American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1844-1846, 1846-10-26

doubled my mummy in trade, and seed the ele-
FAINT for nuthin'!
We soon cum to the place, and sure enui,
Jest as the Teller tell'd me, there was man
with hammer, nockin' away, and card aforc
him full o. knives, and silver and gold pencils,
and watches, which he wanted to sell for two
cents piece; and Jest up at 'tother end of the
store was the settlin' room ware they KEEP the
elelant.
"Gon'! goin!" sed the man with the ham.
mer, a lookin' at me.
"Two cents is all have bid for good watch,
or pencil case, or pen knife; will any body say
two-an6-a-half? Quick! can't wait-the ar
ticles must be sold."
half" ses |, quick as lightnin'
for he was commencin' to put the things
away--and | flung down fifty cent piece,
which he pick'd up, and SEES,
'Ceme in the back room and settlel"
Jehosephat! didn't my heart knock agin' my
ribs! never felt so queer and 30 good in my
life! In | goes, and the man komnienced flyer
in up on piece ofpaper, and | thort vile he
was gittln' nay change, I'D take look at the
eleiant; SO | look'd all round the room; but
there iraSn't no eLetGnt there; and Jest as was a
gon' to ask the man about 1t, he hands me a
paper which tell'd me was a bill for fitty-four
dollars and fifty cents; he sed the articles which
bort, cum to Jest fiftY6ve dollars, but the fifty
cents which paid him left it Jest filty-tour
fifty!
never seed any body struck with lightnin',
but know jest how they feel, no,o; man 18th
the buck-ager never began to shake as did. |
didn't keer SO much bout the money---but The
take in! seed what the niger ment by The
eLetdnt, right orl-l didn't know wich way to
turn, and at last couldn't keep from snlV'ln
with rage. was alters kind Of ingn in dis
position when was put upon, aud was never
right mad alurc in my hie-aad begun 10 cut
up! yoked the 'furnal raskil, and eff my
thumb and finger wouldn't kissed each other
through his cuszed wndpipe, eff it hadn't a bin
that four or five iellers wot was in The other
room cum rushin' in, and hauled me offer HIM,
and slung me inter the street, why don't know
nOthln' bout it.
After they put me outside, three or four fell
lers cum round, askn' wat was the matter and
wen told EN- sum on 'em larled, and sum on
'em sed wun thing and sum snuther, and at
last wun Teller ses, ses lac, "Why don't you
lamb him, old ieller?" and another, he ses, Eyes
that's the tolk round the sIorter-house-go
in, lsmoNsm
didn't know what they meant by "lamb''
him, and calm me 'lem1ns," but thort they
ment fife, and soon s found had only one to
back me, was goin' in; but kunstable KUN
up jest then and 'SpeIsed the mob, and told me
I'D better 60 way.
I'd seen plenty fourth July in Now York,
and told him ef he'd show me the way down
to the sloop, I'd go abord, and wouldn't leve it
agin till was safe to hum, and would take
precious good care never to smell New York
air agin. He agreed; and on my way down
told him bout all the persons I'd met with, and
he told me thay was all d-n rascals, and was
lucky hadn't no more mummy.
The fust one seed when got board the
sloop was the niger, "Well, massa Smon,"
ses the black varmint, ses he, GRIMM from
ear to ear
Gam you seed de eletant"
didn't say nothin', but jest grabbed
chunk of wood, and let fly 1t struck the mig
ger OH top the head, and bounced overheard,
but he didn't mind it a bit, aud down into the
cabin he run, and laid rite doom, and laried to
kill hisself-he fairly howled agm'-
"Yah! yah!-ki! XII! kite! to! to! te!-Mas-
sa Simon seed de cIefant-,Vusl kind-swe!-
o, de lord a-massy! dis niger die laffin!"
was rlly enuf when fust went abord, ~ith
the aggravashun and the heat, aud my feet be-
in all sore and bister'd from waIkn' on the
hard stones-bnt the ngger's latfin' made me
mad, and 'termined to lick him. So down
goes, and pitched into him, AN Jest to make
my fourth of July0 'musements 90 OFF 'greca-
bly, like, / got tanned like sack By the niger!
bod rot New York, say!