Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-12-31
HannibaI's Vacation.

Why, howdy, boss Yes, sab, hits
de same 'rig'nal ell uncle Hannibal,
d. d., eff | is fixed up in a difrent
style. You see, sab, I'sbe'n off takin'
my vacation. Yes, sab. De congy-
cation had heared about de way all de
heightened Norvern churches sent off
dey ministers for a couple oh months
eb'ry yeah; and. habbin' a great reg
yard TO dey belubbed parstor, an
thinkin' it would be in de intrust oh
religion and morris that he sh'd clar
out an be gone for a while, dey
otfahed to pay my 'spenses for a vaca-
ten. Now, | allus goes on de princi-
pull not to refuse anything OATS
oifahed; an 'cep' in de case OBJ insults,
hits n OBJ de finest princerpuls dey
is-yOu heared mel So | aceep's de
propersition, an skips out. To use a
expression what | heared my ol'young
marster obsarve, l stood not on de
ordah OBJ my skippin' but skipped at
oncet.
1 went to a place dey calls New
York. Mebbe you mought 'a'.heard
tell OBJ it-hit's right across de ribber.
from Hoboken. | had ben informed,
reli'bly, dat dar was wondahs to be
seed in dat town, an | resolbed to
take EN- in. Hits a curis' fact, about
New York, dat dere is more to take
in, an more to take you in, about dat
place, dan any otner place goin'-
dough, to- be shoah, dey's not many
places goin' at de present, case mos
OBJ EN- is at a stain still.
| tux up fashynable lodgin's on
West street, an guy my passed., con-
tainin' my other shirt, into the land
ladys' keer, an then | thought I'd 20
ober an make a brudderly call on Mr..
Beecher-for him an me is quite cor
genial in ouah notiuns.
On de ferryboat | seed a newsboy.
an | axed him for de mohnin' New
Orleans Times, but | was disagreeably
surprised to fin dat great journal
didn't cirkylate in New York. "'Ere's
de mohnin' Times, sir" says the boy,
but who ever reads the New York
Times? Sech business would a killed
dat impenitent thief, what libbed on
de cross an died on it, an darfore
must a ben a berry tough customer.
Beecher was very polite. He says
Come 'roun' de cornah to Jerry'sh-
an | come. Oh, I'm de comm man.
when such invites as dat is gibben.
We went dar. We seed Jerry. "Jer-
ry," said Beecher, lis my credit good
for two beers?" He said it was, AM
out come de glasses. l looked at
mine, sab, an picked it up an set il
down agin an aays L: What's dis?"
for the kin OBJ glass dey glib us w'd
held about a fofe OBJ de kaig. "Dis?"
says Beecher, why, dis is a schoonah.
Whar dye come from?" | wasn't
gwine to be beat by a preacher, an so
| took it to de las drop an den
l axed, in a keerless sort O. a
why dey called 'em schooners. "Be-
kaser," said Beecher, they are for.
sale" That aroused an enormous
disgust, and | parted from Beecher at
once. | don't want to heah muffin mo-
OBJ him, or from him. He mought a.
gone to singing Sweet Little Butter
cup" mex for all | know.
l got back ober to de city. and wint
walkin' up de street whuts named de
Bowery, an de ,fust thing | struck was
a young nan wild a high hat, whut
axed me how times was in de country.
and how my patch was lookin'. Oh
course, sab, l gazed upon him wild dc
creates contemp but he didn't seem
o 'care for comtemp'. He says to ma.
says he; "Jawurge, do YOU want
to buy a bob tailed purp?" /
did not know what to do-and SO I
liked up my nerve as strong as | knew
how, an said: Hardly ebber." an
SIX policemen instantly carried away
his remains.
But, sab, New York is dc boss placel
Dey amt no question about dat. Oar
is mo bosses aroun' dat town dan dew
is men to work under EN-.
Come aroun' Sunday, sab, an heab
me preach on de wickedness oh a
great city. You see, | done a little
Talmage work myself, while | was nm
dar. an I'm gwine to glib my barrel.
house sperunce.