Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1839-01-24
THE TRE.FE.
BY SAM SLICK.

What's on the carpet TO-DAY? saws | 10
blue nose. what's goin' on here; Why.
said he, they are goin' to try Yankee
what ior' says /. SieeIin says he. A
Yankee. says | TO myself; we'll. that's
strange too; that beats me any how; ne.
yer heard tell Of a Yankee bein' such
born fool as to steel. II the feller has
been such a ravin' distracted goney, |
hope they will hang him, the varmint,
that's fact. It's mostly them thick skull.
ed, wrong headed, cursed siupid fools
the British tina: DO that are; they ain;
bro't up well, and haven't got no edeca.
ton; but our folks know better; the We
been better larned than TO do the ike O.
lhat-they can get most any thing they
want by getiIn' on the right eend in bar.
gain; they do manage beautiful in trade,
slight Of hand, loan. a fsilin', speckela.
ton. swap. thimbie rig, or some how or
another in the regular way within The
laws: but as for sieelin '-never-I don't
believe he's Yankee. No, thinks /, he
can't be an American bred aud born, for
We are too enlightened for that, by long
chalk. We have great respect for the
laws. squire. we've been bred 10 that and
always uphold the dignity Of he law. I
recollect once that some Of our young citi.
zens away above Montgomery got into a
flareup with party OF boa,nen that lives
on the Mississippi; desperate row II was,
too and three Of the Kentuekians were
killed as dead as berrins Well. they
were hard up for il sfore Judge Cotton
Tie was one Of our revolutionary heroes,
a siarn, hard featured old man, quite a
Ca,o--and he did curry EN- down With a
heavy hand, you may Gepend: he had no
mercy on 'em. There he sot with his hat
on. cegsr ~ his mouth his arms folded
and his feet over the rail, lookin' as sour
az an onripe lemon. Bring up :bem eul.
priis, said he; and when they were bro;
OPP. he told EN- :: was scandslous, and on.
~ 81 Tor English and ignorant foreigners
that ST on the outer porch Of DARK ness.
ADD not high minded intelligent Ameri-
cans. You are a disgrace. said he, 10 our
great nation. and hope shall never hear
the Ike Of !. agin. II you do. III put you
on your trial as sure a. you are born;
hope may be skinned alive by wild cats.
n don't Well, they didn't like this
kind ofislk Of Ill. 20 that night away they
L MNFt W AifA lAN ks MVAAN W AtAAW lNiN =
thing OF two, with a oowskin. and kicked
up doce ola Fow snd what do on think
the neigbbors did Why they g,sl walk.
ed in. seized the ring leaders and lynebed
them in less than ten minutes. on one Of
the linden trees aiore the judges door.
They said that the Law must be yindi.
eated--and that courts must be apbeld by
sis quiet, orderly PEOPLE. Tor q terror o
evil doers. The iav must take ils course
No. thinks !. he can't be Yankee.--if h'
vas. and bad wanted 90 article, he wouls
have done him out Of q, pfsps IN trade
bein' too expsTienced q man Of business
for him. bot steal Il, never. never don
believe "a I vow. Well, walked ini,
the court house, snd there vas = gFea
crowd Of folks there, q jabberin' snd
talkiu' away like any thing tfor blue nos
sssdn'l turn he back on any one ior talk
ia'-shs eriiisE is Ell tongue ike ca oil
hogas)--pgessntly W come eae o. tWl