South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1853-06-03
BEEN TO JERSEY.

Professor Julius Caesar Hannibal, of the
New York Picayunp, has been OIL a visit
TO Jersey. He thus speaks of that coun-
try and its inhabitants :--"Wen went 10
Washington to see Massa Pierce 'augera.
ted by the poletishuns, was little fright
ened when heard dat had TO go fru Jer-
sey, kase didn't noe what might happen
to me when once out oh jurydishun 90 de
United States OBJ Hail Columbia. ] al
ways understood dat it wus wild region,
! and de pepil only haf civilized therefore,
took particular 'tenshun oh de natiffs,
and l believe I've bin moss beautifully
sucked in, fur in all de towns I was inrk-
ed tru by de old he locysmoker, seed dem
standin on de- platforms oh de car house,
chawin terbacker, and inside I seed dem
drinkin rum, so you see dey am sibilized
sis as well as you Yerkers. specked to
see de men dressed 10 def in tree cents
WORT Of red paint and tomyhawk, and de
wimin in earrings, nose rings, and string
ob beeds. like de ingin folks, but no deY
had five dollar suits on all 'round. 1t
seemed frum de way d-re close fit dem,
dat dey all mus sleep in one nifty big room,
aud all change close cherry mornin |
didn't see one that didn't look as if he
wore his close fru compulshun, and not
from choise. De boys all had on dar dad
dy's coats, and der daddy's all appeared 10
had on de boys trouserloons. Pm sassage.
fled dat de missionaries had been sent
'mong dem, kyse heered one oh de ma
Tbs sware, kase anndder gis happen to let
barrel oh pork roll on be foot, and squash
! il little.
was berry anxious to find out all
! Good bout de kountry while l was in it.,
and once when de ralerods stop, I stuck
my head out oh de depot, and l AK a fell
low in cow-skin boots, whose boots was
up 10 de middle oh de leg in mud, desc
questions, and got desc answers
sWhat kountry am dis p
'Tain't no kountry-it's Jersey
'What's de preducshun Oh de sile =
sRed mud, rail.rodes, ingin-rubber shoes,
jack-asses and State-Prisons.'
'IVhat do you lib ont
Salt mackerel, and orders OH de store
sometimes on clans, at eighteen pence a
hundred.'
DON'T you had no beef, nor no butter,
nor nolfin p ....
Eyes we git plenty OBJ de last artikle,
and we git beef in hog-kIlin lime. We
eat lard and salt for butteI-dat New York
take all our butter. We supply it with
Orange kounty milk and butter, and grub
'long de bess way We kim
well, don't you raise nofIin in de
ground.p
.oh, yes! pawn stones, ledder chips,
and clam shells.'
'Oh, you muss hab odder lings besides
desc, or else you coodent lib. Can't you
think Of nofin else you raise here7'
sOh, yes, plenty. Fever and sser, pa
tent medicines, consumpshun, bad colds,
mallsha trainings, now and then fite.'
sDont de folks nebber marry herep
ooh, yes, seberal married last year, and
two poor houses ha5 bin bilt this season.
was gis gwan 10 AK him his name, wen
de old iron hoss CUB snort and set US a
fyin, but seed row oh yaIler teef
grinnin at me as far as Good see de man.
Notwithstandin all dis, my frens, 1 think
Jersey fust rate place for poor man to
die IN. Dat Teller was sour, and heerd
afterwards from one OBJ de nabors, who gol
IN de car while was spoken 10 him out
Oh de winder, dat he was so sour, dat de
folks sent fur him fur miles 'round, to cum
and look in der pickel barrel, as his ex-
presshun wood act on deia better dan win
egar. He was christeDed with vinegar,
feed OH green grapes and crab apples,
drank nofhn but lemon juice and sour si-
der all his life, and hebber cum nesr any
body widout gubbin dem s.umjack ake.'