and death in this dilemma the thought of accusing and sacrificing poor jennings oc curred lo him the state of intoxication in whicli jennings was gave him an oppoitunily of concealing the money in the waiter's pocket the rest of the story the reader knows tale of a shirt collar we find the following rich story in a late number of the new york spirit of the times as the weather is very warm we recommend it to be read in a cool cor ner or in a shady grove at some of our summer retreats or watering places 1 will give you an adventure of a bash ful lover his name was damphule but we used to call him jackass for short heaven help me if he should ever hear this story ; 1 hope he don't take the spirit among his many misfortunes for he was cock-eyed red-haired and knock kneed he numbered that inconvenient one of bashfulness ; nevertheless he was fond ofthe ladies although when in their pre sence he never opened his mouth if he could help it and when he did speak he j used both hands to help him to talk ; in j fact he was a young man of " great ac tions jack one warm day fell in love he had just graduated at college and began ; to think he must seek the society of the la i dies ; he was getting to be a man and it . looked manly to have a " penchant so jack fell in love with the liveliest i sweetest most hoydenishgirl in the square j but how to tell his love there was the rub he had heard a good deal of the " language of the eyes and he according ly tried that ; but when he looked partic ularly hard at the window in which miss emily was in the habit of sitting some person on the other side of the street would invariably bow to him thinking he was endeavoring to catch their eye he has j despised expressive eyes ever since at length jack obtained an introduc tion through his sister and with her he j called several times but she was obliged to leave the city for a season and as each interview had only increased his ardor he finally determined upon going it alone long before the hour fixed upon by cus , torn for an evening visit he found himself arrayed in his best blue coat metal but tons black cassimere pants said pants being a leetle tighter than the skin nud a spotless vest the journals of the day state as an item of intelligence ihat the j thermometer ranged from 75 to 8udeg , jack swears it was a hundred as the hour gradually drew near jack found his perspiration and courage oozing out to ; eether and he almost determined to pull off and stay at home he concluded how ever he'd take a walk past the house and see how he felt . bv the time he reached the mansion he finally concluded not logo in but on cast i„g bis eyes towards the parlor window andd perceiving no signs of life there he thought it probable ihat no one was at i nr since he had proceeded so tar home ana since ne nt y he would proceed farther and leave his cano sooner determined than concluded in a reckless moment he pulled the bell the darned thing needn't make such a cussed noise the door was ope ned as if bv magic and the servant girl politely a ked him in miss emily was alone m fhe parlor and would be delighted to see hlo lord here was a fix go in a dark „_ mth pl nrettv eir alone k as tat ._ rezt e6girlha closed lbe rent door ood was poinling to lhe parlor where miw emily was silling all alone being perfectly convinced that no choice was left him into the dark room he walk ed or rather slided all was perfect chaos to his eyes for a moment but only for a moment then from the deepest gloom came forth an an gel voice " bidding him welcome and draw near to obey the order was but lhe work of a moment as he supposed ; but he little dreamt of the obstacle which i fate had thrown in his way he knew i full well tlie stream of love had many rip ples but full grown snags entered not in to his calculation judge then of his astonishment on be ing tripped up almost at the feel of a fair one by a fat stool with plethoric legs which chance or a careless servant had j placed exactly on his road to happiness over he went and as the tailor had not allowed for an extra tension of muscles and sinews he not only procured a tum ble but also a compound fracture of the | black pants aforesaid said fracture ex i tending all across that point which comes j in contact with the chair having picked himself up as carefully as circumstances would allow the smoth ered laugh of miss emily not setting him forward any he at last succeeded in reach i ing a chair and drawing his coat tails for i ward to prevent a disagreeable expose sat himself down with as much grace as a bear would be expected to exhibit when requested to dance on needles i'he young lady was almost suffocated with laughter at the sad misfortune of the bashful lover felt truly sorry for him and used all her powers of fascination to drive it from his mind and eventually succeed ed so far