Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1862-06-12
THE "PooR WHITE TRAsHo1N v1R-
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,ho ,rn,,. G.oa, ", ' '0'' .r' VI, ''iO" .
'ne army from "arrehton TO Fredericksburg
gives the following account of the poor white
in Virginia:
Tbor r,o :, d., .o...
rra1,oo,oi H. ,',o poT,es' Ninu ol 10Y nuts, arc
~ ",L;r' N',o" no."i'ls' rgh' ARMS iof NIUE
Tbov 0,"e, nrn % "" hie 'aIt sca!eeiy Pay 1ne feh'
n,,r ban,,7 o"' ;,h. "'' teu' ui!aPluateu hu
edgc witIont mnrois arh iii, ".'moue N.'cWi
"l.'"uv t'Tl",I' anu "t'ioul any comlort'
,moL ot ,;,e '"c nrSt GIlga1e stopped t'
,s,noiioI ,'o"'I,.le' ven. Hlnoali ana myseI
,oi W o'ie o' .nese ioS c"ol',S ana en-
TLo tr ar ,h S"'io" I WIN ls ln'"oi'ahtS
,nu ',,"',g ,r W. '"c nu' was rather ShrewC
woman ol a9oul iorty-hve years OF age, and
WiSn .I5n, SN on,'u'en anu one granuchiIu, ana an
etue! t:!. VIM "n?li sne niu taken nome IN
D"o i'' Iu IA ''iI' it'ie e"ot'' win one
w. r'r,';,,,. e''" 'e' =. ."ei'e ice. III SIZE
~ iI .J'i,'''ou VI Two 'o''erihS oeu,
oLa;"s' III Iia Wy .po,e' anu Hu'ee 1r iour a8ed
tna,rS a n?r hi'fmen utensils Eh coula all ma have
"G," D;,h puI ~ I;.; o"HGooA: ne nut was hllea
eis" 1uioN' eo''.'i'lon II - az Always "hen
~. 80" -, 'he niuu anu S'IoN nit-plhce' ms
,1a T,',i'1n n";o"uu u; ~ anu tno nuS9ahu Oh hef
,' Uoa.ue. ,, ",e III sne Looe' "in! ltow 'hey go'
s"rno,;nn ,ho ",oS oso -" ;' No" ,h. ne "hiy M
1;sno5 ,Gs",acm o p"SIgIs ls tna' 'ngr husoands
,bpy ",inedp ,ba orr,r . anJ bnra "nu 'm hi hearI
s.!, ,lJ, ."0 army anu nave NOT hearu
"a Treat man ,f tho ., ho- r.
this section p" oska1 '''''' nave So'e 'o"i
Laws. yes'' WAS. the renlv "As roor nc 7
mouoht know thar oint mpra,r twoIre in his
here ncirhborbooJ and thay,re oIJ mon ,hat
cont work nor do noth;n Tbo ,n,n,n,, f,Is
is left TO take kar Of ourselves"
Glow Jo vou MANAGE n srrror, ,o,,r
..Well wo rents an, yorLs IN, ;ts bard
scratchin, to keen sonl on, hodv tooe,ber !
nint had no salt No cofFee .cent wbot ibo,r, tbor
sogers cave me. since this ere war commenced ;,
..You rent this farm then p"
"Yes."
"Whot rent do vou nav ."
mF;fteon dollors ,aar!,
al W much land io vou havep
"Jist what can worl; oroun an, God krows
that ant much. If | hires a horse to nlow. il
costs a dollnr nm, vboro, IN nj, r'T,' riTi"' -. ~
pov p" e'' '''''' "
;.Wba, do Won raise ,"
"Jist a little corn like
H 5n il',ie ,'o,, Io,H i'Me .,
"Hoes il. Sir" P'O"o
"You must have to work worry bordv
"Guess 7 does No nigeary yorI os hord os
ne ,oor foILsn oo 10 nv" 10
"1ou do not say that YOU are worse off than
the negro slaves o.; ''''''
"Worse Guess we ;s IN, bord ., or,
every niobt nrter the r;rror l. nora -, ~ oa,
am that's tbe wov with oIl tho noor ,so,Io
round here. Wc're WINS ,han ,ho o 49," p,up'o
We gits no edication. don, know nr,h;SSS a";
has to work all onr Ef, Gov ,bo,, that ~ T''
sile. That's il we has cb;Idren NV, ,bn', ,ar
grows nm an thew oint No he,tor .on "' no '"'
@ucss we arc WINS han ,bo nj "innors - "'' u''
And So She talk on for bseif an hon, sho
soid the ..wimin fnks" did NO., tnon, ,' H.e
about tbe wor un,; their brsh,MJS ..;;maJ ~" ths
sogers and She wos anxioms ,n know Jru Juha, ,no
"Gtin" was all obon, She knew ,born Uos s''e
Nortbcrn and Son,honn o o mm." v,'',U nSoS ""s