The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1859-03-05
Southern LiteTati in Convention.

SAMUEL JoNsoy TO BROTHER wITE.
Mr.. Wite, does you eber displll de expires.
shun 90 spirits when you's laborin' under
lucination ob carnverous wild literary pus-
scots?
Brother Wite-Wha'-wha'-uha dat?
s. do you cher. Mr.. W,e, read de
magazines, de newspapers, and dem like
scarticators OBJ de mentellects? Jist you glib
70 cents for de New York Ledyer Is Leen
readIn' sich pooty story in da'. Sich
story. 1t was jsi de most interestinest dat
eber was. and dat's fact gone TO sartin.
Il. W.-Bound to hear dat story. Jist
aim.
5. .J.-Nuf to make fellow trimme all
ober. Dem stories is always so harrerin--
Law bless you honey, dey claws you and
skears you like cat does mice dat's a fac
Jist tink 90 fcller's bein' in a battle, KILN
all de enemy wid an old broom hsnnle,
kctchin' up de bloody willin ob Fits Bla-
rum de Snortolia, an tilingiR' him up moren
eleben miles
b. W.-Jis'-jis'-j jis' you shut up
Iahl-who you s'pose gwine to b'lleve-
S. J.-Dat's what de Ledger seq, anyhow.
/ We'll den, arter KILN de wilIin, de felier
tuck one 'remenjns leap arter the fin foe,
froo de atmosphere, pintin' his pistol at de
treatin' enemy, when de tiints strike fab in
his 'vo."er and blow-up de percussion caps.
y. W.-Wa'-wat dat? How could vol
yer pistol hah iiints and cushion caps too !:
5. J.-Anyhow dst's what de Ledger sez.
Wal den the feiler got participated in de
briny deep
B. WY don't you say de ocean,
s. J.-kase he didn't fall into de ocean.
Twas into de briny deep. Anyhow dat's
what de Leiger SCI. Wei den, arter dat de
sun Gums into his eyes, and he get blind an
swum fo'tccn thousand miles,
B. W.-Gh. shaw, You get OUT. Who
who's gm!ae 10 swallow dat, Biipd man
>wim fo'tccn thou and miles, Yah. yah
a-h
-. tNer,led) OATS wat de Ledger sez,
any how. Vel, den, de chap comes to a
Grscr, islam wha' deere wasn't nufIio to eat,
an nobody to ta k ob any consequence, and
no 'cic'y Wort mentl jnin &; and deve he Ibis
for !otcen years
b. W-Sec hvar Jist tell US now how
dat man liocd fo'teen years wen lie couldn' t
get muffin to- eat,
s J.-Dats wat de Lsdger sez anyhow.
Wei! den Dc mans true lub wat he hadn't
seen for nineteen years
y. W.-EOw, now, how You gwine 10 tell
me how any gsl manned true tor nineteen
wears. and she neber seed DAT man de whole
time.
(. J.-We)l, da,'s wat de Le3qer sez-an'
de chap started 20 swim one mornjn' arter a
vessel, k1se he secs his sweet heart abo'd b II.
in De riggin' You see she had gone to see
deSpised as a sailor.
b. W.-'>guised you mean.
s J.-fes-ves-skiz wat de
Le1ger sez. An only think, jist shows
wat true lub can do, ard amt It wond' ful
now, and OATS ji>t .ac-dst ga jis, went
and dre-t herself up in sailors close, and
dare wasn't one sole abo' nor de captain nei
ther, didn't know She was ga.
B. w How de debbe did dat chap dav
way of on de deSer; islam know VINO sh,
waS-hev: 'Splsinl!v DAT if you please.
8 J.-NNell dat's wat de LedGer SCI Anl
dc chap he jumps into de sea, TO swim to d,
vessel, but :; den dare sprung up tTe
meniuus gale and washed hiEh off for ebeI
50 far, TIL he comes to the foot OF foTtyf
cation, and kase twas arter dark and ia,
Iont doar wus shut, he just Climbed NJ I'd
nc Of the cannins and crep into de monf ot
de cannin, and lay down and went to sleep
B. W.-Now stop dar. | should jist like
70 hab you expressly to me how man
swine to cit into de rueuf ob canun:
; J.--Wel, dat's wat de Leiger sez-an
while he was asleep dar came on a var in d'
night tween dc two countries, an de can
nns wur al iiah'd Otf.
g. W--Wat, wid de man in dem?
;. J.-Dat's wat de Ledger sez-and h
so, shootei back again 20 dat berry 'dentI
cal desert islam. We'll durin' de night d,
ship got racked, and every body got drown
ded 'cept de gal, and vile she swun asho
an4 cum to whar de feiier lay sound asleep
i. W.-Now, you mean 10 say dat dat iel
Ter hadn't done got walked up de whole time
while he vas shooted ou, De cannin and fel
on de island,
s. J.-Da,'s wat de Ledger sez-ncbe
, walked up at all, and de gal she seed her lob
her, and great big tears cum into her eyes
and she creeped up eber SO softly and lal'
, down by his side, and poot her pooty whit
arm roun' his neck an was jIst goin' t
; kiss him wen all at wunst-
l.. W.-Go on 90 on.
) J-Dir it seZ-"to be continued. y
, OATS wat de Ledger sez Graha,n's Vag.