The Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1859-1865, 1861-05-23

III, III, ho, ho, yam, JdH. Jcii0U poNI
niggers together
Pears like shall laugh myself to de-"
says the nieger without no gaown-holdin
his fat sides.
"What in thunder you laughing at"
says I.
"Kase," says she, "you ffaid Squash
goin to but you" An then they both hi hid
al ho hod and yah yahd again.
"Whos Squash p says [.
"Dat ar my husbin," says She
oval, looky here, Mister Squash" )" says
I, ''Tse suthin to say to you
'He 10 Mister" says she, ''he only
Squash"
oval, then," says I, "Squash wouldn't
you an this ere colored female Squash like
to 90 TO Hornby?'
"N har dat ar p says he-Squash.
oval, it lays jest a5aout Nothe from
here, prehaps Notiie By Notheast.'
':Norf." said both in whisper, an
looked as scarf as though they'd seen .
ghost ''No good for niggers to talk bout
Norf here, says he. An then he an tothcr
Squash went away as fast as they could.
[ went pokin abaout an haoUr Or so, Iooliin
at the ngecrs an tryin to talk with some
of EN-, but they seemed dreadful shy. l
was rst thinkin what It meant, when a
chap with a star onto his hat took holt OF
my collar, an
Come along" says he.
Geo along yourself, says I, at the same
time hi5tin straight aout, an smashin his
nose. But in the twinklin of a bootjack a
dozen more had hol5 on me, an was car
ried to the court.
"Wot's it al abaout?" SAYS [ to the
Judge
The judge said nothin, but clerk got
up IN read a long paper, IN which | was
accused of bein suspected Of bein the Pres
ident, directorr an company OF the under
eraound railroad, an that l was item tie
ringers away.
Says l, esquire, it cussed federal lie.
Squire says |, ''my person is sacred. |
am plenty -pertentiary from the suvrinty
of Hornby I'm here on jewdicial bisniss
[ IN lookin for good breed Of p~gers to
start the Patriarchal Institution with,
says [.
The Judge didn't seem to pay no atten-
ton to ne, but when [ stopped, said, as
this was my f1st ofense he'd let me of
with 80 lashcs.
"Eooky here, Squire says I, ''you just
try that on an -
Here a handkerchief was crammed into
my mouth In two minits more they had
made u spread eagle Of me, an cussed old
nigger whalcd me with ali his might. 1t
hurt wfully, but I bore it like a martyr,
as | was; never screamed once-couldn't
very well, on account of the handkerchief
in my mouth Arter | was licked they
ontied me, an told me ef I was ketched
there agin I'd be sent arter John Brown.
was mad all over, but remembered that
easy blows Kill the devil. ] says,
"Feller citizens" says |, Il amt an alb
hate EN- ALL alters did
Everybody in Horribly hates aberlitionists.
We've seseeded! says l.
..Foller citizens, l kin prove it" an l
took aout Of my hata copy of the Transcript.
Here, feler citizens, is the ordinance OF
sescssion," says [.
That ere paper OF yourn, Mister Editor,
liked to hev bin the death Of me. The
craowd yelled and hooted like injuns.-
They said it was an aberlitionist paper, ed
tied by Garrison an Nabby Folsom. They
seized holt Of me agin, carried me aout OF
taown, gin me another lickin, cropped one
OF my ears, shaved half my head, painted
half my face black an tother half blue, put
ring IN my nose, an waound up by tar
an fetherin me.
Haow got hum I kin skersly tell, but
when | did | was sight to behold. No
body knew me-eyerybody was afraid OF
me. Aour folks wouldn't let me kim into
the haouse, an when | parsevered sot the
dog on me- Two mortal nights slept IN
a barn an sucked eggs for a livelyhood.--
At the eend of that time [ had plucked
part Of nay fethers an rubbed off a lectie
Of the paint, so that was partly visible
aein, an folks begun to find aout who 1t
was. | don't wonder they didn't know
me. The fust time looked in the glass
[ thought | see the devil as much as
could be. [ hollered fire, and run daown
suller.
[ am gradually recoverin my facsimily,
but Doct. Pettigreu says | shall never be
SO harnsum as i was afore this aihlctin
dispensation.
The Government has declared war agin
Virginny, an when [ next visit the Old
Dominion it will be at the head OF the
forces of Hornby.
Well see if citizen of free suvrinty
can be licked half aout of his skin an fan
cy painted with iinpuniiy.
p. S. I looked SO Gurus tnat some ad-