The Shasta courier. [volume] (Shasta, Calif.) 1852-1872, 1854-11-25


Professor julius Caesar Hannibal has just re-
turned from " Europ," where he had been I'M
search Of health He is now engaged in giving
to his beloved congregation, through the New
York Picayume, an account Of his trip. Imme-
diately after !" de tug" had left the steamer on
which the Professor took his departure for Eu- .
rop" the vessel commenced cutting didoes that
astonished him much. He relates his expe-.
rience thus:-
Now de captn was up to he eyes in bizi-i
ness. He stood ON de poop and sung ont to de-
men to lutF 60 de royal stilyards hell-yards, aud
tan Yards. and splice de main brace j; den he 1
wanted all de royal top ballance-sails set, and
den he CUB dem ordors-t TO sqnar demsetfs. All
dis time de hind quarter and de fore quarter Oh
de ship was tryin' dere best to see which Good
dive deepest in de water and go up de highest
in de air. At fus: tort it was fun and tort de-
bows had de best OBJ it, when noticed dat de-
sides ob de ship had commenced de same game
and den it was down stern to up bows, and
down bows and up stern. for ebber so long.
Presently my watching de fun kinder made me
dizzy, and putty soon de stripes on de flag be-
gin to blow like corkscrew, and de,stars SEEM
ed to snap and crack, and it seemed to wind it.
self around my head till I Good mt hold it up no
longer | sung out for my frind de steward,
who said | was sea-sck bnt node better, and
told him SO. He. howebber, helped me to my
birth and tin par, both CD which | chung to
wild eageriess.' - ~
After his :. arribal in Europ,.' he is invited to
breakfast with his landlady and several select
friends. Accordingly, at the proper time he
. numbered into de eaiin' -room.'' and, says he,
ode way cut it fat dat morning 'morg dem
white folks was sin in de first degree" Hei
then astonighed them with few "sockdolla-
gers:'-
"One ole lady. who belong to de trabln
track-setyn high cap and green specks, talk
good deal bout de slabes IN ole Aargihn and
Alabama, and ak me if / was ebber at ST. Enat-
ty, on de NIississ;ppee, whare dey sell de sabes
IN drobes like sheepsl Den she waited to noe
what kind oh Ihassa had ?iif rd'been licked
much and if my ears had been kropped! Aud
den she was anxious to find out how i got away,
and what perils counterfeit all ob which she
vase guane to take down in book for to print.
When seed dat tort I'd CUB her somefn TO
print so tcid her a few sockaolagers by way
OBJ a preface 'Mons de ress,' told her dat i
node darkies TO be licked five times day, and
fed on tater-peelinss once and | seen EN- sick
abed wild de cellar feber "a wotkin nee deep iii
dirty swamps, raisri' rice, cottnn.' and 'backer
and den at mite, when dey 60 to lab little
dance, deg get licked agin; and when day 60 TO
bed dey get licked agin, aud and SO 4ih.
All dis she put down wild alackrity and a
pensel." 10
Professor Hannibal attends party given in
his honor by the Duchess of Sutherland
"Putty soon de rooms war full. Oar was de
Lord HE Admirer ob de Naby Yard, and de
young Duke of Wallopem. (whose fader wallop'd
a, p,,,. koff1
termefons, when ole Blncher como dat double
game OBJ comm round de corner on him, but
he was nowhat. was de Lion dat nie De
fader was SOME PUMPKINS, but he's all squash
De Lord HE Keeper OBJ Her Majesty's Poodle
wus dar too, vivid sere-eyed wife puppy as a
present from de Queen ode Duchess, but she
refused de dog bekase he wusnent black, as she
had made up her mind to go de entire black
since | hab ribed. De Lord HE Poodle Teller
coodent shine mong de wife ladies needer, too
svus dar !! Prince Albert sent his 'coddent-
cum in bit OBJ paper, wild Teller big huff to
tote lode oh cotton. De Queen, she had de
fam-fues, and wus indispensably disposed, and
she coodent cum But dar crowds pom
crowds wdout dem, and I'll bet fifty CLAIMS
against two billed crabs, dat we had more fun
dan if dey had bin dar, in all DER stately state
of stateliness."
We conclude our extracts from the Professors
entertaining letters by the following obserwa-
tons" upon "Schiedam Schnaaps:'
"Now sum oh you wood like to noe de mean
in OBJ Skedam and Snaps, too; and before | pre-
cede to ann-a-lize the stuff Itself, I'll ann-a-lize
de name. Il hab no >dont dat you all tink it a
wicked name, but it am MT. 1t am only named
arter de toun it am made in, and de ole teller
dat makes it.'' 1t am made at a big foundry IN
Holland, and you noe dat Holland am de most
do, IL Int
dams all tru it not milll,lams, SIGH as we hab
but dam places, SIGH Rottendar1; Amsterdam,
Blozerdam, Skedam, and be dam ef- noe how
many more Well; de Snaps am mahe at de
foundry in Skedam, by ole Skedam herself. and
dats wat makes irgineewine. Now, it's curious
to de foolosefor 10 obserbe de names OBJ different
places and towns in de different countries and
offn tink when wake up mites wild de toof-
axe, dat de charactumristicks OBJ nation am
shown conspickonsly by de names de people glib
dar touns and sites; for instink, look at Ing
land She's got her Pymoutl,, her Yarmouth,
her Portsmouth, her Darkndbtl, and in fack
she's all mouth, which plainly shows dat she
goes lii for swallerin, which am true to DE let
ter: de people swaller wiftals four times day.
and beer forty. De nalyon swallers NJ, de peo-
pie by taxashun, and bhce it was tort she "a s.va-
Ter de whole United States, bnt Bhnkers Hill
was more dan even her mouth could take in.
OATS tack! 1t wis too big mouthfull for her
You will recomfert dat she fust burned her
mouth wild cIrp oh tea in Boston harbor. and
notwi,hstandin Der big mouth, she got it sIapd
on dat 'casioh Now, it am different wild Ho
land She am as full OBJ dams as dis 'pis,le, and
she don't care for dam from body, bekase
she's got huff OBJ her own" - s-.~
RATHER CooL.-A gentleman residing in a
village not many miles from New Hampshire,
finding that the dimunition of his woodpile con.
tinued after his fires were out, lay awake one