The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-06-24

Da Shug maHa da aweetn ia dRnd'
Mn cnrlssimn, Rlma ia yOu!"

And III his heart were peace and hap
piness, for was not the cola da whit
maka da git" and was not the smoke
stained strip OF sky that hung over the
Race street "pieca da same us Italia
gotta?"
I. Jefferson Washington came whist
ling along the sidewalk with his white
wash brushes over his spattered shout
der, and his splashing bucket in his
lime-stained hand. I. Jefferson W.
was happy, too, as he whistled and
hummed his merry song:
DE ins t'row no good and the seckeu one wuSs,
An athuld one mos nearly de came;
But do Teller dat gaps wen he's pldyln' ut craps
Gwnn er come out ahead cr de game"
He had seen n cur load OF water
millions come in over the Southern
that morning, and the very air he
breathed had sort OF feel like ode
kingdom er comm, an dc year Of
joobilo, shuah nufw
As I. Jefferson Washington passed
the banana emporium he usually drop
ped his hand into the tray and abstract
ed single peanut with an absent
minded air. Inotta dropped the tin
scoop and scuttled around from behind
the stand Ikea hornet.
"Hera blacka nig-putta downa do
mutt" he sputtcred.
'Put down de debble, you yallar face
dago!" grinned I. JeiF, nonchalantly
munching the cracking shell between
his worries.
'Putta backa da nut er a smnsha da
facet" growled Inotta with head down,
elbows up.
Beta git back in yo box. dago-yo
too greasy ter stan dis here hot sunm
snickered jeff, airily Tipping shell at
the foreigner.
''Putta backa da hut-er knocka da
chine outa ia eye, nigga man."
"Wah, Garrybaldy-better gwan err
way and lutf dis here chile b 'foah done
bilf we one in de naik, honeyw
And with that he swallowed the last
remains OF the peanut with a gulp, gave
u cavernous outlaw and turned away.
Unluckily the handle Of one OF his long
brushes struck Inotta in the ribs.
With shrek OF rage the Italian
grabbed a pop bottle from a garbage
barrel and leaped upon the Ethiopian,
his CLASSY weapon coming down with a
sickcning PUNK upon the derby of the
foe.
jeff wildly turned, like n pair OF dirty
cuffs, to the fray, and in one moment
more, dago, Ethiop, bottle, garbage bar
rel, brushes and all were mixed up in q
tangle beside which the Gordian knot
wasn't circumstance, and from the
wild center of which rose confused
wells:
'Knocka da sock"-biff-''Yopo' wife
trash, take dat'-bafF-"Quitta pulla da
hair, da onera dog"-bofF-" Sacar.r-r-a
da diabtot' -'Dod bus 70 lousy souiw
-"Wee-weeo o-oo!a Santa da Mar
Couch! Hem an dalnashenp'-"Voilam
-"Gosh w-"0w-ow- ow-wow-er-gr-r-rr"
zip. bang, bin, bang-crlsh! The
stand came down with roar in cloud
of dust and buried the combatants in
the ruins Suddenly, from one side Of
the wriggling mass, crawled T. Jeffer-
son, white from head to foot, and shot
up the street minus hat, bucket. brushes
and all, Then slowly, and with the air
OF conquerer, Inotta upheaved his
plastered bulk, bananas, peanuts.
whitewash from tip to toe, chucked his
broken bottle into the gutter and as
sumed a wondrous air OF injured limo
conce as the officer came chasing around
tho corner.
"Here, here! What's the trouble,
Tony? Fightin' agin?"
"Noa, signor-r-r-r-lgnotta Amiconia
noita fighta. Hima maka ia protecta ia
tar sama da McKin--dama blacka da
mig, maka all sama de freea trada-
breka d. coka da nut widda glassa da
bot seea !" and he bowed and smirked
and plausibly waved his hand ruefully
over the wreck.
"Wella, don't you breaka da coka da
nut vita any more 'glassa da bot old
man, or IN chasa you down toa da
p'leeca da stash, see?h and, so warning,
the officer walked slowly away.
"San-tissima!" Kissed Inota, Yengetul-
ly, as he proceeded to repair damages;
ida blacka da coon, ithinka Cincinnati
sama du Louisian -:playa da Racea
streeta sama da New 0rleanni! Hima
da bigga TOOL Ihota no Gala back da
ambass' lika ia Gov. Inota nev' maka
da funk lika da Fava, an squealla fora
da arbitrash' ALA da blufa lika da King.
Guessa da MOTH! Hima Jess tearra da
line outa da coon, an dana da ditfm
Then he placidly reconstructed his
dismantled standi pNwncl the white
wash outfit, and went softly home to
simmer