Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1852-07-23

Eating a Live Dutchman.

A ankee pedlar travelling through oFk
State, some twenty years since, put up
at the house of Dutch tavern keeper, for
the night, at the close of one fine summer
day. At that time, the peculiar prejudices
Of the Dutch people of that section were
strongly shown in their jealousy of the
Yankees. Our landlord was one who
seemed to take peculiar delight in annoy
ing any descendant of the pilgrims who
chanced to fall in his way, and it may be
supposed he did not neglect any opporlu-
nifty that presented during the stay of the
Yankee pedlar to quiz him, or make him
the butt of sly jokes.
Our Yankee friend was not exactly
green, though he kept very quiet de-
meanor until the morning, by which time
he had matured a plan for giving the
Dutchman all explanation of the old adage,
What Is sauce for the goose is sauce for
the gander.'
The morning sun had dispeled the mist
of the night. Jonathan had hitched his
horse TO his cart, and brought him up be-
fore the door ready for a start, after he
should have finished his breakfast. The
tied his bill felt himself at liberty to meet
The Dutchman halfway in any shape he
chose to approach and as a signal for
more perfect understanding of his readi-
ness, he lei into him in this sort -
Now, old SourkrCu', before | 90, |
have one thing, the last Of a large assort-
ment that | want to sell you. You know
you are very prudent, economical sort of
a man, and one wonid answer for your
whole family, and you could let your
neighbors use il after you had got done
with it,
What in dunder is it p asks Sourkrout.
Wall, you see now says Jonathan,
when | laid i'll my stock, bought
prime lot O HeaSeiS, and I've sold EN-. all
out, except one, and kinder thought, see
in how you were u very savin sort of
man, could let you have that one measle;
of course you could make it good all
around = and Jonathan had all the laugh
TO himself,
The Dutchman began to bluster as soon
as he got the idea through his WOOL and
thinking he could do as he chose with the
apparently green Yankee, he commenced
bullying.
Look-a-here, mister, none of your
tricks upon travellers, says Jonathan;
need't think you can scare a Yankee, no
how. Why rot your old cabbage garden,
I've known anlee to eat such a Dutch
man as you are before breakfast"
a Yankee eat Dutchman OATS
tamt likely story. I'll bet you five tollar
you can't eat me y
Ill take that bet says the Yankee;
call in your neighbors to see fair play
The neighbors were called in, and the
preliminaries arranged. in which it was
agreed that the Dutchman should take off
his boots, wash his feet, and lay down on
the table, whereupon the stakes were put
up.
The Dutohman was laid OUT and Jo-
nathan proceeded very deliberately to
unite his neck ribbon, and unbutton his
shirt collar preparatory to his canibal feast.
Approaching the table where lay the
wondering Dutchman, Jonathan took up
one Of his feet, and brought it to his
mouth, and made a very significant i'm
preston with his teeth on the Dutchman's
big toe, which elected kick and roar.
Oh! mine God! Stop piting /; dat
hurts =
Never mind you don't expect | am
going TO swallow you. That wasn't the
bet; | bet | could eat you = and he made
another bite.
Old Sourkrout soon perceived that the
Yankee had tricked him, and that he must
either be eaten or lose his five dollars
He chose the latter alternative the money
was paid 10 the Yankee, who left with
high honors, having vindicated the fame
of Yankeedom and sustained It's high
reputation for the production of wooden
nutmegs and Yankee Tricks. The old
Dutchman has learned to respect the su-
perior sagacity of Yankee pedlars, and
from that day, since, he has treated them
with due Difference, and never fails to look
remarkably silly, if any body says any
thing about eating raw Dutchmen' in his
nresence.- Fn)lkee Blade,