The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1855-09-12
VILE ND WEDNESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER l2 1855
Gbt DAILY goutaal.
HOW DARKEY JAKE WAS CURED OF BUT
TING.
BY THE LITTLE 'UN.

By THE LITTLE 'UN.
Some years since l was employed as ware
house clerk in a large shipping-house in New
Orleans, and while in that capacity the follow
ling funny incident occurred:
One day vessel came in, consigned to the
house, having on board large lot Of cheese
from New York during the voyage some O
them had become damaged by blge water, (the
ship having proved leaky,) consequently the
owners refused to receive them thev Were
therefore, sent to the consignees of the ship
to be stored until the case could be adjusted
[ discovered a few days afterwards, that as to
perfume, they were decidedly too fragrant to
remain in the warehouse in June, and reported
| the same to my employers, from whom | re-
Iceived orders to have them overhauled, and
send all that were passable to Beard & Cal
ihoun's auction mart, (hen in Old Camp street
/ Theatre,) to be disposed of for the benefit oil
the underwriters, and the rest to the swamp
| got a gang of black boys to work on them,
and when they stirred 'em up, 'be the bones
of Moll Kelley's quart mug but the smell
was Elegant intrely." | kept respectable
distance, believe me, for strong nigger and strong
cheese, on hot June day, just bangs all COM
lmon essences, including certain uaymiat we
read about
Presently the boys turned out an immense
fellow, about three foot six 'across the stump .
from which the box had rotted off in the cen
tire space Of about ten inches was very much
decayed, and appeared to be about the consis-
tency of mush, of a blueish tint which was
caused by the bilge water The boys had Just
set it up on its edge on bale of gunny bags,
when | noticed over the way big darkey
(then on sale) from Charleston, S. O., who was
notorious for his butting propensities, having
given the niggers in that vicinity taste of his
quality in that line had seen him and an
other fellow the night previous, practising !;
| they would stand, one on each side of a hydrant
some ten yards distant, and run at each other
with their heads lowered, and clapping their
hands on the hydrant, they would butt like
veteran rams. A thought struck me that
might cure him of his Dragging and butting,
and have some sport also, so told the boys to
keep dagk, and | called sold Jake" over.
Z" They tell me you are a great fellow for
butting Jake?'
Il is some, Massa, dat a fac-I done butt de
wool tirely orr oh old Pete's head las night,
and Massa Nichols was gwine to glib me goss !!
| kin jiss bang de head orf any nigger in desc
parts, myself kin p
"Well, Jake, I've got little job in thatline|
for you, when you haven't anything else to do
"Ise on han for all dem kin objobs, mysef
II is"
Well, you see that large cheese back
there ?'
"I does dat, does, myself
"Now, if you can butt a dent in it. you shall
have It,"
Gollyl massa, now you jist fOOlin, dis
nigga"
No I'm not-just try me"
Wot. you glib me de hull OBJ dat cheese # I
butt a dent iu unlP'
DE Lor! I'll bust um wide open, 1 wiI
,jis' by mysef jess stand back dar you New
Orleans niggas, and clar de track for de Ole
Souf Carhna, kase Ise a eummin in myself
is p
And old Jake started back some fifty feet, !
and went at it with good quick run, and the
next instant heard dull heavy sound ike
squlsh, and old Jake's head disappeared from
sight, with the top just visible on the other
side, as he arose from his new fashioned neck
lace, the soft rotten cheese oozing down all over
him as it settled down, so that Just his eyes
were visible. From the centre Of it Jake's
voice was scarcely audible, and halfsmothered,
as he yainly tried to remove the immense
cheese.
"O-o-o-o-o.er de Lor! Mas-took um orf
O-o-o-o-o! Bress'd Lor Lif um upi Cor a
nifty! -
Meanwhile, / was nearly dead myself hay-
ing laid myself back on bale, holding my-I
self together to keep from bursting, while the
rest of the boys stood around old Jake, paying
him off
De Lor How de ngga's bref smell II
You doesn't clean your teef, does you, mister
Jake ?''
81 say you didn't make much morn four
times dat ham Ole Souf Carliny hoss?'
''Well, you is a berry nassy nigga, dat am
fac"
.'Wen, youis de Ggges bi''e of Welsh Rab-
bit, 0 / is!''
'sWhar you git you har grese p
And thus the boys run old Jake, now half
smothered until l took compassion on him,
and told them to take it off. Jake didn't stay
to claim his prize, but put off, growing
"Gor nifty l done got sole dat tinei fse
case of yaller- -feber-I is, mysef''
Old Jake was never known to do any but
ting after that
BEAUTY TANNING A BEAsT.-A couple OIL
young ladies, passing through a pasture in
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