)r* nifei PUBLISHED 5Y NEW BAM*' 1. I 1 .11 Inkar Containing end men's dialogues, ro- BOMS * I I ** JOKer. nundrums, "gags" and funny stories. 64pp. Sent by mail, postpaid, on receipt of 1O Cent*. Wakm-in 1 ** Blab Ink** A book full and running over with darkey jokes tinman DiaCK ppin, "Bless my soul, Sambo, how black you are; how ji the name of wonder did you get so black?" "Why, look a her*. grinning dif> nipper niay be braok^but ^ ain't green, no how.' 811 BLACK JOKES FOB BLUE DEVILS A Comblundrum. ASS A, Dandy Sam make comblundrum." "Well, what is it?" " 'Pose I shoot bullet troo deal board wid aim itol, what else I make beside round hole ? Gib iaa up ? Why, I make a riddle." Classical Names* "Caesar, go catch my big horse there." "Yes sah? What you call he name, sah ?" "Olympus. Don't you know what the poet says about 'high Olympus?' " " I don't know about Hio ; but he limpus 'nuf, dat's for certain." The Invention of Ruin. E debbel, dey say, long ago had got loose, And popped liis black nose into ebery caboose , To see if dey'd got any meat on dere hooks, Or if he'd a chance to get rid of some cooks. For it has been said, By him dey am bred ; So he thought he might get him some places down dere, Where de people had noting but wool for derc hair. (Chorus) Very rum, very rum. Old Osesar Augustus had made his pot hot, Tho' for dinner he'd noting but horminy got; So de debble popped in, and just taking a seat, He pulled from his pocket a bran new receipt But Caesar looked pale, As he saw his long tail : So he stirred up his broth, and he chattered wid Fer he knew dat de debble intended a bite. Very rum I Old cloven-foot say dat old Caesar was sly, So he tuk up a sugar-cane standing just by, And with it he stirred up de water so well, Dat it bubbled an' fumed wid a beautiful smell So sweet did it come, Dat Caesar cried rum : It was rum's fust brewing, and Caesar had him soon, Was lapping de broth wid a berry long spoon. Very rum I BLACK JOKES FOji BLUE DEVILS. Damp-meetin' to find out. 1'se ben to plenty ob dem ar' and nebbei tould quite see clar. Tears like dey talk about eberytinj- else mor'n ley does 'bout dat. Dere's de Methodists, dey cut up de Presbyter' - ans, an' de Presbyter' ans pitches into de Methodists ; and den bofe on sin's down on de Piscopals. My ole mist' was Piscopal, and I neber seed no harm in it. And de Baptists tink dey a'nt none on 'em right it ' while dey s a-blowin' out at each other dat ar' way, 1st wonder to tvhar't de way L Canaan /" Ringing the Devil A few years ago, at a Negro camp-meeting, held near Flushing, the colored preacher said: "I tell you, my blubbed bredern, dat de debble is a big hog, an' one ob dese days he'll cum along an' root you all out' An old negro, in one of the anxious pews, hearing this, raised bimsek from the straw, and clasping his hands exclained in the agony of his tears, "Ring him, Lord I ring him!" Guffy and his Master. OMPKIISrS, an esteemed friend of ours, once had a good-for-nothing little black fellow, some twelve or fourteen yeara old, as a waiter boy, and after enduring his pranks and mischief for some year or so, was at length obliged to send him adrift, to look after himself in the world. Not a great while after parting with little cuffy, his former master having oc- casion to go to Albany, met him on board the steamboat, where he was em- ployed in the capacity of steward's as- sistant, and addressing him, he said : "Well, Jake, are you as bad as ever? 1 ' " Oh, no," answered the young rascal with a grin that brought into bold relief every one of his white grindeis: "I'se got no bad examples now* sah i Delirium Tremendous. A negro was brought up before the Mayor of Philadelphia, a ahc time since, for sU.-aling chickens. " Well, Toby," said his honor, "what have you to say for yourself? " Nuffin but di~ 1 wag as crazy as a bed-bug when I stolo dat ar' pullet, coz I might hab stole do big rooster, and neber done it* Dat shows clusively to my mind dat I was laboring under de delirium tremendous." BLACK JOKES FOR BLUE DEVILS. Rntdder Banjosey On Kotchin Eels. Oh I de days when we went eel-kotchin, A long time ago- We'd bread and "lasses ob de besa, And trowsers made ob tow, And dere we set de libe long nite, Ton de bank so green, And nought but tubs and eels and grog, 'Bout us cood be seen. And dus we pass de nite away, And out de eels wood trow. In de days when we went eel-kotchia, A long time ago. And dem wus merry happy nites, , FOR BLUE DEVILS. 6 BLACK JOKES FOR BLUE, DEVILS. Dead drunk was de lot, for de debbel had come, To show dein how sugar would turn into rum. But, oh! from dat day, Core's do debbel to pay. For though all do sugar is good for de treat, Dey get by do sugar-cane jolly woll beat Veiy rural Insinuating Nigger. There was said to be a vacant tenement in Cuffee's upper story, and i he chucked his grist of corn into the mill, the miller said, ''Cuff, ihey say you are a fool." "Wai, massa," repied Cuff, "Cuff knows ni;i say so lull some ting Cuff know, and some ting h done know." '\NYI1, Ciiff, what do you know?" "Wai, mnssa, Cuff know dat mill- ers always ha' fat hog." " Well, and what dorit you know?" " Wai, he! hoi he! Cuff done know whose corn de hog fat on!" Hard Prayers. k is related of a Virginia negro boy, who professed to be dreadfully alarmed at the cholera, that he took to the woods to avoid it, and was Uu're found asloep. Being asked why he went to the woods, he said, 'lo pray." "But," said the overseer, "how was it you went to de Lor' call again: 'You, Adam 1' Adam say : ' Hea, Lor' 1' and ;le Lor' say : 'Who stole de winter-apples?' Adam tole him he don't Know Ebe he expec' !' So de Lor' called : ' Ebe !' Ebe she lay low ; ie Lor' call again : ' You, Ebe !' ' Ebe say : ' Hea, Lor'.' De'Lor' say : Who stole de winter apples?' Ebe tole him she don't know Adam -she expec' ! So de Lor' cotch 'em boff, and he throw dem over dt ence, an' he tole 'em, 'Go work for your libin'I '" Fust in Lub ! and Ice Oream I - i nab always in my life," said Caesar Hannibal, "found de gals tc M fust in lub, fust in a quarrel, fust in de dance, fust in de ice-cream saloon, and de fust, best, and last in de sick-room! What would w p->or fellers do widout dem? Let us be born as young, as ugly, and as* helpless as we please, and a woman's arms am ready to receive us shn it am who puts close 'pon our helpless, naked limbs, and cubbers up our footses and toeses in long, flannel petticoats ; and it am she, wi >, as we grow up, fills our dinner-basket wid doughnuts and apples F i re start to school, and licks us when we tears our trowsers." Loud Prayers. PIOUS negro belonging to a Quaker, made such a noise by shouting aloud his prayers in the kitchen as to disturb the whole house, whereupon Broadbrin. admonished him that the Lord was not deaf, and oould hear the feintest whisper " Yi, yi," triumphantly re- plied the negro, " but de scripter says, ' hotter- ed be thy namef" Neber See Um Again I 'Sam, why don't you talk to your massa, and tell urn to lay up his measure in heaven ?" " What's the use of his laying up his treasure dar, where he neber aee um again ?" BLACK JOKES FOR B1UB DEVILS. i3 A Kind-hearted Negro. " Pompey, are you willing to be damned, if it should be the Lord's will ?" inquired a pious friend. " O, yes, massa ! and more too ; I's willing you be damned, too. Massal ' replied Pompey. Roosting High. " Now, look'er yer, Charley, Jim mout be an honest nigger, an then, again, he mouten't; but if I was a chicken, and know'd he wa about de yard, I tell ye wot, nigger, I'd roost high that I would I" NORTH AND SOUTH: OR. " The Good Time Coming F "Keep Off dat Heel I" Isaiah Smith is black enough to pass for the ace of spades. His body presents the Ethiopian formation, without blemish. He exhib- its the woolly head, thick lips, and the long heels. Now, Isaiah is a peaceable man, and tho' peaceable, no one has a right to tramp on his heels. Yet. somebody did do it, the other night, down on Rice street and Cheny alley; and, besides that, gave Isaiah a 'clue' on his let cheek. HOAV it happened, we do not know to a positive certainty but we will let Julius Csesar Anderson, a woolly-headed friend o, ill's tell the story. One Joseph Wellenkamp, being charged with assaulting Isaiah, in the Police Court this morning, Julius Caesar An- derson was called up for a witness. " Well, you see, hoss," said he, after being sworn, " I cooks down on Sixth street. Well, I meets Isaiah, and sez Isaiah to me, 'Dat wife mine bery, bery sick, Julius, an' I want's you to guy 'long down an' see her.' 'Dosen't car efl does,' sez I to Isaiah, so down dar we goes. Well, Isaiah's wile war bery sick. We guys into de house an 14 BLACK JOKES FOR BLUE DEVILS. found hei in de bed. ' How is you ?' sez I to Isaian's wife. ' Dam rick,' says she, 'but I tinks if Isaiah go gets me a bolona sassage, I eatt it and gets better /' " This created a roar of laughter, which caused Julius to i oil up de white of his eyes, and exclaim " Dat'8 sc I She want's de sassage, so Isaiah and I guys 'long foi the sassage. We gets to de street, and Isaiah yells out, "Q-et off dat l-.fiel !" Sez I ' bress de Lor', I ain't on yer heel, Isaiah. Den he looks aroiu.', and dar stood dat white man, stan'n on Isaiah's heel 1" Here the laughter drowned the witness' voice. After a while hj continued : " Lor' a mighty, I war skeered. You better b'lieve I takes de out* tide by de curb. Den dat white man he get off Isaiah's heel an' he ip fist in' fotch him a lick right spank in de face. Den sez I, 'Legs do him duty,' and I runs like de berry debbeL When dis chickec comes back he goes de udder way, he did." Yatter fever and Philosophy. John Canepole was a small pocket edition of humanity. He had a black servant who was a stout fellow ; and being a privileged joker, Sambo let no occasion pass unimproved, where he could rally hie ' upon his diminutive carcase, John was taken sick, and Sam- BLACK JOKES FOR BLUR DEVILS. 16 bo was sent for the doctor. The faithful negro loved his master, and apon the arrival of the physician looked up in his face anxiously. Ex- amining the symptoms, the Doctor pronounced his patient in no dan- ger. Reassured by this. Sambo's spirits returned, and he indulged hig latural disposition for drollery. " I tell you, Doctor, Massa Canepoie will die, cause he got a lever !" " A fever, you black dog,' 1 said the patient, " does a fever always kill a man ?" " Yes massa, when a fe- er gets into such a little man, it never hab room to turn in him, and t' the fever no turn, you die sartin I" A Fat Dance, " Miss Josephina," said a thick, cherry-looking lipped negro, to one of Afric's daughters. " Miss Josephine, will you does dis nigger de anticipation ob dancin' a Wirginny reel wid 'nn ?" "I doesn't assent to dance wulgaracions dances ob dat sort, Mr. Casus," said Miss- Josephina, turning up still higher her well-rounded upper lip- -turning it up till it fairly tickled her nose- "I dances only de porker!" Negro Attachment. A Scotch merchant, in the island of Jamaica, had among his slaves one whom he very much disliked, and treated with the greatest sever- ity : A mutual dislike soon grew on the part of Quashy ; not only to his master, but to all Scotchmen. Sunday being his holiday, he bought at the water-side some fry (a small fish like shrimps), and call ed past his master's door !" " Fine Scotchmen, all ah' ve 1 Scotchmen I buy my Scotchmen f" BLACK JOKES FOR BLUB DEVILS. His master in a rage calls him, " What have you there ?" "Scotchmen, massa." "Let me look? Why, you rascal, thebe are shrimps; how dart you call them Scotchmen ?'' " Oh, massa, looka here, dem stick together like Scotchmen ; come Vne, come twenty, every time." '-' His master did not forget the first opportunity to scratch Quashy's back. After some time, the master was laid on his death-bed. Touched with remorse at the reflection of the severity he had treated this poor creature with, he sent for lu'm to the bed-side. " Well, Quashy, I am going to die." " Oh, massa, no Tddkeraboo yet" " Yes, I must. I now feel I have been too harsh with you ?" "Oh, massa, you flog me like a devill" '' To make you amends, I'll leave you your freedom." " Bless you heart, massa." " Any thing else can you ask of me ?" "Yes, massa, one little favor; when Quashy dead, let him be bury close alongside of you." " Affectionate creature! But why so?" " Because, when the devil come, he will be so busy about you, ht forget Quasny." in de Current. HE other night in Montgomery, Alaba ma, I stepped into the Presbyterian lec- ture-room where a slave was preaching: " My Bredreu," says he, "God bressyour souls, 'ligiou is like de Alabama river ; in spring come fresh, an' bring in all de ole logs, slabs, an' sticks dat hab been lyin' on the bank, an' carry dem down in de current Bymeby de water down, den a 1 log cotch here on dis island, den a slab gits eotched on the shore, an' de sticks on de bushes : an' dare dey lie wid'rin on de shore an dryin' till come 'nether fivslu Jus' so dare come 'vival of 1 ligion ole backslider bro't back, an' all de folk times. But, bredren, God bressyou den dis ole sinner is stuck on his ole EIEL, d b ...3 sinne- hro't souis, bytntby in. an' mig- vival ufone souis, ycQfcy vva g , ->. den dat ole backslider is cotehed where he was afore on jus such a roek ; den one after 'nother dat had got 'ligion lies all along de shore an' dare dey lie till 'nother : vivaL Beloved bredren, God bress our souls, keep in de current" One Eyed John. "My brethering, I am ".vine to proach you a very plain sar JOKES FOR BLUB DEVILS. 