Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1859-01-15

ain lipsP that after hearin' O. the burnin' O. my
pye she had game @ ems errand and a borrow't
Uncle Toms Cabin frae tho bakers prentice !;
and 1t vas by reodin' that abomonable book that
she had landed me on the Strone Point. | was
that provokit, that | steekit my ither nieve, and
gied Nelly just as muckle on the other side Of the
head. SO lump o laddie that was standin'
lookin' on, cam forrit to me and said, Wife, were
ye gaun to kilcreggan to loook for a housef' ]
said | was. 'Weel,' quo he, we medina care
muckIe FOR tein' taen past the place there's nae
house there for common folks like you a. the
houses at Kilcreggan are for the gentry Gen
try 2 QUO |, and common folk ye i~mpident mon.
Key, hoo do ye ken whether Pm gentry or common
loIk? Quo, he, "a body MIGHT be a wee puzzled
wi some folk. but it's easy kenin' the like y YOU
What do you think, QUO /, If | could may be buy
some O. your gentry p 'Ay,' quo the laddie, 'yer'e
Just like n wife that wad buy folk, and sell them
tae, but it doesna happen to be the fashion in this
country. Mrs. Legree - Weel, for a | had glen
her, Nelly was that weel pleased wi the laddie's
impudence to me she roar'd and lauch't till | thocht
she would fa' owre the quay. It's my opinion that
she would hac fa'en owre the quay if the laddio
dadna h~arpen'd to notice her, and cried, 'IIolI on,
ipPoJ, u SpOsS NUu re " uuCk, L spcCke yOuI
would sink The last thing the laddie cried owre
his shoulder to me as he took his departure, was.
shat | should never gang past Greenock when |
was gaun to the saut water. So | had just to
come ava hame WI my finger in my mouth, a
in and through that abominable book, Uncle Toms
Cabin
An that wasna the last OF, for | got into mair
than ae scraye, through that abominable volume
that very same day, Ye see the sunk fiat O. our
lanc has been let for the last twa years to a black
man, a cook in ane o. the steamboats,. Some say
he's married and some sag he's no married bot
at onyratc be lives wi a woman, and there's twa.
three whity-broon weans that there can be nae
mistak' about. Weel, it seems our Tommy had
been playing in the close wi ane o. the Witty
broom laddies, and it seems our Tommy had taen q
peerie frae the laddie, and be bad made an awful
roarin' and greetin' ABBOTT it, and our Tommy's
rather quick in temper This father says he takes it
o mo). SO itscems Tommy had flung the peerie
doom The back stair, and when the wee laddie ran
doom %after't, Tommy it seems had flung a brick
doom after him, and be had gaen in roarin' to his
mither. So up the stair she comes, and just as I'm
ccnin' in the close, there's the black princes led.
die standing at the head O. the stair, shakin' her
neive at our Tommy, and saying. 20 laddie, lad.
die, if that passion O. yours is no curbed in your
young days, it will bring you to an untimely enc"
They were the very words that met me as | cam
to the close. So just made anewer, GO down
the stair wi you. you ~impiient randy go down the
stair wi you IAN u~ntimely end! it'll surely be
lang before nybody's brocht to an untimely end,
for finging a bit brick at a blackimoor gang
down the stair wi you, and see in your excitement
and no make such a mistak as to curl your hair wi
your marriage lines" Il care ma mair," quoth
she, for your vulgar insinuations than for the wind
BLOWN they just indicate the rotten state o your
black heart and doom the stair she went, and %
the stair | went. and sortet In ysel' and gaed strucht
ava to the laird to see if decent tenants were to be
annoyed wi . wheeu trash like that in q sunk fl t
Our laird, ye ken passes for bein' real guido man
in the eyes of the world, "as wise as a'.serpent and
as harmless as a dove. ] could swear for the ser.
pent part O. the business at ony rate. The laird
received me very blandly. and listened to a. | had
to say he then sat back in his chair, put up his
specks on his brow, and said, very quietly, Il am
very glad you have called, Mrs. GALLAGHER, I am
glad you have called. Your visit gives me an op,
portunity of stating a matter that ! felt some deli.
cacy in mentioning. l have always been of opin,
ion that the part Of my property that you occupy
has been let rather under its value, but | felt reluc,
tant to raise your rent. Now however that you
talk of removing, | must make q new bargain. so
you will know this, Mrs. GALLAGHER, whether you
remain or remove there will be three pounds added
to the rent Of the house you occupy. AS Tor the
dark people, you certainly have not read that
wonderful book Uncle Toms Cabin oryou would
know that great lady Mrs. Stowe, las drawn a
magic circle round that poor unhappy race, which it
would he PEI feet sacrilege to think If crossing. For
my own part, / would not only rather part with
you but with all my tenants, than be compelled to
touch one stick Of poor Uncle Toms Cabin'."-
lie kent perfectly weel that, circumstanced as
was, | co0ldna fit SO there was me wi three
pounds added to my rent, a in, and through tina,
abominable book, Uncle Toms Cabin.
On my way hame frae the laird's l thocht
would ca in and see hoo q dizzen o'shirts that
had glen cut to max we're getten on. | bad gl'er
them to a puir creature that lives in ane O. tn,
closes in The High Street-ane o'thae proud-spir
tied creatures-owre Zig to tax ~onything aft thu
= parish-and that slaves hersel, night and day
!, working for herseP aud a sisters son, a wee bin,
laddie that bides wi her. | was recommended e
! her by q Mrs Scrubber' wha kens geyan wee
whar to get o~nything O. that kind done. Ye Sc
it was q charity to put wark into the creature
way, and mair than that, she made the shirts 70
thirteenpence.half penny, and that was three baw
bees cheaper than | got the last anes done il
, BridewelL. Weel. when / had climed the LAM
stair. of course | chappit at the door, and gettin
nae answer, thocht / would Try the sneck. So
opened the door and walked in. and what do yo'
think ! saw in ,he miserable garrett, but the pui
, starved lookin' creatures sittin' owre a wee bi
spunky o. ire ; and wsat do ye think she wa
, daein 7 reading 'Uncle Toms Cabin. to the we
blind laddie, the tears comm d~rappin' owre bail
!, their noses. | stood for a while and said naething
, Somehow. at the fret, ! felt a kind CLEARED t
. disturb them. but at last | said. "Itll be a LAM
/, time before that puts muekle in your pouch An,
Than tho Thin male skinnvjookin' face was tnrn