The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1863-08-26

the accompanying letter. As it was 10 al
undirected envelope l opened it for the pur-
pose of ascertaising whose property it mighi
be. President Lincoln says that eve are ma.
! king history" and if you think this Hscrap'
worthy of preservation in the archives of the
UNION, it is at your disposal. On Saturday
last L carried An "Anaerscan citizen, of Afrt-
can decent" from near Ashland to Oberlin
This individual was, no doubt, erred Doug
lass Samtos." Yours truly,
N. A. WOOD.
ASHLAND, Aug. I4th, 1s1o
DEAL FATHER You will see by the head
ing of this letter that 1 have left Oberlin.-
The privileges of our color at that place are
all that I expected to find them. The citizens
there seem to concede the superiority of the
oolored race. Judging from I saw of the
white population, the concession is about right.
The advantages of the place, however, have
attracted SO many of our people to it that it is
more difficult to obtain a good, paying posi-
ton, than I had anticipated. Brother Lang
ston, to whom I had a letter of introduction,
has been very kind to me, and through his ia
vor I obtained my present place. go.
The Editor of the Republican paper here
had written to Langston, stating that the In
dividual who had heretofore doae up the edi-
torial for his paper had determined to devote
his life-in the Qua rter Master Department
at a hundred dollars a month"; releasing
from their cruel bonds his afflicted brethren,
of African descent. It was desired that Lang
stong should procure an "intelligent contra
band" to supply the loos. It was particularly |
enjoined that the individual selected should be |
able to. spell! A very necessary qualification
one would think, from the photography of the
proprietor" Langston showed me the let
ter. Editor was. spelled "ideent.'' It looked
so much like "idiot" that we had difficulty in
making it out-since [ have been hero and
found that the "proprietor" faunts his name
at the head Of che paper as "editor'' I suppose
he thinks the terms synonymous.
LangstoH assured me that he was very init
mate with the "propr1etor," and that his
prominent mental traits were an undying Low .
for the negro and an inveterate hatred for the
language. I found the latter to be
predominant
With a letter from Langstou I arrived here
md called on the proprietor" of the Times.
after reading my credentials he gave ne a
cordial weleosfe, with a request that I should
,eep. "shady ia thing not very difficult, con-
idering my complexion. It being desirable
hat my relation to the paper should be kent
dark" 1t was arranged that we should meet
It the wood house Of Jef-as he delights to
rite himself-and make our contract.
& q uor ~ raa1 --o L -
hat my multifarious duties are, I copy the
"mem." made out by JeH-not ia
ing time, however, to follow his photography
To select a leader, each week, from some
aper that has nc circulation in the county
New England paper preferred.
To write all the articles for the local coll
mn and especially to abuse the Editor of the
MON.
"To furnish every week a letter from ga pri-
ate in the army" abusing Vallandigham and
lreatening vengeance on the Copperheads
hen the boys return. This is to be varied oc-
by a set of resolutions purporting to
signed by all tho officers of a brigade or d.
sion.
To furnish a communication, monthly,
ON some imaginary sufferer, living in some
inhabited place, lauding the promptitude
spfayed by the Ashland Mutual Insurance
'mpany in adjusting losses. ;
To make out a .%;little yarn" each Satur-
= for JEFF. to "come over" in class meeting
Sunday. Specially provided that said yarn
to contain no confessions of unworthiness,
many of the members already suspect him. :
" 10 occasionally get up for him an Cad
ess to the Throne of Grace as JoH. is de-
Gus of taking a more prominent part in d.
lie worship. 10:
" To walk behind him to Sunday School the
Church, carrying a big book-musknIOh
'efui not to hand it to him upside dow1
r some of the congregation should think
lid not read.
= 10 copy all his correspondence, making it to
nform to the rules of Grammar. sue
: 70 occasionally supply him with a "good CIV
ng" to say in company-no objection to it arc
70 oDSesne. at t
; 10 keep him posted on the names of the sys
'mlnent Generals and the various battles. the
ether with the latest changes of Horace san
eeley and the Cabinet at Washington-bv tn
use bne kaielooscope- vot
To wash the literary rags of all the cor der
pondents for the Tpnnesn of
These with various other little acts, which
!. thought it would not be prudent to COM Z
ID writing, constitute the routine of nv CHI
les. La consideration of these services. IN s
to get my boarding and a dollar and seven !,
T. per week. The boarding is good enough cox
eff is well known as a beef hound. I in. of q
ed on The cash pay being at least a dollar den
ten cents, but the proprietor" thought as are
was subjected to a great deal of expense in pon
tanning the Soldiers Aid Society and re- ma,
ing the wants of soldiers families, he cod !