Daily Los Angeles herald., 1883-11-15
OLD JAKE VS.. CHEESE.
By !. a sIlvrns.

ehouse clerk III large
smpping house in New Orlemns.
Vne day Vessel came in corsign.
ed to the house having on beard
2 large lot Of cheese from New
York. Daliug the voyage some
o. them became damsgsl by bilge
water. the SLIP having been lenky,
consequently ihe owners refused
,o receive II. US it was not az the
Oil OF ladiug said---lelivered in
good order aud well conditioned
they were, therefore, sent 10
ihs consiguees Of he shin. to be
stored until tho case could be ad-
1nated. I discovered q few days
uftsiward that as perfume they
were decidedly too fragrant 10
remain in the warehouse In June, i,
aad reported the same to ihs con
Germ. from whom / received or.
ders to havs then, overhauled aud
send sll that was passabls to
beard 4 Caihoul.'s auction mart,
to bs disposed of for the beueft
Of the underwriters. and the rest
70 the swamp. l got n gang Of
black boys to work on them and
they soon stirred them up.
Presently the boys turned out
big fellow about three feet
cross The stump. from which tho
had rotted of, and in the
jUspass of ten inches was
IN >imuch decayel aud appeared
|to be about the consistency of
mush. Of BLUSH tint, which was
caused BY the bilgs water--the
boys had jnst set 1t upon its edge
on bale of gunny bags-when l
noticed over be way a big darke,
from Charleston, South Carolina,
who was notorious for his qua it,
IN the line / bad seen HIM aud
smother fellow the night previ ,us
Ipraeticiug. they would stand
one each side OF u hydrant, some
ten yArds distant, aud run at each
otbsr with their heads lowered.
ant eIapping their hands on the
hydRant they would butt like vet
4fAn rams. A thought siruck me
that l might cure bin Of bis
bfsQgin, and butting, and have
eport also; 70 I told the boys 10
keep dark. aud 1 called old Jake
lover.
"Thay tell me you are a great
fellow for buttiny. Jak.Y Il
II Il some, IN issa, dots a fac
done butt de wool 'Iirely .rf ole
Psts's heal las ME, and Massa
Nickols was gwiue t. give me
= Igoss. ! kin IS back lie head OIL
OBJ any niggsr iu desc parts my
self. I kun
"WelI. jake. I have got little
Job in that liue for you when sou
haven't got anything else to do"
II is Oh han for oil dem kin
lob jobs myself"
.Well, you SEQ that large
eheess bog. thrreY'
"l does dat, ! does myself"
snow, il you can butt dent
vt yol shall have it,"
ally, massa. you foolin' dis
M"
>. ] am not. Jake; jus! tr,
Vstl yon glib me de hull oh
cheese II 1 but u dint in
Yes"
sG ,rry. TIL butt um wide open
! will my, sif-jIss stan back dar,
|you Oileans niggers--clar DE-
track for ole Soul Carlinn, T.
comm myself. / is"
Odd Jake stepped back some
fifty feet aud went ut 1t with u
good. quick run. aud the next in-
s,aut l heard "a dull. heavy sound,
b kind of splash. aud old Jaks's
head disappeared f,om SIGHT, with
the top just vIsibls ON the 0 hel
side u. ne rose with his new fash
Ivned necklace. tue soft. rutten
cheess oozing dosn all around
him. ~ 1t settled down, SO thai
Isl his eyes wsrs visible from lie
ssuter of it. Jake's voice wa
10 srcely audible aud half smutl.
bred as bs vainly Tried to Remove
he iuimense cheese.
"U-J o. ERE inassa, took um orr,
0-o-o, bress me, lit um up, OH
obr
Meantime ! was nearly dead
mys,ii, having laid hack on h
cottou bale, holding myself To-
gsiher TO keep from bursting
while the boys stool around olu
Jake, paying him of
'.Massy sakes, how dis nigger't
BRET smells; you doesn't clean
your teef, ole Jake We'll. you
is nasty nigger, dals a fac
well. you il de biggest kin oil
Wsich rabbit, you ~" "Whal
yon git your har greasef" Anc