Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1860-06-08

He sed Octoroon was the Sth of a ne
grow. He likewise stated that the fe-
male he was travelin with was formerly
a slave in Mississippy, that she purchisi
her freedum, & now wantid to purchiss
the freedum OF her muther, who Qhe
man in black close obsarved) was be-
tween 81 yeers of age, & had to. de all
the cookin & washin for % hired men,
which was rapidly breakin down her
constitution. He sed he knowd the mi
nit he gased onto my klassas fAes&s-axed
me to over and see her. which | accord
ingly did. sot down beside her and sed,
'Yure servant, marin! How du yer
git along?
She bust in2 teers & sed. % Sur,
line SO retchad-Ime poor unfortunit
Octoroon.'
so | larn. Yure rather moor Room
than 0ct1, take it. sed /, fur never
seed pulitzer gal in the hull endoorin
time of my life. She had on More
Antic Bask & Poplin Nubier with be-
rage trimmins onto it, while her ise &
kurls was enuff TO make man jump into
mill pond without biddin his relashuns
good bye. l pittid the Octoroon from
the inmost recusses of my hart, & hawl-
ed out so dollars ker-slap & told her to
buy her old muther as soon as posserbul.
Sez she, kline sur, muteh thanks She
then lade her he'd over onto my shoulder
& sed was 'old rats / was astonished
to heer this observation, which | knowed
was never used in refined society &
perlitely but emfattercly showed her he'd
way.
Sez l Marin, line trooly Surprised
| Sez she, git out Yure the incest
old man I've seen yit Give us another
50v Had a seleck assortment or the
most tremjious thunderbolts decended
down onto me coodent heb bin moor
takin aback. Ijumpt up, but she ceased
my coat tails &c in vile voise cride,
No, lille never desert yu-let US iii to-
gether TO forrin shoor :
See /, not much we WON'T and !
. made powerful effort to git ava from
Der. This is plade out sed, where
upon she jerked me back into the Sect
Leggo my coat yu scandalus fenale,' ]
roared, when she set up the most un-
earthly yellin and hollerin yu ever
1 heered. The passinjers & the gentle
munly konductor rusht to the spot g.
don't think ! ever experiunsed sich 9
!. rumpus in the hull coarse of my natra
dase. The man in black close rusht ~
: to me g. sed How dare yu to insult mi
neece yu horeheded vagebond. Yu bas'
exhibitor of low wax figgers-yu wool
in Sleeps close & sow 4th.
was konfoozed. was a loonuticl
!. fur the time bein and offered S5 reaan
to emmy gentlemun of good morruI kar
racter who wood tell me wbot my nam
% was & whot town / lived into. Til
konductor cum to me & sed the INSULT
parties wood settle for $50, which in
y meiitly hawled out, and agane implore
y snmbuddY 20 state WHARF ! was prins
CT Pully, & if / shood be thare a CRATE Will
myself ef things went on as theyde bi
TO goin fur sum time back. / then axed
u there was any moor Octoroons presen
n becaws, sez /, eff there is LET um cul
Iw along, fur Ime in the Octoroons bisines'
sr, | then thru my spectercles out Of Il
winder, smasht my hat wildly down ov'
he my Ise, larfed highsterically & fell und
'se sect. ! la there sum time & fell aslee
'as ! drempt Mrs. Ward and the twins hi
bin carried OFF by Ryenossurhosses
IN that Baldinsvill had been captured by /;
'th army of Octoroons. When ! awok'
&c The lamps was burnin dimly. Sum
the passinjers was a snorin like pawpu
ed ses & the little damsell in the pine gov
las was singin Oit in the Silly nite.'-
The onprinsipuld 0ctoroon & the mise
bul man in black close was gone, and
it Of suddent it dasht ore my brane III
Ide been swindlId. lie boste no moor
10 bein smart.
Sorefully yures,
l., ARTEMUs WARD.
G. John ID. Defress writes as folio