The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1843-11-03
From the New Orleans Picayunc.
yhc Way to Make N Eeciotaier.
Evaporation, It's pO,cer--or, the ingenH-
tn oftippling Rats.

Mr.. c., commission merchant OF this CT
tv, is known as an extensive holder of
Western produce, and his stock is moi
more noted for lis variety, than for the SUI
periority of the several articles which he
keeps on hand. His per ceniage on the
sale of Monongahela whiskey through the
year would, by man Of moderate notions,
be reckoned liberal income. Custom
ers came so quick to purchase, that, to
save the trouble of too frequent n recur-
renee to the barrel, he has been in the hab
it of keeping a sample bottle in the store.
always full, or partially 50, for their trial
and inspections. He had found for long
time that the contents of the sample bottle
decreased very rapidly, daily, and in
manner, at first very mysterlously. He
soon learned, hawever, that sampson,
the negro who stayed in the store, was
any thing but Washingtonian, and that
he tried the strength of the Monongahela
oftener than the whole of his customers.
DESTROYS to know if his conscientious
ness were as large as his alimentive-
ness, he said to him on Monday night,
"Sampson, how is it that the whiskey in
the sample bottle diminishes so fast !
Why it has to be filed daily
'Clar 90, massa, doesn't know said
Sampson, looking as serious as CONVEX
ted sinner at camp-meetng, but |
thinks, massa, il is carried off by de pin
serples ob wot white folks calls 'wapora-
ton. -....-.
20, YOU do, Sampson said Mr.. G.
Il does, sartin, massa, said Sampson,
cause tells you dat ere 'waporation's
right strong; gosh, it amt left drop o
hard cider in de county. link it's dat
wot makes dc whlskey SO scarce, and not
de temperance movement, as dey calls it. '
We'll, then, Sampson, SAID Mr.. c.,
fill tho bottle now, and | will cork it so
tight as to prevent evaporation
.Es, sa,' said Sampson
lie filed the bottle, his master corked it
evaporation tight, and again ii was placed
on the shelf. Again on Tuesday morning
it was found to have decreased considera-
bly, in quantity, and still more towards
noon.
We'll, Sampson said Mr.. c., 4
find the whiskey is still rapidly decreas.
ing. How do you account for ii now'
Maxwell, i, be berry hard to 'splain
massa,' said Sampson, 1T be one oh dose
'sterious disappearances wot niggets cam
'coul for, and wat sometimes puzzles white
folks, tell YOU
But what is your opinion' said Mr..
C.
'WaI-aI, inks. said Sampson, 'to
tell goramighty's truf, dat de rats be drink
in it, fer dey hasn't joined de temperance
'siety as knows on
Yes said Mr.. c., but when it would
get down as low as the centre of the bot
tie, how would the rats manage TO get at II
then p
Yah yah yah y said Sampson, but,
suppressing suddenly his calculations, he
added, look heah, massa, | was just 4
gon' to say as how you was green,
Now, does Won tnk as how dem ere rats
wot you sees bout de store, and wots Sc
much in de cabaret at de corner-does
YOU tink, | axes, dat seem so many Ia
kin tulips on de suction princerpe, da
dey doesn't know de use of a Strdlc !
Wal, reckon dey does, massa.'
well, then, SAMPSON said Mr.. c., i
the sample bottle can neither be preserved
from the rats or evaporation, must only
submit to the loss, and ill it whenever /
is empty. Fill it now, and leave it agar
on the shelf, and care not whether 20,
+ cork it or not
Mr.. G.. told an acquaintance of his, al
apothecary, of SIMPSONS partiality for tn
sample bottle, and asked him if he couI
not give him some decoctIon to mix witt
it. which, while 1t would not vislbIy aIie
r its color or taste, would prove less agree
l able to SIMPSONS system than the pur
Monongahrla. The apothecary told hl'
: he could; and, on the Tuesday beior
n last, he furnished the required prepare
/; ton. Sampson was sent out on an e.
, rand in the early par, Of the day, and
5 his absence the obnoxious ingredIen
\ were introduced into whiskey. To civ
5 Sampson better scope when lie return
!. ed, his ;nasler went out aud stayed ava
d long enough to give the sample-lasir
= Sampson full play a, the bottle. Wh'
h he returned, he noticed a strange and p
ID culiar rolling of Simpsons eyes; his III
N were the color of stale vcnson, and
l. had AL the singular characteristics IN Il
II, appearance Of "sisk niger Mr.,
e. managed to keep him pretty busy anu