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Show The SiiuiNKA:n. Thinking of tlioM' five thou.-and and eighty names to ll- McKonn petition, aud the five lum-ilr. lum-ilr. d and odd votes Cist on Monday, I rt-miti ! i us of another little ftory in conn.vti.m with the gentlemen who a we, k ;igo were boasting so loudly of, th. ir numbers. An American citizen, j villi a (eneirambiao complexion, wont j tithing one day, and was sueeesful inj landing a large sized caifi.-h. lie had i nn v;iy to carry it with him and no ! dipoMiion to slop fi.-hine, so he tied a m ling through its gills, fahleiud tl.o oilier on I around a tree, tlun the G'h 1) u'k inl- the river, and letting it swim unite extent of its lariat, yutved ou. Hy and by came another angler with a iMitii'le of similar hue, having a very i Mu:id cattish with him. He saw the I Mring, aud impelled by curio.-ity pulled it to him and brought the other darkey's li.-h to view. The temptation wu- too strong for his limited stock of honesty, and wheu ho departed tho largo ti.-h accompanied him and the sm.U one was in the water at the end of tho string. Colored individual num-one num-one returned and pulled out his prize. Hi looked at it, rubbed his eyes and looked acain. Lifted it to try the weight, and serutiiii.rod it closely in a v.iiiety of ways; then finally broke out: 'i'.ir's do string, dar's do tree, and dar's de fi.-h; but dis nigger never teed sich shrinkage iu do time in all his bur n days afore! Golly 1'' The shrinkage from that petition li-t to ll .it cheuon vote was something dually remarkable, |