The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1867-12-05
How Old Jake won the Cheese.

fsIused 10 receive them; they were there-
fore sent 10 the consignees Of the ship, to
be slowed until the case could be adjust
ed. discovered few days afterwards,
that AS TO perfume they were decided too
fragrant 10 remain in the warehouse in
the middle Of June, and reported the same
to my employers, from whom received
orders to have them oveyhauled, and send
all that were pssaable TO Beard and Cal,
houn's auction mart, Chen in the old
Camp Street Theatre,) to be disposed Of
for the benefit o! the underwriters, and
the rest TO the swamp. I got a gang ot
black boys TO work on them, and when
th"y stirred 'em up, "Be the bones of
Mol BelIy's quart pot! but the smell
was Negan. inGre'y." kept q respecta.
'sS|sAaa~&$ $renvssass9s & -Song, mig.
gers and strong cheese on hot Juns'lay
jus,,bangs all common &ssaces. including
certain "varmint" we r&3>sbout.
RIessply. tie boys turned on, an i'm.
messe fehaw, h5oa@&Ss feet inches
""cross the stump" from which The box
bad ro,ted; in the centre a space about
ten inches was very much decayed, and
appeared to be about the consistency Of
mush, Of blush tint-csused by the
biIge water. The boys had just Sc, L up
on lis edge on bale OF gunuy bags,
when noticed over the way big darr
key (,hen on saej from Charleston, S. C.
who was notorious for his butting pro-
pensiGes, having given most Of the mig.
gers in that vicinity taste Of his quality
in that line. had seen him and another
fellow, the night previous, prac,icing
they would stand, one on each side ef a
bydrant, some ten yards distant; and
run at each other with tbeic heads iower.
ed, and claPping their hands upon the
bydraut they would butt like veteran
rams. A thought strnck me that might
cure him Of his Dragging and butting,
and at the came time have soHle Sun, 90 I
told the boys to keep dark, and called
"Old Jake" over.
"Thsy tell me you are a grea. fellow
for buttine, Jake"
81 is some, Masss, dat a fac-I 6oue
butt de wool 'tirely orr Oh old Peters
head lass night, and Msssa Nichols was
gwine to Glib me goss! kin jiss bang de
head orr any niger in desc parts, my.
self-I kiow
"Well, Jake, I've got little sob in
tha. line for, you, when you haven't any.
thing else to do"
use on hand for all dem kind oh ,;obs.
myseif-I is"
"Wsll, you see ,ha. large cheese back
';hsre9"
al dus dat dus mysslf."
"Now il you can butt dent in it you
shall have H."
"Golly, Massa ! you foolin' dis niggerr
"No, I'm not, Jake-just try me-"
"Wot. you glib me hull Of dat. ch oese
il 7 butt dent in 'um I"
"Ye.."
"Ds Lori III hnst 'em wide open, Z
will myself Jess stand back dar, YOU
Orleans piggers, and clear de track for
Ole Souf Carolina, case Use a comm
myself is
And Old Jake started back some fihy
feet and wen. at a good quick run, and
the next instant | heard a dull, heavy
sound, kind Of a squash, and Old Jake's
head disappsard from sight, with the top
just visible on the olher side, as he rose
with his new fashioned necklace, the soft
rotten cheese oc - down all around
him, as il settled down, so that. JUS, his
eyes were visible. from the centre of it
Jakes voice was scarcely audible and
half smothered, as be vainly tried TO re-.
move the immense cheese.
sO-o-o-o er deLori Mass---teok um
orr 'O--o-ol bress de Lor 'Lif 'um up
Gor-a-mightyl =.
Meanwhile WAS nearly dead, myself
having laid back on cotton bale hold.
ing myself together to keep from bursting
while the boys stood round old Jake, pay.
ing him of.
"Ds Lor! how de pgger's bref SMELL
You doesn't clean your teef, Old Jakeln
Il" / say, you didn't make more dan four
times dat han, did you, old hoss T.
"WslI, you is +. nasty nigger dat a fse?
"Wsi, you is de biggest kline OF Welsh
is y
"Whar you git your bar greese I"
And thus the boys run old Jake--now
half smothersd-when | took compassion