Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1853-01-20
UNCLE JAKE;
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Some ten or twelve years ago there re-
sided in small country village in the inte-
rlor of the State of New York, rather cor
pulent Dutchman, who was well known as
Uncle Jake among his countrymen as
"Uncle Yawpy," which is I" all the same in
Dutch" He was good hearted old gent
as one could meet in travelling through any
county; eccentric-not more so than thou
sand others-and a0arm politician. Yes,
he might be called exceedingly warm, hot,
or any other name ones mind could conceive,
and then not come within four rows of apple
trees of the right one, as the conclusion will
show. You would get along very we'll con-
versing with him on the crops, stock or any
thing else except politics; and that subject
once touched, p-h-e-w, "look out for the
engine while the bell rings" no sight to
get word in edgeways. If you CHANGED
to believe in politics as he did, you could
obtain, free gratis-two hours in length
more than was ever thought on since the
days of Hamlet; but if you expressed a
different opinion, or entertained the least
doubt that he was wrong, you would get a
political speech of combined Dutch and
English, with very frequent expression of
"Got tam the Wigs" of several hours dura-
ton, and he would pitch into you assoften
as you would give him chance But it
was very seldom that anybody would differ
with him except some person who would
want to hear him "put out" the Dutch.
He had, therefore, his own way, in political
matters, at least.
But to the point. "Uncle Jake" had
two boys, aged respectively-12 and IA,
Charley and Jack-not very uncommon
names for two young men-who were
'jointy and severally, "some pumpkins"
and had imbibed rather different opinion
than their old man in regard to politics,
from the fact that they associated with
those whs had different view of political
affairs than ''Uncle Jake" 1t so happened,
during one of their juvenile outburst of
patriotism, that the old man "twigged" 'em,
and approaching unobserved he seized the
two young "tam vhigs," and carried them
off in triumph.
Charley and Jack we'll knew their fate, as
they often suffered capital punishment; but
looming events cast their shadows BEFORE"
This was rather bad offence, and they
properly resigned themselves to their fate,
knowing that the old man was going to put
it on thick.
In due time they brought up in one of
the Easements of "Uncle Jake's' house,
and while in the act of cOnfiniDg cords to
Jack, preparatory to trying Charley, the
oldest one, the latter named individual gave
'leg bail for security" out of one of the
windows. The old man after satisfactorily
combining Jack, gave Charley, who, in about
an hour and half, he overlook and cap
tured, and returned again to the house.
"Uncle Jake" procured large rawhide,
which was near at hand, and thus addressed
Charley:
"Charles, will whip you for two tings;
first for being a tam young vhig, second for
running away. John, will whip you pine
Ply, for being tam vhig."
Uncle Jake went to his work, and af-
ter cowhiding him enough to convert him,
as he thought, to the true principles of de-
mocracy, he enquired;