Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1859-12-26

| brheS apoiogtzcd Tor his dinner:
Its prity po catn' and f You lest had waited an
supper time, Id had Won squirls We kin A ran
lam y'tiddy the finest You uyyer see far two ,r.h..
nsS on the RIBS but the Niger took and put in the
spring house. thout astenin the do and tho fst bipy
bone" P WA" W a'e
During these remarks Briles once twice interrupt
cd himself to say in loud voice "Boy To which The
negro pulling the fan would answer aSn6 and mil ,hs
fan more vigorously than before. And Brcs would 20 ON
Tth what he had to say But he evidently annoyed
''ofeo'se the dog didn't cat
| Boy"
| "Suh"
The fan huitered faster.
! Didn't eat all the lam, because
\ "Bovr
"Suh"
The fan tapped still faster
because We all had done good part of Il away
to vayus neighbors."
| "Boy!w
| "Suh."
The fan was going at a terrific rate
Bres thundered out
Bo1 don't be so dam nduschusl"
Never was niger 80 taken aback. lie had sunnoseJ
all the time, that the object of his master in c,lI;p h
was TO urge him on in the work of keeping of the 1
with the fan and now, when he discovered his mistake
don't think the whole county of "T,harlut" could h
presented more pitiaby chopaen spectacle Isugbed
outright; But Briles glared him savagely until I
| thought he would have fallen where he stood
When dinner over the master of the bous. ;,.;,,
me TO go out hunting with him. proposition 20 Which
wonls willingly have acceded f had not been so sin
/ lnlla a
upon the bench in the porch pass over the night and
the particulars of my introduction to Mrs Briles Who
proved to be both ugly and quarresomeor which last
bries, very conhdingy, accounted by saving "therc
never was no peace in family that ddnt have cbsra
The next morning found myself oven more stiff and
sore ihan had been the evening previous Every Joint
aehed IL was plain that had to pass the dsy Rt Bres
Bres did his best to make my stay agreeable bur the
constant sharp voice of Mrs Bres as she scoIsd H.
negroes In the back yard and my natural Impotence to
reach my journeys end, made all his efforts abortve :
However, the second morning came and fonnd pc M,
exactly supple, but able mount the trotti, H.
again, and TO endure him for a season leterni, "a ~
hasten on Immediately after breakfast But when went
to the little dngy looknggass to brush INV hair ter
be Tact was revealed to Nv beard ras thr,, H.,
Old snaNe must, aud that immediately but could
not shave myself. had no razor Strange thar I haJ
never thought of that before leaving town Bnt so"
Dody must shave me- Who? There were no BARRIERS in
la' country u was doubtful whether Bries ever shaved
At ai' anu what 10 do knew not The case "a /, an
peared to me at that time, so grave that 6nd (,
Impossible 10 mpTt It, young was going 10
ngy respectable house, on business of the utmost i'm
totAhce, II was indispensable u good first i'm pres.io
ihat my appearance should at least be decent How
could 1t be with beard three days old? A. these r
hecuons crowded upon me, made up NV mind N ~
~ W '0""' Se' sn1'eu, and bring barber back with
me. ~
When went down to breakfast I told Briles Of INV
unapPy eonuiuoh. Sympathizng with me, he said he
visit to goodness he could shave but he couldnt
lie could trim har tOllibly but never had laid No go
to no mans jaw but his own" After thinking over ib
matter Tor some time suddenly occurred 10 him ,h,
his man "Benjminn had worked ON IN, Hra,.Ir -
be he huew how to shave So Benjmin was called IL
proved TO be clumsy, sefimportant creature who
low he could shave gentman good as any b,rber
Rather than ride back thirty miles TO town conaa,a
TO let Bcrjmin try his hand me- upon the foIloNn
terms proposed by himself:
LIST. lie didn't want me pay him nuthin M ma.
2nd. II he " made the bleed come - he "xorIJ';'
nuthin ei was to gin il TO him. ~
ird lie agreed to shave me 1.-TWO days under tho
skin" '' iuer the
4th. If had "a little ole wescut or banLcho, - nj
min would be be thousand times Obliged TO me for
either of them o. y" 'HS tut
This Contract being accepted on NV part Brilo wan,
OH TO vandue, aud Benmin went of after hi r.,
ing implements waited in moody silence hi, return
sou hoHId hIS bries quarrong with Beujmin be
cause he attempted to tIke of the cooks bot
and thought something said about '.sosn y H., ~
this last was not certain. / waited and waited II was
iuliy an hour before BenJmin come back In one hand
ne held TN bucket such as negroes to carry tbcr
dinner to the field full Of hot water; in the other
large, round, darkbay, ugly.lookng gourd and rndo
MS arm was what appeared to me to be leather surci
gle a mop, and bowie-knife but was so mad with
him account of his delay that could not sec ver
well. He came into the porch, where sat with anil.
