The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1853-06-01
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An more's dc pity, Pompey. for ole Ike
wer wonderful man foretol sumtin
dreful would happen i'm fore soon, for he
wer too smart for to lib long in dis mundane
spear. Poor ole Ike. lie gone an lef us to
stride alone; but told he, some two or
tree week ago. dat he wer born to die a
premature death, and end his distance in he
yOuf! He"-
why, Steben, Ike wer forty year ole
when he die" interrupted Pompey.
Don't make bit diffrence p impatiently
returned Stephen. You don't know how
to cipher desc tings out, though you as a
preacher. knowd Ike when he wer wee
bit OBJ a Niger; he had great genius for saw
ing wood, an would ha' been an honor to de
pwofession, had he lbed. All, Pompey I.
you should hab seed him as | did, when de
spiration wer pom him /; twas den dat his ge-
MUS shone like possum-fat in de sunbeam =
When he come to dc greasin' OBJ de saw, de
risin' OBJ dc leg, de histin' OBJ de elbow, an de
-lOr, niger. | can't 'scribe it to ye, but
Ike would been great man, had he libed -
Poor fellow no moro he saw de wood, nor
hunt de possum No more he eat de horpi-
iny, nor pick dc cotton for he hab gone
whar de good niger 60. for cher, an eber -
| can but spress myself in de language OBJ
de Poet.
How many gem Oh purest ray serene,
De ugly oilers oh de ocean bear;
How many flower is born to blush unseen,
An waste its sweetness all about de country u
Dem is very 'propriate lines to scribe on
ole Ike's tomb" suggested Pompey.
"Uncle Steben! no Uncle Steben -
shouted darkey who had approached unper-
ceiyed hab you hecrd de news?"
"'Bout Uncle Ike, duz you mean for to tell,
Cufey ?" asked Stephen. turning to the now
conner.
Yes. bout him." answered CuffeY.
81 hearn he's dead-Gat's all"
81 hearn dat too but dats not what Use
gwine for to tell you."
"Propcl den, Cufey." said both POmpey
and Stephen.
"SpOse you bof recOlmember dat little
terrier dog what Gle Ike war so fond OBJ"
Yes, yes what OBJ it ?"
why, when de cholery had cotched ole
Ike BY de wool, an he see no chance for to
ludc him; when de cold sweat wer pom he
brow, an de blood wer frizzin' in he veins he
told he wife for to brung him he little dog
Skip -"
"What for he want Oh him, Cuffey ?"
Don't interrupt gemmon when he am
talkin - cried Cuffey. "I say he called for
be wife for to brung him de little dog Skip
an when he'd got him, he take him by de
nap Oh de neck, an stwike him ober de head
wid de ole boot,jack, Cat use to hung up in
de corner by lie bed, till he mash Skips nose
aat as de pancake"
Wh-wh-wha for he 60 for to do dat, Cuff
fey ?" asked Stephen and Pompey, while the
big tears glistened in their eyes
To make bulldog Oh him yah
yah yah /" yelled Cuaey, as be lodged be-
hind corner, and yamoused from sight in
second. Stephen and Pompoy we're dumb.
founded for some time but at length, having
somewhat recovered from their surprise, says
Pompey with a doleful face
Lor. how can folks joke on such SOL
emn easions -
:" De LOr only know" groaned Stephen.
Yah yah yah !" laughed CufFey, as he
showed his ivory for moment at the corner,
+" Yah yah! niggers, you is green-yOu is. "
"Frow brick at him. cried POmpey,
dancing about the yard in search Of one
but Cufey was beyond reach, and the brick
hit nothing but tree.
"De dOggOnd sassy niger! he's got a
very cusus head, an I'd like very much to
famine it-spect | would fnd'-
a pound or two OBJ wool, moro or less,'
Pompey.
Hes born to be hunga Indignantly ex.
claimed the Phrenologist
Use feerd he's one OBJ de stif-neck gene
ration. an de rope would hab no feet on hin" f"
said Pompey.
"P'raps so.'' replied Stephen impatiently;
" but let's change de subec.- Poor Ike
how PHYS him !"
"Poor Ike poor Ike" responded Pom
pey, in a hollow voice.
"Mornin' uncles. ? interrupted one-legged
nigger, who at thai moment rode up astride
mule, which looked old enough to be the same
,ne that was ridden in days Of yore, by one
Balaam - hanged if we've not forgotten
bis other name but--stoP we find by refer.
snce, that the mule in question was an ass,
% the comparison will not hold good, Of