Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1846-07-11
HE NJ EN- +.
BY z FARNuAM.

into the ring, and was very soon followed
by II sagacious md most respectable look
ing monkey In regimcntaIs, He wac IN
PRODUCED TO the gaping multitude MS Gen
Jackson, but his s%crvility made it u poo
compliment to his Roman prototype. The
master Of ceremonies on this occasion, ~
on MI similar ones which I have ever wit,
messed, was very tall man, In Il long.stirt
cl fi0ck.coat, and rather short trowsers.
The fact In one which | would Recommend
TO the attention Of npturulists-r6t II little
ingenuity may be exhibited In its solution.
Whether 1t Is one person who, gifted with
ubiq1lty 10 - certain eEtCnt, presides over
MI The monkey-fides ofthe country, or wle.
ther there is u peculiar affinity between
these animals and toll men, are questions
beyond my depth. Any one who i]nGlines
to the hitter snppositiSn will please bear in
mind that the principle, Whatever 1t be-,
must cover the long frock.coaf, the short
pataloons, md u tall secdy hat. ! have ne.
yer known these adjancta fail. On the pre-.
sent occasion The performance was not very
brilliant. The pony threw mp his heels and
wiirled exactly with the crack Of the whip,
tho monkey was quite rs inelcgant aa uau.
nj in his pastures, and not a whit more eS-
cited with tbs novelty Of his Sucker nudien.
CO than ifbe had been perform II FIR nc IN.
mon Now York a~ssemblage. / did think
he wibked a little quicker when he faced
the Navarino, but it might have been inn.
ginaIion, The most edifying part Of the
whole spectacle was the comments Of my
neighbor.
"MiRhtyp she exclaimed; as the pony
took bis place, 'whnt be they goin' 10 set
on that little horses back That great fsh
Ter ain't agoin' to mount him, I'll knock
him of myself If he does. He's too long
for such a powerful little beast. The great
lazy ramaGin.'
"The good old lady, in her fficadly zeal
for the pony, forgot That the EeLcr whom she
was denouncing was several inches below
her own stature. But while she was in
the high tide Of her ahafhcma, the monkey
appeared. She looked for n moment quite
bewildercd, and at last broke out.
"NelI, ifthcse Yankees don't 20 ahead
Of Heaven and airhl ! reckon now they
made that little GZin a.purposc for the horse,
but he amt very handsome no how; be
looks like o baby with his graDdfathcr's
head on. They m0ught q made the tail Of
his coat longer, and he'd looked better than
he d0fs noW-bnt the Yankees don't care
what's decent, fr the young women goes
with their necks bare 4 heap more than
ever seen anybody else
"Dropping The tone Of soliloq1Y, and nd.
dressing herscIfto nc in the most earnest
manner, Look ut them two Critters said
she, ! s'poso they are, for they say that one
that's amt q boy, for MI he looks 80 ridin
powerful like one. Thathorse1l throw him
off yet, and stomp his brains in the ground If
he's got any
"rwo or three whirls of the pony
wrought the old lady'4 sympathy and indi-
gnation 10 the highest pitch.
"Ifeverybody felt like ! do they wouldn't
set such u fool as that a horseback, whe-
Their he's . monkey or not. He's alive, !
reckon, and that's enough to make a Chris
tan take hime off o that critters back,
anyhow
"fhe tall man came in for his share Of
denunciation at every new feat which he
commanded the monkey to execute, and
before the three performers retired, the
good old lady had denounced all Yankees
and Yankee doin's,' for the fortieth time.
\ man with Jeans clothes and riding whip
bad watched the whole affair with such G.
yident admiration, that the look o~fcontetupt
which he remembered 10 assume after they
retired was extremely Iudicrous, and served
better than a volume to reveal hia whole
character. But he was too remote for his
comments, ifhc made any, to be audible to
su.
"Next came Mr.. Turner with his dog, and
their wonderful Ecats drew whole ~volleys
Of exclamation from my transparent neigh,
Dor. But when the young man cli:nbed the
centre pole and suspended himself from its
top by a chord around his wrists, the poor
woman could ~rcstain hcrselfno longer.
mighty Heaven = she exclaimed, or ra-
Their shrieked, for her voice was sharpened
by her excited sensibiIities, docs the far
nal Yankee think we come TO a hangin!
I've saw one in my life, and thatIl do me.
But if he's a mind to hang that he may, ]
wont look at him. and the giant hat swung
quickly round, facing the audience above.
sit don't make You feel like it does me,
remarked, touching my elbow, 'or you
wouldn't look that way. / reckon you me-
yer scr a real hang, did your
".No.'
"VVail, you'd never want to see another
you had, nor any such shammin' as that.
faint fit for folks to look at that knows
what Christians is.'
Il expressed 50 harty an assent 10 this
both in relation TO the real and the :
sham hanging, that the old lady looked ear {
at me for a moment, and then said, ]
Well now, | allow, you've got some Chris 4
ain f%eelin's in you. like to hear anybo.
ly talk like that. Come and see me. Mr.. !
R--wilI tote pou and Miss Roberts up :
day, and | should be mighty glad to 8
zee YOU, and so would my old man. t
"While this little complimentary bv-play E
vas going on, the man whom we left spls. q
pended had come down, the crowd had re.
its excited feelings by two or three h
hearty rounds of applause and several 4
nterchanges ofopinion among themselves.
lost sight of the man with the whip, but Il
o my great Joy, he presently appeared in '
'ur immediate vicinity. | pointed him out .
0 my neighbor, and asked who he was? :
"Oh, that's old man C- everybody
.nows him for the biggest liar ever lived Ii
n these parts. It's no account what YOU r
ell him, he'll aITurs break up ahead on
And one thing is strange, be alrurs 6
els his lies az ifhe b'leeved them himself. :