as to induce him to make a re mark on this rock he split for just at that moment she discovered that she had lost her handkerchief what had become of it ? she was sure she had it when she came in lt must certainly be some where about " hav'nt you got it under you mr dam phule !" jack was sure that couldn't be so but poor jack in venturing an answer could not possibly get along without raising his hands and of course he must drop his coat tail in his anxiety to recover the missing viper he even ventured to incline his body so as to get a glance on the floor as he did so the fracture opened and be hold there lay as the lady supposed her property it was the work of a moment to seize the corner and exclaim — " here it is sir ; you needn't trouble j yourself raise a little it is under you !" j at the same time giving it a long pull j alas the " tail was told — no escape i — nothing short of a special interposition of providence could save his shirt but what could he do ? another and another strong pull evincing on the part of the j lady a praise worthy determination to ob tain the " lost dry goods coupled with the request — " get up sir you're sitting on it deter mined him and in the agony of the mo ment grabbing with both hands a fast dis j appearing strip of linen which encircled his neck he exclaimed in heart-broken accents " for god's sake miss emily leave my shirt collar !" the rum-seller's debt give that mother back her son as he was on the day when he returned from his father's grave and in the affection of j his uncorrnpted boyhood walked to the j house of god with a weeping mother j leaning on his arm give that grieved | man back his brother as innocent and hap | py as in that day when the boys twined in each other's arms returned from school bent over the same bible slept in the j same bed and never thought that the day | would come when brother would blush \ for brother give the sorrowful maiden j who in all the fondness of a gushing af i lection has bestowed her heart's best jew el upon one whom the fatal cup hasde i graded and rendered unworthy the gill j the treasure of love which she plighted — j but read in the tearful countenance the ! hues of suffering and of pain caused by j the reckless conduct of him whom intern ; perance has robbed of every generous im poise give this weeping wife who sits ; before us wringing her hands in agony i the tears dripping through her jewelled lingers and tlie lines of sorrow premature iy drawn upon her brow give her back the man she loved such as he was when her young heart was won when they stood side by side on the nuptial day ; and | receiving her from a fond father's hand . he promised his love to one whose heart he has broken and whose once graceful form bends with sorrow to the ground give me back as a man tbe friends ofj my youthful days whose wrecks now he i on the wreck-strewn shore give me back as a minister the brothers i have seen drag ged from the pulpits which they adorned j and driven from the sweet mansions { where we have closed the happy evening with praise and prayer to stand pale and , hazard at a public bar give me back as°the pastor the lambs which i have | lost give me ber who in the days of her unsullied innocence waited on our ministry to be told the way to heaven and was led from that to hell and whose unblushing forehead we now shrink to see as she prowls through the streets for her prey give mc back lhe hie of this i youth who died a drunkard's death — and his dread doom — and who now while his mother by the body rocks in spechless agony is laid out in a chamber where we are left to weep with those who weep dumb opening not the mouth relieve our fears for the character and souls of some who hold parley wilh lhe devil by bis forbidden tree and are floating on the edge of the great gulf stream which sweeps its victim onward to meet the most direful — rev dr guthrie adaptation of the colors of animals to their haunts throughout the annimal creation the adaptation of the color of the creature to its haunts is worthy of admiration as tend ing to its preservation the colors of in sects and of a multitude of the smaller animals contribute to their concealment catterpillars which feed on leaves are generally eilher green or have a large proportion of that hue in the color of their coats as long as they remain still how difficult it is to distinguish a grasshopper or young locust from the herbage or leaf on which it rests the butterflies that flit about among flowers are colored like them the small birds which frequent hedges have backs of a greenish or brownish green hue and their bellies are generally whitish or light colored so as to harmo nize with the sky thus they become less visible to the hawk or cat that passes above or below them the way farer across the fields almost treads upon the sky-lark before he