Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1851-01-28
How Big Darkey Jake was cured
of Butting.

Some years since | was employed
Ias=warehouse clerk i'm large shop
ping house in New Orleans, and while
in that capacity, the following funny
incident occurred: One day vessel
came in, consigned to the house,
having ON board a large amount Of
lcheeses from New York. DUNG the
voyage, some of them had become
damaged by bilge-water, (the ship
having proved leaky) consequently,
the owners refused to receive them;
so they we're sent to the oonsignees
Of the shop, to be- stored until the
case could be adjusted. ] discovered,
a few days afterwards, that as to
perfume, they were decidedly too
| fragra ant to remain in the warehouse
III j une, and reported the same to
my employers, from whom l received
orders to have them overhauled, and
send all that were passable to Beard
I& Calhoun auction mart, (then in
IOld Camp street Theatre,) to be dis
posed Of for the benefit of the UNDER
writers, and the rest to the swamp.
| got a gang of black boys to work
on them, and when they stirred them
up, BE the bones Of Mol Kelley's
quart Il mug! but the smell was ille-
CANT, il tirely.' kept respectable
distance, believe me, for strong niger
and cheese on a hot June day, just
bangs all common essences, including
| a certain varmint we read about.
Presently the boys t. armed out an
immense fellow, about three feet six
across the stump from which the
box had rotted off, in the centre 3
space Of about ten inches was very
much decayed, and appeared to be
about the consistency of mush, of a
blush tint, which was caused by the
bilge- water. The boys had just set it
up on its edge on bale of gunny
bags, when / noticed over the way d
big darkey Chen on sale) from
/ Charleston, South Carolina, who was
notorious for his butting propensities,
having given most of the niggers in
the yicinityia taste of bis quality in
that line. / had seen him and an
other fellow, the night previous
practising; they W ould stand, one on
each side ola hydrant, some ten yards
distant, and run at each other with
their hands lower ed, and clapping
their hands, on the hydrant, they
would butt like veteran rams. Al
thought struck me, that might cure
him Of his Dragging and butting, and
have some sport also, so ! told the
boys to keep dark, and | called old
Jake over.
They tell me you are great fell
low for butting, Jake?'
4 is some nlassa, dat a fac-I done
butt de wool 'tirely off of old Pete's
head last night, and Massa Nichols
was gwine togib me goss2 I kin
jiss bang de head off any niger in
desc parts, myself i kim
We'll, Jake, I've got a little Job in
that line for you, when you havn't
anything else to do
Use on han for all dem kin OBJ jobs
myself | is,
4 does dat does, myself
Now if you can butt a dent in it,
you may have it.
sGolly,massa you foolin dis nigger!'
NO, I'm not, Jake; just try me- |
'Wot? you glib me de hull OBJ dat
cheese, if | butt a dent in um!' !
Yes
DE Lori I'll bust EN- wide open
HI will myself Jess stan back
dare, you Orleans nig gers, and
clear de track for Ole Sc uf Carlina,
case Use comm, myself is
And Old Jake started back some
fifty feet, and went at it a good quick |
run, and the next instant l heard
dull, heavy sound kind of squash
and Old Jake's b cad disappeared
from sight, with the top just visible
on the other side, as he arose with
his new fashioned necklace, the soft
cheese oozing down all around him,
as it settled down, SO that just his !
eyes were visible. From the centre
of it Jake's voice was scarcely |
and half smothered as he
vainly tried to remove the immense
cheese. a
sO-o-o-o-o! er de Lor-Mass took \
UNI orr! O-o-o-o bless de Lori Lif
um up. Cor mighty! H. /
Meanw I was nearly dead my
self, having laid on cotton bale,
holding myself together to keep
from bursting, while the boys stood
round Old Jake, paying him off.
de Lor! how de nigger's BRET