The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1867-07-11


CURED:
One day a vessel came in, consigned
to the house, having on board a large
lot of cheese from New York. During
the voyage some Of them had beconie
damaged by bilge water, (tbe ship hav-
ing proved leaky,) consequently the
owners refused to receive them; they
were therefore sent to the consignees
Of the ship, to be slowed until the case
could be adjusted. / discovered 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 order, to have
them overhauled, and send all that were
passible to Beard & Calhouns auction
mart, (then in the old Camp street The
atre,) to be disposed Of for the benefit
Of the underwriters, 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 Eelley's
quart pot but the smell was Elegant
intirely." / kept a respectable distance
believe me, for strong niggers and strong
cheese, on hot June day, just bangs
all common essences, including certain
"tarmint" we 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 a space about
ten inches was very much decayed, and
appeared to be about the consistency Of
mush, of q blush tint-caused by the
bilge water The boys had Just set il
up on its edge on bale Of gunny1bags
when noticed over the way big dar-
key (then on sale) from Charleston,
South Carolina, who was notorious for
his butting propensities, having given
most of the niggers in that vicinity a
taste of his quality In that line / had
seen him and another fellow, the night
previous, practicing; they would stand,
one on each side Of a hydrant, some ten
yards distant, and run at each otlier
with their heads lowered, snd clapping
their hands upon the hydrant they would
butt like veteran rams. A thought
struck me that | might cure him of his
Dragging and butting, and at the same
time have some fun, so told the boys
to keep dark, and ! called "old jake
over.
"They tell ME you area great fellow
for butting, Jake"
Il is some, Massa, dat tac-I done
butt de wool 'tirely orf OBJ old Peter:
head lass night, and Massa Nichols wa.
gwine to glib me goss! l kin jiss bang
de head orr any niger i'll desc parts.
myself kin"
"Well, Jake, I've got little job in
that line for you, when you haven't
anything else to DO"
"Tse on hand for all dem kind OF
jobs, myself is"
"Well, you see that large cheese back
there"
II dus dat! dus myself!
"Now if you can butt dent in it you
shall have it."
"Golly, Massa! you foolin' dis mig
ger'"
"No, I'm not, Jake-just try me-"
"Wotl you glib me hull of dat cheese
| if | butt a dent in 'umi'
eyes"
"De Lor. I'll bust 'em vide open,
will myself. Jess stand back dar, yor
Orleans niggers, and clear de track fol
Ole Souf Carlina, case Use comm my
self-I is"
And old Jake started back some fifty
feet and went it at good quick run
and the next instant | heard q dull
heavy sound, kind of sqpsh, and ole
Jake's head disappeared from sight
with the top just visible on the othel
side, as he rose with his new-fashione(
necklace, the soft rotten cheese oozinG
down all around him as it settled down
so that Just his eyes were visible. From
the centre Of it Jake's voice was scarce
ly audible and half smothered, as hc
vainly tried to remove the immenst
cheese.
100000 de Lor! Mass-took 'en
orf. O-o-o-o! bress de Lor! Lif 'un
up. Gor-a-mighty! l."
Meanwhile | was nearly dead, myself
having laid back on a cotton bale bold
ing myself together to keePffom burst
ing while the boys stood around Oh
Jake paying him off.
"De Lori How de nigger's bre
smell. You doesn't clean your teei
Old jake" .-. @
81 say, you didn't make more da
four times dat han, did you, old hossi
"Well, you is a nasty nigger, dat
fac" ..r..g
"Well, you is de biggest kline of WelsI
Rabbit-you is"
"Whar you git you bar greese''
And thus the boys run Old Jake-noV
half smothered---when | took cOmpas
sion on him, and told them to take
off. Jake didn't stay to claim his prize
but put ont growing:
"Gor-a-mighty. | done got sole da
time. Fse a case oh yellow feber-l i
myself" ..t y
Old Jake was never known to do an.
more butting in chat vicinity after that
erIt is noted as curious fact tha
all the fighting nations of ancient time
have died out. They seem to hav
been consumed by their fierce interna
nassions. On the other hand, the Chi