11 mon to-day a sarmon what even women can understand. You will find my text in the 5 varse of the two-eyed chapter of one-eyed Jonn." It was some time before it was perceived that he meant 1 John, chap- ter IL A -Darkey's Speech. N one of the smaller cities of Massachusetts, the colored population held meetings to discuss the propriety of celebrating the anniversary o! West Indian Emancipation, August 1st. At one of these meetings, a very conservative gen- tleman wes exceedingly surprised to see some of the "fair sex" rising and taking part in the discussion. After two or three of the sisters had "freed dar mines" on matters under debate, he sprung up in a greatly excited state, and addressed the audience : " Feller-citizens ! ef I'd sposed 'at de ladees s wood p'mitted to take a part in dis yere discus- sion (sensation) ef I'd node 'at de ladees could jine in dis debate- Jail eyes turned on the speaker) ef I'd bleeved for one minit, feller- citizens, 'at de female sect wood dare to raise deir woice in dis yere meetin' I'd, feller-citizens (' Wot, wot wood you've a did ef you'd Qode it ?' shouted two or three of the strong minded sisters, as the whites of their eyes flashed on the speaker) I'd (scratching his wool) f'd a brung my wife, along with me /" Here the discomfited orator dropped into his seat, completely ex- lausted. A Southerner's Household. HEY number four persons. My cook, Sophronisba EtheliaMalvina Jones, whom I call " Aunt Niz" for brevity ; " Cuff," whom I also term Caesar, Pompey, Jove, &c., and who does not object to answer tc the name of John ; Peter, my hostler, and Hein-Eifels Johann Pfroschlangstered Duminkopf, my gardener, market-man, model of industrious stupidity, and univer sal laughter stimulant, whom I call by hia entire name, by way of lingual excitation. Thank fortune, every one of my family are characters, originals, departures from the common run, and worthy of being studied fc specimens of psycoiogical mysterie id of a surety I have not been disappointed. A.unt Niz belongs to me. I purchased her and have a bill of gale. 18 BLACK JOKKS FOR BLUE DEVILS. I paid just $20 for her. I would not take $1000. I paid a visit to an Eastern Shore friend of mine recently, and having mentioned rny in- tentions of farming, he asked me if I did not want a cook. I did. He had the very best article for me, he said, and called up Aunt Ni*. I was struck with her appearance. 'Would you like to live with me?" asked L " Is you married, marster ? " I uttered a cry of indignant repugnance. " Does you b'long to de temp'rance s'ciety, marster ? " I shouted no 1 no I I no 1 1 I " Den I packs my trunk dis night, if you will buy me, marster. You jist is de berry man. Mars. John here's berry good, but him'i new married wife um got too much ob de mistress 'bout her. She will keep poking all 'round de kitchen, spite um all I can say, an' she locks the jimmydon so tight I can't even smell ary drop of whiskey." " What are her faults ?" asked I, when she had gone. " She will have her own way. She wiH get drunk. She witt smoke die foulest pipe, run away to husking frolics, and eteal from the pantry!" "Her virtues?" asked I, laughing. " Good cook, and honest, except to eatables and liquors, and strong as an ox, though she's full fifty years old." " What is your price ?" " Oh, I would not sell her for anything. I will give her to you, if you will promise never to send her out of the State." "I will give you that promise and $20 if you will give me a bill of sale," It was done; and thus I came in to possession of "Aunt Niz." She pleases, me very much. She is a very tall, spare built old woman, straight as an arrow, with a fine intelligent countenance, and a very long arm. She dresses either in "linsey woolsey" or "blue domes- tic," and has sold two dresses that I gave her for whiskey. She al- ways wears a parti-colored bandanna turban on her head, put far back, so as not to interfere with the buckets, tubs, bags, and milkpans that she is constantly carrying about upon the summit of her cranium. I like her much, I say, though her faults are many. She knows how to cook, and is willing, obliging and considerate. She has faults, most undoubtedly. I have had her six weeks, and she has been drunk thirteen times. She pilfers my groceries a little and smokes whenev- er she is at work. It was only yesterday that she came in and told me the dog had stolen niy butter. "Is it not in your closet, Aunt Niz? You have' not looked well Let me look." She hurried ahead of me, opened the closet dcor, and I saw her thrust something very suspiciously into her bosom "It's not Jar, marster, you sec/"' "No, it isn't dar. But what yellow stuff is that smeared on yooi chin, aunt Niz?" BLACK JOKES FOR 13LUK DEVILS. 18 8h bad a great lump of butter there. "Oh, dat's lard, inarster." "What are you doing with lard on your chin?" "Why, you see, marster, as I tuck de coffee bilur ofl'n de fiie. de steam flewed up, an' blistered my chin 'mazin' bad : so I put de lacd on to heal him. It was very hot in the kitchen, and already the butter began to men under her dress and ooze through. " Where did you get so much grease on your sleeves, aunt Niz ? " asked I. " Oh, Lord, marster Q-, as I'm a sinner, it's bin so hot it's done and melted de lard from my chin, so dat it's done dropped down dar. Dat am bad, sartin." "What have you got here, aunt Niz?" said I, touching my finge. against the plate in which the butter was, as it half showed itself un- der her dress. " Jerush, Marster Penne, doesn't you really know data my decease? I been had de de hosserfecashun of the chist You know de bones all turn into meat I means dat de meat all grow into bone. Doctors hab tell me it'll kill me one ob dese days. Now, raelly, el Marster John meant a fair trade, he should have told you all my blem- ishes; don' ye think so, marster?" I gave up the butter subject after that, and she may steal it by th pound, so I have enough. *> BLACK JOKES FOR BLUE DEVILS. Next on my list is "Cuff." He is "my little black boy," and haa the " gizzard foot and Eboe shin" to an intensity perfectly wonderful His face is as black and as round, and as shiny as one of those fresh painted cannon balls that they pile so symmetrically in the navy- yards. "Cuff" is a humorist, a fellow of finest fancies, and when he rolls his eyes and shows his splendid teeth with an appreciative chuckle, sayg he would like to be a theaumater actor, and play Othello and Dee- demona. He is a decided good boy, is "Cuff," is a practical philosopher of the class of "optimists," and is opposed to any expenditure of the "mus- cular fibre" that can be avoided. I hke to see him sleeping of an afternoon, under my hammock, and it delights me to notice how patiently he will bear any amount of ca.liog without indicating his annoyance, or, indeed, showing in any way his consciousness of it- and when I pour a tumbler full of water into bis ear, instead of getting angry, hj only sighs gently and turui> upoh the other side. Who knows but my philosop uc Cuff may in time become an jfip;ctetus ? Uor could any observant person fail to derive benefit from a study of the appearance and character of Peter, who superintends my sta bles, and assists at whatever other work may not interfere with his own ideas of comfort Peter is sixty years of age, tall and comely, with his broad, liver-colored visage, his hair sprinkled with gray, his immensely capacious mouth, and the general atmosphere of well-to-dc unctuousuess that pervades him and his surroundings. Peter is a member of the church, and a class leader, and a thorough bred type of the Thadband school dtme in brown. His prayer wella over with his complacent " PharJseeism." which is shocked and di BLACK JOKES FOR BLUE DEVILS. 31 tressed at the "sinful creatures" around him, and his hypocrisy ia so closely interwoven into the woof of his being, that without it he would lose his charm, would not be Peter. He drinks his whiskey as in the act of the bestowal of a "cup of cold water" upon some famished brother and he is not a disciple of Father Matthew; he steals a sheep and then draws a knife across its throat with the air of a father who is slaying the fatted calf upon the return of a much loved prodigal, and performs every action, good, bad, or indifferent, with the stateliness and dignity of a Roman Senator. It is almost impossi- ble to disturb his equanimity. If you accuse him of wrong doing, he mildly drops an appropriate text about the imperfections and injustice of human justice, and murmurs something very provoking about " where the wicked cease from troubling and the weary are at rest." Aunt Niz, who hates him f >r a "sneaking cat's paw" is the only one who can manage him. She often sends him salt for sugar, spills her hot grease upon him. gives him broken plates to eat out of, and makes him uncomfortable as possible. Once she made him angry and from my hammock I heard a most prodigious oath and a blow. I went to the kitchen, and there was aunt Niz, drunk, on the floor, with an empty jug in her hand, and Peter standing over her with a huge hickory broom raised on high 1 "What, Peter, beating a woman?" No, Master Wilhelm, thanks be to Gno. J b^e . sufficient con rol over my exasperations I was only returning good for evil. This drunken wretch had robbed me of my stomach bitters, and I air ing the flies off her" BLACK JOKES FOE BLUE DfeVILS. Didn't 'know what struck him. A young fellow, once walking down a street, in Richmond, was met by a son of darkness, who, in passing, jostled him. Thfl young fellow turned quickly, and, with one blow, Knocked him into the middle of the street Slowly picking himself up, and nibbing hit eyes, he exclaimed, with an ir resistible ludicrousne**, " Lor' Almighty ;nassa I how did I git heah ?" Looked like a Nigger. Our Jim was only three years old. A colored barber waa sent foi to shave Jim's uncle, who was sick. Jim hated niggers, as he called them. We knew that our poor colored brother would have rather a aarJ time if we did not give some wise and wholesome advice to our little three-year-old previous to his coming ; so, taking him aside, we " Georgie, there is a colored gentleman coming to shave Uncle Wil- liam to-day, and you may go and see him if you will not call him a nigger for he isn't; he is a colored gentleman. Now you won't call *iim a nigger, will you ?" "No, Alarm!" Thus our fears were at an end ; and in the course of the morning our worthy friend came. Georgie watched him very closely, and seemed evidently to be in something of a " brown study." At length going up quite near him, he gave one very scrutinizing glance, and said: Look here I you ain't anigger, are you f you area colored gentleman ; but you look like a nigger, pretitely" Tliis was too much for black or white to endure, and our colored friend seemed to enjoy the joke as much as any of us. Mutton versus Souts. et me tell you an incident. I know it to be true, for it occurred here in Zanesville. Judge A , j the individual mentioned, is our present member I of Congress, and Parson Jones, the old negro \ preacher, (heaven rest his bones!) with his old I gray mare and rickety cart, have long since returned J to dust The judge was present at the delivery o .one of his sermons, and was brought in by the >eaker by way of illustrating a certain position ien and there taken by him. "My dear friends and brethren," said 'he, "d soul ob de brack man is as dear in de sight ob de Lord as de soul ob de white man. Now you aB a-sitting dah leaning on his golden headed cane; you iee Judge- all know de Judge, niggas, and a terry One man he is, too. Well BLACK JOKES FOR BLUK DEVILS. 