The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1840-03-05
YANkEE ENTrRpRIsE.

A YANKEE ENTERPRISE.
Here is The account oil au +" american o.
rang outing "a Yankee enterprise by
which nan rda turned into Hoshey:
genlleman Of the towno Of -, IN Nr
gina, owned slave by the name Of Pdal.
He was a native African, abou, go years
Of age four aud half feet high, with q
short body, aud uucommonly long aims.
lie had two small twiuhNn- eyes, which
: would have been 10 remarkable state Of
propioquity, 30, for the intervention If a
nose ,amplo lautude, barely elevated above
the plane of his face. He had no chm, but
what he lacked o this respect, was fully
compensated hy BIS uDder hp which, with
It's partner, extended nearly ffom car 70 ear /;
50 that when ne luu- hgd, 70 use an OLD CON
p-r,-1n bis head vas st tall eli. HIS
ku.tv nool descended 70 within aa inch OF
where Us eyobs7As should have teen, over
a forehead ffecd,ug abruptly back ard from
BIS t0tuklug ORB his ears were small aud
transparent made apparently Of tie mate.
rial o. ~hch bats wiuas are formed. His
face was shnyeIIed and ~rlukled, and from
age or uriotmlly, ~ body had an undue
inclination forward, ~lth compensatjng
projection poateriori. Such was Pdul,
nod shall hardly BE- accused Of profanity
hen | say that b. gigh, have been wur.
shipped without VOCATION OF the command
nent
Ii vas Pdul's good or bad fortune, as be
was basking one August day, on the sunny
SIDE Of the street, Ia attract The atteu!ion 0.
pefipalrlc dealer 10 ware and essences
tie stopped and & Z j long and wisiuliy al
Psut. Vogue, undetiued aud uoyeI nottans
coursed through the peflcraaIum Of the
J pediar. be tool! step forward, hesIla
ted, then c.osscd over, and 6nally, With
speculation Ia his eSe. be addressed Pau.
He enquued TO whom he bPIUn ed, and
Wheeler he vas wiling 10 he sold lie
told han that II be ras wltfl, be would
buy him, make ban a free nan aud pay
bin veil Tor bis services beside. Tie ped
lar s~ays were very ,nsiuubtus aud after
lltia iur,hcr p4riey, Paut surrendered at
discretion, Weu 10 ms master, and insisted
on beng SOLD
Now Paal'- master vas one Of The most
benevolent, charitable, humane men IN the
world.
lie had owned hun forty years, and would
Just as soon have thought Of selling one OF
his children, as selling Paul. liz refused
a; once, Paul hrgccd-lhe pcdlaT mpor-
tuned. Human nature could stand no more.
Paul vas sold.
Some time after this event, gentleman
who had been residing abroad, returned 10
Virginia, and gave ne the following account.
He vas pass,ug, he sad, through oae OF
the ihoroughlares Of PARIS, when his pro
gress was lmpeded by groa, crowd, aud
hts attention directed to an ayant courier,
OF herald, who was announcing the eXhlbl.
ton az an " American Ouraug Oulang,' u
+ most wonderful animal and the only one
ever exhibited in Europe. His curiosity
VS. excited and elbu"lng his way through
the multitude, he gained admission 10 the
show. le gods and soddesses what was
his amazameut, on recognizing in this mar
velIous lusps nature, his old acquaintance
Paul l-Paul--on whom, in by gone days,
he had played so many school boy prank
/ here IN an iron cage, playing the mon.
| key in Paris, TO delighted audience =
The harmless, quiet, aud luoiieuslvc Paul
who would not have bur, ily confined like
n telon, with cham around bis waist
. skipping about his prison house, chattonng
jab5erlng, and punching, with SImIan avid.
ity, the nuts thrown to hlm by the crowd
lie was dressed in full suit Of red regi.
mentas, the French style, bedizzeued with
gold ace, and on his head was an enormous
chapeau bras while from an eye le; hole
in the seat Of his inexpressibles, protruded
bona fde tail, of due proportions, which
he whlsked about as though it had been a
thing of life, anon he would throw himself
on one side, tickle himself the while with
his long nails; then gallop on all tours
around his cage, and finally, when fairly
| tired out by excrilon, quietly seat himself
r 10 corner, and throwing aside the mon
key, resume the solid gravity of the man.
The first idea Of my friend was TO ex
pose the fraud; but q sly wink of recogni
ton from Paul, determined bim TO humo'
, the Joke. lie played TO admiration; al
, Paris was agog and nothing was ,alkeC
, about but the American Ourang Outang.
The best of the joke is, that finding he
7, had 10 do all the work, and the Yankee
kept all the money, the Niger baboou slip
ped his cage, and came homo to "Shine'
bone Alley, long time ago."