The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1854-06-01
HOW AYANKEE BOUGHT A NIGGER.
BY THE YOUNG 'Ux.

on" said Kentuckian to me, one morn
ing, as we paced the deck of Western
River steamer, together. "Keen fellows,
and know heap O. thing that cal'late
we don't. But Yankees don't get the hang
of tradin' right sharp in niggsrs, easy"
NO." l said-"probably because they
have no inclination, generally, to traffic in
human flesh."
Humans ha, hal Now like that
Take cigar, stranger" continued my
travelling acquaintance, opening his pouch
of Habanas to me. Pointing to seat, he
continued
"Sit down, and I'll tell you about alttls
affair that heerd of, once. Mind you,
stanger. don't say it's all truth; but the
things jest as good as true, anyhow, to
illustrate the pint"
"There come fellow to Kaintuek, three
or four years ago. from Connecticut who
brought with him a heap o notions Gas
he called 'em, to dispose of a while--tho'
he never stopped long in any one place, and
was never known to make his appearance
asecond time in the same town where he con-
trived to leave any of his. wares He
was grey-eyed, thin featured, wiry fel-
low and his wooden nutmegs, plated
iewelry, and warranted clocks, will long
be remembered, reckon, hereabouts!"
"Wouldn't his clocks go?" I asked.
"Jest as fur as you'd carry 'em, stran-
ger! The fellow Dragged on havin' clear
ed near thousand dollars on his trip to
Kaintuck-and left, one night"
"Well, he was smart, eh p
Yaas-consid'a able smart. But he
was'tmuch ofa judge O. money, l reckon, :"
continued my companion, drily.
"Of what money ?"
"Esstren bank notes, stranger. There's
some few counterfeit bills in cirkiation,
mebbe. in these parts, occasionally; and
though we can manage to use 'em, yere,
they don't pass SO well when they git back
to the BASTARD, I'm told. When the
Yankee got back to his land @ steady
habits he found that more'n haaf the
money he'd taken, yere, (and carefully
saved, because it was Eastesn funds, J had
been MANUFACTURED out in Wisconsin,
"Spurious?'
-'Soaael" said the Kentuckian, signif-
cantly.
"That was unjust" l remarked. "Two
wrongs don't make one right, surely
"No, stranger-and so reckon he
thought; for he came back yere ag'n--"
"Indeed?"
"Yaas-an' Notwithstanding his home
notions about our peculiar institutions, ,
he concluded to invest his money over
ag'in.
"Shortly after he arriv' yere, he went to
apublic vandoo, whar negro was to be
sold-an' he bough. him, on speculation.
The niger was sick, and an old 'un, be-
sides. The Yankee paid four hundred and
a haaf for him; and put out with what
he cosidered real barg.in. Next morn
ing Sambo was missing"
"How?'
run away. The Yankee paid Joe
Cheatem fifty dollars to hunt him down,
an got the niger ag'in, after spending
about fifty dollars more Now Joe was
a lively boy and everybody Except the
Yankee, hereabouts, knew Joe-like a
book
"Says Joe to the Yankee, "You don't
want that are niger, reckon-he amt
no good for you-na' I'll buy him;-that
is to say, I'll find man that'll buy him,
and pay you the hard dollars for him.
"It's done," says the Yankee; "what, IL
you give for him? He's good nigger-
dreadful good nigger."
"'He's most fifty years old" says Joe.
"'But he's stout-limded fellow" in
sisted the Yankee.
"I'll give you four hunderd for him, -
added Joe. "That is, my friend will"
"'In Spanish dollars, if you choose, %
says Joe. And the bargain was forth
with concluded.
Joe took the niger. his friend appear
ed, the money was duly counted down,
and the two sharpers separated. The
Yankee didn't much like the idea of dis
counting SO largely on Sambo's prime cost,
more particlarly as he had paid out an
additional hundred almost, to secure him
when he absconded. However, it wasn't
the kind of property that he cared tc
1dicker' in; and, having got rid of all his
spurious Eastern money by this trade, he
left town once more, with apocket full O
rocks, and bent for New-England.
i rather calc'late," exclaimed the
Yankee, to himself, "that old Kaintucky
amt qoite enough for this individooal.--
Blast me Eff they s'pose they're smart
enough to come their gum games over q
live Yankee. without his making it an
even thing in the end, why-I'm Judge Of
track and dicker. Pve made three hundred
on 'em, any howl and he clapped hi,