13 now, Tse gvine to make a liitle comparishment: Suppose de judge, some fine mornin' puts his basket on his arm and goes to market to buy a piece of meat He soon finds a nice fat piece of mutton ar,2> < Why you hab your hair parted in de. middle, you swell c igger ?' i " Cuff- ' Kase it's de fashun wid all what respecks demselves, you tfld-heftdnd embodiment ob blacking, you. But what is de -liflerence potween your hair and mine, Pomp ?" , Pomp" Gibs it up." Cu "My hair is parted in de middle, and your'n is de-parted I Negro Wit , A planter in Maiden, Massachusetts, had a slave who nad been ID l is family until he was about seventy years of age. Perceiving thai t icre was not much work for the old man, the planter spoke to him ne day to the following effect : \ " Yoa have been a faithful servant, Sambo, to me, and my fathei before me. I have lor.g had thoughts of irwanlhi:; you for your ser- vices. I give you now your fit-cdnm Von an; your own master , k ffi BLACK JOKES FOR BLUE DEVILS. The old negro listened attentively to this discourse ; when it was concluded he shook his grisly head, and, with a sly glance, showing that he saw through his master's intentions, replied : "No, no, inassa; you eat de meat, and now you must pick tie bone." Nigger Powder. hat a funny name is yours, Sambo." " Es, sir, berry funny but I got christened Pow der Magazine for a 'ticular object." " What was that, Sambo ?" "CosMassa. who is very hot-tempered, darn't blow him up.' Nigger Philosophy. " Cuffee, which do you tink de most useful of de , planets, de sun or de moon?" Sambo. I think the moon orter take the fus rank in dat ar' 'tickler." :< Wha, wha, wha, why do you tink so, Cuffee?") " Well, I tell you kase she shines by night wher we want light, and de sun shines by day, when we do not" "Well, Cuff, you is the grea-est nigger I knows on dat'p real] fac." Negro Wit "Jack," said a gentleman to an old neerrp who was rather lazily! engaged in clearing the snow from his premises " Jack, my old boy,i you dont get along with this job very fast." ' Why master," replied Jack, scratching his wool, " pretty consider- able for an old man, I guess ; and I conceit myself that I can cleaii more snow away in dese here short days, dan de spryest nigger J dis city could do in de longest summer day as ever was." ' day You not so berry fat, after all. field slave in the south one daj found in his trap a plump rabbi? He took him out alive, held hir under his arm, patted him and be-l gan to speculate on his good qual< ities. 1 "Oh, how fat berry fat the} fattest I eber did see I Let see how I'll cook him. I him ? No ; he so fat he lose BLACK JOKES FOR BLUB DEVIL& 26 de grease! I fry him? Ah, yes! He so berry fat he fry himself! Qofly, how fat he be ! No ; I won't fry Mm I stew him I The thought of the savory stew made the negro forget himself, and in spreading out the feast in his imagination, his arms relaxed, *vhen off hopped the rabbit; and, squatting at a goodly distance, he eyed his late owner with cool composure. The negro knew there was an end of the stew, and summoning up til his philosophy, he thus addressed the rabbit, at the same tune haking his fist at him : "You long-eared, white- whiskered rascal you not so berry fat arterall!" Old Ginger Orow Old Ginger Crow, Him come from Alabama ; Old Ginger Crow, Him downy as a hammer. Racoon's tail am berry long, Monkey's nose am blue ; Oh! Missy Dinah Chickafcbiddy Coo! Chorus. Walk Ginger Crow Jenny, oh, my I Old Johnny Walker, Hit him in de eye. BLACK JOKES FOR BLUE DEVTI& Dinah's legs am like de mop ; Her feet am like de shovel i All her lily picaninnies Ugly as de debble. hi if I Oh 1 if I was in old Kentuck, As sure as eggs am eggs, I'd punch dat sassy nigger Sam And pull him by de legs. Walk Ginger Grow, *& Old Ginger Crow was taken ill It wasn't long ago Dem say it was de toothache Attack him in de toe. And now de poor old boy am dead, And in him grave am laying ; And so de niggers can't insult him Any more by saying Walk Ginger Crow, Jenny, oh, my' Old Johnny Walker Hit him in de eye I Substraction. " Sambo, 'spose dere is six chickens in a coop, and the man Bella three, how many is dere left?" " What time ob day was it ?" "What hab Jat got to do wid it?" " A good deal. If it was after dark, dere would be none left, dat is, if you happened to come along dat way." "Look heah, nigga, stop dem personalities, or I'll shove a brick at dat head ob yourn." The real Ethiopian Serenaders, or the first that extracted Note (Bank} from Bones. Dl of BLACK JOKES FOlt BLUK UK VILA Bl Trick of a Negro Ventriloquist. A night or two since an officer of the Sixth ward in Philadelphia <>rhauied a colored individual who was coining away iroua the 7 with a coil of rope. Darkey was questioned as to where he the chattels, and he replied that he was a hand on the steamboat rest, and that both the rope and the custodian were " all right" 'b|e officer turned ebony to the right about, and both went together u board the boat Nobody was in sight, and the darkey went boldly gangway, and shouted out: ; ' Hello w, Bill!" ' Hellow it is I" came a response, in a gruff, sepulchral tons, which tz would have envied, and wliieh seemed to emerge from the depth the steamer. stc til u ' Come up on deck, right away, Bill ; dere's a police got me for alin' dis rope !" 'Ay! ay I" again shouted the gruff voice "jist wait, can't you, I git on my trousis ?" r*' Well, pull a heel den, and be quifk, for I wants to be off." ' Tliis colloquy served to measurably satisfy the officer, and he re- Ijixed his watchfulness over his prisoner. The latter embraced the Opportunity to take his leave slyly, and he took the coil of rope with h|iui. The officer meantime became tired of waiting, and went in search of his voucher for his late prisoner. After considerable trouble 3f man who was sleeping below was roused up and questioned con- kerning the colored man and the coil of rope. The sleepy individual u vowed he knew nothing about either, and the officer finally ascer- L nined that he had been sold by a thief who possessed first-class ven^ jiloquial power. No Trutti in Him. " Jim, I bolieve Sam's got no truth in him." " You don't know nigga ; dere's more truth in dat rugger dan all dfc s' on de plantation." r How do you make dat ?" j' Why, him never let any out, do he ?" Cattis Philosophy. f"Cato what do you suppose .9 the reason that the sun goes to the gnith in the winter ?'" " "Well, I don't know, rnassa, unless he no stand de clemency o) l t uorf, and so am obliged to go to de souf, where he eperiences wanner j o; igimitude." A Saucy Niyger. ; Matter : " Sam, where's the hoe?" iSam: " Wid de harrow. 32 BLACK JOKES FOE BLUE DEVIUS. Master : " Well, where's the harrow ?" Sam : " Wid de hoe I" Master : " Well, then, where's the hoe and harrow both T Sam: "Vy, both togedder, massa; what you want u> bodder Sam dat way for?" Master : tf Qo to the !" Sam: " Arter you, massa ." A Novel Depot " Look here, Pete," said a knowing darkey to his companion, 'don't tan' on de rail-road." 'Why, Joe?" " Kase ef de cars see dat mouf ob yourn, dey will tink it am depo' an' run rite in 1" A Slave's Idea of Spiritual Salvation. slave, who was a "professor," plagued his ma very nrnoh by ais persistence in certain immoj practices, and he requested a clergyman to convey with him, and try to reform him. The clergymi did so, and endeavored to bring the terrors of the la! to bear upon his conscience. "Look yeah, massa," said the backslider, " dpnt de Scripture say, ' Dem who believe and is baptised 'shall be saved ?" " Certainly," the clergyman answered, and went on to explain expound the passage ; but directly the slave interrupted him again. " Jus you tell me now massa, don't de good book say dese - 1 *' BLACK JOKKS FOR BLUE DMVILS. 38 / Dem as believes and is baptise shall be save;' want to know dat." " Yes, but " \ "Dat's all I wan to know, sar; now wat's de use o' *alkin' to me? Y/ou ain't goin' to make me bleve wat de blessed Lord says ain't so, n/bt ef you try forever." The clergyman again attempted to explain, but tte negro would [Act allow him, and as often as he got back to the judgment day, or was charging him with sin, and demanding reformation he would' in- tlerrupt him in the same way. (' "De Scripture say, if a man believe and be b&ptise, he shall he tLall be save. Now, massa minister, I d&ne believe and I done bap- Dse, an' 1 shall be saved sartin dere's no use Ulkin', sir." ( Ah ! this is the form of my ewn dear angel one* seer, never to be forgotten I Two- Forty. Charles Edmondson and Peter Freeman, two members of the col ed aristocracy of the city, were brought in tor fighting at the foo if Grand street. It appears that for some time there has been con fjiderablc jealousy between these two individuals, from the fact thai the affections of both have unfortunately fixed upon the same sable female. The lady has been undecided which to choose, not having yet settled in her mind which is the most of a match. Freeman haa a monopoly of the bill-slicking business in that vicinity, and Edmond- son possesses the exclusive patronage of those in that neighborhood who have wood to saw. Each is the owner of all the tools for carry. ing on a heavy business in his own peculiar line said implements consisting in the one case of a paste pail, whitewash brush and step- 54 BLACK JOKES FOR BLUB DEVILS. ladder ; and ii the other of a wood-horse, buck-saw, greaser, leat&er knee-pal and pair of buckskin mittens. This property is all believed to be unincumbered and paid for, although there is a rumor that a ojar tain clam-woman has a mortgage on the paste-brush, to secure a d^bt of one and sixpence for shell-tish devoured, but not settled tor by Freeman. There was no personal beauty in the case to apeak of, or if there was it was not visible to the naked eye. As the capricioua belle upon whom they lavished so much affection and so many red ibbons, had shown no- decided preference for either, but had treated oth with more than usual friendship, there was considerable excited feeling between the two. No hostilities had been declared by eithei tide, but it was well understood that the two were not a colored reil- \zation of Damon and Pythias. On Thursday morning they met O/P she dock, and after some bantering about strength, speed, and agility i dispute arose which was to be settled by. a foot race. The race is described by a policeman who was present The parties prepared for the contest by taking off their boots and nats, and rolling their pantaloons up above their knees; both then look a long drink of corn whiskey, through separate straws, out ojf barrel which was near, and declared themselves ready to start from a certain pile of timbers and run forty rods to the whiskey barrel, t&ke, i suck, and run back. One judge was stationed on the timbers, to '< tee that the start was all right, and one on the barrel to see that each drank his share. first Heat: Charley ahead till Pete caught him by the alack of Beeches and pulled him back; Pete reached the barrel first, got h st ^.w in the hole and took his drink before Charley could pick hin i^' up ; on the return track he stubbed his tod on a spike, but got ' _> ime to win. Second Heat : Started fair ; race pretty even to the barrel ; straw ti together; ooth took long drinks ; on the home stretch Charley'* Btr ught pins proved too much for Pete's bandy legs, and he wor> ef -y. Third Heal: Foul start; Pete .alls down, Charley tumbles ever hta, and both rolled into a little puddle of molasses ; extricated bj' ol /cious friends; both tired; both keep anxious eye on the whiskey ot/rel; both hurry up; most there; Charley trips Pete, who pitches I BLACK JOKKS FOR BL r F DKVTLS at> I oth welt away at each otlier till separated by the officers and led to \he Station-house ; race undecided ; bets drawn ; whisky suffers nd the fight ain't settled. Justice let them both go and wished them better luck next time. Sharp Practice, ut in the west a sable knight of the lather and brush was performing the operation of shaving a customer with a very dull razor. " Stop,"said the customer, " that won't do." " What's de matter, boss ?" "The razor pulls." " Well, no matter for dat, sah. If de handle ob de razor don't break, the beard's bound to come offl" A Deaf Nigger. " Why am you like Tom Moore ?" said Congo, shouting into Quaco's ear. " Who am Tom Moore ? Me nebber bean 1 ob him." "You rigromamus, him mighty big Irisl don't know. Congo, give it up." " Why, because you are debarred of hearin' (de bard of Erin.)" An Unaccountable Pig. 'Socrates, yon nigger, have you fed the pigs?" " Yes, massa, me feed um." "Did yon count them?" '' Yes, raassa, me count um a'l but one." 