True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1858-09-29
.NIGGE LITERATURE.
Samuel Johnsing to Brudder Wite.


Samuel Johnsing to Brudder Wite.
Mr. Wite, does you eber dispill de ex-
presshun OBJ spirits when you's labOrln'
under lucination ob carnivorous detrac-
tions wild literary pussoots! |
Brudder Wite. Wha'- wha' - aDhG'
dat!
81. Do you ebber, Mr.. Wite, read de
magozines, de newspapers, and dem like
scari6cators of de memtalIects ? Jist you
give TO- cents for the New York Ledger.
Is bin readin sich putty story in da'.
Sich story. 1t was jist de most inter-
estinist story dat ebber was, and dat's a
fac done gone fo' sartin.
B. W. Bound to hyar tlGt story. Jist
am.
s. J. Nuf to make felIer trimmle all
ober. Dem stories is alters so harrerin.
Law bless you, honey, dey claws you and
skears you like cat does de mice dats
fac. Jist tink of a feller's bein in a
battle, KILN all de enemy wild an ole
broem-hannle, ketchin up de bloody will
lin OBJ Fits Clarum de Snortolio, and
flnging him up morn eleben miles
B. ". Jis'-jis'-jis' you shut up
YAH! Who you spose gwine to blieve-
S. J. OATS wat de Ledger says-any
how. Well den, arter KILN &c wilin, de
feller tuck one tremenjus leap arter he
Ayin foe, froo de atmosphere, pintin his
pistels at the treatin enemy, wen de fints
strike fab in his volver and blow up de
pcrcussin caps
B. ". Wa-wat dat9 How could a
volver pistle hab Ainls and cushum caps
TOO
s.. J. Anyhow dat's wat de Ledger
says. Well den de feller got participated
into de briuy deep
B. ". Why don't you say de ocean?
/, S. J. Kase he didn't fall inlo de ocean,
'Twus into de briny deep. Anyhow, dats
wat de Ledger seq. Well, den, arter
dat de sun Gums into his eyes, and he git
blind and swum fo' fo'teen thousand miles
B. ". Oh, shaw! You git out
Who-who's a gVine 10 swaler dat p
Blind man swim fo'teen thousand miles
yah yah! yah!
81. (NetIed) Dats pat de Ledger
sez-anyhow. Well den de chap Gums
10 desert islam whar dar wusn't muffin
to eat, an nobody to talk to OBJ any con.
sequence, and no siety wort men.ionin
an dar he Ibis fo' fo'teen yeas.
B. W. See hyar. Jist tell us now how
dat man libed fo'teeh yeas da wen ht
couldn't gil muffin to eat
81. Dats wat de Ledger sayS--any
how. Well, den de mans true lib wha
he hadn't seen fo' nineteen yea's-
B. W. Now-now how you gwsin tt
tell me any gal manned true fo' nineteer
yeas, an she neber seed de man de holt
time!
~. Well-datS s ,oat de Ledger say
and de chap he started one morn'n II
swim ar,er a vessel, kase he seed hi
sweethear: abo'd up in de riggin'. Yor
see she'd gone to sea dspised as sailor
B. ". 'Sguised you mean.
S. j. Yes-yes-Skizsd-dats wat d.
Leger sez. Az only think-its jis show
wot true lub kin DO, an aiut it wond'fu
now, and dat's jis fac-dat gal jiss wen
an drest herself up in sailor close, an
dere wusn', one sole abo'd, nur de capt.
neither, didn't know she wus gal.
B. W. How de detbel, den, did da
chap dar way off on de deseret islar
know who she wus, hey! Splanify dd
ifyou please.
S. j. Well--dat's wot de Ledger says
And de chap he jumps into de sea, t,
swim 10 de vessel, bu, jis den dere sprun
up a tremenjus gale, an washed him Of
fur eber so iur. till he Gums 10 de foot o
fortyGedication, and kase 'twus arte
dark an de frunt do wus shut. he jis
climbed up 10 one OBJ de cannins an ere
into de mouf OBJ de cannin. and lay dow
b an went to sleep.
B. W. Now stop dar. I should jis lik
to hab you expressly to me how a man.
gwain to gil into de moM OBJ cannin?
S. j. Well-dat's wot de Ledger sez-.
an vile he wus asleep, dere come on
war in de night tween de two countries
and de cannins wur all flah'b Off
B w. Wot!! Wild de man in dem
s. J. Dat's wot de Ledger sez--and /
got sbooted back agin into dat berry'del
,icle dessert islam. Well, durin' de mig
de ship had got racked, and everybot
60, drowned. 'cept de gal, and she swu
asho' and cum TO what de Teller lay sou'
asleep.
b. ". Now, you mean TO say dat d,
Jeller hadn't done got walked up de hol
time, vile he wus shooted out de canni
an fell onto de islan'9
E J. Dat's wot de Ledger says
neber walked up at all; and de gal sh
seed her luber, and CRATE big tears cur
into her eyes, and she creeped up ebt
so soAy and laid down by his side, an
iis put her putty wife arms roun' h
neck an wus jis goin' to kiss him wei
al wunsi---
Chorus. Col on go onl
s.. Dar il says--'io be continued.
S1h,'t mot da Tpdoey sez v-CGrahan