Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1857-11-20
$l5O A YEAR IN ADVANCE

A HAPPY BURLEsouE. If Ma
Peel.of the counterfeit darkey fraternit,
had been upon the levee yesterday h
might have got happy wrinkle in h
line from the performances of the genu
inc colored gentry. The carte for thi
entertainment was a burlesque auctio
sale. One of the darkey men, selecte
for his tonguey qualities, mounted
box, and in good set aucfionecr rhras
announced to large assemblage of idl
negro laborers, that he was now abou
to offer them, for cash, ''to de highi
bidder in dis crowd, fus rate boy. A l
soun an healty, an warranted not t.
cut in de eye. balk in de step, nor stca
chickens dat don't long to him; also
'ditional, dis boy wars only one "a
shoe year, an deys good IL. de ecnd o
it: takes keer on his close partickler
an nebbcr goes cortin' !; don't 90 t.
sleep oeer his work, is 'spectful an be
dent ; is six feet tree inches high. weighs
two hundred an twenty pouns, an cal
do more work in house or feI' dan an,
oddcr two niggers sides he eats les.
dan any oder one niger. Stcp,p hyar
Sam, an show yourself to desc gcmmen
Libely now Oar he is, gemmen =
Mire him Yourselves ~
And the sable auctioneer pointed with
triumphant gesture to the subject Of
this extravagant culogium-a scrubby
knotted runted, gray-hcaded speci.
men Of a field hand, about four feet and
half high, who mounted the box be-
side him, amid vast roars of laughter from
the crowd.
"Dar he is, gemmcn. xamine him
an start him at suffin. for he must be
sold What does you say - Several
colored semmen mounted the stand and
proceeded to Examine him. One vio-
lently pulled his mouth open and report
ed-'dis Niger not sound-onc jaw
toof done gone" Another tiled to
straighten out lock of his wool, with
don't like dis-h'r kink too much
niger lazy - Another pretended to
discover something beside ideas running
through his wool, and concluded mig
gers head too poplar ar'-[populous.) }
Another said "nigger's foot too long
an slim-long foot niggcr will. steal an
run way long foot Niger amt WORT
Jail fees Another "nigger's too-nails
too long paint Off my parlor
floor. No wants dis Niger Yah Hy-
all Yah Yah ~
"Well ,gcmmon is you done looking
a. dat Niger 3: Is you satisfy? He's
a prime lot! What do you say for de boy I
Start him at suffin He's got to be
sold d-prumptory sale -
Ten cent !! came from the laughing
crowd. Ten cent-ten cent Going
, at ten cent-ten-ten-ten."
Zone dime from the crowd. Tank
you sar One dime, one dime, one dime
-go-i-n at one dimc-d-i-m-e Too
bad, gemmen, make me sacfza dis arti-
kel dat way :. Say lcbcn p
'One Bit from the crowd. "Much
bEged, sar . one bit-one bit--one bit
-bit-bit bit soin -goin' = won t
nobody say 'leben for dis A /, warrant
ed, &c, hoy goin' at one bit-goin
-g-o-i-n'-gone at ten cent Yours,
sar,an dog sight more dan he's worf.'
And he knocked down" the property to
the quasi purchaser with trcmend ous
blow on the head with the barrel stave
he used as ''hammcr," which broke it
in the middle, and "knocked do own" the
sold party off the box, without his ap-
parently feeling the blow. so massive
vas the conformation of his cranium. -
That was the greatest auction sale that
ever we saw.-N. O. True Delta.
Those PETTICoATs.-Jo Dick son
stole bolt Of flannel, in Philadelphia
recently, and made the following unique
confession in regard to it, when brought
up before the Mayors Court to answer
for the offence
"Sir, confess did take the fannin
but when you hear ,oty l took it, you
will say am an unfortunate man, and
ought to be piticd. My wife says to me
yesterday morning, John, I've sot a
two dollar note. bank of Harrisburg,
says she; 4 made it by washing and
ironing. and want you to go and buy
I INV ViSut ydIuS VI HIuUln-rcu uannln,
says she to make me two petticoats
for the spring is backward says she
and the weather keeps cool, and havn'
a rag that's fit to wear. And mind you
don't lose the money nor go near an,
Grog- shop Says she). for you know
your weakness; and don't you git into
conversation with any loafcrs az YOU
are going along on the Grand
$50 took the money, the two dollar
note. | did, AMI went out, and went
three squares around to keep clear Of
a groggery that's in the UPPER end oil
our street, and that's the way l missed
it, for in t'other street met Joe Hen.
son. Says Joe, Jack, where your
bound ? Says l, 'to get eight yards OF
quarter-dollar fannin' to make my wife
two petticoats.' SAYS he, Dock the old
woman half a yard, and let's have a
couple glasses Of toddy. It's only ma
king the petticoats little shorter (says
hey, and she's got handsome pair o.
ankles; she woa't mind having scan;
pattern
"Well. thouoht half n ward af Aann;n'