The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1854-08-23
A HAIRY SHOPKEEPEK
THE FREscHMANs SON.

Upon the banks Of the Mississippi, in the
State CT Tennessee, there ONE dwflt an old
cnap BY the name ni Yadge; Tom Yadge. Nov
| Tom had been an honest, hardworking man, all
| his HE, but he never owned a s,dd.e; but az
| Tom grew old, his wealih and importance in.
| creased, and with it desire for hogskin, SC
| one day he packed up clean shirt, stuffed a
| hundred dollars in Ms wallst, Stepped upon a
ste amb rat, and away he went to New Orlear 8
| to bur him a seAdle Now this was the frs
trip 'foin eeef made; he had LIVED all his lie
he re he was born, and never heard any Other
language lhan that Of his another tongue. In
| the course OF few days he iandtd upon the
|. wee of New Orleans.
! Poor Tom, little did he know what he had
| 10 encounter. Fhr Frerchnan was there, the
| italian was these, the Spaniard was there and
| the Germ,n was there; some from all parts o
| the world re crowded upon the levee, and
there was run with his eyes stretched, a,io
ears open, completely myslltiPd and bewildrreo
Al the slran .e jargcn going on around hun; he
stood i as long as mortal man we'll could, ano
al las, struck out with his mind fully prepare d
| % be surprised ut nothing he saw up the err
ia I'd II the saddle.
Alter waking about the city f,r some time
| l. s some poor lost urchin, b. at length found
s->Gdiers shop Tom, with h>ait e!at"
wslm.d III,
The mt and "n'y living c.eanre which mel
ii, u;sinn w.. b,b,"n of the larses, sp cies
sitting on the CO nte. pa, .'"g with the glr'h :"
saddle which hung I'm mediate over bis head
Tom politely address him, ''hGw 20 gu o.
sr,' The baboon grinned aud NODDED
wish to buy saddle, says Tom The sam
ex pre- SCION from the monkey. In louder key
tron Tom, 81 wart to buy saddle" very
polite grln from the babonn. 81 will give you
S2l for saddle" says rom, Il, the same time
handing Iii IL a S21 note The animal having
seen his master put money in the drawer, took
it and hopping along on the counter. made de-
p"site OF rons S2J note. He returned imme-
dlaely TO his former position.
iom-"Weii, nand US down the pig skim
Very little notice from the baboon. sD-n it,
why don't you give me my saddle ! have
paid YOU for it, SO hand it down or will take il
myself" An awful chat er'ns from the ba-
boon.
Tom not Intending to be fooled with any lon
ger. reached ont and caught hold Of his proper
"; But no soontsr had TIE poor fellow done SO
than the nails and teeth Of the monkey were
driven into his arm. Tom kicked and swore-
the baboon bit and scr. AIMED until at last the
owner &c the shop, Frenchman with long
moustach, came rushing into the room.
"Whal in the ID dies all this mean -
What do you want in here, you ID Ole
scoundrsl: BY gar you shall give sa'isfacshun.
Tom, not in the least daunted, but very much
exaggerated, ripped out, "You internal hairy
mouihed rascal! ] believe you want to sea
my $50; came here, bought saddle, paid the
money down tor it, and now when | want TO g
with it, your son there has refused T. lei
me have Il, aud has kicked up fuss about
it."
Tom, however, got his saddle, and returned
the next morning in boat going up the Hver
but has been heard % swear it was the las
one he would ever purchase.-[N. Y. Spirit
,he Times.