The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-06-20

Thoroughly Enjoyed.
The genuine southern negro Is deficient IN
wit but opulent in Gumor. The hunor
must 10 of the brOa lest kiEi tor Inn 10
Thoroughly ENJOY it. IRA tital Joke, are his
profound delight They are not elusive,
AMI are easily understood SambD not
only laugh, himself, but i, q source OF
laughter in Others In this he /, public
bnefactor He I'll Is many an hour that
otherwise would be very gloomy. Ills gro
te>.lue loohs when under excitement, his
lrofouni interest in abstru>e questions. AMI
the curious fatality with which he MIXES
information obtained from the higher walks
Of life make HIM a has relief Oh To, walls of
time. Surely We are bltse beyond our
deserts In rytlrn for his freedom AMI the
iiestimlhle privilege of selling his Not" lie
make, us laugh lie laugh, too. ami
laughs best There may te an element of
languor in our laughter, but his l. hearty.
rolilckins, AMI I'M OntrulleL
As the originator of u senSe OF hurior II
Others, the negro is II success tone ot them
grayeiy regardn, the efforts o hi, en-
ployer To open a burglar proof safe, hroke
the ,ileu, with Boss, you done 10, Il, COM
position, halnt you
The same negro was the iutt Of the litla
town he honprrd with his 20 iety. Very
fond OF "Iet eye, h Was continually IN
trouble with the law. Ii was his boa,t that
ho Lad built all the sidewalk from tine hotel
~ "a certain cross street two blocks away
The fines collected from linn had toen ap-
piled to that purpose Arrested for being
drunk and dlsorierly, h, vas biied the
trial being put oil until tia next lnoruins
some OF the young whit men of the place
told him that ii no would plral .ustitlahis
homicide the mayor wuuhi e. him off with
out line or imprisonment TN the mornn,
vi tho trial, tho court room was crowded
Tho mayor n venerable old gentleman OF
somewhat int'ammatory temperament SIT
enthroned in awful dignity. The prisoner
ut the bar looked little blt shaky at first,
hut seeing 50 many OF hi, White friends pro.
sent he reganed his confidence ami assumed
the attitude of ono Who knows his rights
ami KNOWN, dare, maintain them said
tho mayor
Henry, you are charged with bcn,
drunk and dlsorierly. What have you sot
~ say
BOSS Wa, thu reply. "Ipeal!5 'st'lable
homeysiie, AMI h. leaned benignantly on
his honor.
Iherewas an uproario,Is shout of lau.ht.r
In which the mayor was forced TO Join
Henry escaped that time Sent to tho drug
store after some t,ncturo Of canthariles, tho
nearest hs could come to it was, ",listink
shun peradies \ day or two aftorNarl
he wa, after some "ob dis scro peculiar
intnent' Mcrcuriil wa, tho word that had
thrown him
As 4 PRACTICAL JOKER.
AS a practical joker tho negro has no su
perlor, and II the joke il ono that will
cause distress he is so much the moro salts.
iieL At Lake city some years ago some
Of them caught Il hawk and dipped it in
kerosene oil. Then touching lighted
match to the neck feathers, they tossed the
bird into the air. II ma to brilliant spec
taclo for Il mo uent, and then, with an az.
ognizing sluawk, came to the ground The
negroes were delighted beyond measure
and rolled over each other IN paroxy SIN, Of
laughter
sitting or standing around camp tire
along the ira X Of ono Of tho railroads wore
several section hands taking over different
good meals they had enjoyed sitting cross,
legged on u horse wa, Il young negro listen
ing eagerly to tho description Of savory
vianls At last one touched upon the coon
and the Others, recognizing IA superior SOUL
became silent
Take er nice fat coon, said the sable or
stor pa bile i'm, roa,' i'm, sarb inl up,
Wild plenty grady an sweet taters
Hlpt, tI,, m a. ~ tina lt,r. .niIll -taul IL
no longer. lie hal followed every move
ment Of tho speaker, hi- no,tril5 Tapping
widely as II lie would catch the scent Of tho
coon, his lips working convul,ivrIy Sow
lie broke In with, flush you muuf, you fool
nlggah, er III tall right o'lon dis boss
Tho nearest approach to wit On the part
of the negro wss that of the oil prcarhcr at
revival Hearing some iucohcrent nois'
IN the rear Of the room that disturbed the
lipnS proceedings he exclaimed antrily
What fool nigsah is aat prayin' down by
de du''
Came the reply Tx Ertllrr johnson
Well, let some niLgih pray what , better
'tinainttd wil de Lord
johnson being nOtoriDiI, ciickeH thief,
the parson didn have faith IN his prayers
1t was a iuu Il respected negro prca lwr
stationed at fossum TrUt who a,tonl,lIpd hi,
congregation ono bright AMI beautiful Sun
,iay by announcing ,olcmnly "Ny fren,,
'iar am two way, from III, wOrl. Dno am
thu broa an narrer roa dat lea ter he'll,
an de older am de narrer an broad road
dat lead ter damnatIun.
There was breathle,> sllncr for mo
ment, AMI then one lady frightened coon
whoNe wool was rapidly unhlnkins rjacu
atrd well, ct dat am tie rns', dis yora
higgah am II gwnt ter take to dc wood,
suuErE or ENTEENE DEli,ftr.
To see white man left ly the train / a
source of unfallins delight to the negroes
who hang around the ,epJ,s At Live oak
one day IA well-lresoei stranger Jumped from
the train aud ran over to the har.ioorn to
take nibble at the worm that never lieth
The train pulled out Just Us he was coming
from the saloon He made dash for til,
rear platform of the last coach, missed it.
and went down on his knees on the ties His
flask vas broken and his clothes torn The
train stopped for him few yard, away,
and he lin,el on board, foll0we by the
dersi,o yes and laushter # the colorel
men 1t is a stanl ling joke among them yet
hU" dat white man got hut tryin FIR t.r
jump ON de kyahs The Joke they
thoroughly en- ioy must H. seasoned with
distress AMI modification to Others
knew Of a II gro doing was th, offspring
of the genius of negro gambI +, who had
soine local reputation as doctor. To him
came compatrot suffering from dis
ordered stomach AMI ,irh headache
lake selllitL powder. said the gafnb or