Bellevue gazette. [volume] (Bellevue City, N.T. [i.e. Neb.]) 1856-1858, 1858-03-25
Hastings From cuba.

Jack Hastings, are you Ntll, am.
and real jolly kind of fellow find
him to be. Ja, is II printer; he was
brought up in the Island of Cuba, from
which place he emigrated rather sudden
Iy not long since, in consequence of It's
having leaked out iha, he was slightly in
favor Of Republicanism.
In his youth. Jack was sent 10 an Eng
lish school Al Havana, where he learned
10 speak our language pretty correctly
just enough broken 10 make you laugh
often, when, in fact, he was saying moth
ing to be laughed ut. org rr.f
A few evenings since, while Jack was
in my Office, and we were talking about
this thing and that, the conversation
chnnced 10 turn OH the animals of the
United States. A llrge number he had
never seen--.so he told rie, us named
them over, While going on asking lin
if he bad seen this and if he had seen
that, some evil genius prompted me to
TO bring in the name of certain unmen.
tionable little fellow, spoken of out West
as polecat but known, and moi spoken
of East as skunk. No sooner had the
word escaped my lips, than he sprang TO
his feet, slapped his hands together, and
excaimed: F
"Yes. stree / should think had seen
one of them! Phew! let me tell you
about it it was down in Maine. | saw
il few month after / came over. The
way of il was Bill Mosey asked me, one
Saturday, if / wouldns go with him into
the woods, to hunt after his horse, which
had rsniblgd off. After we'd got out
bout hnlf mile, we got kinder separa-
ted /; that is, Bill went up one ridge, and
went up the other, moving parallel,
about fifty PAGES apart. As Use going,
thinking about my friends in Cuba, and
other serious matters, l was interrupted, ;,
all at once, by the little dog down in the
opposite valley, making one Of the queer
est noises you ever heard, looked
down that way, and saw him; there he
was frisking and cutting round some ami
NAL, and gagging at an awful rate. AT
first I couldn't think what the critlef
could be; but after Id taken a second
look decided IN my own mind, and then
| called out: asi > 44I
20 Bill! come here quick: here's
monkey" NJ s,....- ,o .L -.
'.Then I gathered a stick, and made
down the hill at il ms hard as | could rip.
Up came to il, and gave il swipe
across the back and q, St, Patrick you
ought to have been there. Such per.
fume may / never enjoy such another!
j, almost took my breath; yet had not
the least idea from whence it came. Re.
solved, that come wha. would the monkey
should no, escape, i kept slashios away
with my stick. Bill came running as
hard as hard as he could tear, I'LL he got
where he cnuld have fair view of wha,
was going on--then he stopped all Of a
sudden, and yelled out:
p .Cnne out of that. You cussed fool,
you What are you dung n $50 uagl
7"I knew there must be something
wrong, so dropped the stuck, and made
up the hill" ra @ i.f
"What the d. is il Z" | asked, begin
ming to gag and cough like the dog, saint
it monkey r. a4 ef.-. a.
Monkey said he keeping of nj q
icSpcCtuOic uiStuuScb uicft t-hi ! iD
monkeys in this country. Now you're in
nice fix You infernss fool! didn't
You know it was skunk =
"Puny soon began to feel awful sea-
sick. 80 l sat down en- the ground, and
just heayed and heaved Oh, my! you
ought to have been there. thought in
my soul ] should die in spite Of all could
do. Bill. he went 10 farm house near
by, and go. suit of old cl Iihes for ine,
aud then he managed 10 get me down 10
the beach. where stripped oil my new
clothes and threw them away, ard then
tumbled into the water. Bill, he hauled
OF and went in and rubbed me for lear
ly half the day. Oh, l tell you it VAS
an awful scrape |! ns@ rfaee t.
"Next Monday morning ! appeared in
in the prinling-office as usual. and went
10 work. A little while, however, show
ed tina. something was wrong. The boys
began 10 whisper around among them