Southern Argus. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1834-1842, 1839-04-30

but / heerd watts more 'stronary an dat,
jus now
Watts de natur OBJ it, said Moonshine.
Wy, der war a steamboat stove in
house up town yesterday ebenin 7
Law no, is possiblel'
Yes il is, and de cooks got foul of a.
wagon'
Poo feller!'
An de mates roast to cindersr
My eyes!'
An de clerk was seen eaten a hos wild
one leg
Stop da. Now I'll tell you wo-wa. wat
It's Cato, you can't stuff dat down my
trotei You can't make dis nigga blcebe
dat bout de hos wild de one leg.
He-yaw, he-yaw, he.yaw,' rosred Ca.
to, | nebber said him hadn't de oddcrs.'
Well, 'spose him had twenty legs, how
could UNI clerk eat EN-
wy, you unsfskitated nigga, ! didn't
say he was eaten de hos, dat comes ofnot
understandin de art Of punktcration.'
But you SAYS de mate war ros.'
So il war. in de Stobe.
De cook-wat come on him.
Wy muffin as nos on; he bot the
fowl of n wagon, das ALL
: se.se,se-sees tro it all nov; but de
house wat got stove in
You incolegable mass OBJ sobility. /
tell'd you dat de stobe was in dc house !;
das de item you got used up; yaw, yaw,
yaw! 60 way nigga, oh, hush!'
WELLERIsMs.-" How sharp your toe
nails is" as the man said ven he cotched
the hornet.
Are you looking for any one in par
ticular p as the rat said ven he saw the
cat watching him.
No gouging," as the chap said ven he
felt the 9 critters" in his head.
You're hard customer" as the fel.
low said ven he run against the post.
Let's clinch the bargain" as the bear
said ven he patted the man on his shoulder.
"None ofyour sauce as the boy said
to the crab apple.
"Anv thing in my line ~ as the hang
man sad to the judge.
81 don't come without Knocking" as
the bullet said when it asked tho fox if he
could give it lodgings in his upper story.
"What makes you come end foremost p
as the man said when the humble bee
stung aim.
Be collected" as the printer said to a
huge batch Of old newspaper bills, vat
wasn't paid, lying scattered over his desk.
RENTS are enormous" as the loafer
said ven he looked at his breechcs.
A boat in a 6Oacl of punch, and a boy in
the bOsOl The subjoined account Of
Admiral Russel's punchbowl, and of his
noble treat at Cadiz, in Spain, on Christ
mas day, in the year 1896. according to
the relation of gentleman who was pre-.
sent at the entertainment, is copied from an
old English Almanac. 1t is enough to
make modern bran bread tee. totaler's
hair stick right out straight.-"There was
in the middle of the garden Of lemons aud
oranges (Which garden belonged to Don
Pedro Velasco, governor of Calos) foun.
tain which was set with Dutch tiles in the
bottom and sides, and was made as clean
as japan punch. bowl. In this fountain,
on Christmas.day, were poured six butts
of water, haIfa hogshead of strong malaga
wine, two hundred gallons Of brandy, six
hundred weight of sugar, twelve thousand
lemons, and nutmegs and sugar in proper
ton. The admiral hired the governors
house belonging TO the garden, and resided
lat ell
the English and Dutch merchants, and
officers Of the fleet to dine with him; there
were one hundred dishes of fresh meat,
besides many other dishes of rarities but
such a flesh feast was never seen ia Spain
before. He also roasted an OK for the
benefit Of The company. Dinner being
ended, they marched IN order to the foun-
tain, or punch. bowl, where, on the punch,
foated 4 little boat with boy ii Il,
and cups TO serve it out TO the company.
The admiral began with the allies health ;
and having drank what they thought 1T:
they drew off, and ia went The mob with
their shoes and stockings all Oh, and had
like 70 have turned the boat, with the boy
over, and 50 he might have been drowned
ID the punch bul, 10 prevent further dan.
ger, they sucked i up and left lle punch
bowl behind This IS comical, but 4
irue relation. and worth noiing
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