'All but one?" " Yes, massa, all but one ; dere be one little speckle pig, he frisk bout so much me couldn't count him /" A Black Lad-der. " Mass Torn I Mass Tom ! Oh, Mass Tom I how&e 1 gwine to ge down dis laddor ?" " Come down the same way you went up, you blockhead I" replied he master, running up to see what was the matter. " De same way as I come up, Mass Tom ?" ' Yes, coi/ound you I and don't bother me any more." ' Well, if 1 must, I must!" and down came the little darkey boat 'foremost BLACK JOKKS FOR BLUK DKVILB. Getting n,p a Shine. IZ Converting a tough Nigger A colored preacher at the South was having a revival- '' power' I till time" and trot all the negroes j n the vicinity into a serious mood/ ', Only one hold out. Coon Squash, a notoriously hard case in hot? head and heart for he had been known to butt a hole in a lime-kilnj and had the heart to eat rattlesnakes. He attended service, however] with great regularity, but could not be brought to his knees. OnpM night the preacher determined to ''fetch him down," and went at iy in a powerful prayer. He first told how sinful Coon was in shutting up the bars of his heart to keep the Spirit out, and ^holding up his head as stiff as a sugar-house stack. Old Coon began to think he a hard case, and so resolved to unbend a little, and lean his head ward on his hand. Then the preacher took hope and waxed warmer, telling Coon that one bar being down, to let down another, and see how he would feel. To this Coon assented, and placed his face in his hands and shut himself up like a jack-knife. Then the prtacher came down in his grandest swoop, and cried : " Now, Coon, de bottom bar 1 git down on your kne^s and open it I" Down went Coon upon his knees, and up went such a shout from luua ) hi A was/ fo N WLACK JOKES FOR BLUE E EVILS the ijr*acher and his people as convinced outsiders that the bars wem all oiowiu and that Coon was " High Sudron Ground." In California, the negro servant of an army officer punished another wooly. Being asked why he did so, he said : 'De fact is, massa, dat are nigga was one ob dem New York free niggers. He 'suited me. and I had to take high Sudron ground wid fciin." A Large " Bill " far a small Darlceg no mesi. he A Rise in Niggers. pie Nashville (Tennessee) Gazette says : "A few weelra ago dunfcg thp existence of the patrol regulations, and talk about nigger risings, *r old negro man was found secreted in a piece of woods'a few miles m town, evidently laboring under great fear and trepidation. On wc J asked why he was there, he said he was afraid to stay al the no ase where he belonged, and which was close by. i' What are you afraid of?" was asked. Why," he said, " Old Missus has gone to bed with a pistol on one * a great big knife on the other, and I'm afraid she'll rue/" A Nigger on a Stump. im Wilson was one of the best pilots on the Missis- sippi, but proud of his place and cranky, lie had the misfortune to run his boat smack up agams> the bank one morning, in a dense fog, and could see on- ly a little nigger sitting on a stump, mulching a bi4 of corn bread. " Whose place is this ? cried the jlot " Massa' s," said the nigger. " Well, who's your master?' " Why, de gemman what owns de place," an- swered the Lttle fellow. You rascal!" roared the pilot, "I'd crop your ears off if I had you .e!" "Yes, but you ain't got me dar," shouted little tug. as the pilot eked out and escaped from the shore and the wif of the boy. bai BLACK JOKES FOR BLUB DEVILS. Exhibiting a Monkey. " Sambo, why is yow legs like an organ-grinder f 11 Dunno ; gib it up." " Case dey exhibit a monkey 'bout de streets." \ Black Toast A negro once gave following toast : "De late Gubernor ob de State him come in wid berry HIM* ,of ositicn, him go out wid none at all." An Opening for " a nice young man " (colored.) L Taking Notes. A great many years ago," when there were slaves in MassachuseWa! and some of the best men in the community owned them, there ^^ a clergyman in a town in Essex County, whom we will call Mr. Cc,^ .well, who had an old and favorite servant by the name of Cuffee. l^g (was often the case, Cuffee had as much liberty to do as he please^ ^ anybody else in the house, and he probably entertained a high res] for himself. Cuffee on the Sabbath might have been seen in minister's pew, looking round with a grand air, and so far as appe ance indicated, proating quite as much by his master's preaching many others about him. Ouffee noticed one Sunday morning t several gentlemen were taking notes of the sermon, and he determ ed to do the same thing. paper and pen and ink. his pew, So in the afternoon he brought a sheet The minister, happening to look down ii , could hardly maintain his gravity as he saw his negro "spre his task, with one side of his face nearly touching the pap aud hi* tongue thrust out of hip mouth. Cuffee kept it his not out' 1 to at a- ol ito ad er, 38, BLACK JOKES FOR BLUE DEVILa 33 r, until the sermon was concluded, knowing nothing, and ear/ing as little about the wonderment of his master. When the min- jgtyBr reached home he sent for Cuffee to come into his study. ( l< Well, Cuffee," said he "what were you doing in meeting this af- ta* noon ?" " Doing, Massa? Taking notes," was his reply. 1 You taking notes!" exclaimed the master. " Sartin, massa ; all the gentleman take notes." " Well, let me see them, said Mr. Cogswell. / Cuffee thereupon produced his sheet of paper, and his master founo ^scrawled all over with all sorts of marks and lines, as though a doe- eiji spiders dipped in ink had inarched over it. " Why, this is all nonsense," said the minister, as he looked at the notes. j" Well, maaea, reulied Cuffee, " I thought so all the time you p, f caching. ' /Sally Rice. "Oh, Sally Rice, I've called you twice, And you lie and snore I I pray you wake, And see your Jake, And ope to him the door or window 1 don't care much which, for It makes but little difference To either you or I \ Big pig, little pig, Root, nog, or die I" Rice in Full Dress., % BLACK JOKES FOR BLUE DEVILS- A " Sparalized " Colored Pussoii. ' A fine, robust, and well-dressed slave was arraigned for beiugl out m the street after nine o'clock in the evening without a pass.Uod being found drunk on the sidewalk. The policeman stated the c^ when Tom's master interposed, and stated that it was the first U me Tom had ever been drunk, and that he was a faithful and trustworthy servant. The Mayor said it was too grave an oflence to pass by, a a that he should be obliged to impose the heavy fine of twenty-fl v dollars upon Tom. Before passing sentence Tom was called upon fo, his excuse, which he gave as follows : " Well, Massa Mayor, dis nigger was just gwme home from (,h e meetin' of de Lord, strate and honest, and dat debble, Old Smit, si ^d to dis nigger dat he had a leetle ob de best o-be-joyful in his shd )p) and dat it would do dis nigger good, and make him jist the most h^p. pined nigger in the whole South. So dis nigger took a suck, and j^s nigger arter dat was 'mazing useless, and was tuke tuke ttle ? " " I gibs dat up." " Why, push de cork in Yah, yah I" Noseology |3f~ A gentleman asked a negro boy if he would take pinch ol snuff. " No," replied darkey, very respectfully, " me thank you Pomp aose not hungry t" BLACK JOKKS FOR BLUB DEVILS. Lawyer 3 and Wishes. " Sam, wh j &m lawyers like de fishes ?" " ( don't meddle wid dat subject, Pomp." 1 Wliy, don't you see, nigger, kase dey am so foud ob de toil. Bones. " I say, Clem, what am dat what goes when de wagon g'^JvS, stops when de wagon stops It am no use to de wagon, yet de wasron can't go widout it?" Clem. " I gubs dat up, Bones; can't begin to guess such er skyea- tiferic illooseerdation. I gubs em up." Bones. " Why, you jailer complexioned fool, de noise, ot course.' Unblushing. An insult to a negro to tell him ha hasn't as much color ae usual BLACK JOKES FOR BLDK DEVIIA 63 .4 Da? key's Opinion of Monkeys. LD Sandy turned to go forward, and I no- ticed the tears coursing one after the other down his wrinkled cheeks; and I heard him say, in reply to some consolatory words which Peterson was pouring into his ear : "I knows berry well, George, dat you knowledges more 'bout most tings dan wot I does, but as to dat monkey's nothabing no soul, 'taint no kind o'use for you to tell dis nigger noting 't all about it, kase in regard ob dat 'ticklar pint, dere arn only ONE what knows and dat's de LOR' A'MIGHTY. _ knows dare's dose as says de monkeys ain't . no reason nudder. Go way, child! dey's got a heap more'n de Common nig any day ob de seben. Why, it am more'n eight year, George, sense I fust made de 'quaintance ob Jocko, kase you see we was shipmates two cruises afore dis, and I nebber knowed him to do nuthin dat a 'spectable monkey need be 'shamed ob doing., no how. He war a little mischievyous, I allows, but den he nebber did a right down mean onchristian act, no, nebber ! And so you see, George, I b'liebes do I don't purten for to say sartin dat Jocko hab a soul jes de same as you and I habs, and dat one ob dese days we be a-gwine to meet agin in Daby Jones' locker, kase people may call 'em mon- keys and brutes and dat, but I tinks dey's old-time people, I does dat's wot I tinks !" A Legal Point. Jesse is of opinion that the following legal point is about as impor- tant as many others, published on knotty questions of the law. A few mornings since, one of our lawyers was startled from Ua dreams of rich clients and fat fees by a loud knocking at his office door. He opened the door, when a " gentleman of Africa," known as Mariposa Jack, stood before him. "Lookheah, Judge," said he, "I wants your 'pinion on a law " Well, go on." " S'pose a man brings some eggs to town, an' hires anudder nigger to sell 'em, an' dat nigger can't do it, an' he gibs 'em to me, an' I loses de money, kin he do anyting wid me ?" The learned counsel putting on his wisest look, informed him that he knew of no law to punish him. "Yah! yah! " chuckled Jack, "I know'd he couldn't in de fust place kaae de kas*i de eggs was rotten, anyhow Judge, when dm you want your boots blacked ?" 64 BLACK JOKES *OH BLUE DEVII. Sable Wit. SAMBO. What's dat mighty ting dar? C4E8AB. Why, you blaok n ggeramus! dat ar' big ting am de float- in' derrick. SAM. What dat far, nigger? CJBSAR. Dat tremenjus masheen am fur raising a berry jsrht arti- dj 1 O / O e, indeed. SAM. A berry light article ? Go way, nigger how ycu make iat Out? C^BSAR. Why, Sam, dat ar masheen was made 'spressly ^ pose ob raisin' de wind/" Immense Sensation. " 7' gwine to Prepare to Shout /" r An Alabama paper relates the following story: For some time past the negroes of Marion have had a religious re rival going on in the Methodist Church, and which we learn has re- sulted in some good. The other night a ludicrous incident took place which for a time threatened to mar the enjoyment of the darkies. While everything appeared to be going to the entire satisfaction ot the leaders of the meeting, a tall, black-looking son of Africa deliber- ately rose in the congregation, and commenced pulling his coat off, as if preparing either to thrash some darkey, or give the devil if he were present, the best fight he could, preparatory to closing the meet- ing. All eyes were turned upon the comical attitude of the darkey and some of the more timid began to fear that a melee was about to take place in the church. This, however, was not the case, for our convert, perceiving the stir that was being made, and the apparent agitation of the assembly, hallooed out at the top of his voice : BLACK JOKES FOR BLUE DEVILS.' ' Biedering and sisters, dou't be frightened ; Ts only gwine to pre- pare to shout !" Arid he gave one of those unearthly yells, which vibrated through the church and shook the windows as though the house were falling. The darkey had to make tracks, or to use the language of another 4arkey, was tumbled head foremost right out of the doors by some of thr brethren. A Colored Scrimmage. HAR you get that chicken ? asked a colored woman yesterday afternoon of another colored lady, who was standing in the door of her house examining a nice plump looking chicken. " Whar did I get it? Why, I hatched it from a egg, that's whar I got it" " What ! that ar chicken ? 