The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1853-06-01

der gemmen wer busy as two fees in boot
leg, hearin Masser Ginnis. gibin de lectur on
CrOmOnOlOgy."
"CrOmonolog. Cromonology why, what
am dat-sumtin' to eat Eh. Steben ?"
De Lor only hear dat! Cromonology
sumlin' to eat. YAH yah! yah Why,
you niger, you am as igrant zif you wer
born in Grecian, besides yer pronuncifcation
am abombable. an / duz really beleib you is
dc igrantest nigger tween here an de Free
State oh Copiah Why, you buzzard. is
no such a ting; It's de hills an de hollers
oh de skull de nobs an dc no nobs, to
show de natrui genius OBJ de intellect. Let
me feel. Here Sambo doffed his palmetto,
and extended his battering-ram over the fence
for the inspection Of Stephen the learned |;
who, upon running his hands over the head,
as well as the abundant supply of wool would
admit, exclaimed
"0h! my eye! why. Sambo, you is a
great genius for catchin fish, you is an as
cherry 'tunity am offered you, by your near
ness to de Creek, would advise you as
fren' to turn your tention to muffin else but
dc catchin' OBJ cat-fsh-now mind what told
you"
Why, Steben, you s'prise me 'mazinly !;
| neber hab de least luck fshn at all. In
fack, neber cotch but one fish in my life, an
dat was muffin but an eel"
An eel, why niger, what better proof
could thar be oh what Use been tellin' you p
D-d-don't you find eel fus rate now speak
de truff ."
No, sar, / duzn't"
No? Why. niger, what you mean -
Duz You tent for to say, for to mean dat eel
am not good ?"
. De fack oh it is. Steben, dat guv it
way to uncle Jake"
Wh-wha for you do dat? Why. sambO,
eel am heap better dan possum."
Uncle Jake told me 'twar muffin but
moccasin. an dc Lord know | want muffin to
do wild dem -
"A moccaSin' yah yah yah !-pd like
VERY much to feel dat Jakes cranum-he
must lab mighty big bump OBJ zeption"
"Zeption why Steben. what am dat p
"Zeption, my dear Sambo, am peculiar
bump which some gemmen OBJ cutler possess,
which nables dem to cum de possum ober
DER fellers, and sumtime eben ober de white
folks. In fack, sar, tbs quality which cherry
niger should be pwoud OBJ. an which he
should try to cultivate, by all means. Now,
twas de organ oh zeption dat 'nabled Uncle
Jake to get dat eel way from you an twill
be a mighty smart nigger dat can compete
wid him.-Just feel Dat whopper, Ober my
lcf ear"
"Oh de good Lor. why, Steben. It's as
dig an as hard as a picayune-loaf OBJ light
bread, which Masser Waller keeps an which
white folks is so fond OBJ
"Oh. yes. sambo; dat am great proof
OBJ de genius Masser Sam told me wer
reglar Milton"
Deed. Den steben. spOse you saw no
more wood"
Not arter Use larnt to read.-B1t come,
Sambo, dat whiteman is latin at us-I dun t
belicb be has got many organs OBJ genius -
Yah yah yah y
At this home-thrust, we we're obliged to
slope; but the next morning. Stephen was at
his post saving with the same saw (he had /
had it fled we belieye) and we. having en-
sconsced ourself behind tree, impatiently |
waited for some darkey to heaye in sight
knowing that he could not pass without being
hailed by the illustrious Stephen. Presently,
a sickly-looking negro IA preacher by pro-
fession) came trudging along no sooner was
he within hearing, than Stephen cried out,
HilO, Pompey am dat you ?"
Yah yah it am dat ting"
How you find yerself nowadays, POmpey
Come long up here, an tell us de news"
"Ah. Steben. | 'spect you'z much's
iuz anybody but in de fus place, | want to
know has you got de chOlery morbur -
Me pledge you my honor as gem
men, Pompey, dat | neber hab touch OBJ
you heerd me !"
"Well, Use glad OBJ dat; for de Lord
know, an 50 duz |, dat don't want muffin to
10 wild him. Oh. Steben dis am a VERY
Rickid worI we lib in; an if we don't 'pent,
Use feered dc dcbil win get some OBJ us, spec
ally in desc chOlery times p
"Why, Pompey, what ails you, honey?
You's as melumculy zif yo'd d had tOof pull
d. What all you, Niger ?" -
" Hadn't you heerd de news, Steben =
I" No. sar. Anything strange p
"Oh, Steben no wonder you ak me what
or look so melumculy.-You know ole un- ,