Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1861-08-10

the nigger that want the woman. As
his eyes rolled dreadfully, an he begun
to curl in his head, / made sure he was
going to butt me SO l jumped over the
fence into garding.
"What you do dat for ?'' said the
nigger with the gaown on.
"Cos," says l, s'that ere husbun OF
yourn was goin to butt me.''
"Hi, hi, no, ho, yah, YAH" yelled
both niggers together.
"Pears like / shall laugh myself to
def,' says the nigger without no gaown
holdin his fat sides.
"What in thunder you laughin at ?"
'Kase," says she, "you fraid Squash
goin to butt you" And then they
both hi hid, an no hod, an yah yahd
agin.
"Who's Squash?" says l.
SDat are my husbin," says she.
oval, looky here, Mister Squash .
says |, Give suthin to say to you.''
''He no Mister" says she, "he only
Squash"
"Wal, then,'' says I, "Squash,
wouldn't you and this ere collored fe-
male Squash like to 60 to Hornby %
"Whar dat arr" saya he-Squash.
oval, it lays jest about Nothe from
here, perhaps Nothe by Notheast."
"Norfn' said both in whisper, and
looked as scarf as though they'd seen
a ghost ''No good for niggers to talk
about Norf here" said he. An then
he an tct!:ef tctt!.ef Squash went away as fast
as they could. [ went pokin abaout
an haour or SO, lookin at the niggers
an tryin to talk with some of EN-, but
they seemed dreadful shy. l was Jest
thinkin what it meant, when chap
with a star on his hat took hold of my
collar, an
$50 along yourself" says I, at the
same time hittin straight aout, an
smashin his nose. But in the twink
ling Of a bootjack dozen more he'd
hold of me, an | was carried to the
court.
"Wot's it all abaout ?" says l to the
Judge.
The Judge said nothin, but a clark
got up an read a long paper, i'll which
| was accused of bein suspected of
becin the President, directors an Com
pany of the underground Railroad, an
that was ticin the niggcrs away.
Says l, esquire, it's cussed federal
lie! Squire" says ], "my parson is
sacred ] am a plenty ty-pertentiary
from the suvrinty Of Hornby," says /
''1'm here on jewdicial dismiss. Pm
lookin for good breed Of niggers
to start the Patriarchil institootion
WITH" says l.
The judge didn't seem to pay no at
tention to me, but when stopped said
as this was my fust offence he'd let me
off with 35 lashesi
':Looky here, Squire" says I, "you
Jest try that on and-''
Here a handkerchief was crammed
into my mouth. In two minits more
they made a spread eagle Of me, an a
cussed old nigger whalcd me with all
his might. 1t hurt awfully, but L bore
it like martyr, as / was; never
screamed once-couldn't very we'll on
accaount of the handkerchief in my
mouth. Arter I was licked they on.
tied me, an told me eff l was kitched
There agin I'd be sent arter John
Brown.
| was mad all over, but remembered
that easy blows kill the devil. Says I,
"Feller citizens" says I, 81 haint al
aberlitionist-I hate 'em ALL oilers
did. Everybody in Hornby hates alb
erlitionists. We've secededr' says L
"Feller citizens, I kin prove it," an
I took aout of my hat copy of the
Transcript. "Here, feller citizens, is
the ordnance ofsecession," says l.
That ere paper of yourn, Mister Ed
itor. liked to have bin the death Of me
The craowd yelled and booted like in
juns. They said it was aberlitionis
| paper, edited by Garrison and Nabby
f Folsom. They seized holt of me agin
carried me aout of taown, gin me an
: other lickin, cropped one of my ears
shaved half my head, painted half M,
! face black and tother half blue, put
r ring in nay nose, an waound up by ta
e sn fetherin me.
r Haow I got hum can skersly tell
but when l did | was sight to be
: hold. Nobody knew me-everybody
t was afraid of me. Aour folks wouldn'
S let me kim into the haouse, an
t when I parsevered sot the dog on me
d Two mortal nights | slept in barn ar
J. sucked eggs for livelyhood. At th
! eend Of that time he'd plucked part c
I my feathers and rubbed off a leetle c
the paint, SO that l was partly wisibl
aoin, an folks begun TO find aout wh