Amador weekly ledger., 1858-01-09
SON. AMADoR COUNTY, CAL SATURDAY MORNING JAN o. 1858
Niger Selling Niger.


The N. o. True Delta has the following
capital sketch, by which it seems that the
culed pussons' down South are not always
pining over their captivity, but making bur
lesque of it in philosophical way,
If Matt Peel, of the counterfeit darkey
fraternity, had been upon the levee he might
have got happy wrinkle in bis line from per
formances of the genuine coored gentry
The carte for this entertainment was bnr-
esque auction sale. One of the darkey men,
selected for his tonguey qualities, mounted a
box, and in good set auctioneer's phrase, an
nounced to a large assemblage Of idle negro
laborers, that he was now about to offer
them, for cash, ITO de highs bidder in dis
crowd, fus rate boy, A |, SOM an healty,
an warranted not to cut in de eye, balk in de
step, nor steal chickens dat don't long to him;
also, ditional, dis boy wars only one par
takes keer on bis close in pertickler, an neb-
ber goes cortin'; don't go to sleep ober his
work, is spectful an 'bedent; is six foot tree
inches HIGH weighs two hundred an twenty
pouns, an can do more work in house or fieP
dan any two niggers sides, he eats less dan
any one nigger. Step up hyar Sam, an
show yourself to desc gemmenl Mire him
for yourselvesw
And the sable auctioneer pointed with a
triumphant gesture to the subject of this ex-
trayagant eulogium--a scrubby, knotty, run
ted, gray-headed specimen of field-hand
about four feet and half high, who mount
ed the box beside him, amid vast roars Of
laughter from the crowd.
Oar he is, gemmen-'x xamine him an start
him at sufin, for he mus be SOLE What
does you sayT
Several darkeys mounted the stand, and
proceeded to Examine" him. One violently
pulled his mouth open and reported" Dis
nigger not sound--one jaw toof done gone"
Another tried to straighten out lock of
his wool, with Don't like dis-ha'r kink too
much--nigger lazy"
Another pretended to discover something
besides ideas running through his wool, and
concluded "Ngger's head too poplar
(populons.)
Another said-"Nigger's foot too long and
slim-long foot ngger will steal and run
way; long foot nigger amt WORT Jail fees"
Another" Nigger's toe-nails too long
scratch paint off'r my parlor floor No
wants dis niggcr Yahl hy-ahl Hahl yahlD
"Well, gcmmen, is you done looking at
dat ngger? Is you satisfy? He's prime
lott What do you say for de boy? Start
him at suflin; he's got to be -prumptory
salen
Ten CENT? came from the laughing
crowd
Ten cent-ten cent? Going at ten cent
-ten-ten--ten."
Zone dme," from the crowd.
Tank You sar One dime, one dime, one
dime-g-o-i-n-g at one dime-d-i-m-e. Too
bad, gemmen, make me sac'fze dis artkel dat
way. Say leben p
One Bit" from the crowd.
Much 'bliged, sarl One bit-one bit;
-bit-bit; won't nobody say 'leben for dis
A /, warranted, &c, boy? gon at one bit
going g-o-i-n'-gone, at ten cent! Yours,
sar, an dog sight more dan he's worfl"
And he knocked down" the property to
the quasi purchaser with a tremendous blow
on the head with barrel stave be used as a
hammer which broke it in the middle, and
knocked down F." the sold party of the box
without his apparently feeling the blow, so
massive was the conformation Of his Uranium.
That was the greatest auction sale we ever
saw