Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1867-11-23
mains s,ill repose.
How OLD Jake w On sshsl ! lJheDso.

How Old Jake w on the CHEESE.
Solpe years since / was sapySysa as ware
house clerk III u large shipiogDiJIse in New
Orleans, aud while in .that3 oaRsdty, the tol
lowing funny seene occurred
One day vessel catie lis, yItsigncd to the
house, having on board a atso!ot of cheese
from Now York. During tio Y,yage su,nc ut
Them had become damaged 81 hilge water,
(the ship having proved leakyl consequently
the owners refused to rtcGiV theln tney
were therefore sent to tho cohignees IF t!lc
ship, to be slowed until tue cj,e could be au-
justed. discovered II, few dEs afterwards,
that us to perfume they were decidedly too tr,.
grant to remain il. the wareioIe in the mid.
die OF June, aud reported thg l.n,e to NY EN-.
ployers, from whom | leceivutbr,icrs to have
them ovcrhauled, aud send nlIliut were p,s.
sable to Beard and Calhoun sductiun ,unrt,
(then in the old Camp street hc.trn,) to bs
disposed Of Tor tho benefit of lie undcrwri.
tcrs, and the rest to tile s,dnp got a
gang Of black buys to work On lem, aud when
they stirred EN- up, I" BE- the bones Of MpIl
kelly's quart pot but the u vas illeg mt
intirely." kept arespcctabI distance, be.
lieve me, tor strong niggrrs ARMSTRONG cheese,
on hot June day, just bangs |l co.n,,lun cs
sences, including n certain }yarmint' we
read about.
Presently the boys turned 4t an immense
fellow, about three feet six ilcts across (, he
stump" from which the box I'D rnttcd in
the ccntre space about ten isf,cs was very
much decayrd, and appeared |he about the
consistency Of mush. uf hluiI tint-c.u>,d d
by :ie bilge water. The b,ytnd just SIT it
up on it's edge on u bale OF .uhy bags. wnrn
noticed over the way II big d|kcy thcm .u
salc) from Charleston. South I,aruina, who
was notorious fur his butting lmnsiticS hav
| ing given nust of tho nigsep ! that vicinity
Il taste of his quality in that ln| Ii ID seen
him aud another fellow, thedsnt previous.
practcng; they would st,,4 one Oh cacn
side of hyarar,, some te cards 'ii,t'nt
aud run at each other Will, 5,ir head, Irwcr
ed, and capping their hanispon the n,'lr Ut
| they would butt like vrt,ra,},ns \ Thought
struck ne that | m.g.,t ur4i;n IT nis ~ e
| giny and butting. .n.l at tn&,,,.lr t!,n,. ,,u
some fun, told t;.c b,ys 4k.rp dark :. d
called ''OId Jake over.
| They tell me your are krc,t fellow Tor
hutting. Jake
= is sone, M.lsSn, DIT ,pc--l done lut,
! de wool tircly orr Oh old lArs Ee.d lass
I night, and Mass. yNlchnis 81 (swinr Ia eih
nc SosS | kin ji>s bang ,t9,tIi orr Any al.
ger in desc parts, myself lNii'
Wen, Jake, I've got It'd jrh in ti,at
line Tor you, when W" have" hy ,h'"g ,lsr
| to do"
" Use or hand for all dem XII uh ,hs n,-
self is"
We'll, you sre tina, l"41 1shecS, back
there Z"
~ ,dus DIT! | }us aysalf."
NV it you eau butt adenti i. yon sa"I'
have it, ,.,u r,I,;,jr~ x x ),
- N'o," I'm noy. Jakc--justly IL ~. ~" -
Wot. yoys.b ne iln7oti,, .L.es, ;fl
"utt dent um =
" De H! III bnss 'r,n wate "p'n, VIII.
myself k'css stand b.ck2d.r. ysn ORLEANS
! niyycry/ y/ani clear lie IT, 81, Tor Oh; .Snut Gar
| olnL case sc 90 hin nys Ill is.''
M va Jake statel b.cS .ona fifty f ct
alI went at ii gou,i qnirk I'M. aud Tie next
Tt1nt heard dnIi heavy s"til.}, n kind OF
<4""h. and Old Jake's head di>nl p,nr, from
SIGHT with the top just visible On the uthcr
SIDE. as he ros' witt, hi, new Iaahiurnd II. ck
Il CD. the soft rotten chrcs, o,.lns ,.twn .l
,ruu,, him. Ms it settI,d down. 50 III I ,u,t his
eyes were visible lrum Tie cen,.r ut i,
Jake's voice " .s sra.rrc!,v audible md h,.lt
smothcrcd. MS he vninIy t,Wl u re'no,c tic
Immense cheese.
" O.r".o. T., de- l.or. Mak tork ~
'rf O-ono! hrcSs dr l.nr l.r uu, u,, |
Cor u mighty! T.
Mcanwi.llc | Was ncali, dead n.,sclf huy
IN. lald t'ack III c.L;un b.., Id tl!uu ,uy., ,.lf
"@et'lcr I" Keep 'r"n bu' >ting inlr the hoy
't'n,ri n,lu,;l O,d J,xr p y,r. u IL nff
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