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■Kow Bis Darkey Jake was Cured of But- jtin«T. ■«Some years since, I was employed as wr.re- j house clerk in a Idrge shipping-house in New , Orleans, and while in that capacity, the lol-• lowing funny incident occurred : ;j One day a vessel came in, consigned to -j the house, having ori board a large lot oi i cheese from New York; during the voyage,I * o ■ c ” |I some of them had become damaged by bilge ! water, (the ship having proved leaky.) cun-1 I sequent ly (he owners refused to receive ‘them; j j thev were, therefore, sent to the consignees of \I * ' *1 the ship, to be stored until the case could le j j adjusted. 1 discovered a lew days alter* j ! wards, that as to perfume they were decided- i i Iv too fragrant to remain in the warehouse ini * OJune, and repored the same to my employ- j ers, from whom I received orders to have them , \overhauled, and send all that were passable to B^ar i Cilhouu’s auction mart, (ile-n in Old* Camp street Theatre,) to be disposed ol for the benefit of the underwriters, and the j rest to the swamp. I got a gang of black r boys to work on them, and when they stir-1 red 'em up. ‘Be the bones of ?lo’ly Kelleys quart tringi bat the smell was illigent intire- i ly.* 1 kept a respectable distance believe me, !| for strong nigger and strong cheese, on a hoi j J uue day. just bangs all common es-ences, in* ,1 eluding a certain caruiiiU we read about.! Presently the boss turned out an immense ! fellow, ab nit three loot six -cross the stump.’' from which the box hlt;»d rotted off; in the' f i »j centre a space ol about ten inches was wrv i much decayed, and appeared to be about ihe i coiii.-teucy of mil'll, of a bluUh tint, which• vvascan-ed h-t the bilge wavr. The bo\s hadi » •; just set it up on i s edge on a bah: ol gunny ■ big-, when 1 notice.1 over the way a big d«:r- , key (thru on sale) from Gilarh\sL*n», S G .| who w..s notorious for his butting propensities. inivitut Jiiven t(te must of the niggers in-* ws'j that vicinity u lisle ol his crnlitv in that jI - i J; line. 1 had s*en him and unuth ir fellow the , I night previous, practicing; tlryv would stand,: one lt;-ui each side of a iivdrmi, some ten yardsi . . *, distant, and run at each other with their heads J lowered, and clapping their hands on the hv-dtan:, they would butt like veteran rums. A though: struck me that i might cure him lt;t ] his bragging an i bulling, an: have some sport , j also, so 1 told the boys to keep dark, aud 1 ;| called *'01 1 Jaktd over. I‘They tell me you are a great fellow for butting, Jake.-*| *1 is some, Mu-si, das a fur—I done buttj tie woo! ’ i indy orf ob oj 1 IVlr’s bead 1-is night, and M *s?a Nichols was gwtne to gib, me gos^! i kin jiss bang do bead orf any dig- I ?er in dese pans, myself—I kin!’ t‘Well, Jake. I’ve got a little job in that j line for you when vou Iuveu’1 auvthing else !•* • - C2to do.'•]'s on han* for ail dem kin ob jobs mvself I —i is.’ j‘Well, you see that large cheese backat no r41 does dal! 1 does, myself.'‘Now if you can bull u deut in it, vou shall9 m wphave it.’Trolly, Mcissa! you foolin' dis nigger!’*N«», I’m not, Jake—ju-t try me,’‘Wot? you gib me de hull ob dat cheese ’i 1 bn', t a dent in urn?'•Yes.’•De Lor! Ill bust hun wile open. I will. mys*f. Jess si aud back bar, you Orlums nigeers, and clear de track for Ole Souf Car-Ina. case i’se a cornin. mvself—I is.’wAnd 0 d Jake started back some fifty feet, an i went at it at a good quirk run, and the next instant I heard a dull heavy sound, a kino ol squish, and Old Jake’s head disappeared from sight, with thf top just visible on the. other side, as he rose from his new j fashioned necklace, the soft rotten cheese ; oozing down all around him as it settled down so that just his eyes were risible. From the centre of it Jake's voice was scarcely audible- tand half smothered, as he vainly tried to re- j move the immense chees?. i‘O-o-o-o! er de Lor! Mas—took urn orf! O-o o-o! bress d1 Lor! L:f um up! Gor a mi tv! I— ’Meanwhile I was nearly dead mvself, hav-• »ing laid hark on a cotton bale holding .my- j self together to keep from bursting, while the j boys stood round Old Jake, paying him off. j ‘De Lor! how de nigger’s bref small! You j doesn’t clean you teeth, Old Jake!’ j‘I say! you didn’t make more dan four times dat han. did you old boss?’‘Well you is a nasty nigger das a fac!'‘Well you is de biggest kinc of Welsh Rabbet, vou is!’‘YV liar vou git you bar greese?’ and thus theboys run Old Jake—now half smothered—until I took compassion on him. and told them to take it off. Jake didn’t stay to claim his • priz-5, but put out growling: j‘Gor a mity! I done got sole dat time! l'se j a case ol yellow feber, I is mvself!’ Old Jake was never known to do any more butting in that vicinity after that.
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Aurora Weekly Standard
Aurora, Indiana, US
Thu, Sep 20, 1855
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