Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1858-12-29

little nigser c!,:;. 'tr Mr I':i 'nscs -
to git sum lrnrc lncdicin.
whats broke loose among you all out to
the plantation? ?" ses Mr. Perkins to Ned.
"Ohm ses he, "Dalldy and Unkle Abram,
and Sukey, and Bill, and two or three more ol
the people, is drctllul sick"
I" "What's the matter with 'cln 2"
"Dunc no, Sar! MaI$a Pete scs 'um got dc
casyal,ick ColIcry, and tolc me TO gb you dis
letter.;
Mr.. Perkins tuck the letter, and after putin
on his SpcukS lie made it out.
PLANTATION, July 18th.
To Mn. PERKINS:
Sr:-The dredlul scursc is ragn here, the
A<yatick Cullcry. Six Of the nggcrs i; gut it
in the most malignant trpe. Rc sure 10 send
the iollern prescription as quick as possible:
X. Callnmy ........... ...ozJ
Mnrleenc. gr.XXr NJ.
f. powders.
Make powders for six patients, and senl 'cm
mmeeilly, as thar aint no time to be lost.
In haste, PETER JONES, NJ. D.
The old man flew round like house aiirc. til
lie got the powders all made up; then he sin
'cm to little Samson, and told him to take 'enl
to the doctor as quick as he could.
No news was heard from the plantation all
day Erry body was in a state OF dredtul ex
citcmcnt about the Collery, and they WIS afraid
to 60 within mile Of the place for fear Of
ketchin the cppydemmick.
The next day was Sunday, and everybody in
Pineville was gwinc 10 church they was skared
so dreadful. 'Bout ten o'clock here Comes
Cousin Pete rdin on Unkle Josll's old ball
faced hoss, in slow walk, with his he'd down
and sort of wild look out of his eyes Inscd
of chargin up the middle street, and racin round
the court house three or four times, like he al
ways did, he tuck the priyatest way he could
find, as if he didn't want nobody to see him.
Sumtn was the matter evry body was GER
tain, and nothin was talked about but the Col
lcry on UnEle Josll's plantation, and they was
all anxious to know how it had turned out.
As soon as they could find Pete ut the Doc
tors Office, thcy' all begun akin him how the
niggers was cnmin on what had the Cullcry.
Pete breathed monstrous hard, and rolled his
eyes about like lie was half out of his senses.
"They'S ded," ses he; Sail the mcdlcin in
Georgy couldn't save en-
"What 2" ses all Of 'em, "dcd! How many
is dcd 2"
Five Of 'em," ses Pete.
news went through town like wild fire. More'r
half the people was for packin up and movir
rite off to escape Sich dredful fatal disease
No doubt Pete hail done his best. Pore fellcr
hc was SO oyertlnnc with exertin himself tha
lie couldn't hardly stand, and didn't leave the
house for sum time.
Bout tLs time DR.. Cater cum home, ant
hearin the dredful accounts about the Collrry
the iust thing he done was to ride rite ont t
the plantation with Pete to see into the matter
After lookin about little and qucstonn tht
oversccr, and the niggcrs what lad been sick
he pronounced the disease nothn but 4 common
collery morbus, bruns on by etin too mucl
green corn and water melons and after lookil
: at Pete's prescription he wasn't no loss to un
derstand the uncommon fatality Of the disease
Only two niggcrs out of the lot escaped, ant
one was old Abraham what never would talk
anybodys medicine as long as he had strength
enuf in his jaws to keep 'cm shut, and thu
other was Ant Sukcy, who was most well Tor
the medicine cum.
Pore Pete when the old Doctor cxplanct
it all to him, and told him how so much Gala
mel and merfeen was cnuff to kill all the mig
gers on the plantation, lie tuck it ,nonstrou
hard. Unklc Josh was as mad as Il hornet, an,
cum monstrous nigh givin Pete ickn, biz a
he is But old Mr.. Montgomery told hi
that wouldn't bring the niggers to life, nor say
the lives OF anybody else that mought have til
bad luck to fall into Pete's hands. He's mon
strous plain spoken old man, Mr.. Mountgomer
is, and goes his dcth agin quacks and preteIl
, ders of all kinds. He told Unklc Josh Ii
thought it served him jest right, so far as Ii
was consarncd. AS for the pore niggers, hc SEE