The Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1859-1865, 1861-05-23
ETHAN SPIKE GIL Dixie. ="

Lf ever there was q spared monument
Of marcy, | am that ere monument. III
ever there was poor, mean, daown-t trod-
den cuss, | am IN that line Of business
FL when my case is known there ain't one
ginerai bust of indignation, tTiberlation
and wrath, then Iii bust myseif-that S
all. Ef the dry bones don't rattle naow,
it must be eos they haint nary a rattle left
| kin aud viii tail unfold as shall set
yer hair on eend like quiils on fri@htful
konkerbine. Them as has tears TO shed
bad better get EN- ready TO let on, or else
forever dry up. Tears as wont flow at the
recital OF my suftcrings aint g;noowine.
Hes.r but strike me.
At "a secret session of aour pervisional
government it was resolved that among
other improvn. ents, the "Patrarchai In
stitution3 should be sot up, and | was APP
pinted DELEGATE to 60 daown to Nirginny
an get couple OF likely niggers for seed.
1t wasn't thought necessary to tax money
to buy en-, as evrybody said aoUr ',South
rem Brethripg" would be glad to help Us
in proppereatin their institutions. How
wofnllv we miscal-but [ wont antici-
pate-only ly-blast their picters
Wal, the mornin arter | got to Rich
mond, ] sot right about fndIu-a likely PAIR
OF ni".crs There was one fellow at the
tavern where stopped, that seemed to be
abeout the right sort, so | went right in
to examine him. / opened his mouth an
looked at his teeth, an punch ed his ribs to
try his wind The critter stood all this
iust rate, only grinning at me, but in the
course OF the examination, when kim to
kickin his shns, he riled in u mint, kim
der lowered his head, kim at Inc full
chisseI, and butted me clean through a
door. | went eend over eend, and landed
fat on my back, where | laid a long time,
rs | darsent get up Tor fear he'd but me
agin. But gin him piece Of my mind.
s.Y on internal black son OF Hem, Sham an
Jayft," says [, 'what do yer mean 2" says
I, making an effort to arose; but daown
went his head, and straightened agin.
'.Get aout," says |, you onsarcumsized
old mereeno. You oopermoonerated mon
key, why cant you get aout - says |.
But the sutty cuss only grinned and
snorted, till jest as I was gettin aout Of
patience he left the room. Thiukin he'd
clean gone, ris to settin poster, when
quicker than you can think, that pesky
kananite hit me somers in the postmortem
regions, and eend over eend | went agin.
| crauled under the bed and laid till [
heerd the nigger go down stairs.
[ begun 10 think that if this ere critter
was specimen, perhaps it want perlitikel
economy to introduce slaves into Horribly.
But [ went that night to hear Rev. DR..
Somebody preach, an he said how Slavery
is Divine institootion, an KNOWN that
we are dreadfully in want Of Divine insti-
tootions, L concluded to try further. Wish
| hadn't.
Next day I met in the street two real
fat, healthy -lookin niggers-a man an q
woman they war-an l says to en-
"Haow are you, darkies z" says [.
"Who you call darkies p says the Mig
ger that warnt the woman. As his eyes
rolled dreadfully, and he begun to curl in
his head, | made sure be was going to but
me, so | jumped over the fence into "a
garding.
"What you do that for p said the Mig
ger VITA the gown on.