Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1857-12-19
Mock Auction in New Orleans.


of The genuine coIored gentry. The carrie
for this entertainment was burIesque
auction sale. One Of the darkey men, Sc
Iected for his tOnguey qualities, mounted
a box, and in good set aucuoneer phrase
announced to large assembIage of IDLE
negro laborers, that he was now about to
offer them, for cash, "to de highs bidder
IN dis crowd, fus rate boy, A !, SCUM
and healty, an warranted not TO cut IN de
eve, balk in the step, nor steal chickens
that don't long to him; also, 'ditionaI, dis
boy wars only one par shoe year, an
deys good al de eend Of it; takes keer on
his close partickler, an neber goes cor
tin; don't 90 to sleep Ober his work. is
'sperlful an 'bedeni; is six feet three IN
ches hlgh, weighs two hundred an twen-
ty pouns, and can do more work in house
or feL' dan any oder one nlgger. Step
up hyar, Sam, an show yourself to desc
gemmen Libely now Oar he is
gemmen 'Mire him for yourselves
And the sable auctioneer pointed with
triumphant gesture TO the subject of this
extravagant eulogIum-a scrubby, Knot
ted, runted, grey-headed specimen OF a
heId-hand, about four feet and hall high,
who mounted the box beside him, amid
vast roars Of laughter from the crowd
"Dar he is gemmen 'Xamine him AN
start him at sufiin, for he mus be sole J!
What does you say % Several coIored
gemmen mounted The stand and proceed.
ed to Examine" him. One violently
pulled his mouth open and rePorted-"dl'
niger not sound-one jaw tooI gone.
Another tried 10 straighlen Out lock OF
his wool, with "don't dis har klnk too
much--nlgger law !" Another preIen-
ded 10 discover something besides ideas
running thro' his wool, and concluded
..ngger's head too poplar '--Populous
Another said "nigger's foot too long and
slim--Iong foot Niger will steal an run
away; long foOlnigger amt wof jail lees. -
Another, "nigger's toe nails TOO long
scratch pant off my paror hoo'. No
wants dis nigger Yah Hy-ah ! Yah !!
Yah
"WeIl, gemmen is you done looking
at dat nigger Is you satisfy He's
prime lot What do you say for de boy !
Start him al suflin - Hes got 10 be
<oe--prumplory sale !
"Ten cent !" came from the laughing
crowd. "Ten cenl--ten cent +! Gong al
ten cenl--len--ten--ten."
"One dime" from the crowd. "Tank
YOU sAr. One dime, one dime, one dime
--go'in at one dime--d-l-m-e =! Too bad
gemmen, make me sacrifice dis arukeI dat
way Say 'Ieben -
Zone Bit" from the crowd. Much
'blged, sir, one bit--one bIt--bil--bli--
bit goin' --goin' won nobody say 'Ie-
ben for dis /, warranted &C., "boy
goin' at one bl--goln '--g-o-I-n gone
at ten cent, Yours, sab, and dogslghl
more dan he's wof - And lie "knocked
down" the property TO the quasi purcha.
ser with a tremendous blow on The head
with The barrel slave he used as "ham'
mer," which broke in the middle and
"knocked down" the sold party off the
box, without apparently feeling the blow,
so massive was Ihe conformation Of his
Uranium. That was the greatest auction
sale that we ever saw.-N. o. True
Delta.
GRAMMAR IN The BACKwOODs.---Class
in grammar may come on the floor. Now
John, you commence. "All The world Is
in debt Parse world.
World is general noun, common me.
ire, objective case and governed by Mil
ler
VERY well. Sam, parse debt
sDebt is a common noun, oppressive
mood and dreadful case"
.Thatll do. Read the next sentence!