Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1858-03-11
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A FRENcHMAN TAKEN IN AND DONE
FoR."-Under this caption the Tennessee
Telegraph tells Il characteristic, mirth-provo-
king story of a ''parleyvoo' gent, alias
Frenchman, who, being little acquainted with
hors, iockies or horse flesh, WAS grievously
"taken in" il The purchase OF = mare. tic
gave a 500 spot sor a mare 1hat had been
fattened to sell, aud to his surprise, found her
to be %rins-boned, spawned blind, clumsy and
wind-broken. Full Of wrath and veXatl0n,
he went to the jockey, aud requested him to
take back the jade, and "shell back" the
purchase money:
"Sare." said he, dive fetch back de mare
horse vat you sell me, and l want the money
in my pocket back"
"Your pocket back y returned the JOCK,
ey, feigning surprise; q don't understand
you sir
mYou no stand under me ?" yelled the
Frenchmau, beginning to gcsticulate furious
ly; "you no stand under me! Sare, begar;
you be Won grand rasealle! You lie like
Sam-like Sam-yat you call &c ieetle noun
tain ?"
"sam Hill, Isupposc You mean
"Our Monsieur! Sam de Eill-yes sare
YOU lie like tpo Sam Hill. You sell me
YOU mare horse for Won hundred dolIalres-
he no wort ven hundred cent, BY gar"
mWhv, what the matter with the beast =
uNTattoir,ssov me, Mattair. do you say?
w, he's all mattair-he no 60 at all-he
got on leg, no feet, 20 vind-he blind like
Won stone v:d dat eye; he no see nobody at
all vid dat eyc-he so r.Accsc'o,-r.hcese-0'
like vou forge hammer bellows-hc go limp
limp-he no 60 over at all de ground-he no
travail two mile in three day! Que, sare,
he be von grand sheat-you must take him
and fund de money back"
Refund the money! Oh, no, couldn't
think of such a thing .
"Vat, you no fund nc back de money!
You sheaty ME vid Won hundred doilaire
horse dat no can 90 at all"
II Never promised you that he would 60"
"By gar, vot is yon horse good for when
he no 20? He be no better as Won dead
shackass, by gar. Viii you, sare, take de
mare horse back, and give inc dc money vat
| pay him fcr::'
"No, sir, | caunot-it was Il fair bargain;
your'cye were yoar OWE market, We gentle
men of the turf says"
uGentlemcu de turf. You be no gentle
man at aIl-you be no turf. Mon deiu, you
be Won grand Turk-von sacra dem decep-
tione-you play Won ~raScalle trick on your
gotten fadaer. You have no priucipalle."
"The ~intereS, is what ! 60 in for, any
how"
"Oue, sare, yourintcrest be no principallc.
You be von grand r~ascalIc sheat dats de
way talks"
Failing to be satisfied by the jockey, the
Frenchman sent his " mare horse to an
auctiouecr to be sold. But the auctioneer
seemed to have been as great a rogue as the
jockey, for he took care that the fees for sell
linz should eat up the price he got for the
animal.
s:By gar" said the Frenchman, when re-
latiug the story, 81 be sheaty all round. De
shockey horse he sheaty ne in trade, and de
hauctioneer he sheaty me to dispose of de
hauimalle, and den sold my horse for ten
dollairc only; and by gar, and he charge me
'even doleie for sell him.! So | lose lev
en- and Won hundred d~ollaire, all in my peck
ct clear, for Won scare, dem, imp, limp,
v-oeese-o Wind, no see at all, good for moth
ing shape Of u mare horse, vurSe as nineteen
dead shackass, by gar"