Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-08-15
TURPENrINE FOR cAmPnoR.
The Abdominal Region Of n Colored
Bresher in n state of Anarchy.

A eolored brother, an old-timer on
tbe coast, was the center OF an admir-
ING crowd of listeners yesterday, whom
he was entertaining with "reminiscences
of pioneer life in California, and Illus
trating 1t with incidents III his own
career. jake says he, "did- eber
norate to you how ! done got fooled on
de camfire botile?" Jake had never
heard il, "Well, I'll tell IL to you, and
Won can take a lesson from my spe-
Renee. You see We lived out on a
ranch what Massa Owens took up
ibout 30 miles from de town. We wa.
in do stock business, massa an me,
aud he promised dat II de ole woman
that was my wife Liza-and me would
s,ay wild him two years, dat we should
hab our freedom. / was fool nigger
or I might hab knowed that / was free
ANYHOW, 'cordin' to de laws of de State
ob California; but / didn't care much,
for mas.a kept a mighty good article
of sperits in the house, and | had a
powerful hankerin' arter good liquor.
Besides. de work wasn't much, Jest
looking arier stock and fresh meat. |
used To ride into town bout once a
month, TO git some flour and bacon,
aud tote 1t out home. On dis occasion,
Liza says, be sure and bring some
good brandy along with you. my cam
fire j. most out. Well, | done got 1t,
and brung IL home To the old woman,
and nebber thought no more bout b..
Bout a week afterwards, ! was gwine
out on hunt, and | felt powerful dry,
Jest wanted one hon afore | started,
and massa was nowhar To be found,
and 1t came to my memory bout dat
aIe brandy. Liza she put it up on a
shelf In de cupboard, and | was
nightly in hopes she hadn't manu-
featured any camiire yit; 80 | slipped
q ound to lie back door. |
was 'fraid she might heer'n me, and
grabbed for de black bottle and took
drink right quick. IL were speri,ts,
speritts OF terpentine. fresh from the
Iesiny part of North Catliney. oh,
Lnrdy. now IL burnt. i just gin one
screech, and sot i'm to- rollin over and
over, groaning. hollerin and prayin,
all at the same time. Liza beerd me
AMI come in de house. She seed the
bottle and knew what were ce matter,
aud she looked sorter skeered and
sorry bolh. All dis time De terpentine
were burning. and ! ware in purfect
agony Of mind fni tribulatiou of
s.ert for thOusi nv time had come
sure. liu. heel how it hurt. Liza got
over her illustration by dis time. and
sot in to dosin me with all kinds of
pTepera inns, buttermilk. sweet oil.
pain killer. spring wafer, lard, and all
the nasty truck what were lying loose
around the house. | was plum gin
out, and turned a. pale rs my color
would allow, aud de ole woman finally
got me lhrowin mp al the mixtures
what | had inter me. IL were a mighty
close game, sure's your bawn, aud
were sartain Chat there were gwine 10
he Niger berryin, and | would fur
nish the corpse. ! got over it arter Is
weeks sickness, and | glib you my
word dat | hain't teched a drap of
sperits since" Here he hesitated, and
the audience commenced TO wear
doubling expression. when lie added,
without fust takin right long smell
at de bottle. tell yer, don't nebber
fool wild dc olo wuman's camtire with
out yer got sure thing on its being
the article what you are in sarch Of"