The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1865-01-20
A Courageous Darkey.

Jake was little negro who belong
cd to DR.. Talliaferro, and was said to
have in his little frame heart as big
rs General Jackson s--to say nothing
OF Napoleon Bonaparte or Zach Tay-
lor. lie didn't fear our respectable
fellow citizen, old Nick, and rs for
coolness-he was as cool rs the tip
top of the North Pole.
One day, DR.. Talliafcrro, upon the
occasion of the commencement OF a
Medical College, of which he held
the chair Of Anatomy, gave dinner.
Among the guests was well known
vcnLriloquist. Late in the evening,
after the bottle had done its work,
the conversation turned upon courage
and the Doctor boasted considerably
of the lion heart of his favorte man
Jake. lie offered to bet that nothing
could scare him; and this bet the ven
Itriloqulst took ",,, .--.'..''.o
tinao tho test he wanted imposed
Jake was sent for and came. d..
Jake" said the Doctor, IL havo
bet large sum Of money on your
head, and You must win it. DO you
think you can y
Berry well, marster," replied Jake
"jcst tell dis nigga what he's to do
and he'll do it shure."
II want You to go to the dissecting
room. You will llnd two dead bodies
there. Cut off the head of one Of
them with Il large knife which you
will find there, aud bring il To me
You must not take light however
and don't get frightened"
"Dat's all, is it :" inquired Jake
,"Oh berry well. I'll do dat shurc
, for sartain; and rs for bein' frightcn-
ed, the debbil himself amt q gwno
, to frighten me-" a.g
. Jake accordingly set off, and reach
: ing the dissecting- room, groped about
p until he found the knife and bodies.
+ He had just applied the former to the
neck OF one OF the latter, when. from
the body he was about to decalitate,
a hollow and scpulchal voice eXclaim-
ed:
: 'Iet my head alone" ~
, ayes, sah," replied Jake, coolly,
/ 81 amt particular, an tuddcr lcad'li
do lcs rs well.
lie accordingly put the knife TO
the neck of the next corpse, when
another voice, equally uncarthly in
its tone, sliriekcd out;
"Let @y head alone"
, Jake was puzzled at first, but pres.
, emily answered:
"Look yah Marster Tollivcr sed
/ mus bring one oh de heads, an
, you isn't gwine TO fool me, no how"
, And Jake hacked away until lie sep
arated the head from the body
Thereupon half II dozen voices yelled
out
"Bring it back Bring it back ~
, Jake had reached the door, but on
hearing this, he turned round and
, said
"Now-now, see yah 1! Jes' YOU
; keep quiet, you dam fool, an don't
wake up de women folks AIarster's
only gwine to Famine dc bumps
bring back my head ut once!'
cried the voice.
"rend to you right away, sab,
replied Jake as he marched off with
the head, and the next minute depos
tied it before the Doctor.
$50 you have got it, | see" said
, his master.
, Yes, sah," replied the unmovcd
Jake, but please he done lookin' ut
, him soon, kaSe dc gemmaa tole me TO
foteh him back ,lght array
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f Ey- The epithets Of "Bears" and
"Bulls" were first applied to specu
ators in stocks on the Lon on FIX
f change about 1894. When two par
ties contract, the one to deliver and
the other to take stocks on Il future
day at specified price, it is the in
terest of the delivering party, in the
! intervening period, to depress stocks.
5 and Of the receiving party to raize
g them. The fot,aer is styled shear"
in allusion to the habit of that animal
to pull things down with his paws,
I aud the latter "bull," from the Gus.
| tom of that beast TO throw AN object