The New York herald., 1870-04-27
INDIGNANT DARKIES.
The Fifteenth Amendments Go Their whiskey
Straight and Like It-A Head Waiter Sees No
Horn" in 1t and Gets an Extra Kink in
His ''Har"-A Beautiful Procession
Out Of Doors and the Result


People who get their midday meal at the Glare.
mont Hotel restaurant, In Fulton street, came very
near being dished out OF yesterday afternoon Itis
q settled fact that after ones dinner has been
suitably cooked and the china laid out in
proper style on the tabe--if the kitchen be
not IN the dining room or the dining
room in the ktchen-somebody must necessarily
help somebody else But the Kitchen OF the restau-
rant In question Is not in the dining room, nor is the
dining room in the Kitchen and the patrons OF the
place naturally require some assistance In getting
their ''vtlen served out This assistance at the
Claremont up TO yesterday had always been up to
time. 1t three times day put in an appear
ance, with a dark complexion and consider
able kink in its hair just an inch or so
above its white Jacket collar. In fact 1t was lively
and dutifu up to the grand and glorious and never
TO lie forgotten day, when gentleman at washington
issued notification to everybody whom 1t might con-
cern that every colored specimen OF hu manity was
as good as MS father, and every coloed father
as good as anybody ees father or son. The assist
ance at the restaurant from that time forward took
upon itself all the importance OF citizens who be-
lieyel that nobody had right to make free with IT,
as might be done with white specimens OF the de-
scendants OF Adam. 80 the aspect OF affairs changed
In the restaurant, and the kinS in the hair of the
assistance every incoming cured tighter and greasier
than ever. Such is life.
ONE OF OUR NEW CITIZENS.
II SO happened, as often happens elsewhere, that
the darkies at the restaurant had foreman who s
called head waiter The fifteenth amendment had
stuck fast in his 'har," and his dander naturally
enough was easily raised by any white attempt to
smooth down the knk. To be sure he was little OF
color but wasn't that good as the other thing in
all matters material and otherwise? He thought so,
larico rio tsCem n1ar biun
will be seen.
WHAT CAN THE MATTER BEe
There's q bar In the res au ant and when
toner wants drink OF spirits the water gets it from
the barkeeper and puts the amount to that charged
for his dinner the check or ticket Now for some
time past the proprietor imagined that drinks
were being ordered rather mere muchly than
usual, and he didn't know what to make
of it. Were his patrons all getting to be
topers Of the strongest spirits He felt sorry
for them on side o. his face, but he felt glad
the other sidethat is, the side nearest to has
money drawer. But, strange 10 relate, although the
oua ana ne Gn b ha = s
after all were OF the Banquo kiu. that didn't make
| any returns. The subject was worth looking tnto
| however, and he did take look. The result was
Is THERE BOURBON AMONG rss
One OF the walters one day came up TO IN par ana
"Best Va got" exclaimed sambo; "gemmen's per-
|
| The liquor was poured out and sambo, with his
teeth shining like ivory In jet setting as he caught
the eye Of friend and brudder at the further end Of
Be be- belleveds At least the proprietor shought it
couldn't yet he 1t with his own eyes; for SambO
| laboring under some halulcinaton or other, de-
llberately put the tumbler to his mouth, swallowed
its contents and then laid the glass the table.
And all this with his back to where be knew the pro-
| prietOr was Soon afterwards another fifteenth
as an orer e Sr nes e
gobbled mp by these darks at the further end of the
Ts ,s! nS oea Ta a. s ena %
He thought ought to be stopped SO ne called the
"' HEAD WATERS VIEW OF THINGS
"wel, sah,'''' exclaimed he, as he came up to the
bar, "d'ye call me, sah''
| IL want yOu to keep an eye on your men. DO you
see that fellow taking his whlskey In that corner"
''YeS, sah."
"Oh, knowed it all awhile but whar's de harms"
The result OF tbs conversation was that Mr. Head
Waiter got orders 70 attend 70 his business better
times were lively among the dishes and the darkl
hal to ny abouti double quick style he got into
| less Of the fact that his services In moments
OF mealy importance might have been made vaua-
ble In fact the proprietor says he did pretty much
| as he liked and only obeyed when he saw ut to do
| so which was seldom. The fifteenth amendment was
evidently still keeping that har In the arlsocrauc
| kink. The proprietor thought he could smooth 10
THE FEATHER THAT BROKE THE cAMEL's BACK:
! paw attention to his business he'd have 10 ''gt"
Now there was time when darkey might have
| sent so soon after that fifteenth amendment busi
| ness, Is positively insulting to dark complexions.
why, sah." replied Mr.. H. w. tya kin git mother
pusson In my place soon's va kin, raught car ,
Then feeling that he had made bold challenge ana
shown what inde lendence the IF eenth amendment
could infuse into the African bosom. he warmed up
He didn't get wildly rel IN the face, but he showed
| "Yaas san. va kin pit mother pusson. va don't
use me like man. sab, and Tell you Is man, -
| with an emphasis on the u.s."
| II never said You were not man, shouted the
| proprietor.
'well ye think / amt. all de same. spose Use
sab, you kin git mother pusson.'
This in eresting interview which took pace ON
Monday afternoon, ended the fond re ati0nsnip
which had. up TO that most lmpres i've occasion, ex-
listed between the restaurant and the head wal er.
Z street into Broadway shorty afterward with the
owner few feet ahead OF them. f
THE CALM THAT rRECEDES THE STORM.
The proprietor thought that his troubles were over.
But he feckoned without his host. The done-for
head waiter mad se ea he e 9ef
Keys and how Mr.. II. w. hadn't checked them when
they pSurSa ssna the OGHr90n aSa On n
yesterday morning, looking as proud as ever, ana
donned their white Jackets with their usual grace.
In fact patron at M breakfast M was given an extra
did the latter seem to feel about something. They
cleared up the tables nicely. and loafed about in the
!
forgotten that they took extraordinarily big break
fast when their turn came. This was TO fOrtify them
for the event Of the day.
THE STORM AND THE RESCUE.
About twenty minutes to twelve O'Clock tho
darkies put their heads together IN corner OF the
rO IN and then separated, went 10 where tier duds
were hanging, slipped out OF Their White sacks and
then two by two, walked out OF the res
taurant without much as saving 'by
your leave, TO the asounded proprietor who
in his minds eye pictured TO himself grand rush of
customers and nobody TO give them bif to eat. But
his head waiter didn't walt long cogtate over the
| matter. Putting his new silk hat on his head he
made tracks for the quarter In West Broadway where
walters, without that wherewith TO wait upon,
ale always TO be found lying around loose. He COB
bed up bakers Dozen stuffed them into the fl st car
that came along, and arrived at the restaurant Just
as The first dinner customers were asking for their
roast beef, rare, with plenty OF gravyn 1t Is said
that the head waiter ia to be allowed hereafter the
nestinlabe PRIVILEGE OF wearing The sleeve Of his
white Jacket, sixteen and equarter inches from
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