The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1860-05-09

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he man IN black closed seemed to be as
fine man as ever lived in the wurld.-
+ lie sed Octoroon was the 9Th of a ne
grow. He likewise statid that the te
male he was traseIin with was formurly
slave in Mississippy; that sheed pur-
Ishist her freediin d. now wantld TO puf-
chiss the freedim of her poorold muther,
who 1.-THE man in black close obsarved)
was between 81 ycers Of age d. had to do
all the cookn for 25 hired men which
wos rapidly breakin down her konsttu-
shun. He sed he knewed the mint be
icased into my klassic IL beheverlant fast
that Ide donate lihbrully 81 axed me 10 90
over & see her, which | accordingly did.
I sot down beside her and sed 'yurs Sar-
want Marin! How der We git aIong?"
She bust in tecrs IL said, 80 Sur,
Inc so retehid--Ime a poor unfortunt
Oetoroon."
$50 | larn. Yure rether moore Room
than Octo, | take it, sed |, fur nevr
seed n pulitzer gal in the hull endoorn
time of my life. She had on n More
Antic Barsk & Poplin Nubier with
Berage trinmins onto it, while her Ise d
kurls was cnutf to make man jump into
mill pond without bidln his reashuns
good ". Ipittid the Octoroon from the
Utmost recusses of my hsrt IL bawld out
30 dollars ker slap d told her to buy her
old muther as soon as posserbul. SEE
SIZE "kine sur mulch thanks" She then
lade her he'd ov'r onto my showlder d
sed | was cold rats" / WAS astonsihed
to heer this obsaryashun, which I knowd
was never used in refined society d per-
titely bat emfattercly showed her he'd
way.
Sez Marin, line trooiy s;prized." Z
See she, ''git out. Yure the nieist old
man I've seen Wit. Civ US anuther so"
Had a seleck assortment of the most
tremendous thunderbolts descended down
onto me coodent hay bin moore takin
ahaek. Iiampt up, but she ceased my
coat tales d ia wild voise rrile, mo,
He never desart yu-let us fiji together
to farrln shoer."
SEE |, ''mutch we won't" and I made
a powerful effort to get ava from her.
This pIa lie out" | sed, whereupon she
ir!Et me back into the seat. "Leggo my
coat yu scandaluss female" | roared,
when she set up the most unafthlY yelin
VI ever heerd. The passihjers u the
ecntIemunly kondukter rusht to the spot
u don't think ever expert need SIGH a
rumpus in the hull coarse of my natural
dase. The man in black close rushed up
to mo IL sed Chow dair VII insult my
neecc, YOU hory hoded yagabone. va
woolf in sleeps close. Il SOW 4th.
| was konfoozed. | was a Ioonytick
fur the time bein and offered S. reward
to emmy gentlemen of good morrul
carracter who wood tell me WI OF my
name wos IL what town livd in. The
k0nductor cum to me d. sed the iEsultid
PARTIES wood settle for $50, which | i'm
neitIy hawId out 81 agane implorel
suahu.idy to state WHARF | was prinsi-
putty. & if l shood be thare a crate while
nySe,. ef hing went on as theyde bin
rom for some time back. | then axe d if
there WAS emmy more Octoroous present
'becawz, seq |, ''cf there is let um cum
along. fur line in the Octoroon bisnis."
den threw my specterculs out the wind
er, smasht my hat wildly down over my
Ise, larftd Enthusiastically d fell under a
sect. Ia there sum time d fell asleep.
| dreamt Mrs. & the twins had beer car
rid off by Ryenoss~rhosses &. that Bald
insvil was cartered by army of Octo-
rooms. When | awoke the lamp was a
burning dimly. Sum of the PASSENGERS
was snofen Ike pawpusses 6 the little
aamseil in the pine gown WIS singin
Oft in the Silly nite." The onprinsi-
pulled Octoroon 4 the miserbuI man in
back close was gone, & sill of suddent
It flash ore nay brane that Id been swim
did. We boste no moor Of bein smart.
Sorerfuly yurcs.
ARTEMUS WARD.