. The Argonauts of California, being the reminiscences of scenes and incidents that occurred in California in early mining days;. averas, oneday in 50, jes filled his dinner pot chuck full ob beans, an whendey undertook for to swell up, he jes takes a big chain an lashedde kiver down to keep em in de pot. But I tole him dat it werntno use to do dat, kase de swelin proclivities ob dem beans am sopowerful, sah! dat you might jes as well try to spress wid a bigchain dem gentle swellln proclivities ob de bosom ob! ob!— Of what Julius ? Ob de ocean, de ocean sah. Well Julius, did the pot cover blow
. The Argonauts of California, being the reminiscences of scenes and incidents that occurred in California in early mining days;. averas, oneday in 50, jes filled his dinner pot chuck full ob beans, an whendey undertook for to swell up, he jes takes a big chain an lashedde kiver down to keep em in de pot. But I tole him dat it werntno use to do dat, kase de swelin proclivities ob dem beans am sopowerful, sah! dat you might jes as well try to spress wid a bigchain dem gentle swellln proclivities ob de bosom ob! ob!— Of what Julius ? Ob de ocean, de ocean sah. Well Julius, did the pot cover blow off ? No, sah; but de whole pot, kiver an all, jes blowed up froo deroof, an away it went sailin froo de air ober de country towardsBosting, sah, wid dem beans jes er streamin along after it. Deminers tink it am a comet, suah, wid a long tail jes er scatterin defire an de grabel stones all ober de country. Julius,one of the boys asked, did you see this bean-pot cometyourself ? Well, he answered, I jes specks I did, boss, kase I was rightdar durin de currence ob dat berry interestin casion, sah. THE ARGONA UTS OF ^mm \\ji. 292 THE ARGONAUTS OF CALIFORNIA. Yank suggested to him that as it was getting late he had bet-ter go home and feed his pigs. Yes, sah! yes, sah! I is gvvine. sah. But as he was about toleave, some one asked him to tell the boys how his company sailedup the Sacramento river in 49, as they had never heard the factsrelated. Well Julius replied, de fac am, sah, dat before de Lord, Iis unwillin to gib de gemmen a girafic scription ob dat wonderful cur-rence, sah. When asked for his reason, he replied: Dat it might hab detendency, sah, to frow some spicion upon de veracitude ob dehonest Forty-niners, sah. But upon being assured that the veracitude of the Forty-ninerswas never doubted, he related that the company he was with num-bered altogether, and they left San Francisco in a largeyawl boat for Sacramento City about the middle of July 49, and
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