Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1832-10-23
A SCENE ON THE OHIO
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The party vas seated on the roof Of III. \
horn, which consisted Of boards lnclmin, y
end from the centre, SO al to let the rain w.
and SINGING or telling stories according to ,na
aided BY the indispensable accompan,me,,
competent supply of whiskey. R.in,f,rI
seated himself also upon the roof of III. ~,
enjoy the scene before him, and was nav
Ing a glance of admiration on either sid..
bnsying himself in labyrinth of rea.e,
which. whether he turned TO the past, n
emf, or the future, were equally lrauyh, sih
qualified bitterness. Gradually, howeye, ~
tention was arrested by the following ext
nary tale:
swell, then, captain. if he won't sin,
pose you tell US another story" quo,h e.
SpOoney
"Ay, do now, Captain; tell US the Starr
the strange cretur you picked up sulns doa:
river" said another.
"Ah! now do, Massa Cappiu SAM" O.,
blackey.
Well, I'll tel you how it was W..
hauled in the broadhorn close ashore 10 o.
wind was up stream, so we couldn't MAKE a,
head way any how. Bill told the Niger ,,,
a few beefsteaks of Ciumsev-tbat was WHIT ]
called the bear | shot the day be!ore--,.
while we were a-woodine-"
"That story's as long as the Nlissi,ss.
said one.
"Shut pan. and sing dump, or I'll hoS
into the drink" Exclaimed !spoony.
WHY. heard that story before."
Well, surprising you did, | dId'n,;socaa|
ia in"
Well, as was saying, Spoon. the ns.,--
tink he mout call Urn gemmen Of tacs
muttered bIackey.
The niger went to cook some bear Will. |
were wooding. so that we mi sht have SOM.
to go upon. When we came back, what AG.
a varm.nt do you think we started in the c.
brakes"
=" reckon an alligator" said blackey
Hold your tongue. YOU beauty, or yOa II
smell birthstone through nail hole" cried ssI'
Dey; :" 60 ahead, 90 ahead, captain"
Well, as was saying, we started the dsE
est varmint perhaps you ever did see. is ID
was covered with hair, like bull buffalo, all oI
little place for his eyes to see through. hIOOs}
mighty skeert, as though il thought itself ID
sucker, and calculated we were going to er
before we killed il; but we carried it abroad Z
nroadhorn. aud took com passion on the poor th;
slapped it Oh the back, and told it to stand Up
ITS hiaI legs, aud wish may run on a sar,f
if il did mt turn out to be live dandy"
"Had it a tailf"
Il" III wool lightning out Of you, Bill, il q
interrupt me-"
That's actionable in New Orleans"
"Ha! ha! whoop! wake snakes go aheal,
ahead, and don't be so rantankerous," ,hog4
the audience.
IL swear if he once gets my tail up, he'If3
I'm from the forks of Roaring River, aud \
of a screamer." said Captain Hugg.
"WeIl. 90 ahead Ego ahead-tel Us an
the dandy; ha! ha! Ina! / should like t0h1
seen it when it stood upon its hlad .eg'. W.
did it saw"
"Why. ] asked what they called such qs
things where it came from, and il said BlN'ih
that the captain Of the steamboat had P'
ashore because it insisted on going into tie
dies cabin. Well, some Of Us called II sues
savOry. some catnip. some sweet basil. and I"
had high fun with the cretur. aud laughed u. '
were tired And then we set him on 0H'
forkpd eend downwards--''
Y"ugh. yough! yough!" calculated bIat'H
bursting into one of his indesrribable ans1'
mo laughing-in the ranks there - bfoa y
niger overheard If he laughs before cone Z
the right place. and then you NAV all Oel&-
We'll then, began to ask him about h'a''eI; u
he told me that he was great traveller; ahd''
he had been SO far North, that the North Star u
South of him. And then he asked me II sa'
any thing of navigation add the use OF The glon
TO be sure do said |; amt thev maze ]"
people to live. on?' Tlen he inquired II ls.
heard of HprshelI. or HIssheIl. forget 'H 1
and told him as well as squirrel knows M'
Ory-nut from an acorn. Hes dead saw
queer cretur. "a
IS No, no. saws I, chat won't do. there's
mistake in Shavetal you may swear ~
pedler with some splendid sausages made
flannel and turnips go by our house, aud l q
ged with him some wooded bacon ha'u',
came from LitcsfeId, where hersheII lived =
didn't say a word about it, Here ne m'' n
note in his book, and began to smoke hIn :. =
one of these fellers that drive sort OF usu' -"
king books about old Kentuck. and the VIZ, :,
country; SO thought I'D set him barking W w. -
wrong tree little. And Ltoid him some wv
that were enough to Set the Mississippi a'"'i :,
he put them all down 10 his book. one y
men was listening. and sung out. - e..
you do take the rag off the bush. that's 'iI, q
and was fearful dandy would find out T,.,
smoking him; SO jumped up and told 'y +.
short horse was soon Cured. and Ia Sn"'" a,