Maumee express. [volume] (Maumee City, Ohio) 1837-1838, 1838-03-03

There is no way to larn French so
good as to live among them. and if you
want to understand us, you must live a.
mong us, too; your Halls, Hamiltons,
Eand De Rouses, what can they know of
us? Can a chap catch a likeness flying
along the rail road2 Can he even see
the features? Old Admiral Arson once
axed one of our folks afore the glorious
revolution, Gf the British had a known
us little grain better at that time, they
wouldn't got whipped like sack, ashley
did then) where he came from? From
the Chesapeake, said he. Aye, aye, said
the Admiral, from the West Indies. /
lguess, said the Southerner, you may have
been clean round the ,oorld, Admiral, but
you have been plagy little in it, not to
know better nor that.
shot wild goose at River Philip,
last year, with the rice Of Virginny fresh
in his crop; he must have cracked on
near about as fast as them other geese,
the British travellers, Which knowed
the most of the country they passed over
do you suppose? | guess it was much
Of muchness-near about six of one,
and half dozen of 'tother; two eyes
aint much better than one, if they are
both blind.
No, if you want to know all about us
and the blue nose, IA pretty considerable
share of Yankee blood in them too, !
tell ye; the old stock comes from New
England, and breed is toerable pure yet,
near about one half apple sarce, and the
other half molasses, all except to the
Easterd, where there is cross of the
Scotch) jist ak me and I'll tell you can
didly. I'm not one Of those that can't
see no good points in my neighbors' crit
ter, and no bad ones in my own; I've
seen too much of the world for that,
guess. Indeed, in a general way. l
praise other folks beasts, and keep dark
about my own. Says |, when | meet
Blue Nose mounted, that's a real smart
horse of your'n, put him out, | guess he'll
trot like mad. Well, he lets him have
the spur, and the critter does his best, and
then pass him like streak of lightnin
with mine. The leler looks all taken
aback at that. Why, says he, that's a
real clipper of yourn, | wow. Middlin,
says ], quite cool, as if Ihad heerd that
are same thing a thousand times,) he's
good enough for me, jist fair trotter,
and nothin to brag Of That goes near
about as far agin, in general way, as a
crackin and boastin does. Never tell
folks you can go ahead on 'em, but do
it.; it spares great deal of talk, and
helps them to save their breath to cool
their broth.
No, if you want to know the ms and,
/ the outs of the Yankees-Pve wintcred
them. and summered them; know all
their points, shape, make, and breed |
have tried 'em along side of other folks,
and know where they fall short, where
they mate 'em, and where they have the
advantage. about as we'll as some who
think they know a plaguy sight more
1t tante them that stare the most,
that see the best always, guess. Our
folks have their faults, and | know them,
Il warnt born blind. ! rcckon) but your
friends, the tour writers, are little grain
too hard on us. Our old niger wench
had several dirty, ugly lookin children.
and was proper cross to 'em. Mother
used to say, Juno, its better neuer TO
,oipe chila's nose at all, Igues, than to
,cring 1t off,
SINGULAR GUARDIANS.