Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1850-05-31

warehouse clerk in a large shipping-hou5e
III New Orleans, ard while in that capac-
ity, the following funny incidents occur
red -
/ One day yesseE came in, consigned to
the house, having on board o large lot Of
/ cheese from NeF York during the voy-
age some Of them had become damaged by
bIEe water, ltha ship having proved leak
+. y.) consequently the owners refused to Ie-
ceiye them they were therefore, sent to
the cousiCuses Of the ship, to be stored
until the case could be adjusted I dis
covered a fcw days afterwards, that as to
+ perfume they were decidedly too fragrant
! to remain II the warehouse IN June, and
reported the same to nv employers. frCm
whom [ received orders to have .hem O.
yerhauled. aud send all that were passa-
( bic to Bear4 s. {1Glnoun's auction mart.
/ (then in old. Camp st. Theatre.) to be dis
+ posed Of for.rhe benefit of the under-yvri-
! tars, and the rest to the swamp got a
gang Of black bows to work on them. and
when they stirred en- up, " Be the bones
Of Noll keI : auart Jug but the smell
+ was Elegant iutieoLT." l kept a respecta-
/ bic distance believe me. for stroHg niger
and strong cleg-e. on a hot June dav. lust
bangs all con.uan essences. intending a
certain ear 5af We read about Present
I Is the boys ,usu1d out an immense fellow
about three taGt six across the stump"
from which 5ha Fox had rotted off: in the
centre a space If about ten inches was
very much aeeaved. and appeared to be a.
( bout the consistency Of mush, of a blush
tint, which 7a~ eaused by the bilge water.
The boys had .u-- set it up on its edge IN
a bale of Cunur. .bar when [ noticed over
/ the way { lzrEev (then on sala) Fl. N
+ Charleston, ~ca.b Carolina, who was no
tori0us for his batting propensities, having
given most of she uiE-ers in the vicinity
q taste Of his quality I'm that line 1 lad
seen him aui another fellow the night pre-
vlous- pract. sl.E they would stand, each
on one side of q Avlraut some ten wards
distant, and run at each other with their
heads lowered, and clapping their hands
oa the hydI1ut. they would butt like vet
/ eran rams s Thought struck me that [
mi git cure A:ut 81 Lis Dragging and blt-
ting and have some sport also, so [ teld
the boys to keep .Zart. and l called Cid
JAKE over.
They tel .ae yen are o great fellow
for butt.u., JaN.z
I is son G. Nas-a laa a fac-I done
butt de w0.3 entirely OFF oh oll Pete's
head las night .uI Nassa Nichols, was
gwino to gill re gossl I kin jiz- bang
the head orr any uigger in desc parts ny
self kin r
well, Jske. I've got a little Job in tlat
line for YOU. when you haven't anything
else to do"
Use on band for all dem kind oJ jobs.
myself 81
~Wen yyu sse that large cheese back
there z'
"I does 3atl I does myself"
"Now if vou ean butt a dent in it, you
shall have f.
Golly. Mazsal you fooling dis rig
No, I'm not Jake--just try me and
~Wot You s.b me dc hull Oh dat
cheese ifI bunt dent ia um n
De Lori II bust 'cn vide open. I
viii myself Jess stand back dar. you
/ Orleans ni@eers and clear de track for
Ole S0uf C.rI.na. case Pse comm, my elf
II is 2"
And Old Jake started back about fifty
feet. and went at 1t at a good quick run,
and the next instant L heard duIIbeavy
sound. a kind ot splush and old JaEes
/ head disapr cared from sight with the top
lust visible In the other side as he rose
with his nev fashioned necklace, the soft
rotten cLee.e uozing down all around him
as it settled down, so that Just his eyes
+ were visible From the centre Of Jaze's
voice was scarcely audible and half sm9th-