The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-06-21
The NEW ORLEANS BULL TN, SUNDAY JUNE IL 1874.

"Oh! come now, Nose; You is only mad
COS you b'longed to him befo the war"
"Lord, Lige, you don't know dis niger,
/ l libbed wild Mass Drink so long larned all
his ways, an 1 like him. You see, me an
I Mass Dunk has been running sorter togeddel
since the war, only he runs on the white
| folks and runs on the nigger.'
"Now, Nose, you don't mean to say dat
gemman watts bilin' an a sizzin' so dar. is
| lis talkin's"
"Lige, OATS jis wat SEE, an if you don't
1 b'lieye me, Pll show you. One day In slav-
cry times mnle drover cum along by Mass
| Dnnk's and sold him about twenty-five sugar
mules, Dat drover wus leadin' NV big
iackass, wild ears longer dan a flour barrel
an he put at Mass Dunk fur to buy HIM
8 How much does you AK! SEE Mass Dunk.
'Only four hundred and fifty dollars SEE de
drover. sHew!' SEE Mass Dunk, Wy. OATS
one Nv de most ondifferent Jackasses e6 De,
saw. Eff it's any 'commOdation to you, III
Glib YOU a small price fur him an Jis keep
him round my plantation as a musicshoner.'
| / went drivin in de new mules and lei
de droyer an Mass Dunk disputing bout de
jackass. After a vile looked round and |
seed de drover trotting up the road and
Mass Dunk cum lcadin in de jack.
Mass Dunk, siz l, wot you glib fur dat
jackass Fifty dollars, SEE he; an ct l amt
even wild desc drovers now I'll be Id.
I'm goin to quit buyin two hundred an fifty
dollar mules.
Mass Dunk, SEE |, has you zamined dat
Jacks
Wv course has, sez he !; and he's de finest
Jack in the United States.
Mass Dunk, SEE l, youse good on race
horses, shO; but I'll be dod drot II dat
drOver amt got you on de Jackass. OATS
| a gildn so shO as you is born.
! De ole Teller stritch his eye at me, he glib
one SQUAT an squint, an all | heerd dat
evenin was-damn dat Kaintuckyn!
But stop, Lige, don't you laf yit: De mex
day hear the steamboat cotton BLOWN her
wistle round de bend.
Mose SEE Mass Dunk, put my walise on
de lebbee, an have dat Jackass dar wen de
boat Gums
SEE l. Mass Dunk, whar you goln wild
dat Jacks
SEE he, Moze, Pm goin to take him to de
cOnwenshun in New Orleans.
hole week pass, Lige, and at last lie
boat glib her tree wistles, and Mass Dunk
stepped out and hand me his walise.
"Good ebenin, Mass Dunk" SEE l;
"whar's de Jack 2" "Oh!" sez he, Nose,
I" dats all right. tuck him down to de
cunwenshun, and sole him for S25o to
Loowesianyun fur ajinmy"
= NOW, L1Se, uOH huoN jos "e'o A'Ao'o
Dunk is arter, but dere's fun gwine on.
Jes befo he begin to heller frum dat good;
box, l heerd him and de Gubner talkin,
round de corner bout BARN de stock. Now, l
don't know who stock dey's arter BARN,
nur wedder de stock is mules or jackasses i;
but I'll jes bet you my las plug Nv terbaker
dat Mass Dunk will buy de hole lebbee law
an Lebbee Cumpiny yit, an cheeper AN he
buyed dat Kaintuckyan's jackass.
"Well, but Nose, sposin like de Jackass
hit Gums out only gildn9"
Den Wen sell hit to Loouisanian for
jinney, sho."
Prophetic Nose Prince of chameleons
But, my dear friend, the mail carrier is at
the door, and | NUT stop for the present.
What contrast in our conditions! You
are surrounded by water and have no whls-
ky; we are staggering under whisky and
no rain for six weeks. Let's meet half way
and mix things. Au rerOir.
Yours fondly,
DICK