sees il rise warbling to heaven's gate the goldfinch or thistle finch passes much of its time among flow ers and is vividly colored accordingly — the patridge can hardly be distinguished from the fallow or stubble among which it crouches and it is an accomplishment among sportsmen to bave a good eye for finding a hare sitting in northern coun tries the winter dress of the hares and pa tarmigans is white to prevent detections among the snows of those inclement regions if we rurn to the waters the same de sign is evident frogs even vary their color according to that of the mud or sand that forms the bottom of the ponds or streams which they frequent — nay the tree frog — hyla viridis takes its spe cific name from the color which renders it so difficult to see it among the leaves where it adheres by the cupping-glass like processes at the end of its toes it is the same with fish especially those which in habit the fresh waters their backs with the exception of gold and silver fish are comparatively dark ; and some practice is required before they are satisfactorily made out as they come like shadows and so depart under lhe eye of the spectator a little boy once called out to a friend to " come and see for the bottom of the brook was moving along the friend came and saw that a thick shoal of gudgeons roach and dace was passing it is diffi cult to detect the ravenous luce as old izaak calls the pike with its dark green and mottled back and sides from the simi larly tinted weeds among which that fresh water shark lies on the watch as motion less as they even when a tearing old trout a six or seven pounder sails in his wantonness leisurely up stream with his back fin partly above the surface on the look-out for a fly few except a well en tered fisherman can tell what shadowy form it is that ripples the wimpling water but the bellies of fish are white or nearly so thus imitating in a degree the color of the sky to deceive the otter which generally takes its prey from below swim ming under the intended victim nor is this design less manifest in the color and appearance of some of the largest terrestrial animals for thesame principle seems to be kept in view wheth er regard be had to the smallest insects or the quadrupedal giants of the land early days in illinois or the wav col b l__vied on tiie calf we have read many good ones oflhe ear ly settlers of the west but the following we believe is a little ahead ol anything wc have seen as yet as it was related to us by col {} himself there is no doubt of its truth : the colonel said he came to this stale from onondaga counly new york in 1s32 when he was about nineteen and though rather ver dant in his own estimation he was considered some punkins by he good people of p -, where he first went to reside the second year of his residence al p ihen a small town he was elected to the office of constable and one ol his first duiies in his official capa city was to levy by virtue of an execution on the goods and chattels ofa country neighbor it was a new business to b he bad never before seen a writ of execution and his ideas of he process were quite original it was a fine warm morning in may when the writwas put into his hands with a request that it should be immediately attended to b footed it something over a mile to the residence ofthe delinquent and commenced operations lbe beginning was easy enough he levied on the wagon lhe sled the harness and even the horses in the barn without d.fficuhy they all remained stationary even the old brindle cow in tbe spacious barn-yard walked but a few steps and allowed bim to place bit hand upon her bul old brindle had a spr.ghtly calf of about three months which seemed lo have no idea of making familiar upon so short an acquaintance b looked despond.ngly at the calf as it bounded tail in air to the further side oi tbe yard his very blandest bossy bossy bossy !" as be extended his jighl hand enticingly was regarded with suspicion by tbe mischievous bo vine b re read the wril — he could put bul one construction on its meaning it was a , command to levy on all goods and chattels scc '■ and it must be obeyed besides be would nol j risk tbe chances of being laughed at by lhe j ; olher officers and mayhap losing custom lor i ; being unable to levy upon a calf lo give il up ' i was not to be thought of ror some time ihe colonel tried wiih the ul ; i mosl suavifer in modo io induce young brindle to stand still just long enough to use his own l words for me to lay tbis small paper en your back and i won't hurt you you young scamp j it was no go ; bossy was not to be fooled by lhe intruder's douceur b concluded lo give chase for nearly half an hour he worried himsell , in vain attempts to lay hold ol bossy's hind mosl extremity the sweat oozed oul of every . pore he threw off his coat and tucked bis panls into the