Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-07-26

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ARRGiiRsTEER reporter, was slowly vending
his wsy IthrOpgh the Second. ward market
house, aaOatl 10 o'clock last night, when he
was startled out OF q deep reyerie by . very
snin mated conversation between two gentle,
men Of color who had turned out of the
alley way between the two divisions of the
building and.startea up street Just in front
of him.. One Of the voices was pitched In
yery indignant tones, while the other, was
evidently ipquiriDg as To- the matter which
had excited ths-ire Of his companion. The
couple continued on up to the upper end Of
the market house, where the. reporter over;
took them, and as he-ofths enquiring voice
1prped east up Tenth street, leaving the in.
diguant brother whom we wiz call Bill,
standing on ths corner the I! s,s man sof news
asked, Iasao2 "a
- Hss!+' WHAT MAS WRONG. ftnsS 81 ct
want to know what's wrong, sahaa Well
tbars a heap %Troag.' Fms b9ft 'lsvef
dollars on the dead sduar, snd slt on &C
|. count Of that 4d-n piggers sumption that
he knows somfn' 'Sout q watch9''. "I' q Z
"Wbaf negro Pr Z h2sF'e s7A. Ia
:. what tniEge ?aWhy that stuck up John!
sing, that's what niger. "a, ..,I,-, !.
Did 5odAand johnson buy q watch =
BUY watch ? Well, no; we didn't buy a
watch; bnt q yaller coon that come up here
from ParRefs6drg to size up the Fest, he
sold us eHworst you ever heard Of :" - -. y
I How did it hsppen?o said the interested t q
"WeH, you fhTsnt give it away; sab, bdt
1t was this way. Johnsing and me was
4oa6n'. along on Water street Tuesday
night feefinc kind 8 careless like, when we
spied that yaller coon Use telin, you abont
E-s-ssttinf on the curb stone, lookip, like; hgE
was -..-..sc - - ~ :.
- PRETTY. IEgl4 OF. BEER. -.egg d.
Wei, sab, we ssidlsdup. to him somehow,
and after we had talked awhise1the nigget
asked us in to get some beer GMe tookaa
couple of glasses, and then JohnsiRg he
EaIted toaplsy poker.:E The. coon scented
pretty !tolerable full sRdoI went in fur de
game The skisrds-wefe ,hoppeds around
and Johnsipg got three nines.1cThe Park
aersbuIg coon be- stayed in, and
didn't q draw ysno tiarda. ,.Eohnsings sht
bet "a dOlla. i stayed ins and de coon lit
esledns. ,JOhnsing showed down hisatret
mines and o king and aequeen he got on de
ORA WV. ( had 81 par 10 dos and free oodf
cards, and de ceoneshe said, he didn't that
9ufnI-and slung ont two queens and awe
lacks and a tenDer. Saibn9s ,lgi"olai Tot
'WalS-J ohnGngE sndt mseSvz hghtEaway
lAhe bidn' tknow nmf nSS bout de game, LAID
I'VE thought we had BSitni@ nMs plsyedr1
!, few more hands and dat coon los free dot
Jar and halt. -fgtagg 5fggst1e paste,
boz IDS, and we all pit 9b our Hickels.
bag b two aHss4AA,s:e - A1Iatoos Ir'ss'so"
~ on DE ,s6sH
ana l stayed and took free kisrds. Igot 6
( sew enspot and pair ottens. " Johnsmg h
tod two lizards and settled backin. hissea
wifi free foahss { The sysller coon kind e.
fed led around, and Johnsing he give 1nsls
Sid /. and bet fifty cents. Ilraised him ifty
I se1tsrsAd de econ, who acted kind o'quee
lsfkk, raised me fifty cents in a backward
scA of4 Nay. u ohnsipg skinned out dol
sh and ahalf.in change. put up q dol
sfI spdts half more, and that yaller nigge
he tek around in his pockets and put nj
sid Quarters more. Johnsing come in {
dohah;and halt more, and 4 did the same
kase | thought we had dat coon foul. The
COT IN feltarouhd in his elos s, but he couldn
lind bat twenty. cents, but hepuHed out {
ni4 gold watch and said, kind Of idespti'
like, if&ew would take 1T for twenty-five dol
lars kelwould raise US two dollars john
sing kickedsme again, and the niger lait
detieker on de table and raked off SO 81
and got 20 ten dollar bill from Johnsing
JobnslBs fwassin hurry to get hold of da
watch and called de coon. I drew out, anC
Johnsihg ffew down his cards and reached
for de &atch. De coon was a.noddi9 in hii
chaif,Sand Johnsing winked at me and W.
lit out /" .t.-
SASa s&a- you; make spec on thu
t;cksS1b sstrSis-E IS SiDfs = trOE =
fWeHr no; YOU See Johnsing an me-
neterlOSKed at dat coon's han, an We .
-. - - e. LklR Low s-..a No..
for a,salRle of dass fot tear Bob. Junkini
wohld be larter US. To-day Johnsins anG
ms took that, shinerlteA the. jeweler and b
said, il wasn't o gpf. but free dollshsb by d.
peek. But de worst Of de whole transaction
is Sobnsipg made. me-giRe-Aim FIVE dollsh:
OF He ten he glib dat coon at de cad table
IN done give out dat five dollshs, four dol
labs and arhaif l had in de big pot aud 6
dollah and q half toh beer and chips fob DE-
baak. Dat Psrkersburg coon's ahead 'bou
seventeen dollars, as near as can figure
Johnsing don't know muffin tall bout 6
watch sab muffin tall. 49,.