Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1860-06-23

Draw closer to me- sed the man in black close,
Let mo get my mowth %fernenst yure ear. Hush
snEsE A ocToRooNp No! seq | eetlin up in nm
excited mannor--'yu don't say sol How long has
she been that way?' 'Frum her airliost inruncy ;
sei he. Wall, What upon airth doz she do for itY'
! inquired. She can't help it, said tho nan in
black close-its tho brand Of Kane, Wall
'hede better stop drinkin Kane's brandy | re-
ned ! sed the brand Of Kane was upon her
not brandy my fren. va air obtoose.,
l was konsiderbul riled at this. Sey I. NV
gentle Sur, limo a nonresistanter as a giaeral thing
and don't want to get up no rows with nobuddy,
but 1 Kin nevertheless kave in eny mans he'd
that kalls me a obtoose,' with which remarks |
kommeat iurto pull orfmy extTy g%armints. Cum
on, seq Time hears a Beniki Boy fur yell &
danced round like a poppit. lie rz up 10 his
seat &azed my pardon -sod it was all a mistake
that | was a good man, %ctsetcry, & sow 4th, &
dxt it all up pleasant. l must sa the man 10
black close seemed to be as fine a man as ever
lived IN the world. lie sed Octoroon was the 7th
OF a negrow. lie likewise statid that the female
he was travlin with was formurly a slave in Mis-.
sissippy; that she purchist her freedom, & now
wanted to purchiss the freedom of her muther, who,
the man in black close observed) was between
81 yers of age, & had to do all the cooking & wash
in Tor 20 hired mon which was rapidly breakin
down her constitution. lie sed be knowd the
mint he ga2ed onto my klassac & beneyurlunt
Ease that ldo donate iibrully, and nxed me to 60
over and see Der, which l accordingly did.
] sOt dOwD beside her and sed' 'Yuro servant,
marml How du yer git along2' She burst in 2
toers u sed, % Sur line so ~retched-Ime a poor
unfortunit Octoroon' So / larn. Yure rather
moor Room than 0cto, I take it, sed / fur I never
seed a pFttier gal in the hull endoorin time Of my
life, She had on a More Antic Bask & a Poplin
Nubier with Berage trimmins onto it, while her
lse and kurls was enuf to make a man Jump into
a mill pond without biddin his relashuns good
by. | pitied the Octoroon from the Utmost re-
cusses ofmy hart & hawled out so dollars ker slap
& told her to buy her old muther as soon as pos.
serbul. See she kline sur, much thanks She
then lade her he'd over onto my showlder & sed |
was old rats l was astonished to heor this OBJ
starvation, which l knowd was never used in refined
society q l perlitely but emfatticly showed her he'd
away.
See Marin, line trooly Surprised SEE she,
get out Yure the nieist old man I've seen vet
Give us another so" Had q select assortment of
TREMENDOUS thunderbolts decended down unto me
| coodnt he'd been more takin aback. l iumpt up,
but she ceased my coat tales & in a wild voice
cride. No lie never desert you-let us fl together
to q Turin shoar!' SEE 1. Not much we won't"
and made a powerful effort to get ava from her.
This is plade OUT l sed, whereupon she ierkt
me back into the seat. 'Leggo my coat you scan
dalous female | roared, when she set up the
mos. unearth.y yellin and hollerin yu ever heerd.
The PASSENGERS & the gentlemunly conductor rusht
to spot & don't think I ever experiunsed such a
in the hull coarse of my natral dase. The
man IN black close rusht up to me & sed How
dGir yu insult my neece, you horeheded vagebone!
Yu base exhibitor of low wax fggers-yu woolf
in sleeps close & sow 4th.
l was kOnfoozed. l was a ~loonatic for the time
and offered IS reward TO emmy gentleman of
good mOrrul c~arracter who would tell me what
my name was & what town l lived into. The
com to me & sed the insultid parties
wood settle for $50, which 1 immeditly hawled
d again implored sumbuddy to state where |
principally, & If l shood be thare a great
while myself if things went on as theyde bin goin
fur sum time back. / then axed if there is. Let
nm cum along, for line in the Ootoroon bisnis.'
| then thru my specturcels out of the winder.
smasht my hat wildly down over my Ise, larred
highsterically q fell under the sect. 1 lay there
sum time and fell asleep. I dremt Mrs. Ward &
twins had been carried orr by Ryenossurhosses &
that BaldinsTille had been captured by'army ofOc-
toroons. When awaked the lamps was a burn
in dimly, Sum nf the passinjers was a snorin
like pawpusses & the little damsell in the pine
gown was singin Oft in the Silly nite.' Tho on,
prinsipuled OctorOon and the man in black close
gone, and all Of a student it Aasht ore my
brane that Ide bin swildled. lie boste no more of
bein smart.
S~orefally yuros.
kRTFNUs WaRD