'Deed you didn't That's my chicken. I'se been huntin for it That ar gal of your cum to my house, and cause I wouldn't let her have it, she stoned my house, she did." " Well, I sent her to look for de chicken, and you gave her sass, you did." ' She guv me sass, yon means she said I stole the chicken." " Maybe you did stole de chicken. Don't know as you's any too good." " Look heah, nigga, does yOvi sinivate I stole dat fowl?" " No, I does not sinivate any such thing. Who does you call nigga ?" " 1 calls you nigga you is black 'nough, any ^5" how, to be raal Guinea nigga Whar d'ye come from?" "Whar did I come from? Old Virginy! Whar's you from? nigga ? " " I is from nowhar, an' I wau'ts dat chicken. ' " You tells de truff, now, anyhow; for you is neither white nor black, and it's hard to say whar sich folks come from, sure nufE You can' t have dis chicken, no how; so go 'bout your business." "I wash for dat chick 3n, I did." " Wash for dat chicken ! 1 cricftey ! What you waih for am, h?" " I wash shirts for 'urn, and iron 'em, too." " Look here, you white, black, no color nigga from nowhar, whar chickens wear shirts and have ironing done you is smooth as a flat- iron, you is you lies too slick, you does. Go way, now, or I'D bust your biler. I'll knock you into nowhar. I'll give you chicken. ! you frnd of pot- pie ? There's a doenut for you. Chicken meat, ha ~- 6S BLACK JOKES FOR BLO bfiVrLS. I'll show you what kind of meat a Virginny nigger's fist is made ot There's a bunch of bones for you thars " Get out de way, Guinea. I jump right down yo' throat!" Backing off, and lowering their heads, they rushed upon eacu other with the speed of a locomotive. Jerusalem! what a concussion. The 'Virginny nigger's" head was driven right into the other's skull, i< eemed, for there it stuck. One head only was visible. There werf wo heads an instant ago, and now there was but one. There they stood , backing and filling, trying to disentangle them elves. By this time the affair began to attract the neighborhood t. the spot. The heads of both belligerents had become so enveloped in shawls that neither of them could see. They held on to each other, and clawed each other's clothes unmercifully, till finally the "nigga from nowhar," reaching along the back of the other, seized that por tion of the dress which covers the bustle, and cried out, holding her fast by the wool with the other : "Now, nigga, I's gwine tohav dat chicken, I is, or I'll 'spose you, I will." This was too much. She caved in, and a compromise was effected chicken pot-pie for two. Monsti ous } Spute. er me tell you, Julius, I had a monstrous 'spute wid massa dis mornin', down in de cotton patch." "Wa, wa, wat you 'spute about?" " Why, you see, Julius, massa came down da whar I was hoeiu', an' massa he say squash grow best on sandy ground, an' I say so, too; an' dar we spute about it for more'n one hour!" Berry Much Alike. A confusion of the degree of comparison is told of a Jamaica negro who went to announce to his master that he had been made the happy parent of twins. " One am called Sambo and t'other Caesar," he enthusiastically ex Claimed ; and both so very much alike 'specially Sambo" Political Two negroes in Mobile met on the street the other day, and com- menced discussion on the political topics of the day. One assumed the ground of a Secessionist, and the otiier that of a Unionist They argued for some time without shedding much light on the subject. At, last Bob, the Unionist, asked Jake the Secessionist, if he could tel him why dey was bofe alike? 'No, nigger, I don't tink dar is any answer to dat question." "Well, I told you; we bofe go in for disunion," (this Union.) 1 Whew ! nigger, lef me quick !" BLACK JOKKS FOK BLOE T/ie Three Wishes. " You've saved my life/' the master said, "At risk of yours, my faitliful Ned; And that a service so immense May not fail of such recompense As lies in human means to make, (Would mine were god-like for your sake I) Three dearest wishes straight unfold, Each shall be granted soon as told." "Well, den," grinned Ned, with ivory show " Since massa please to hab it so, My firs' s'al be for for e'yahl As much good old peach-brandy, sah, As dis 'ere darkie an' his wife Can jubilate in all dere life. De nex' Virginia weed enough For me to smoke an' her to snuff, Till life's las mile stone s'al be past" "It shall be so, Ned noAV the last!" " De las' hem gorry ! ^\ me see Wat s'all it in partic'lar be? Oh I now I hab him chee, e'yah ! A leetiemore peach-brandy, sahl" ''Sal" Owning Dow*. A travellei through Maryland relates an amusing account of a "col- ored chorus" witnessed by him at one of the African churches. The masculine darkies were arranged "like four-and twenty blackbirds all in a row," cu one side, and the females on the other The latter com- 6b BLACK JOKES FOR BLUE DEVILS. me^.eed the chorus with, " Oh, for a man oh I for a mansion in the skied;" to which the former responded, ''Send down sal send down utl send down salvation to my soul !" A Loud Call. "Mr. Squash, did you eber knew dat I was one ob dem actor fellers?" "No, Gumbo, I neber hearyyou was in de freater line." " Oh, yes, Gumbo, I played a conspicuous part t'oder ebenin'." "Why, Gumbo, what did you play?" " I played Hamlet, and I got called out three times once by C BLACK JOKES FOR BLUB DEVILS. 69 | First and Second Bell "Ouffee is that the second bell?' " No, massa, dat's de second ringing ob de fuse bell We haba't no second bell in dis hotel." " Oh I Ah, Miss Lucy See Saw. say, Tom, Jim's death on wood. Did you ever see him saw?" " No, but I saw him see. Ha I ha 1" " Dat's nothing. I saw him see saw. What you go to say now ?" " Why, dis dat if you saw him see-saw and I saw him see, he must be a sau-cy nigger." i I see you want to run a saw on me." A SOUTHERN Adonis, not particularly celebrated for his personal attractions, on completing a some- what protracted toilet one morning, tarned to his servant, and inquired: " (Tow do I look, Csesar?" " Tlendid, massa 'plendid !" was Ebony's delightful answer. "Do you think I'll do, Caesar?" he asked surveying himself in a -, and giving Coesar a piece of silver. " (ruy ! massa, neber see you look so fierce in all my life. You ;><>k jist as bold as a lion !" " A lion? Why, what do you know about a lion? You never saw me, Caesar." " Neber see a lion, massa 1 Guy ! I see Massa Peyton's Jim ride tie ober to de mill ebery day I" " Wby, you fool, that's a donkey !" ' Can't help dat, massa," paid Caesar, "you lookjislffct MmT' The "colored compliment" was nut improved by the amendment, 66 BLACK JOKES FOR BLUE DEVILS. Droll Scene in a Negro Church, The New Orleans correspondent of the,New York Courier and En- quirer relates the following as an actual incident during his visit to a colored church : Old Isaac's sermon was decidedly successful. His hearers paid fixed and breathless attention throughout, breaking forth occasionally into expressions of assent, or giving vent to their feelings in a well remem- bered line of some cherished hymn, as he dwelt with rapture and with streaming eyes on the unutterable glories of Heaven. It was the first of a series of sermons that Isaac proposed to preach to them in accor- dance with their invitation. In announcing his acceptance of the in- vitation, he remarked: " After der most serious debilitation, I have finally 'eluded Jo preach der word unto yer. I don't ax you nary thing for my preaching, but as it cost me something to come so far, and as I had no horse or mule to fetch me. and as lam consequently obligated to hire one of a white individual what lives in dat neat white-washed house just der oder side of my mill, down by der hill der, which cost me one dollar, I have thought it best to ax you, my beloved congregation, to detribute one picayune apiece, and pay for my mule. I don't ask nary thing for my preaching, only for my mule. Mr. Steward, you may pass your nat or that of any other brother." Josh, the steward, prepared to pass the hat and the colored "gem- men' 1 made several desperate attempts to pull out their wallets, some looking excessively surprised at finding no picayune within. One row of negroes " detributed" each the amount requested. When Josh pushed his hat over toward our party, we thrust in more than enougn to pay for the mule, wishing to remunerate Isaac somewhat for the preachings You can judge of our surprise when the hat was passed to the next row, to see a great black fellow deliberately turn the con- tents of the hat into his lap, coolly count them over, and having satis- tied himself that there was a sufficent amount to pay for "der mule," thrust his own bit back into his pocket., and with a foolish grin towards us, passed the hat to the next. It is needless to say that no more picayunes were "detributed" after that "back lick." The worst remains to be told. After the benediction, the luckless contributors BLACK JOKES FOR BLUE ruhed hastily forward and withdrew their deposits, and even com- manded Josh to keep in reserve ail the surplus remaining after paying for "der mule." Same Old Drunk f A gentleman, finding his servant intoxicated,, said : "What! drunk again, Sam? I scolded you for being drunk last mght, and here you are drunk again." " No, massa," replied Sam, " same drunk same drunk, massa A Musical Congregation. At a church of color, the minister noticing a number of persona, both white and colored, standing upon the seats during service, called out in a loud voice : " Get down off them seats, both white men and colored: I care, n more lor one dan de odder." Imagine the minister's surprise on hearing the congregation sudden y commence singing, in short metre : " Git down off dem seats, Boff white man and color , I care no more for one man, Than I does for the other." 62 BLACK JOKES FOR BLUE DEVIL& Love Krtjot. I ! YI 1 I see Joe down to de ball last ebemn. and his lady-lub danced so hard dat she shook au de buttons off ob her leg ob mutton slebes; says she: " 'Joe, tie dat slebe in a bow-knot' " Den you ought to see Joe twist his mou^ and exclaim at de same time: " Ah, my lub, I wish to de Lord it was de con Made a Fool ob Him. " Pete has been courtin' a gal for some time past, and she Las ofteE promised ,0 marry him ; so de oder ebenin' Pete said to her : " ' Do you intend to make a fool ob me ?" " 'Oh, no," replied de gal, "nature has saved me de trouble." A Nigger at a Dance laberal knot." The happiest man in the world is supposed to be "a nigger t t !nce." In our opinion this rule is too limited. A nigger is not only iappy at a dance, but in every position. A darkey may be poor, but ie is never low-spirited. Whatever he earns he invests in fun and ieviltry. Give him a dollar, and in less than an hour he will lay (even shillings of it out in yellow neck-ties or a cracked violin. There ta something in an African that sheds trouble as a duck will water. - Who ever knew a " culled pussun" to commit suicide ? The negro U strongly given to love and jealousy ; but he has no taste for arseoia He may lose his all by betting against a roulette, but he don't find relief for his despair as white folks do, by resorting to charcoal fumes, or a new bed-cord, but by visiting "de fair sex," and participating in the mazy influence of^jde' oec'pntal convolutions of der clarinett' BLACK JOKES FOR BLUE DEVIL& 63 Jumping through a Stone Wall. A negro preacher, holding forth to his congregation upon the sub- ject of obeying the commands of God, said : " Bredren, whateber God tells me to do in dis ya book, (holding up the Bible) dat I's gwine to do. If I see in it dat I must jump troo a stun wall, I'm gwine to jump at it. Goin' troo 'lonsrs to de Lord urnping at it 'longs to me." Take lat Man in. fciP A gentleman of Norfolk, Va., had a fine negro to whom he gave the privilege of hiring himself out , and keeping one-half the wages. A short time since, the negro came home to his master to tell him that the man for whom he had been working wished to buy him, and would give $1,300 for him. ;' Well," said his master, what of that? I don't wish to sell." " But you see, massa," said Sam, ' I'se had a cough some time, and 'specs I'm gwine into desumption. I don't 'spec I shall last more'n two or three years, and I'd like to take dat man in.,' Axe-ing the Lord. DARKEY set to work to cut down a very tough tree, but his axe flew back some time with but little effoct. A storm occurred meantime, and a crashing shaft of lightning shattered a huge oak to splinters near him. ''Bress de Lord I' 1 exclaimed Sambo, "dat weD done. 