Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1856-03-22
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MoccAsIEyMLF, N. G., March n, 1855

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Pscui'st 70 give you sum account OF now vas
oo.eu mug tne concern 9u.
sus' 'lase jss. IS snoft Wofk o. u 40 can, lo1 us
ke % oe looled nor we don't like to tell OF nufn-
q put tnen sens'oie man w,,f s.ways prefer 70
zen sscn tlings nimseli, rutner snan nave snmpody
eise te,i ON DIN.
(. Wei, one dark night Bob Mullins Ned Davo!t,
Jim scogies and 2 whole lot Of fsiiers cum to m! my
no,ei, ana alter 'alkn' round Wniie sske1 me u
F an :, wsnI so 80 ana nuns LOT SAN: Pam
s VINO ses -, Tor I'm not 10 the naolt o. Mgot
nun.n s snu aoh nke 70 keep iate noufs Inns
w. Vas tne lust ume, od as am naa ever nearr Q,
su's Poor, miserable humoug. MODERN pam. Nso
oesun 10 LAX NIFTY last; ne SEQ Sam was wnoe-
so,eu D,micrat-tnat ne was the emoooyment OF q
o S'uel started oy umera JACKSON, and rs cn'et
o oy WAS 10 secure free suffrage. Ihinks !,
eheIal jackson startea It It's good ana II goes
lo' ~ Suurage, why. I'm Win IT, Ned saw l
w.s aso ne l sS oq' mes ~ the oo'
NJ pr;asi,ss .r anu ~ was
.n.I ,s,.o.i,,, NV - 'eu = io4s s. :
I"u SpIS""y lio"est men. was ml'y .Hgu que
t ~ ~ nsAs lSs's ssoIy ss1I., sos On
na. III = nunt io1 oa uiun nave
1seeonos g tnousnt ABOUT me, TOT u mao, mcae
AAo".' 'a. 1919 NiheIa' vacAso'' Io' H.eO Sui
Ak1 vas s"s ~ nsse any t1,,,s W uo WIN " !.
wou'dhs pea. d Ii3, but IN go on. ior
Keep exp,aln.n III oe 100 long, tho It's mity aggra-
vatn 70 oe loo!ed. Id r1tner De eussed ngnt OUT
YES g 81 u :, ru'ner DC knockeo GOWN.
well they carried me round or corners tnen
along tense, tnen look the WOODS, tnen tnrougna
tnicKet along orancn. then up hoiier ana across
Mit ana nnaiiy the oraer was gwen to nat
we all stopt except Nea. ne went ioraro, sno mo
minus ne cum oacA' anu se ,.:,1
oamy-aevn' OF sum s'cn "orus. oeS I, Neo'
you 70 darneG ioCl' OF gone crazy 9ne. noo WINS
Pered 10 me 10 nusn ana Perceeo. IN mint more
SEED kind OF giimmerln' that looked IKE moon
shlne IN . ios. we matted ss,n, ana s1moody oe.
gun 10 ratue away sumthih, out ne tatkeo 30 last
couldn't hear a word he sed. Ned then sed, The
canu'o,t mas answered al tue quesntohs-Ah rgn.
/ NOW, hadi, SEQ worn, ou. suinnow ~ stIucH ue
1mat was the candid't ana that was Dem Iooieo.
Innks ], I'm IN for 1t, and LII see EN- ont
went right into that foggy moonsh!ne l, knowed
whar was now.we was al IN PIT about . mule
from Moccaslnvlile-a PIT that nad been aug oy
sum gold miners tryn to strike va'n A httle tol-
Ter candle stuck in horn lantern was all the light
we had. could discern that there was 20 or %
forms IN the pit Sumbody begun to swar me in.
only neard, +" You soemnly swar, ana then 1t
vas 9lao'e-dioie- M -mum-mom-- SO ast
couldn't understand word. and in course made
no reply. Then SEES ne, ALLOW me to congratulate
you, orotner f,neour. You are now mem9er OF a
new party anu nave sworn " support II; lou are
q hnow-nuth'n, and" don't know what else ne
was gwne to say, for now discovered 1t WAS Joe
Sm'tners taikn to me, ana ses !, Joe Sm'thers.
you snant o1otner me- ior you're mean rascai
ana q ilar 70 boot, ana IN spite OF myself my INST
| TOOK aim soe OF tne mead ana De 'ald down. Sew
sral VI tne'n Degun 70 !eI INC tnat zoe was fres1-
u .c vi ."e sounc,,' iha' enul lor I,v ses
| ior nothns good that ne manages Then thar
was g'neral conushun. squaihn, oawnn, ana every
| sort OF noise. Sum 1901 proposed to tie me till i
promst not TO tel any thing mao seed. IS, ses !, Il
an sea mucn IN tns oark ho'e, OUT l I've "earn
enun, ana WIN tnat Ieacneo out my mana ana
.nat ie'er aia aoMn WIN ms rresaen! sc.!eo
.ne oanks OF Tue PIT give en- all Par"n oess'n >
anu went h9"e.
:, leit mao ana mean ana ooh KNOW wnetnel
rev ,;,a ..,a .. inca" W .sn 'nau ua
,eei IKE was Ut 70 see my w''e' SO 90! an ol9
U'eine1 anu 1y ueu'e sue ae; uu., sleeP' ."a
Eor aSnp't n,ssI w.s o,nn ."d so Sp.'' Rob Nd
Joe and all the rascas kept out of my sight, for If
| they MAS Know-nuth:ns. they knowed what was
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