The weekly American banner. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1855-18??, 1856-04-25

Caused that fluid to cyaporate.
In his hand old Step-and-frtchit
Held big chunk of boiled salmon,
And MS fish, bones, MI. he bolted,
Wagged from side to side his visase,
And with moans, strange, wild, por+entous,
Sung the song of "Nothin Shorter"
Aeeom"snied by Tipsey loosen.
IL four sharrs, upon the jewsharp.
I'rang dildle. f,rang diddle.
1'rang diddle, t,oang diddle.
I'mang, 7'pang, Isoaag. Tum!
"Nothin Shorter" was b digger"
So am I, and nothin shorter;
(Thus he sang, old Step-and-fetch it,
And he lived upon the mountains,
Dug his roots and pulled the acorns,
And the rich grasshoppers roasted.
Happy was he, bold and fearless,
Had no troubles to modest him,
Had no fieis upon his blanket,
For in fact he hadn't got one
But one morning gazing earthward,"
He beheld pond of water,
Which he forthwith fell in love with,
And the pond reciprocatcd.
,"And they loved each other fondly,
Happy long they were together"
Twang diddie, f,oang a diddle,
I'nang Tscdng! 1,eang!
Yes, the pond loved "Nothin Shorter"
Every day she bathed his forehead,
Gave him drink when he was thirsty,
Would have washed him well all over,
Only that wonld take the dirt off,
And the grease, and yellow ochre,
In which his very soul delighted. !.
But "they lived and loved together -
Yes, they lived and loved together
can original expression)
Till the sun, with fever scorching,
Caused the little pond TO "dry up"
Then was "Nothin Shorter" angry;
Loud he howled, and tore his breech cloth,
And with fury shrieked and danced,
As on the sun he poured his curses
And he cried, 80 Scallewagger!
Which is the Indian name for sun, "Sir,
You have been, and gone, and done it,
It was yon dried up my sweetheart,
Killed the beauteons Muddybottom.
You confess it you confess it."
And he saw the sun wink at him,
AS if to say he felt glad of it.
Then up started = Nothin Shorter"
And making quick pair of mittens
Out Of willow bark and rushes,
With them rent crag asunder,
Rent jutting crag asunder,
And, picking up the scattered pieces.
Hurled them at the sun in vengeance:
And SO fast the rocks kept flying,
That the air was nearly darkened
And obscured, so Nothin Shorter"
Could not see but what he hit it,
So he ran and kept on throwing
Stones and dirt, and other missiles,
Till the sun, which kept retreating,
Got alarmed at his persistence,
And behind the western mountains
Hid his recreant head in terror
Bnt the last rock .'Nothin. Shorter"
Threw, fell back on his "cabeso,"
And produced comminuted
Fracture of the cerebellum.
Isoang diddle, t,cang diddle,
7Icdng, t,odng, tum
For some time, poor !" Nothin Shorter"
Lay upon the earth quite senseless,
Til small exploring party,
Under Col John G. Fremont,
Picked him up and fixed bis bruises,
Put on Dalley's Pain Extractor"
And some liquid opodeldoc.
When relieved, though sorely shattered,
He sat up, upon his hauches,
And to Fremont told his story.
Gravely listened that young saran,
Wrote it down upon his notebook,
N. Had Old Preuss to make drawing,
Representing g Nothin Shorter" 4
Throwing boulders then he gave him
An old blanket and beef-bone;
And when he asked fora quarter,
Told him to 60 unto the Devil.
But far away in Eastern cities
Fremont old that tale of wonder:
And certain famous poet
Heard it all and saw the picture,
Wrote it out and had it printed
In one volume post octave.
And wish had the money ~
For this song of g Nothin Shorter. =.
Tsoang diddle. t,oang a diddIe,
Tsr0ng, tacGags tscdng.
At this iuncture, Amos johnson
Rushed tumultuously nom his grocery, >