top of his boots and with the j writ in his hand renewed his chase in the most : determined manner away wenl the calf and j away followed the colonel — now laking the ■ j most direct route round lhe straw stack ; now '. : pei foi ming astonishing feats of agility across lhe j j oui foot ditch that drained lhe yard over the j ! old sled or gudemanv milk stool ; one mo ; ment almost wilhin reach ofhis viclim lhe ; next nearly the distance ofthe yard apart il i was a lucky moment for b when voung brin ; j die halted opposite the stack while he recover j ed his understanding fiom a miscalculated leap , that ended in the ditch he walked slowly j away laking a circuit that broughl him and t i lhe unwilling victim al opposite sides of the j i slack ; cautiously he crept around towards the ' animal's rear and succeeded in just touching his family pride ihe reader will excise us ' when away he bounded and away again foi ' lowed the colonel with the energy of despair he al length sat down on the sled to rest and master brindle came to a stand at he cor ner ol the barn with his haunches slightly pro truding again b crept noiselessly along by the barn holding his breath lest the unwary calf should take the bint ; when within a proper distance he made a successful spring and caught its unprotected extremity " ah said the colonel lhe way the young scamp travelled about the yard with me al the end ofhis tail was a warning to young consta bles — round and round tbe yard they went b parting company with his bat and the pub lie documents therein — hitching his left band gradually along the grasped exiremity of the terrified brute which ran as fast as calf never j ran before b finally collected all his energies and making a desperate bound brought his right hand containing the troublesome writ slap upon tbe creature's rump with tbe triumph ant exclamation — there vou devil's imp ! — you r levied on al last !" this said the colonel who is now a m c " was one of my first attempts to serve the slate and 1 tell you sir john gilpin's celebra ted ride was boy's sport in comparison origin of words and phrases windfall — the origin of this term is said to be the following some ofthe nobility of england by the tenure of their estates were forbid to fell j i any trees in the forest upon them the \ j timber being reserved for the use of the j 1 royal navy such trees as fell without j j cutting were the property of the occupant ; i a tornado was therefore a perfect god send in every sense of the term to those ■ who had occupancy of extensive forests ' and the wind-fall was something of great : value robbing peter lo pay paul — in the time of edward the vi much of the land of .. st peter at westminster was seized by his majesty's ministers and courtiers but j ! in order to reconcile the people to that rob , j bery they allowed a portion of the lands t i to be appropriated toward the repairs of j st paul's church ; hence the phrase rob i bing peter to pay paul he's caught a tartar — in some battle ; between the russians and tartars who are a wild sort of people in the north of t asia a private soldier called out " cap j i tain halloo there i've caught a tartar !" } " fetch him along then said said the j | captain " ay but he won't let me said the man ! and tbe fact was the tartar had him so when a man thinks to take another in i and gets bit himself they say " he caught a tartar hie ! betty martin many of our most popular vulgarisms have their origin in some whimsical perversions of language for in fact st martin is one of the wor '■ thiest of the roman calendar and a form of prayer commences with the words " o mihi beate martine which was corrupt ed to " my eye and betty martin roland for an oliver although no ! phrase is in more common use yet few ' 1 are acquainted with its origin the ex ! pression signifies giving an equivalent i roland and oliver were two knights fa \ moos in romance the wonderful a chievements of the one could only be ! equalled by those of tbe other hence the phrase " roland for an oliver mind your ps and qs the origin of ! the phrase " mind your ps and qs is i said to have been a call of attention in t i tbe old english ale houses to the pints • and quarts being scored down to the un , ' conscious or reckless beer bibber hobson's choice the expression " hob ! ws choice is proverbial both in eu ! rope and in america the story of its origin is as follows thomas hobson was a celebrated car rier at cambridge england who to bis employment in that capacity added tbe profession of supplying the students with horses in doing tbis be made an equal unalterable rule that each horse should have an equal portion of time in which i to rest as well as labor and he always i refused to let a horse out of his turn — ; hence the saying " hobson's choice : tbis j or none bankrupt — few words have so remark - j able a history as the familiar word bank rupt the money-changers of italy had it is said benches or stalls in the bourse or exchange in former times and at these they conducted their ordinary businesss when any of them fell back in the world and became insolvent his bench was bro ken and the name of the broken bencb or banco ruth was given to him when the word was adopted into the englisb.it was nearer the itallian than it now is be ing " bankerout instead of bankrupt tin memory of friends — another friend has left us with his face turned to wards the golden shores of the pacific — henceforth for a season at least he will only appear to us as distant ob jects to come in dreams and in reminis cences of the past therelare pleasing memories which constitute ifchain of sym pathetic association and a medium of spiritual union with the absent enabling us to call up the forms and faces we have met on life's journey and whose influence yet lingers around us like a charmed at mosphere or an aspiration oflhe soul for ever conspicuous among the elements and the evidences of our immortality are these golden recollections these dauntless mem ories — which rise like stars in their men tal heaven and shine as the eyes of angel watchers above the darkness of the pil grim's lonely way we yield to a celes tial magnetism when our spirits go out far over mountain and wave to seek the remembered objects of our devotion and do we not require this mysterious fellow ship with the absent i for how sadly does this world of lime custom and bu siness trifle with human hopes affections and sympathies ! llow often are earthly pleasures destroyed by the abrupt chang es and arbitrary conditions of the life that now is !' and the fondest attachments oh how are they violated by the necessity that knows no law !"' amid the conflict of the outward world the soul delights to prophesy of a day of rest when duty and inclination in all the circumstances of being shall be united in conjugal relations to be divorced no more forever if mortals may be permitted to enjoy so great a boon on earth may the blessing rest at last on those who now wander from kindred and from home and as the sun beams fall on the flowers that open to receive the golden light so may the benedictions of angels descend and rest on the true and loving souls that are far away quickening into increasing life and perfect beauty the germs of im mortal hope and joy no use for the trousers now — on the morning of the meteor shower in 1833 old peyton roberts who intended making an early start to his work got up in the midst of the display on going to his door he saw with amazement the sky lighted up with the falling meteors and he concluded at once that the world was on fire and that the day of judgment had come he stood for a moment gazing in speech less terror at the scene and then with a yell of horror sprang out of the door into the yard right into the midst of the fall ing stars and here in his efforts to dodge them he commenced a series of ground and lofty tumbling that would bave done honor to a tight rope dancer his wife being awakened in the meantime and seeing old peyton jumping and skipping about the yard called out to him to know — " what in the name o'sense he was do in out thar dancin around thar without his clothes on !" but peyton heard not — the judgment and the long black accounts he would have lo settle made him heedless of all terrestial things ; and his wife by this time becoming alarmed at his strange be havior sprang out of bed and running to the door shrieked out at the top of her lungs — " peyton ! i say peyton ! what do yoc mean jumpiu about out thar come in and put your trowsers on v old peyton whose fears had near over come him faintly answered as he fell sprawling upon tbe earth — ob ! peggy peggy don't vou see e e the w-o r-1 d's a fire '. thar ain't no use for trowsers now !" an irishman said if a few gooseberries gave so fine a flavor to an apple pie that it would fie a darling of an apple-pie that was made of gooseberries entirely an irishman called on a lady and gen tleman in whose employ he was for the purpose of getting some tea and tobacco '• i had a tlhrame last night yer honor said he to the gentleman " what was it pat p m why i dhramed that your honor made me a present of a plug of tobaccy and her ladyship there — heaven bless her ! — gave me some tay for the good wife •' ah ! pat dreams go by contraries you know p " faith and they may be that said pat without the least hesitation " so yer la dyship is to give the tobaccy and his hoa or the tay an editor in maine says that a pump kin in that state grew so large that eight men could stand around it this is like the man who saw a flock of birds so low that he could shake a stick at them a yankee has taken out a patent for leather tanned with the bark of a dog