Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1851-02-22
PLAQUENlINE PARISH OF FEBRUARY 1851
The Jochied Frenchsnar,

HUMOROUS SKETCH OF PURCHASING A HORSE
"A frenchman, in this country, who was Iii
tie acquainted with horse jockies or horse fest
was grlevousy taken in, by Il cheat, in the pur
chase OF steed. He gave one hundred dollar
lor miserable Jade OF an old mare that ha,
been .attened up to sell and she turned ou
10 oe rIng-boned, spawned, blind and wind
broken. The Frenchman pretty soon discov
efco i!ll lie mad been used up in the trade
ana went to request the Jockey to take back
theanllnal, and refund the money.
'Sare, said he, Iave tatch back de mare
horse vat you sell me, and | want de money in
my pocket back
Your pocket back" returned the Jockey,
tclgning surprise; don't understand YOU.
lou no stand under me p exclaimed the
trencIiman, beginning to gesticulate furious
ly; you not stand under me Sare, bv gar,
you be Won grand rascale-you lie like Sam
like Sam-yat you Gall de eete mountainp
Sam Hill, suppose you meant
'Oul Monseur-Sam de Hiil-yes, sare,
you like two Sam Hill Yon sell me one
mare horse for one hundred dolairs-he no
wort von hundred cent, by gar
why, what's the ma ter with the beastr
sMattair sare! Matter do you say! w
he's all mattair-he no 90 at all-hc got no
leg, no feet, no vind-he blind like Won stone
Wis dis eye-he no see nobody at all yid dat
eye-he go v-heezc-o, e-heezc-o, like one forrc
hammer beEows-he 60 limp, lump-he no
go over at all de ground-he no travel two
mile in three day !--Oui sare, he is yon grand
sheat-you must take him, and fund de mo-
ney back
Refund the money! Oh no, couldn't
think Of such a thing
'Vat. You no fund me back de money
You sheaty me yid one hundred dollar horse
dat can no 60 at ALL
1 never promised you that he would CO.
by gar vat is one horse good for ven he
no go. Will you, sare, take the mare-horse
back, and give me my money vat l pay him
for!'
"No, sir, | cannot-'twas fair bargain
your eyes were your own market as we zen.
tlemen of the turf say
Gentlemen de turf! You be no gentleman
at all-you be no turf Mon Dieu YOU be
Won grand Turk von sacre dam deception,
You sheat your own born moder-vou play
Won rascalle on your own gotten f,dder, You |
have no principalle.'
sThe interest is what 60 in for
sYes, sare, your interest is no principalle.
You be Won grand rascalle sheat. Mon Dieu,
we're you die ven you 60 to, heh LIE diable;
he tretch you no time quicker, by gar
Failing to obtain redress of the jockey the
poor Frenchman sent his mare horse, to an
auctoneer to be sold. But the auctoneer
seems to have been as great rogue as the
cckey, for he took care that the fees for sell
ing should eat up the price he got for the
'tecd.
by gar, said the Frenchman, when relating
The story, 4 be sheaty all around De shock
ey-horse, he sheat me in trade; and de hauction-
eer' he sheaty me in dispose of de Ianimale
lie sell Inc de mare-horse for ten dollar; and by
gar, he sharze me 'eyen dollars for sell him.
Mon Dieu! SO be taken all round in. | lose
leyen and one hundred dollar all in my pocket
lear, for one sacre dam limp lump, rheeze, vid
10 see at all, good fornothing shape Of s mare
lorse, worse as nineteen dead shackass, by gar