Hannibal journal and western union. (Hannibal, Mo.) 1851-1852, 1851-11-20

village by The tow-path Of the canal, from to-
wards CINCINNATI early in the, morning; and
about noon, and after having prettylwell thread
ed each by-way, lane, street, avenue and alley of
the village, he brought up at cake and beer
shop near the centre Of the place, and .inmedi-
ately stalled into the aforesaid depot Of cheap
fodder. A dutehnan kept the shop, and as L
was place of common resort Of the idlers and
strpgglers, it was tolerably well slowed when
our down-east genius, popped his long, hatchet-
shaped phiz into it. He took a cool survey of
things in general, and the pyramids Of ginger
bread plies and things in particular. d. ~.
HHeow dye deou?'' says he, giving tbs old
Dutchman behind the counter a familiar nod,
which the cake and beer man returned with am
othcs acd, Snd 'a'sult' 'of low gutterai vibration
between s,snort and grdnt HGuess ye got
some cakes and beer here, ha'nto oyeSn
/ swell, | tink l has few, }" says the beer
man.
"Well, yeou hev, that's fa-act; well yeou,
Pm darned hungry, hain't had bit o. nothin' tu
day, and guess RA hev a few o sthem notionS,
any way" says the stranger, who by this time
was the cynosure Of all eyes, ard the object of
considerable merrimeht to the crowd in and a.
bout the beer shop. 7@ at bh1a
The Dutchman and the Yankee ''dckered,"
awhile about quantity and price, but finally the
matter being adjusted, the Yankee SAT down up
on a vhiskcy cass, arranged his fodder hefose
him on the end Of the counter, and started his
masticating fossils, full chizzels. ~ dao.
+ "Stranger, 'says one Of the crowd, "Ill bet
somethin' you're Yankee"
"Well, guess you'd win, tu, on that" says
the Yankee. "4 a1a
"Oh! know'd you was, you're all terrible
critters for Gingerbread, hain't you?' continued
the inquisitor.
"Ye-es," says the Yankee, taking pull at
his beer, u reckon we deou devour it once in a
while. 'Tain't hard to take when feller's in
iinards are nigh on to collapse" sB a
"Whar dOyOu hail from when you're at home,
anyhow" go syq oF d.
''Where deou hail frop?" says the Yankee.
5''Yes-whar dy'eb'long9" continued the ques-
ltioner. ha 5paaoa OF
'sWhere deou belong? Ye-as--( another swig
of the beer We'll, squire, seein' it's yeou, IN
tell yeou. | cum from mighty ways down to-
ards sunrise; yeas, mighty surprisin' folks
tdeown our way; spry, teou, always up afore the
sun, darn'd old critter, often hev to givit pry
in the cold mornings to get ]. Up and og hccut
its business. Fact, by golly! Wcrn't for spry
folks deown there IN Maine, guess yeou'd hev
tn deou without sun casionally out this way,
4 for it often takes heap O. coaxin' and stirrin
to get the old blazer to rise and spread herself!
"Reckon you have mighty cold snaps down
that way!" says one.
"Cold sna-aps?'' says the Yankee 81 guess
we deou get up a leetle the coolest sna-aps deowr
there in Maine, 'casionally, ever yeou did see
perhaps" ra.sa VI
"What do you call cold weather, down there
among you Yankees 2"
''What do we call cold weather ?" says he, "a
ken tell yeou, squire; when the cattle's tails drop
clean of, and the grind-stone busts; when rams
horns snap-like pipe-stems, and the ceow's bags
freeze up; when snow falls fifteen feet upon
level, and hard enough on top to bear an OK
when four and half proof freezes, and the fire
goes out; then, jest abeout then, squire, we con-
tsider it mighty cold snap O. weather.
This picture of cold weather symptoms ir
Maine tckled the crowd amazingly, and the
laugh seemed to ''fire up' the Yankee
'Guess yeou needn't take on so heout il; bel
five dollars yeou hain't got no sich cold sna-ap.
eout here, anyhow ?"
As no disposition manifested itself among the
crowd to chalk up to the Yankees weather in
Maine, the critter choked down his rising dander
and with g,Il; Swallowed deEn the residue d
his beer, crowded the last cake into his mouth
and giving that aperture a wipe with the back O.
his bony hand, he faced the Dutchman.
"Ne6w landlord, cipherup tie damages, anC
I'll square the account" /" a.
SWELL dere yos der beer, six, and dere vo
de cakes, ten, dat vos, sixteen cents
"Sixteen cents? l swan that's heap o
money TO inyest in cakes and beer, anyhow
sixteen cents? Guess twelve and half will do
swunr it9n .rtll
"No, dot it WON'T" said the beer man; ,:sehns
down NIT der monies"
"Well, meow, guess yeop needn't git riled al
abeout it, anyhow; guess kin plank the pelute
witheout gttin' cantankerous abeout it. Blu
spose yeOu call it jest fourteen cents, cash up
and no grumblin Y
pBosh!' growls the Dutchman; ''deown mi
der monies, and clear out of mine house nit yo
tampt Yankees" -ns
"Oh, meow! sheow your monkey, will yeou
Guess yeou can't skeer feller, no heow; but
q say, yeou; heold yeo1r gKEard and let's ar-rang
business; fourteen cents and-a si-gar-wha
dye say ?" fHaaaaaH7 Ha
Ready to explode, the old Dutehman frothed a
the mouth like fresh tapped beer cask; but find
ing that his cool, self-possessed antagonist wa
) not to bogotten rid Of without pecuniary advan
, ltage, the Dutchman made the sacrifice, dumpe
, down melee on the counter, and demanded tn
cash, fourteen cents, in full
Leisurely hauling out an old greasywsllet care
fully eneircled with lnnumurable tapes and yarns
q Spanish dollar was brought forth, the walle
closed up, slowed away @and the dollar patientl
'iplsced upon the counter py the imperturAbl
! down-easter. H,
"Now, there's the pewter, Jest smash that an
take eout your bill, [" SAYS he.
, The moment the Dutchman pat his fingers o
the dollar, his Dutch blood seemed 10 centre i
: his'expansiye face; so red, flaming red, becam
this locale, that candle might have been ign
, ted therein.