OF intense seeseem on his face, aud said he had been
detained all this time by houng the razor answered
not word Setting down his Implements on the bncb
behind me, he stood irresolute for time and snsIv
went OIL. sat s'il as stone He soon returned with
an axe and nail Driving the nail PARKWAY into one on
the pillars OF the porch he bent the head upwards an "a
to form hook, and to this hook no attached the sh
surcnSie it was over yard ong) and began to srop
the bowie-kne, which proved, however TO no a r,,or
or rather cross between a razor and a bro.d-aYe
Never before since have seen such An in,,le,,cn,
looked on without saynga word lie talked strapped
and strapped and talked When he had finished sra
ping his broadaXe III took him quarter of AN hon, -
do so) he tested s sharpness by nickng hs thumbnal
and by splitting thread Of his wool. kept perfectly
quiet Regarding myself asa doomed man 1 sat out.
passive and ready 10 meet my fate. He laid down b;s
razor and went behind to get the n-bucket and 9th
| er things
Of them put together could produce quite 40 bsrroS
state OF mind and body rs experienced when that ne
gro came forward With large painters brush liz was not
mop) and gOUd JdH Of soft sOap-this homemade
\ greasy yillainous stuff But / held my peace '
He lathered me. Ugh! shudder when thisk off,
bu ne ala Iaher me up 10 my very temples and down IN
| my breast bone And such lather! Whewl onensd
not my mouth. Nay, vcrly-not In the presence of
ather After he had Invested my countenapce MIR do
nau'eog' iroth BeHjmin gave his baby broadaxe few
more "hets on the sucihgle and tho amputn IN of INV
beard commenced. During the first few strokes -,
grccaby surprised the broadaxe seemed 20 chi an so,
~ But when he had scraped my jaws pretty horonSbv
add got over TO the hntcd part Of nv neck vbe,o ~
beard grew like tho vortex Of a whirpoo Ibec,r,e 90
scious OF pain that man. certainly no woman ev,
realized cannot describe IT, II ike tearing The st;n
~ rca nov needles INTO the raw meat fast
Than thissometLng than the dumb rsge ~ I"ose
ded TO his--and something than tho awful &c.
OF the soitsoap lather added 10 that Imaeine ,I ~
like stOic bore Il without nnnrrnur Ns.fu Du'
fury 40 quiet that did even mako coyn, ~ my
Benmn made the remark for rhic rnsf been IooI1sgn
Oar now said he ode blood ~ done come sni,e ~
al could do. Dis razor shave nights essv G,,n
but den de skin 20 make pear 70 be mo9.u, Se.L
/ mOuaus" '' "ooNi
The fact IT, the blood triokling down nv bro..,
AZ made no answer, Benz nin dipped his paint brusb
into tie soaPgoard, lathered anew, and Kept on
shaving.
II done shave you down" said he after awhile. "r0b,
clean and good Now gWine 70 shave YOU up I sSsc
when 60 agin de- grain II mos likely 20 gin sowe
trouble but tain o. Shawn unlcs, Won gri,s do
De thing u ought 20 be done"
50 he shaved me against the grain and gr;t,od NV
teeth, determined 70 bear the torture without 0ro,1
Il died under hi' hands AZ las no got through SHAY.
l ing mo up" and began runni, aagcr about In tbo
greasy soap suds my tbp6at 20 feel vino = .e bes,d
grew, stopping nov aud fen TO stsn6h ihe ao.pg Mod
With towel, and promng ne that as soon as he got
through lao would fnrc IL al rf2ht ''by pisys,e,n a.
beard-hoics Wid lc SCOT" In getting a. the before
mentioned VORTEX 81 beard he assumed al sort Of stt
ndc and bent my bead and ucck IN all uanncr OF direc
tons unul thouyht he would end BY twisting my head
entirely on. III got in front Of me, behind me- on my
right ddc, on ~ cft side and IN bctween my legs 10
very rou and very determined 20 fuih bis promise
10 shave me 80 days under Tho skin. St gritted my
teeth and lethn keep on bis murderous operation. The
Job vas not an easy one felt something almost like
pleasure vim becEAn 70 perspire aud 20 show anger
l " the bearf personal enemy which he could not
/ conquer.