'Pose you try dis one nex; guess you got your match, massa 1"" Highly Colored Ideas of Heaven. A negro woman was relating her experience to a gaping congreg* tion of color, and among other things she said she had been in heaven One of the ladies of color asked her: " Sister, did you see any black folks in heaven ?' Oh, get out ! you s'pose I go in de kitchen when I was dar ?" This reminds us of the anecdote of another colored man, who wai o convinced of the lowliness of his position, and that labor was a natural lot, that he even was indifferent as to a future state, believing that "dey'll make nigger work, even ef he go to Hebben." A clergy- man tried to argue him out of this opinion, by representing this not to be the case, inasmuch as there was absolutely no work Tor him to do in heaven. His answer was : "Oh, you g'way, massa, I knows better. If dere's ns work foi culled fokes up dar, dey'll make 'em shub de cloud* alonj. You can't fool this chile. BLACK JOKES FOR BLUB DEVILS. Geography Colored. PHRAIM, can you teJ me how de worlfl am bounded?" " Oh, yes, it am bounded on de norf by de Niagara mountains, on de souf by de Penciltuck Riber, on de east by sunrise, and on de west by large quantities ob swine." "Well, Bones, does you know anyting about de seasons?" " Oh, yes, Sam." "Well, how many seasons am dar? and what is dey ?" "Well, dar am four seasons vinegar, pepper, salt and mustard." 'Oh, shawl dem aint de seasons dat I mean." " Well, demV de only seasons my mudder eber uses !" " White Folks Blame Fools." A friend of ours, near Tampa Bay, in Florida, employed a tnmber of New York mechanics to do a piece of work. It was a government contract, and required particular dispatch. The men worked as north- ern mechanics know how to work. Old Jupe one of their employ- er's slaves watched them, out of the corner of his eye, for several days. Something was evidently working in his mind, which puzzled him badly. At last he came up to the foreman of the gang, and said "Massa Charles, what a debbil you all work for so, eh?' " To earn money, Jupe." "Moneyl" said Jupe, "money great ting. You work so Norf, Maw Queries?" "Yes, Jupe." " You make a great deal money ?" " Not a great deal, Jupe ; spring, summer, and fall we do well, but work is slack in winter time, and if we get round again to spring and make both ends meet, and keep the wife and baby in something to eat and drink, and a house to shelter them, we generally think we have done well." " S'pose you sick, Mass' Charles, who take care of you ?" " Then work stops, and we get very poor, and suffer great priva- tions," " Dat'll do, Mass' Charles," said Jupe. " I thought white folks sen- sible people 'taint nuffin of de sort Work, work, nuffin but work; get sick, and nobody take care eb 'em. White folks blame fools. Jupe work, too. Nebber hurt himself workin', though. Jupe get sick. Miss Sallie come down and nurse him. Mass' Bob send a boat aeb- enty miles up de riber to get wnue doctor for him. Norf good 'nough to- white folks, but reckon old Jupe stay at home." ^ jad old Jupe went off in a state of dignified disgust at the fofly ol BLACK JOKES FOR BLUE DEVILS. ee white folks generally at the North, and a particular determination tc do as little work himself as possible f\ determination which his mastei eays, Jupe was never known to break. A Colored Preacherman on Hard Times. EAR GRUMBLERS : In 'cordance wid my promise, I will spoke to you dis eb- enin' on de perwaih'n epidemic ob de day. You will find my tex on de tonga ob etery body in de community from Bill Astor down to the limekil man. It am written in unmistakable characters and deep lines on the phiz's ob de poor, and in de anxious faces ob de rich. It am none as HAKD TIMES. hard times" tinks the merchant's lady, as she alights from her carriage, decked in a two thousand dollar set ob diamonds, thous- and dollar set ob iurs, hundred dollar dress, and delicate Opera cloak It's hard times husband couldn't afford no greater display, times an: so berry hard. " It's hard times" says the buckish clerk in the Shanghie coat, ag he orders oysters and champagne " Two dozen oysters cooked in warious ways, and only one half pint bottle ob Hidesick ; times is hard, and I can't afford luxuries." " It 'shard times," says de feller as he pours down brandy at a shillin' a glass. " De Lord only knows what we am coming to." " It's hard times," says de fop to de tailor, and you must wait " Hadn't you better wer out your ole close ?" says de tailor, "till your nuances improbe a little, and de times git softer?" "Can't afford it," SAYS de fop, " must hab de Shanghie. I can't afford to lose my posi- tion, and look as doe I worked for a libin." " It's hard times" say* de capitalist, as he buttons up he coat I guess I'll lock up what gold and silver I hab in a wait, and luff no man hab it, kase all de noosepapers says it's hard times and wis a comin'. I'll lock up my money, kase dere am no noein who to trust" " Its hard times" says de Bank fellers, who hab bin libin too fast "and I must eder retrench or Skiler. I can't retrench and go in good society arterwards, but I can default, and in two seasons all am for gotten. I'll Skiler kase it pays best ' "We must take advantage ob de times," says de business man, ''and cut down de wages ob de workman now is de time, when noosepapers, pread:ermen, lawyers, and eberybody am crying hard times." So down goes de wages, and down comes de tears ob de workman's children tor bread at de same time so you see de poor man and nil family do al! de suHerjn' and de rieh all de jawin'. Dere am no mis- ke, de times am HO hnrl you can bite it BLACK JOKKS FOR BLUE DBV1LB. " The Lily of the Valley," ft COLORED "REVIVAL A Brace of Perplexed Darkies. The Savannah Republican tells the following good one : Yesterday, as two athletic darkies were engaged in tumbling about a bale of cotton on the dock, a mysterious voice, appearing to proceed from the interior of the bale, exclaimed " Don't toss me about so hard !" " Bress de Lor', who dat ? War you ?" exclaimed one of the dark- ies, as both let go their hold, and stood aghast " Inside the bale," responded the voice. " Joe," rejoined one of the negroes to his companion, " de debil it about, sure ;" and then collecting himself somewhat, he addressed the gewed-up man : " How you come thar ?" " Put in dar at the plantation, make out the last bale," replied the voice inside. "I golly, Joe, you hear dat? What'll buckra-man do next? Well, f ou'se got to go alonsr wid de bale to de cotton-press, an' you will be packed den, sure," said one ot the knignts of the hook, and both set to work again at their job. Just then loud cries of "Murder! Murder!" proceeded from the bale, when the darkies, convinced that "de debil" was really about, dropped everything and took to their heels. The comedy was highly enjoyed by some friends who were stand- ing around with Signer Blitz, wl had gone down to look after cage of canaries that can* 3 out by the Florida. BLACK JOKES FOR BLUE DKVJL& Hiyhfuht lin. OOK here, Ginger; I went oat riding todei day, and 1 stop'd at one ob de principal ho- tels, when I seed a great many gents ob color on de stoop ; so I ordered de boy, and give him some mighty high orders, ca&e I wanted de darks on de stoop to hear my elemquence. I told de boy to extricate the quadruped from de vvchii'lc, donate him, give him a sufficient supply of alimentary food, uud when de aurora morn breaks forth t.hough the oriental horizon, 1 will reward you with a peculiar compensa- tion, according to your very peculiar merits,." " Well, what did he say to such high language?" ' Why, he went in de house anlf~ wear hr.li you been?" " A Her de gals, fader." " Did you eber know me to do so when I was a boy ?" " Mo, sir, but mother says she did." A Black Naturalist* " Johnson, we caught a nigger last right robbin' the henroost, and dis morning we took him afore de Squire, and on examinin' him, found dat he had greased his feet so dat he shouldn't make any noise when he went to steal de chickens; an' while he was on one ob de roosts, lie uecidentally slipped off into de custody ob de owner. De Squire axed him what was de reason for his being dar, and he aaid he only come dar to see if de chickens sleeped wid dar eyes open. Ah, t was no use, he was coope/." Ear for Music. "Say, Sam, hab you got an ear for music?" "Yes. indeed I is. honey, I'se got tvo ob 'em." " 80 has de mule, Samuel." BLACK JOKKS FOR BLUE DEVILS. Lift it the SU Nictwlas INGER, you habn't been long m the city, I under- stand." " No, sir, I hab just arrib- ed from de country " "What part, Ginger?" "Well, I'm from Horse Heads, Mud county, near de great Breakneck Railroad ; I got in day afore yester- day." "Where do you stop, Ginger?" " Oh, evey where whar dey keep money in de winows." " No, no, I mean whar do you put up?" " Well, at present I hold out at de St. Michaelmas Hotel." " Oh, no, Ginger, dey don't allow no niggers dar. ' " Well, I didn't go dar aa a nigger," " You didn't ?" " No, I went dar as a Creole ; de fust day I was dar, I see a berrj curious thing ; one ob de waiters come out wid a big round thing, h drawed off wid a drumstick and gib it such a struck.' " Why, that was a gong." _ Yes, I was gone de minute he hit it" " Where did you go ?" I " Why, I went right in to dinner ; one lady asked me t / pass the batter ober to her." "Well, did you?" " No, de butter was so strong dat it walked right ober itself; one ob de waiters axed me if I would hab some shanghai berries and hen iriit ; I didn't know what he meant, aad he told me dat dey was eggs; I declined, and den dey axed me if I would try some cylinder escapement and lepinc pies. I thought I would take a pie^e just for >- Foil BhUK DKV1LS 69 A Burlesque. Darkey Auction Sale. OWN up')[i she New Orleans, levee, the other day, a large nurnber of jolly darkies having no .work to tin. anil ill-siring some fun to while away ! the time, one uf them, selected tor his tor.guey 'qualities, mounted a box, and in good set auction- eer's phrase, a:!M:i!:i-ed to the "cullud pussons" that IK- was now about to oiler them for cash, "to e highis bidder in dis crowd, a lu.s rate boy, A I, soun' au' healt'y, an' warranted not to cut in de eye, balk in de step, nor steal chickens that don't 'long to him ; also, 'ditional. did boy war only one par a shoes a year, an' deys good at de eend of it; takes keer on his dose in partieler, an' neber goes cortin' ; don't go to sleep ober his work, is 'speekful an' 'bedent; is six foot tree inches high, weighs two hundred an' twenty pouns, an' can do more work in house or fiel' dan any two niggers; 'sides, he eats less dan any one nigger. Step up hyar, Sam, an' show yourself to dese gemmea Libely, now! Dar he is, gemmenl 'Mire him for yourselves !" ^ And the sable auctioneer pointed with a triumphant gesture to the subject of this extravagant eulogium a scrubby, knotty, runted, gray- headed specimen of a field hand, about four feet and a half high, who mounted the box beside him, amid vast roars of laughter from the crowd. " Dar he is getnmen zamine him, an' start him at suffin, for he runs' be sole. What does you say?" Several colored geinmen mounted the stand, and proceeded to "y.arnine'' him. One violently pulled his mouth open, and re- ported : "Dis nigger not sound one jaw toof done gone." Another tried to straighten out alock of hig wool, with' ' Don't like dis har kink too much nigger lazy." Another pretended to discover something besides ideas running through his wool, and concluded : " Nigger's head too poplar" (populous.) Another said : foot too long and slim long foot nigger will steal an' run away ; long foot nigger aiu't worf jail fees." "Nigger's to < nail* too long, a scratch paint off my parlor floor I No wants dis nigger. Yah! hy -ah 1 Yah! yah!" " Well, genunen, is yon done looking at dat nigger ? Is you satisfy ? He's a prime lot W'h.-it. do you say Ibi de boy? Starthim atsuflin He's got to be sole prumptory e " Ten cent!" came from the laughing crowd. 