Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1860-06-13

The man in black close. / viii hear obsarye
seemed to be as fine a man as ever was il
the world. "But, seq he, "you hev feel
ings into you?-Yu cimpathize with tn,
misfortunit, the lOwly & the hart-sick
don't you?" He bust into teers & axet
me eff saw that yung lady in the sect ou
yonder, pintin to as slick gal as / eyel
sced?" The man in black close was ap-
peerently as fine man as ever was in tn,
world ennywhares.
'Draw closer to me-" sed the man il
black close. Let me get my mOwth fern.
enst yure ear. Hush-sHEsB A OeroRooS!'
"NO!' sez getting up in an excited man.
ner-'.yu dOnt't say SOL How long has
she been that way?" "Frum her airliest
infuncy," sed he. Wall. what upon airth
duz she do it for?'' inquired. "She
can't help it, " said the man in black close
tits the brand of Kane" "Wall, shede
better stop drinkin Kane's brandy" 1
replied Il sed the brand of Kane was
upon her-nOt brandy, my fren. Yu air
obtoose."
was kOnsiderbul riled at this Sez 1,
MY gentle Sur, line a nOnresistanter as
gineral thing and don't want to get up no
rows with nObuddy, but l kin nevertheless
kavc in eny mans he'd that kalls me OBJ
tocse, " with which remarks kommest fur
to pull OFF my extry garmints. "Cum on,
sez I-"Timel hears Beniki Boy fur ye..'
& danced round like pOppit He riz
up IN his seat & axed my pardOn-sed it
was all mistake-that was a good man.
etsettery, & sow 4th, & we ixt it all up
pleasant l must sa the man in black
close scanned to be as fine man as ever
lived in the world. He sed Octoroon was
the 9TH of a negrow. He likewise statid
that the female he was travlin with was
formurly slave in Mississippy; that she
purchist her freedom, & now wanted to
purchiss the freedom of her muther, who,
(the man in black close Observed) was be- !
tween 81 yers of age, & had to do all the .
cooking & washin for 25 hired men which
was rapidly breakin down her constitution.
He sed he knowd the mint he gased onto
my klassac-& benevurlunt Ease that Ide
donate librully, & axed me to 90 over &
see her, which l accordingly did. +
| sOt down beside her and sed, ''Yure
sarvant, marin. How du yer cit alongg''
She burst in 2 teers & sed, 20 Sur Iue so
poor unfortunit OctOroon."
$50 larn. Yure rather moor Room than
Octo, l take it, }" sed !, fur never seed a
pulitzer gal in the hull endoorin time ofmy
life. She had on More Antie Bask & a
Poplin Nubier with Berage trimmins onto
t, while her Ise and kurls was enuff to {
a man jump into mill pond without
'iddin his relashuns good by. pitied i
he Octoroon from the inmost reeusses of
ny hart & hawld out 90 dollers ker slap d
I told her to buy her old muther as soon v
S pOsserbul. Sez she 'kine sur much L
hanks" She then lade her he'd over onto b
ny showlder & sed was '.old rats 1 c
Tas astOnished to heer this observation, i
Ihich 1 knowd was never used in refined t
ociety & I perlitely but emfattiely showed n
er he'd away.
Sez | "Marm, line troOly sirprized- - b
ez she, 'get out. Yure the nieist old nan o
We seen yit, Give US another JOl" Had n
seleck assortment of the most TREMENDOUS "
lunderbOlts decended down onto me 1 =,
'odnt he'd been more takin abaek. Ijumpt m
P, but she ceased my coat tales & in
lid voice eride, mo, lie never desert you 81
let us fl together to a furrin shoarr'- Ii
q |, Mot much We won't" and made -
'werful effort to get ava from her. This h,
plade out, l sed. whereupon she jerkt r,
C back into the seat. Lego my coat
u scandalOus female, - l rozred, when she ca
t up the most unearthly yelIin and hOl- tn
rim yu ever heerd. The passinjers & the We
ntlemunly kOnductOr rusht to spot & on
mt think ] ever experiunsed such rum
IS IN the hull coarse of my natral dase-
le man in black close rusht up to me s.
"How dair yu insult my neece you
reheded vagebOne! Yu base exhibitor &c
low wax fggers-yu wOolf in sleeps No
'se. & SOW 4th.
L was kOnfOozed I was lOonatie for 9
e time bein ard offered s. reward to emmy :"
ntleman of good morrul carracter who :"
cd tell me what my name was & what ~
En l lived into. The konductor com to an
& sed the insultid parties wood settle N'
$50, which ] immeditly hawled out -
again implored sumbuddy to state where -
vas principuIly, & if l shood be thare P''
sat while myself eff things went on as ca
,yde bin gOin fur sum time back. I AZ
N axed if here is. let um cum along. oA
line in the OctorOon bisnis." then Do
u my spectercles out Of the winder, Oh
asht my hat wildly down over my Ise, say
fed highsterically & fell under the sect 'h'
a there sum time and fell asleep an.
mt Mrs Ward & twins had been carried gai
by Ryenossurhosses & that BaldinsyilI Ing
been captured by army of OctOrOOns.
hen awaked the lamps was a burnin an
My. Sum Of the passinjers was a sno- ed
n like pawpusses & the little damsell in MI
pine gown was singin loft in the Silly go'
e." The Onprinsipuld 0ctoroon & the Pul
serbul man in black close was gone, and Ut
Of suddent it fa,ht ore my brane that asr
J ben swindled lie boste no more of be-
smart SOrefully yures
ARTEMUs WARD. Its