Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1852-01-24
From the North Mississippi Union
The-- Dandy and Yankee, or Fun on
the SimDSon.

the Simpson.
While the Simpson lay at our wharf last
tnp queer looking biped might have been
seen vending his way towards the boat, s'tt &.
ING" large hair-trunk under his arm. Let us
describe him. His upper story was topped
with coon skin cap, long uncombed santly
ha'r sreakIng out from beneath it and frc
around like flax over a brake. His coat was
built as If for single breasted vest, with 4
narrow rim running around the neck, stiff as
sh'ngle; then altered by inserting sleeves shirt
fashion INTO the shoulders-the garment being
buttoned up 'chock' in front with small brass
buttons. Between the lower part of the afore.
mentioned and the troWsers was a gap of about
| three inches, through which dingy shirt puff
fed out like life preserver His pants will,
of linsey -woolsey the larger part of the cloth
| In the neighborhood of his hinder suspeuder
buttons the smaller quantity remaining grow
ing smaller and smaller till it reached some
SIX inches from the red untanned shoes that
covered the pedal extremties, as tight as India
rubber garters. A tallow complectioned coun-
tenance, grey eyes, and you have the man.
tie walked up the plank on the boat, depo-
slted his trunk on cotton bale crossed his
hands behind, took general view of things in
general, and noticing the engineer getting up
steam, walked around to communicate with
him.
"Guass this ere's a mazin fast critter of
yourn."
"Ah," ,"-grunted the engineer not disposed to
enlarge his circle ofacquaintance by The Ches-
terfeIdian mode.
"Never kicks eout oy the breechin."
"Ha"
"Nor rars nor pitches, nor nothin of that
sort"
"Bah."
"Well, old hoss, guess you'll never die
from wastin' yer breth, for ye keep yer rusty
old mouth as close as an lister. Yer don't pre-
tend to say this ERE ugly lookin' consarn can
run fast. Je-m-ma, eff you'd seen my broth
er's wltes uncle skeet, yer Woul'nt think it,
Yer see he run agin time, and tew beat, he run
SO gal-aliired fast that his hair whipped and
cracked, so that when he cum eout at the eend
OF the race, he Was clean bald aId-headed-fact-
but that War'nt primin tew what he did one
mite racin with a ghost"
Here the engineer opened the safety-yalve,
IN close proximity to the coon skin cap, which
suddenly disappeared, thus breaking the thread
OF the ghost story, its proprietor soon making
his entrance into the ladies' cabin, which was
only occupied by black chamberlnaid.
"Gemman's cabin next door, no eemman
lowed in ere widout ladies' said the darkv,
angry at the intrusion of such looking man
into the cabin.
saint gwine tew tetch nothin', Jest wanted
to examine the critter. What's them arr" poin-
ting to the state rooms -.
"For de ladies berfs, sar'
"How many hev yer got!" ID @'',
"Bout thirty, sah." .@a.ae 1'ia @s
"Whar's the wimen foks!" ag,s, n -. ....
sOn the deck sah" z..--.s
"Thirty births year, spose--what a fine
place fer doctor tew settle in-lots oy sick
ness 'mong so menny," soliloquized he while
he stuck his head into stateroom to see the ac-
commodatons."Ar real narrer contracted, tucked
up consarn, the folks up in our kentay wouldn't
live in slch tite, narrer contracted naberhood
During this sollloquy the chambermaid OPEN
ed the door into the gentemen's cabin. yz
"Sah, gemmans de like OBJ yer amt lowed in
here tai! yer must 60 from here quicker dan
'medietely." ~s H." '
He sauntered out of the door, asking as it
was slammed shut in his face, if there was
regular doctor settled in that neiehborhood,
which nterrogatory not receiving a response,
he perambuated the cabin with his hands cross
ed behind, making observations and inquiries,
much to the amusement of crowd of passen-
gers and none more so than that of doubled
refined patent elastic, made to order (by tai
lor) dandy, who with his little sckly goatee,
and bigger slckier moustache, perfumed soap
locks, standing shirt-colIar, rising like two side
boards, to fence in the face, galvanized watch
chain, wasp waist ttle-heeled boots, and goose
necked cane with apuppy's head on It, contain
ng nearly as much brains as the head of the
owner-was cutting quite swell, den-ning ey-
erythIng for not being as he wished it, and dis
5usting every one by his self.inportanee and
senseless twaddle. 45
At dinner, by chance, the dandy and Yankee
sat opposite each other at the table, After Cap
ain Bell had performed the usual ceremony of
,sking blessing, the dandy threw himself back
IN his dignity, and called out in pompous
one to the waiter. ae.yY
"You ID wataw, brwing me the supper
ah OF young female hen, fresh laid hegg,
md rub the boehim Of me plate with specha-
nine of fruit wulgary called an inon, which
will give to me dinnah a delicate favor"
The Yankee quick threw himself back in im-
nltatIon Of his opposite neighbor .and in nasal
one called out @
"Yeou darned, ALFRED, dod- blasted dad.rab-
ted, pesky looking little tarual black nigger,
etch me peck oy corn, bundle ov fodder,
nd rub me down with a brickbat while
eed" 81 s#. s.
Men ceased to think of masticating while an
proarious yell arose which fairly shook the
abin, during which the dandy was seen streak
1g out the door with finger in each ear. We,
re credibiy informed that Bell lost four sus-
ender buttons, and was troubled with an open
ountenanee an hour afterward
The dandy waited for the next boat, while
ne Yankee made the trip with a chalked hat
u An old bachelor, on, seeing the words