The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1863-01-06

Border Rutflan member OF Congress mad
practiced at it with bowie knife, before
a street fight. Every word Of oul
neighbors came to u.s. The were talk
ing Of slave bargain. eliminate their
oaths, though such alteration dess them
injustice.
Eight hundred dollars said the first
speaker, and his voice startled US as If a
dead man had spoken. Eight hundred
that's the top of my pile for that boy
Ell he warn't SO old and hadn't one eye
poked out, agree he'd be wuth heap
more
WAL, trades a trade. I'll take
yer stump. Count out yer dimes. and
I'll fill out a blank bill of sale. Murker,
the boys yourn.'
'Murker = We started at the name.
This was the satyr we had observed in
the bar room. Had Fulano's victim
crept from under his cairn in Luggernel
Alley, and chased us to take flesh here
and harm us again . Fulano, Wade's
horse, had trampled to death villain of
that name who attacked them on the
Plains
The likeness, look, voice and name
were presently accounted for.
You're looking for yer brother out
from Sacramento bout now, 1 reckon,
said the trader.
He wur comm cross lots with man
named Larrup, pardner of hisn. Like
enough they've stayed over winter in
Salt Lake. They orter rake down most
mountainous pile thar
'Mormons is flush and sassy with
their dimes sence the emigration
Now thar's yer bill of sale, all right
'And thar's yer money, all right
THAT ares wut | call screechin
good price for an old, one eyed niger
Fou,een hundred dollars-an all fired
price
Eight hundred, you mean
No; fourteen. Yer see yer not up
ter time on the niger question. | know
EN- like church sieeple. When
bought that boy, now comm three year,
| seed he wuz a sprightly nigger, one of
yer ambishus sort, what would be nigh
ty apt to get fractious, an be maxim
tracks, unless got holt on him. So,
sez l to him, Ham, you're sprightly
nigger, one OF the reel ambshus sort,
now aincher . He allowed he warn't
nothin' else. WAL sez, /, Ham
how'd yer like ter buy yerself, an be a
free nigger, an hev house of yer own,
an woman of yer own, all jess like white
folks 2
"'Lor,' seq he, Massa, I'd like il a
heap
a. WAL sez I, you jess scrabble
round an raise me seven hundred dol
lars. an I'll sell yer 10 yerself, an cheap
at that So yer see he began to pay up,
and | got holt on him. He's handy
nigger and pop'ler niger. He kin
cut har. and fry beefsteak with ayry
man. He kin drive team, and do little
iiner work, and shoe mule when there
amt no reg'lar blacksmith round. He
made these yer boots and reg lar stomp.
ers they is. He's one OF them chirru.
py, smilin' niggers, with white teeth and
qented manners, what critters and foaks
nat'rally takes 10. WAL. he picked up
the bits and quarters right smart. He's
been at it, lathmin' ahead raal ambishus,
for bout three year. Last Sunday, af-
ter church, he planked up the last ten oil
the six hundred. So | allowed it wus
come time to sell him. He was gittin'
his bead drawed. and his idees set on
freedom very unhealthy. didn't like
to dsap'int him to the last. so | allow.
ed il was jess as well TO let you hev him
cheap TO 20 down river. That's how 10
work them fractious runaway niggers
That ares my patent. Yer kin hev ii for
nothin' Haw haN I
'Haw haw haw You are one Ell
the boys I'm dun sorry that are trick
can't be did twicet on tho same niger
reckon he knows too much for that
WAL, suppose we walk round to the
calaboose, fore we go to bed, and see o
he is chained up all right
They went out.
| Biddulph spoke first.
Shame =
Yes.' SAID Brent /; do you wonder
that we have to run away TO the Rocky;
and spend our indignation on grizzlys !?
What are we going to do now p
Try TO abolish slavery in Hams case
Come we'll 90 buy him file.'
We seem 10 have business with th
Murker family said |,
A hard lot they are. Renresentatiy,