Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1859-08-24

few days afterwards, that-as to perfume
they were decidedly too fragrant to remain
in the warehouse in the middle of June,
and reported the same to my employers,
from whom received orders to have them
overhauled, and send all that were passa-
BILE to Beard & Calhoun's auction mart,
| then in the old Camp street Theatre to
be disposed of for the benefit of the un-
derwriters, and the rest to the swamp. |
got gang Of black boys to work on them;
and when they stirred 'em up, "Be the
bones of Moll Kelley's quart pot !! but the
smell was Elegant entirely" kept re-
spectacle distance, believe me, for STRONG
niggers and STRONG cheese, on hot June
day, just bangs all common escences-in-
cluding a certain "varmint' read
about.
Presently the boys turned out an i'm
mense fellow, about three feet six inches
across the stump" from which the box
had rotted. In the centre, space about
ten inches was very much decayed, and ap-
peared to be aboutthe consistency OF mush,
of blush tint, which was caused by the
bilge water. The boys had just set it ur
on its edge, on bale Of gunny-bags, when
I noticed over the way big darkey (ther
on sale) from Charleston, S. c., who was
notorious for his butting propensities; hav
ing given most of the niggers in that vlcln
ity taste of his quality in that line.
had seen him and another fellow, the nigh
previous, practising they would stand
one on each side of the hydrant some te1
yards distant, with their heads lowered, an
clapping their hands on the hydrant, they
would butt like veteran rams. A though
struck me that l might cure him Of h
Dragging and butting, and have some tu
also; so told the boys to keep dark, an
called Old Jake" over.
"They tell me you arc great fellow II
butting, Jake"
"I IS some, massa, dats fact. dol
butt de wool 'tirely orf old Pete,s he'
asb ss1 me Z goss fkin jiss bang de head
any nigger in these parts, myself. kin
well, Jake, Pve got little job in tn
line for you when you haven't any thir
else to do"
, "Tse on ham for all dem kin OBJ jo1
> myself is.'
: "Well-you see that large cheese ba
| there"
: 81 does dat. I does myself"
3 "Now, fyou can butt a dent in it, y
: shall have it."
\ "Golly, massa! you're foolin' dis n
, gef~
@ "No, I'm not, Jake,-just try me-"
n "Wot! you glib me de hull oh dat
! cheese, if | butt dent in um!"
i eyes"
Il Ode Lor! I'll bust 'em wide open
It will, myself. Jess stand back dar,
n Orleans niggers, and clear de track for
J. Sourf Carlina, case Pse comm myself
q is"
$. And old Jake started back some
It feet, and went at it with good quick
and the next instant l heard dull, he
r.. sound-a kind of soUsH, and old ia
Id head disappeared from sight, with the
IN lust visible on the other side as he
with his new-fashioned necklace, the
I rotten cheese oozing down all round
e. as he settled down, so that just his
II lwere visible. From the centre of it ia
voice was scarcely audible and half sm
m cred, as he vainly tried to remove the
mense cheese.
10000 er de Lor? Mass-took
DIST OFF. O-o-o-o! bress de Lor! Lif um
ric Gor-a-mighty! T."
le- Meanwhile, was nearly dead mys'
me having laid back on a cotton bale, hol
Kit myself together to keep from curs
S l while the boys stood around Ole Jake,
the ing him off.
! of "De Lor! how de niggers bref 81
You doesn't clean your teef, Ole Jake
81 say-yeu didn't make more dan
times dat han, did you, ole boss"
III III Well, you is nasty nigger, d'
i,sn ir tac!"
TOT TOT "Well, you is de BIGGEST kline of Y
" Rabbit-you is -
nes I War you git your har grease" 2"
u "ue thus the boys run Old Jake-now
= = mothered-when took compassio
sne him, and told them to take it off.
= : a q didn't stay to claim his prize, but p'
Saa growing
Dne l "Gor-a-mighty done sole dat
D'oe I'se case of yellow feber-I is, my
Old Jake was never known to d
more butting in that vicinity after tn
go