10 BLACK JOKKS FOR E'.TJK DEVILS " Ten cent ten cent ! Going at ten cent ten ten ten." " One dime," from the crowd. " Tank you, sar. One dime, one dime, one dime g-o-i-n' at one dime d-i-m-e. Too bad, gemmen, make me sacfize dis artikel dat way. Say 'leben?" " One bit," from the crowd. "Much 'bliged, sar! One bit, one bit, one bit, bit, bit, bit; goin' goin', won't nobody say 'leben for dis A 1, warranted &c., toy ? goin t one bit goin' g-o-i-n' gone at ten cent 1 Yours, sar, an' a dog ight more dan he's worf!" And he "knocked down" the property to the laughing purchaser, with a tremendous blow on the head with the barrel stave he used as a "hammer" which broke it in the middle, and "knocked down" the sold party off the box without his apparently feeling the blow, so massive was the conformation of his cranium. That (says the reporter of the above scene) was the greatest auction gale that we ever saw. Miss Phillisie and her Puppy. Miss Phillisie was out promenading toder day, and she spoke to her favorite dog, "Come along, sir," when all at once BillJohnson stepped up 'longside, and said to her so berry perlite : " Was it me, Miss, dat you called ?" "No, sir-ee 1" said Phillig, " it was anoder puppy I was speakin 1 to.' Hal ha I de dear lam ! dat was a settler for Johnson. BLACK JOKES FOR BLUE DEVILS. Tl A Colored Philosopher AVENDER CROW A colored i in, whose legs have been cut off abc ve he .knees, heard a couple of ladies comniis ;a- \ing his condition the other day, when h* turned to them, and said : " Why, Missus, you couldn't do fii without breaking your backs a stoop ii down.'' Moral. Whole legs are not essential to happiness, though a contented spirit n*y be/ Modesty in the Dark. "Pompey, we got a berry modest gal ilown to our house. Missus wanted her ,to sleep up in her sewing room last night, and de gal objected to do BO, case dre . . ._ a cushion on de table wid needles in it." " Why was dey so objectionable, Ginger?" " Because she said dat de needles had eyes." A Millerite Miracle, In a little village, in the State of Hoosierana, in the year 1844, there was all sorts of excitement concerning the doctrines and prophe- cies of that arch-deceiver Miller. For months the midnight cry fol- lowed by the morning yell, had circulated through the village ud surrounding counties. The night of the third of April was the time agreed upon out west here for the grand exhibition of "ground Mid tofty tumbling," and about ten o'clock of the said night, numbers of the Millerite.? assembled on the outskirts of the town, on a little e>i- nence, upon which the proprietor had allowed a few trees to stand. lu the crowd, and the only representative of his race present, wa a free negro, by the name of Sam, about as ugly, black, woolly, lud rough a descendant of Ham as ever baked his shins over a kitchen fire. Sam's head was small, body and arms very long, and his legs bwe a remarkable resemblance to a pair of hams ; in fact, put Sam ore him," hated Sam like smoke, and had done all in his power to present his admittance among the "elect," but all to no purpose ; Sam would creep in at every meeting, and to night here he was again, dre$>sU in a white robe of cheap cotton, secured to his body 1-v beJ*> Md i " ing and praying as loud as the best It BLACK JOKKS FOR BLUE DEVILS. Now, on the morning of the third, a genius named Cabe, had vrth a deal of perseverance, and more trouble, managed to throw a half- inch hemp cord over the branch of an oak which stretched its long arm directly over the spot where the Millerites would assemble; one end he had secured to the body of the tree, and the other to a stump some distance off. About ten o'clock, when the excitement was getting about "eighty pounds to the inch," Cabe, wrapped in an old beet, walked into the crowd, and proceeded to fasten in as secure a nanner as possible, the end of the rope to the back part of the belt which confined Sam's robe; and, having succeeded, "sloped" to join some of his' companions who had the other end. The few stars in the sky threw a dim light over the scene, and in a few moments the voice >f Sam was heard, exclaiming " O Lor ! I'se a goin' up ' Who-o-oh !" And, sure enough, Sam was seen mounting into the "etherial blue, his was, however, checked when he had cleared terra firma a few eet "Glory!" cried one; " Hallelujah I" another, and shrieks and /ells made night hideous ; some fainted, others prayed, and not a few dropped their robes and " slid." Now, whether it was owing to the lightness of his head, or the length and weight of his heels, or both, Sam's position was not a pleasant one ; the belt to which Cabe's cord was attached was bound exactly round his centre of gravity, and Sam swung like a pair of scales, head up and heels down, heels up and head down, at the same time sweeping over the crowd like a pendulum, which motion was accelerated by his strenuous clapping of hands and vigorous kicking BLACK JOKES FOR BLOB DEVILS. ta At length he became alarmed ; he wouldn't go up and he couldn t come down ! ' Lor a massy I" cried he, "jest take up poor nigger to urn bosom, or lef him down again, easy, easy. Lef him down agin, please um Lor, and dis nigger will go straight to um bed ! Ugh-h !" And Sam's teeth chattered with affright, and he kicked again more "igorously than before, bringing his head directly downward and hia eels up, when a woman shrieking out, " O, brother Sam, take me yith you !' sprung at his head as he swept by her, and caught him oy tne wool, bringing him up " all standing." "Gosh! sister!" cried Sam, "lef go urn poor nigger's har !" Cabe gave another pull at the rope, but the additional weight was too much ; the belt gave way and down came Sam, his bullet-head taking the leader of the &aints a "feeler" just between the eyes. " Gosh ! is I down again ?" cried the bewildered Sam, gathering hiraselt up. " I is, bress de Lor! but I was nearly dar, I seed de gate!" The leader took Sam by the nape of the neck, led him to the edge of the crowd, and giving him a kick, said: "Leave, you cussed baboon! you are so ugly Iknowcdthey wouldn't let you in !' How Julius Bow-shanks Courted Dinah Fattibum. 7n By ronial Vsrse. was airly on a summer's morn, While standin' nigh a silent mill, I seed her take a paff dat led Directly up de big green hill Two milkin' pails war in her grasp, And as she tripped along, I tort dat form I'd like to clasp, Or make de burden ob a song. She had a little stream to cross, Dat run in bubbles nigh de road ; I boldly stepped to her and axed Ef I might help her wid her load. She raised her great big eyes on me, Dat shine as bright as eb^nin' star, And set de pails down on <.e mass, And said she raly didn't i eim-nt o?i nlm: - tenths of the Speakers published. All the pieces are of a kind that must make them heartily liked by both teacher* ami pupils. There i.s not a heavy, dull article in the work. Sent by mail, post-paid, on receipt of 10 rents. De Witt's Perfection School Speaker. No other col- lection of pieces has any right to lie compared to this. It Is the very best , of them. 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The following are a few of the titles of witty stories contained in this book, viz.: She had him there A competent witness Young America at the wheel A music-store scene A Dutchman abroad Awful Heaving the lead Better than a good joke How a Texan woman per- suaded her husband to go home A basket of cider A strong hint Kiss my wife or fight Dry-goods' slangAn American buyer puzzling an English seller -A compromising spirit Advice to marriageable girls- How to write for the ;ro sermon, and a lot of others equally funny. Printed on a good quality of paper, from clear, readable type, and bound in handsome colored cover. It is Illustrated with numerous engravings. 1'rice 1O Ceuts per copy, by mail, post-paid. ADDHESS ALL OKIiKKS TO HENRY J.WEHMAN, Publisher, 1 08 Park Row, New York. Popular BOOKS. Sent post-paid a? the Prices Matted Prescott's Drawing-Room Recitations. 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C'.'iitainii $ a freat number of path M>rful. instructive-and humorous arti y tlie best authors ::)' the tini of Which have been delivered by the rcmipiier, \\ irti evci'y mark of ]iopular iiet'ore lar.ue and Intellectual auih United States. Printed on a j_;ood quality of p.-i per. fromcle-r. readable type, and bound 'ially in 1 <> < OlltN. Wehman's Selection of Popular Dialogues, No. i. This hook, the lir les, contains a lar^e number of thw h' 1 dialo^ui's in our Uiniiua^e. Adapted Tor parlor ei ial gati :, Many of tne dialoLrnes in ihisbook new an i and cannot be found in any other book. <' car. ;en in the prepai .-ing to insert nothing but am"of the "whole iieid " of popular dia- logues, suitabli; fur jirivate or public recital. 'Sent by mail, post-paid, on ;pt of 25 'Cents. U. S. uiw-taue stamp ,ih. AniUlKSS ALI, OUDKRs HENRY J. WEHM AN, Publisher, 1 08 Park Row, New York Popular Books. Sent post-paid at the Prices Marked De Witt's Superior School Dialogues. As the title suggests, so the contents of Mi is book. Containing carefully selected pieces for se^iooL, academy and exhibition uee, its salient features are quality, quantil .tall price. Sent by mail, post-paid, on receipt of 1O Cents. U. S. postage stamp, ,ish. I De Witt's Thespian School Dialogues. Containing achoiet 'ii of din or private theatricals, and for the use of dramatic Mons. Tliese pieces are all eminently dra- matic, affording every young person a chance to show his particular genius. Sent by mail, post-paid, on receipt of 1O Outs. Webster's Progressive Speaker. A very fine selection of most admirable pieces. Just i Meeded in the higher classes of schools, and for pleasant home Well printed, from Clear, readable type, and bound in handsome colored cover. Sent by mail, post-paid, on receipt of 25 Cents. U. S. postage stamps taken same as cash. De Witt's Perfection School Dialogues. By O. Au- gusta Cheney. Containing the following dialogues, viz*: The Ghostlj visitation Practical ill:.- Mr. Smith's Hay at Home The Couu try Cousin Taking Position itobison's Present Mrs. IMarden'.* Lesson The Magic Mirror. Sent by mail, post-paid, on receipt of lOc. U. S. postage stamps taken same as cash. "Webster's Youthful Speaker. Contain in gag real num- ber of choice, eloquent, and effective pieces, eminently suitable for dec- lamation by intermediate pupils in school exhibitions, and on similar occasions. Well printed on good paper, from clear, readable type, and bound in handsome colored << >it by mail, post-paid, on receipt of Twenty-five Cents. U. S. po. nips' tak< 18 cash. De Witt's Academic School Dialogues. By O. Au- gnsta Cheney. Containing the following selection of popular dialogues, viz.: Mr. Bliss' VisionHigh Life P.elow Stairs Boarding on a Farm- Taming a Wife John Smith's Trials \unt U;: . -ight- The Hypo- chondriac Cured Aunt Patience's Ear-Trumpet. Sent by mail, post- paid, on receipt of 1O Cents. U.S. postage stamps taken same as cash. De Witt's Platform School Dialogues. By Horatio Alger and O. Augusta Cheney. A carefully selected collection of dia- logues that have nearly all been used at exhibit ions in different parts of the country, and met with great success, which led to their publication. Although meant for representation, i .-.-ill rind them a source of entertainment. These pieces are the best of their kind. Sent by mail, i post-paid, on receipt of 1O Cents. U. S. postage, stamps taken same las cash. ( Wehman's Recitations for Christmas. Edited by j Margaret Holmes. Sixty choice selections from the best writers, suit- able for use in Christmas entertainments in church and school. Among the authors represented are Dickens, Alclrich, Howells, Lew Wallace, R. ! II. Stoddard, John Boyle O'Reilly, Herrick, Coleridge, Geo. W. Curtis, Margaret Holmes, Thomas Nelson Page, Julia (ioddavd, Phoebe Gary, and I Thomas Hood. Well printed, from clear, readable type, and bound in handsome colored cover. Sent by mail, post-paid, on receipt of 25 cts. ADDRESS ALL ORDERS TO HENRY J. WEHMAN, Publisher, 108 Park Row, New York Popular Books. SBnt post-paid at th Prices Ma rind Wehman's American National Songs. This book contains ;i c Action of nearly 100 of the most .popular American patriotic and natioi The following are a few of the Cities Of songs contained in this book, viz.: A call to arms After the war A knot' of blue and gray The American boy- America; or. My country 'tis of thee An American toast And so will the boys in blue A thousand years, my own Columbia A Yankee man o' war A Yankee ship and a Yankee crew Battle-cry of freedom Battle hymn of the re- publicBattle of Bull Run Brave boys are they Brother's fainting at the door The charge at Roanoke Cheer, boys, cheer Columbia rules the sea Flag of liberty- Flag of our union Flag of the free The flags of all nations Hail Columbia Just after the battle Just before the battle, mother Mother, is the battle over? My country's flag of stars- Old glory waves on high The red, white and blue The soldier's funeral jStand by the nag -The Star-spangled banner Tramp, tramp, tramp, (the bovs are in. Unfurl the glorious banner We are coming, {Father Abraham When this cruel war is over? Willie has gone to the *war Yankee doodle, anil a lot of other equally popular national songs. A good book to place in the hands of America's youth, as its contents will iiniuie them with the true spirit of American independence and pa- triotismin ry American ought to secure a copy of this book, as its contents is full of strength, fire and patriotism. Bound in handsome colored cover. Price 1 Cents per copy, by mail, post-paid. The Red Hot Joker. "Oh, for a thousand tongues," an