The herald., 1837-02-28
WAsHINorowN, Twedty- second February,

WAsHINGTowN, Twedty- second February,
MAssA BESSEr,-I jst steal a fue moments from
de dut Of baken butes st to spress you de streme
felicity hab felt prusing your dear little paper-now
mine tell you, dat il make fuss heare and all de
hon ton dat de people Of quality hab got all eyes
quite open for TO see if can tect the buPnt l
guess he say de btters smack of Brandy and Water,
and say dey taste of Oates yet any no fine um
out-toder day gemmen come TO me and he say,
look heare Abe do you dis five dollar note? give
him to you you just 10 trash out dat Barley case ne
put Inc in de paper turn roun at hm and look as
fierce a Ram cat-what you mean sar? do you
take for an assassin, do you tink me would asl-
nate de fur five. dollar BILL and you tnk would
dirty my fingers trashing cut elder Oates or Barley
No sar you mistaken in my carakter, so strut OH
as big as mask0vie duck-howasomere as put 1t into
my he'd to vestgae your paper st for TO see what
ware written thare were worthy of publcaiion-some
tiags tink Massa Bennett quite good, sui be-
leve de autor hab commit some pagyrisms, and dat
he merely bring in all dem tings about Massa Willis
and tuder people, st TO show him wit him call Massa
Willis de Ion oh de day no Massa Bennett him no
lon him sheep, regular built West Insy sheep, he amt
git no wool den, and some tnk he more resemble de
pudle dog dan any ting else, case he curl his hair all
over he face but tink he do dat escape paying de
boot black.
I'm no advocate, Massa Bennett for desc here letter
riters dey actually impose de Editors, stead OF
giving de true count of tngs are going about all de
time truttng arter de gals; now frekenty mark
gemmen in partAlar (who look if him half starv-
ed going bout wild de ladies' he carry en- bag or dem
SHAWL, an cherry and den, he turn round and
grin at EN- most magnlfcently-I once listen to he
conversation, and actly was most sire mely DISCUS
tin-first he strut up and down the library and look
knowingly at de Dukes, den he take from de SHELF
tink about hearts, and he called it tZohelogy
/ neber hear of such heart IN my life time, so
krepe up ahind him. and darn my buttons if what see
was not downright monkey, and dis man say to
myself write for de paper and call a monkey Zoho-
logy-den he 60 TO de prints and pick out some nice
costume OBJ ancient ime and row de shawl graceful
ly ober he shoulder and looken rosnd de kompany
for plause he git silent laugh and look phlosfcay,
him jlst sich man as de ladies lke-him de very
poppy Of perfection him put ebcry lady to sleep.
Now Massa Bennett look heare, tell you what
do wild you, will rite for de Herald, if you will glib
me half OBJ de profits of your paper and will gib you
true account oftings going in dis Porum of fol-
iy and fashion, had to oil de circles OBJ fash
ion, now mind don't mean to say Pse inrited only
hands de waiter round TO de gemmen and ladies, and
by dis means often here de querest tings said in de
world kase dey tink old Abe no understand, perhaps
mought be little mere komprehensabul ifdey talk
little more nfuxious but guess understud de
gemmen de toder mite when he says to young lady,
"tme may wash out from de mind de past with
false hearted Understand den something bout fat
bucks (what kind of bucks dem is / don't know and
den time pass uRhaden by the adamant of my affec-
toni tnk de abet Is correct quotashun and if
recollect right il is quoashun from Bren-I Of
ten hear tlngs OF dat scrpshun and hereafter will
rite em down.
Igrope my way up to de presidents to-day, kase
wants TO see Old Hickory Jackson afore he abdikate,
but when get dare, / no like to ventur in kase the
krowd 50 great and noshun of mixen wild all
kinds oh people-howsomever, | follow my nose, and
get intoa room, where golly see cheese larger
dan de fly wheel of de steamboat Pocahsntas.
Old Hickory Jack is up TO snuff, he stuff his wish
ters wild nothngb but cheese, he ne how to kach mon
Keys bet talo--I neber see such a scrabbing for
any ting in my life for dat chease, some take two
pound, some fill dem pockets, and notice de night
oh de shawl6ll um hat full disgusted wild de smell
and de people, turn on my heel, and return TO my
houm.
When in a fit Of Philosphe Massa Bennett, 4 take
up de blacking brushes and hab a confabulation wild
myself links l. what is de use of fame there de
man what whip Pakenham-what kill de Bank wild
a nod of him head-what make dc next president,
and is called de sekond Washington, de fame Of him
fourteen hundred pound ehease tract more people dan
de old Boss himself.
You know, Massa Bennett, dat people Of celor are
not mited TO the leve-when any wants to see de
president dey asks private intervue-but look
trough a krack OBJ de door, and see Massa Barley,
putting down he notes, and Just want TO what he
say in dere next letters and if he don't glib de correkt
account, will come out and konfute ON all and take
up de pen again to tell you all about folk here desc
how tons as dey call emseves, got to go and black
some bues, Massa Bennett, exkuse haste and believe
me, Your humble Servant
ADE JOHNSON.