1st Loun. Yes, this is cold. I heard you speak of your niggers. Have you got a pretty large gang?

Jennings. No, only thirty-three. But they are the best that the country can afford. I shall clear a few dimes, this trip. I hear that the price is up.

Enter Mr. White, R.

White. Can I be accommodated here to-night, landlord?

Barkeeper. Yes, sir; we’ve bed for man and beast. Go, Dick, and take the gentleman’s coat and hat. [To the waiter.] You’re a stranger in these parts, I rec’on.

White. Yes, I am a stranger here.

2d Loun. Where mout you come from, ef it’s a far question?

White. I am from Massachusetts.

3d Loun. I say, cuss Massachusetts!