urchin remarked when inside a molasses hogshead, and you will wish you had a thousand such books as this after you look into this one. It is funny from beginning to end, and will serve to drive dull care away and promote cheerfulness instead. It contains hot and cold jokes, soft and hard jokes; jokes that are boiled, baked, toasted and fried; jokes that are rare and jok^s well done in fact, jokes suited to all tastes. In short, it is a n'd-hot bill of fare for everybody who enjoys a wholesome repast comprised of the above-named dishes. It also contains a number of essays and anecdotes that cannot fail to amuse, and the following are a few of the titles of same, namely: Observations by Josh Billings -In the honeymoon-Not to t An inter-whiff A marriage-maker A boy The girl of the period again New books Extreme politeness Woman's wonl-b love letter Cupid's reply Afternoon tea Difflcul ties touching matrimony Hints for hot weather Strawberries The Frenchman and the fast" day He never smiled again To a school- girl i:; church An Afri' -mplete satisfaction Wasn't much acquainted withJier husband, and a whole lot of soft soap for all sorts of people. It would lie cheap at double its price. Price 1O Cents P.M- <-opy, by mail, post-paid. Wehman's Selection of Popular Recitations, No. 5. t This book is the fifth of .! f recitation books that are second to quality and quantity, and a series of books that ought.' be in the hands of every lover of recitations. This book contains 89 lected pieces of wide rangeof > some full of strength, ind patriotism; others overflowing with te: ing and sweet bathos, and still others tilled with broad humor and irresistible drollery, ill popular, i as appropriate to all o - can be found In this book. This selection of pieces is entirely different from the pre- ;ing four mi- on a good quality of paper, from ar, readable type, and is bound in a handsojne colored cover. Price 2't rent* per copy, by mail, post-paid, ("'lean and unused U. S. postage stamns takri. h for all our publ; ADDRESS ALL ORDERS TO HENRY J.WEHM AN, Publisher, I OSParkRow, NiwYork. Popular Books. Sent postpaid at ths Prices Marked Wehman's Magic Lantern : its principle and how their use in their siiRp TO TOU IT. CarefiU jiwtructittits tor their use in their siiRpkst as weU as fctwir most elatewrato form-;. with estimates of cost, list of views, etc. Snt by mail, port-paid, on reeeipt of 1 Cents. Wehman's Book on Fireworks. 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'> pictures of noted persons, loo popular songb, 10 pieces of music, 1 oracle of Kissing and fortune-telling tablet, l Buckner'o musical chart (SAME AS SOLI the marriage looking-gl comic readings, etc., all in a great big book, pages nearly a foot square. Sent by mail, post-paid, on receipt of 25 Cents. ; -- ! -- f Webman's Book of 700 Secrets; or How to Get RICH WHEN YOUR POCKETS ARE EMPTY. Af2.00bOOk for 25 cts. Reader, are you poor? This may be the stepping-stone to your future prosperity. It will lead you to something ti>a : as sure to pavo your way to fortune as that you now exist. A bright future is yours if you only stretch out your hand and grasp the golden key that unlocks the vault that opens to your astoii: ;/e, the hidden treasure. Any person, male or female, married or siivgle, with just a little pluck, will fee enabled with any one of the 700 : tins book to make a start on the sure road to wealth and kixnry. Sent ky mail, post-paid, on receipt of 25 Cents. U. S. postage stamps taken same as cash. ADDRKSS AM. ORDERS TO HENflY J. WEHMAN, Publisher. 1 08 Hark Row, New York Popular Bocks Sent Post-Paid at the Prices Marked DC Witt's Columbian fycitool Speaker. A Clmico Col- lection of recli i ami adapted for patriot i< brations, such as Fourth of July, He ;>a.y. and Grand Army Re- unions. These pieces will serve to tincture youthful minds with true American, patriotic spirit, also to kindle the patriotism of American listeners. Sent by muil, post-paid, on receipt of 1O Cents. De Witt's Humorous School Speaker. Containing a Chok-i u of pieces in ] .it, will "serve to make laugh who never lat .and those who always laugh laugh all the more." Such pieces are al 1 Demand. There) dull or objectionable line in this book, and it is. therefore, a good book to place in the hands of young, humorously-inclined reciters. Sens by mail, post-paid, on receipt of 1 Oeiits. De Witt's Academic School Speaker. Containing a Iiool and academy. It contains pi'.-ees by the i '.(rated authors, such as Charles Dickens, Robert Burns, Sir Walter Scott, Sh:: \V. C. r.ryant, Oliver Gold- smith. Lord Macaulay, John Milton, Lord Byron, Thomas Gray, Thomas Campbell, and many others. Sent by mail, post-paid, on reoeipt of TEN CENTS. U. S. postage stamps taken same as cash. De Witt's Exhibition School Speaker. Comprising very many of the most exquisite pieces in our language, particularly adapted for recitation in public. There is n> pllshment that im- parts such a nameless gsace as the faculty of reading and reciting plainly and eloquently. This work furnishes many of the finest piKiea for elocutionary effect in tbe la: Sent by mail, post-paid, on re- ceipt of 10 Cents. U. S. p' imps taken same as cash. De Witt's Thespian School Speaker. Containing pieces that have been :i.go and in the drawing-room by many of our 1< MS by well-known authors, such as Shall Knowles, Lowell, , Swinburne, Bulwer, Southey, Brougham, Cornwall, Buchannan and many others. Its contents couipr of the finest, pikers in by mail, post-p&id, TK.N CENTS. U. S. po taken same as cash. De Witt's American School Speaker. Containing 63 choici m and recitation, suitable for school, par- lor or lew of i -ins, viz.: iinericai. Character of Washington Modern Republics of War and Ct bitutions Chris- rty T)K ir Birth The Warrior The Bhip u Big value at u nominal eost. Sent by mail, post-paid, on receipt of 1O Cents. D? Witt's Platform School Speaker. A collection of new recitations for parl-.ir and scliool entertainment purposes. By Dora V. Bnrtis. Th> .1, many of tliem ne\ fore having a; in print. An cut i tainment can ;;en from its pajjes without a pad, honored, but worn- out recitations; this merit, if no other, in and amateur, nd student, will find in this book a combination of material valuable and interesting. Sent by mail, post -paid, on receipt Of 1O Cents. U. S. postage stamps taken same as cash. ADDRESS ALL ORDERS TO HENRY J. WEHMAN, Publisher, 1 08 Park Row, New York Popular Books. Sent post-paid at the Prises Marked. Webster's L,ittle Folks' Speaker. Comprising many Btandard pieces, as well as a great many original compositions, embrac- ing a wide range of subjects. This book is well printed, from clear, readable type, and bound in durable, handsome, colored paper cover. Sent by mail, post-paid, on receipt of 25 Cents. De Witt's Superior School Speaker. A successful effort has been made to render this superior to any published. There are many fresh, hearty, original pieces in the work, that will impress and de- ilight all lovers of spirited speaking. 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Gathered with great care from the best American and English specimens of first-class pieces for speaking in schools, and for the home recreation and improvement. This book is well printed on fine quality book paper, from clear, readable type, and bound in handsome colored cover. Sent by mail, post-paid, on -receipt of 25 Cents. U. S. postage stamps taken same as cash. 1 Prescoti's Social Readings and Recitations. A (collection of excellent pieces of wide range of subjects; some full of jtetrength, fire and patriotism; others overflowing with tender feeling and sweet pathos, and still others filled with broad humor and irresistible drollery. For use in schools and lyceums, or by the home fireside. Well printed on good, substantial book paper, from clear, readable type, and oound in attractive, heavy, colored cover. Sent liy mail, post-paid, on receipt of 25 Cents. U. S. postage stamps taken same as c, ADDRESS ALL OKDERS TO HENRY J.WEHMAN, Publisher, 108 Park Row, New York. ' Practical Pniiltrv Rnnk Many old-fashioned farmers are s practical rouiiry DOOR, lncllne d to discredit the state- ment that there Is money in poultry. Why? Because they are not up to the new and improved ideas in poultry management. A little trial of the rules laid down in this book will soon dispel all misgivings in this direction and tend tw convince the most skep- tical that there it money in poultry-keeping. Sent by mail, postpaid, on receipt of 25 < < Ills, Vfahman'c RartonHarc' fiuiHa A new - cheap and thoroughly reliable nenman s Danenaers uuiae. wor k on the cor rect method of mixing fancy drinks as they are served to-day at the principal barrooms and hotels through- out the United States and Canada. It tells how to mix all kinds of popular bever- ages, and is designed for hotels, steamers, restaurants, club-houses, saloons, and wherever a reliable guide might be required. Sent by mail, postpaid, on receipt of 25 Cents. . Wehman's American Live Stock Manual. reason than he did not know how to take care of it when well, or treat it properly when sick. The cost of this book is but a trifle, but it is simply worth its weight in yold to any man who owns cattle of any kind, for it is a complete text-book, con- taining the fullest information regarding the rearing of live stock, both in health and disease. Sent by mail, postpaid, on receipt of 25 Cents. f-t^n'c UfiTorHe 1 Manual The greatest book ever issued of its kind. hlan S nlXaiUa manual, complete compendium of the secrets of the Magician, Mftld Reader and Ventriloquist. Every detail carefully explained and fully illustrated. It explains: How to change paper and bran to milk and sugar, How to cut a lady in halves, and hundreds of other marvelous feats of legerdemain. It also teaches how to read a person's thoughts, so that you can reveal numbers and names thought of, find hidden articles, etc. By mail, postpaid, on receipt of 25 Cents. Ufahman'c Rncitiocc letter Writer This book contains a large variety If On man S DUSineSS Leiier ff riier. of carefully selected specimen business letters, also a large number of legal and mercantile forms used in business, such as Articles of Co-partnership, Notice of Dissolution, Form of an Assignment, Acknowledgment of Deed, Bill of Sale, Power of Attorney, Judgment Note, etc. In commercial circles letter writing is an important matter, as great interests are in- volved in business, and results of gain or loss are dependent upon them. Sent by mail, postpaid, on receipt of 25 Cents. Wehman's New Book on Etiquette and Politeness. T lis ai S t h ^ "back number" suggestions in this all-important subject, which, we regret to say, that so many high-priced books contain in a marked degree. It is not a hashed-up affair, but a truly up-to-date, first-class edition on the subject that comes next in rank to cleanliness. 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Dig DOUR, short Stories, 26 Parlor Games, 250 Riddles and Conundrums, 125 Money-Making Secrets, 180 Album Verses, 1 Roman Cross Puzzle, 1 star Pn/.zle. l Chinese Puzzle, 1 Great Thirteen Puzzle, 1 Laughable Game of Fortune- Telling, l Deaf and Dumb Alphabet, 125 Designs for Stamping Embroidery and Fancy Work 24 Illustrated Rebuses, 1 Game of Nine-Penny Morris, 1 Game of Fox and Geese, 25 Pictures of Noted Persons, 100 Popular Songs, 10 Pieces of Music, l Oracle of Kismet and Fortune-Telling Tablet, 1 Buckner's Musical Chart ( same as sold for $1 ), the Mar- riage Looking-Glass, Comic Readings, etc., all in a great big book pages nearly a foot square. Sent by mail, postpaid, on receipt of 25 Cents. Address all orders to " M Y J. WEHMAN, Publisher, 108 Park Row, NEW YORK. Wehman's Book on Hunting in Africa; or, Perils of a Forest Life. This book relates the experiences of a brave man, born with as innate a love of sport as Virgil's bees for making honey. It tells about hunting lions, shooting a lioness, driving an eland towards camp Mr. Cummings chased by a black rhinoceros Shooting a poacher- Night adventure with 6 lions Attack on four patriarchal lions, and a lot of other thrilling adventures. Parents can safely place this book in the hands of their children, as it relates facts, not fancies. Reading a book of this kind will wean youth- ful readers from pernicious literature, and improve their understanding and their taste, Copiously illustrated. Printed on a good quality of paper, from clear, readable type, and bound in handsome colored cover. Price 1O Cents, by mail, post-paid. 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