The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1854-11-15
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From the Detroit Daily Advertiser.1
CORRESPONDENCE OF @. z. PHI.
-.log LANDER DOESTICKS, P. B.
DOesticIks on the Ohio.
STEAMBOAT BLUE Wing,

October 1st, 1854.
Which said boat is very much tho
shape. Of Michigan country-made sau.
sage, and is built with a hinge -iu the
middle to go around the sharp bends in
the river, and is manned by two captains
four. mates. sixteen darkies, two stew
ards, a small, boy, big dog, an oppo,
sum, two pair of grey squirrels, one clock
and a. cream .eolored chambermaid fog
SO thick YOU could mt run locomotive
through it without a snowplow night
SO dark the clerk has. two. men each side
of him with pitch pine torches, to ena-
bic him to see his spectacles, he wears
spectacles;.l pilot so drunk the boys
have painted his face with charcoal and
coke berries, till he looks like rag car
pet in the last stages of dilapidation
and he is fast asleep, with his legs, (par-
don me, but-legs) tied to the capstan,
his whiskers full of eoal-dust and cinders,
and the black end of the poker in his
month"; boat fast aground, with her
symmetrfcal nose six feet deep ia Ken
lucky mud there she complacently lies,
waiting for the mail boat to come along
aud pull her out. Passengers elegantly
disposed in various stages of don't-care-
AGENT .itiyeness, and the subscriber, ta-
king advantage of the temporary sobrie-
ty of the clerk, and his consequent at
tendance In the after-cabin to play poker
with the mates, to drop you line The
silence is of brief duration, for 1 am in
terrupted by "a grand eratorio by the mig
ger fremen, much to. my delight. and
Iediieatien. It runs somewhat as fol-
lows; n4ll s. ...s+ - 6-=.s
(Grand opening ehorus.) "A-hoo-
a-hoo-hoooog-a- hooo-aahoora-hooo
--a-hoooooi u, ..,-..,., ..,.....-.,.T
~ The dashes in the following represent
the passages where the superfuity of the
harmony prevented the proper appreci-
alton of the poetry.) .ar., ~ 4;ag, X.
Gwin down de ribber-a-hoo-a-O o y
Captain interferes and orders the
orchestra to wood up-and so interrupts
the concert.
Have got over on the Indiana side,
principal difference to, be noticed in the
inhabitants is in the hogs; on the Ken
tucky side they are big, fat, and as broad
as they are long; on this side they are
shaped like North river steamboat,
long and lean. 1 just saw two of 'em
sharpen their noses on the pavement, and
engage in mortal combat; one rushed at
his neighbor, struck him between the
eyes, and split him from end to end !;
cart came along, run over the two halves,
cut them into hams and shoulders in a
jify-reqiescat an many pieces. This is
decidedly rich country; the staple pro-
ddctions are big hogs, ragged niggers,
and the best horsesin the United States,
The people live principally ON bread
made of corn whisky ditto; and hog
n, ,,;SenaEed in various .barbarous ways
They glsss away whisky and sell cold wa
ter. n The ,darkiices are mostly slaves;
they nail horse-shoes Over their doors to
keep away the witches, indulge in parti-
colored hats in the most superlatiYe de
gree, of dilapidation; go bare-footed, and
have large apertures, g in puppes panta-
looni. It is perfect treat to. watch
their entertaining performances. At the
hotel the allowance is fourteen niggers
to each guest, and as each one seems to
be possessed of the peculiar idea that his
province is to do nothing at all, with as
many hourishes as possible, the eopfasion
that follows is far from being devoid of
entertainment. fj.s14 y .5a44 5:fe.!
They never bring you anything you
call for; if you ask for chicken, you
will probably get corned beef and cab
Page; if you want roast beef. they will
assuredly bring you apple dumplings;
ask for sweet potatoes, and you'll get
fried eggs; send for corn bread, and