The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-10-15
The World Does Move a Little. 2

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in Chester county, penn. y and in 4 rainy
day looked over diary. kept by Margaret
Smith in 1918. Extracts from this diary She
communicates to that excellent paper, the
Ohio Farmer. We copy the following for
the edificatipn of our readers. : z
Extract I'd: LAST night Dale's Indian,
one eyed Tom, surlie fellow, broke into his
ma ters shop, whore he made himseIfdrunk
! with rum, and coming to- the house, did
greatlle alright the women with his threat :,
enlng words and gestures. Now the Deacon.
coming home late from church meeting and
| seeing him in his way, corrected him smart.
lie WIN has cane ;whereupon, he ran off, and
came up the road, yelling and bowling like
an evil spirit. Uncle Rawson sent his irish
man servant to see what caused the ado but
ne straitway come running back, aereans mr.,
'Murther, murthcrr Mt the top of his voice
SO uncle himself went to the gate, and pres
emily called for light, which Rebecca and
came with, inasmuch as the frishinun and
Ethe dared not to go QUITE We found Tom
citing on the horse block, and blood run
ming down bis face, and much bruised and
swollen he was yerie fierce aud ausrie.
saying, that If he lived month he would |
make him tobacco pouch of the deacons |
scalpsg Rebeeca bound up his head with her |
own handkerchief, and uncle had him 20 |
home. This be would not do This |
morning. Deacon Dale came, and said his
servant Tom had behaved verie badlie, for
which he did moderately correct him, and he
feared he should lose him-he had run away:
ne bought him of Captain Davenport, who
bought him from the Narraganse; eountrie,
paying ten pi unds and six shiilings for him,
and ne could i'll afford to bear So great a
loss yentared to tell him that it might be
taken a. an adnioDi:ion that it was wrong to
bold anie man, even nm ludian, or Guinea
Black, u slave. My uncle, who SAN that m
ylalnncss was not well taken, bade me no, ,
neddle with things beyond my depth and |
Deacon Dale looking verie surlie at me, said ,
was very forward one that he had noted | .
did wear light and idle look in meeting; :
nj parting with his cane my hair, he sail 1 n
i'd render N yseli liable to punishment b the i
rand jury for breach Of the statute
1 the General Court against the i'm. a
laying outof the hair, DC. ~
Here is q state of society in which it was v
bought perfectly right to keep poor Indian s.
slave, and fog him till the blood ran, but fl
q offence, liable BY the Grand Jury, for v
to plat her hair The world ii
- moved little since then, ct least ia Penn. "
1lvania We doubt whether egcn in South et
Arolina il would be thought entirely right to N
'astise young woman for plating her hair, "
keeping one. eyed Tom in such q state, es. &C
'cially BY Deacon in the Church. sseh ara | Is
Q Inconsistencies of human society, and "a
lndreds Of others like this will have 10 be iab
moved before We shall q oil approach eli
hata Christian society ought to be. Look "a
the ravages ofiptempsranue !; the abuse W
tobacco ). the RIGHTEOUSNESS Of cjtiesy the La
~, sxcesses, robbesies, murders rnd sui ey
lee whieh ore passing before ~. What 10
lIsome future generation sAisk ofthe thipsa ~
ord = sons youag Weaaa's diasy : 8 e
- l0A GassalA r.