The New era. [volume] ([Portsmouth, Va.]) 1845-1847, 1847-01-14
"a FIRE IN THE REAR

ORE OF THE LATEST JoKEs.-There was fun
as well as fighting dow in The neiyhborhood he
Rio Grande last summer. aud Yankee in ,ha,
section. albeit shIewd specimen If The genus rd
- IRE IN the rear" which raked down and dc
moshed the best cacnliiuns ever made e., :,
small fortune, and at the same lime raised la l,nuL
which filled the adjoining chspparaI for nile in
every direction.
WAFER was scarce during the heat If summer
at Brazos island. and liquor uot So plentiful at
times as the necessities of the s,jnufners required
II VAS at one Of these thirsty Seasons tha, our
Yankee. ny some hoax or cruuk uu, hold of n
barrel IT iuIerably fair cider and with this small
stock he al once " set up" business To rake and
scrape together parcel of boards and odd bits Of
canvass, enough to buld small shan,y. was the
work OF but short hour: Ia set his barrel upop
couple ot skds in the back part of The tent tartan
il, and to commence retailing the cider at a dime
a glass. occupied but short time more
Customers Accked in by d,zens The cider went
of at a rapid rate. and the Yankee was maxim,
his .'p,ernaI fortn" at a stride that would have
e!ated John Jacob Astor in his early DAYS. Sone
Of his patrons complained that dime glass f.,
cider, which was not worth mare than two dol
lars barrel at the outside, was an ontraueo,s
price; but the times was hard, the retailers cnn.
science easy-he had all the cider in the market,
and could not affurd TO sell any cheaper.
The state of things went ON for an entire day.
al
patrons. On the Elluwing inorninG. and beCuc
the cider was We, half sold. they began To thin off
gradually. and by the middle Of the afternoon il
was only now and then a s,rageliny stranger that
visited the shade and cider of the retailer Wbat
was the matter? What had caused this suddrn
falling off of custom2 The reader will soon see
Towards night new face appeared in the
shanty and called for glass of cider. l, was
drawn and swallowed and the customer took gu,
his purse and euquired the price
- One dime" said The Yankee.
{. One ukat 2" returied The customer.
:" One dime" cooIly replied the Yankee.
One h--ll," snared the customer; whv. I
can get just as good cider here al fee cents a
glass"
IN a gu ca Mt" drawIpd the Yankee.
There aint pint of cider 'cept whaiPvc 90,
in that are harril, this side Of Orleans Pm Jarned
if there isl
= Lnow better" calculated the customer, tart,
ly. bought glass of cider, not two hours
ago and only paid five cents for it,"
'Pd like To knuw where Won effected tina,
small Transaction. "quered the Yankee
Right round here" was the answer
guess II was right round here RIGHT
round ,chere, I'D like 10 know 2" continued the
cider vender.
Why close by here. somew here-just back Of
your place" returned the customer
III bet you tn drinks you didn't,' spike up
The Yankee, and we'll go right round and sec. -
Done," said the customer, and off they
started.
Sure enough, "rgh, round here" they found
another cider establishment in full blast. A Sc
cond Yankee had rugged small shade in the rea
OF The hrst Yankees shaniy, had tapped the olher
end ct The laier's barrel Of cider through board
ana was retailing II al five cents glass TO per
feet rnsi Of customers-N o. Picnyune