The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1864-02-19
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Local and Miscellaneous.
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The old Dimocrisy hcz lost its an.
shcnt spcrit. ] know not why. but
a gloomy forchodin cz to our fuchci
hez he'd poseshun Nv my sole fer sew.
raj weeks past. notist that tho
farmers balongiu TO my flock wuz Il
savn up greenbaN and he'd quit call
in nv em rAgs--mcnnv refoozd 90
contribhit to the Vallandygum fund,
and the colleckshun fer the benefit
NV the confedrit priAners at Jonson' :
Hand wuz a tOtle faleyoor, in conse-
bAns Nv wich / am don without q
ovcrkote this cold wether. wich is
unclerikle. And wus thax this--I
hev heerd. rescntly, members NV the
congregashun discussin the skarsity
NV laber, and | actooally heerd wun
nv en- dam Geff. Davis. instid NV
Linllin / felt that suthin must be
dun, and set abowt to do it.
| he'd bin preechin considable on
the subgik NV nigger imigrashen,
and ez the dislike nv niggcr is cron-
ic in the Dimoeratic mind, | thot |
wood stir en- up with the niggef onct
more. So | blacltd myself all over,
and putin on SCOT NV old clozc,
startid out afore day-lite, pintin fer
square Gavitt's who qlluz wuz a in
Vetrit hater nv the nigger. The old
man saw me cumin and J spcctid
nothin less than bullct thro me, but
fer the CRATE coz J he'd dctermind 70
resIi even that. DHt 10 my horror
the Sqware sed good mornin, and
askt wher | wuz frum. | told him
wuz runaway slaiy frum Virginnv.
that $4,000 startid the same dav /
did, and that the rest wood be
along in Il day or Q. / spozd he
wood bile at this. but he didn't. lie
puId irnm his brest poclit the f;tmil-
Yer old huttel, and invited me 60
talk hold, wich / did, wondrin why
he WIZ so pleseni TO a nigser. Alas
fer Dimocrisy, | soon found ont. HE
WANTED , HIRE'ME to work for
him. E2 the words fell frum his lips
lwell nigh tainted, but my consterna.
shen WIZ rc-duhLled when be asllt
me if | coodent git him 3 er 4 more
ltnlerd men! "Kulerd MEN - thot I
in agony, O wat . softnin down rrmn
The "Ni@ger NV yerc ago!
Sadly retracd my steps. Wash
in or my disgise felt. fer the rnst
time in my life utterly and entirely
retched. Wen Dimocrats Git to cali
in niggers "kulerd men" and want
en- to work beside en-. and drinl, out
nv the same bottle with EN-. wat bet.
ter mir they than Ablishnists ? The
Iucher nv the Dimocrisv is indeed
dark and gloomy. We can't move
the people ez we ust ,. They pay
the taXis, and say they aint so hevv
after all. They hey disl,iverd that
Government mummy isn't wnthless.-
they won't talk eny more about re.
sietin the draft, on the contrary they
are raisin mummy to send Dinocrats
INTO the army, witch alluz Gums back
rantin AbolisInists, Il noclSin down
peese men and forsin en- . talk the
oath. Farmers endoor the high prices
nv prodoose with a pashense and
ellanimity wonderful to behold. Yis-
terdy Bill Sipes sold his sorril mare
Ter $50, and insistid on hevin his
pay all in greenbax. warnd Will
yum NV the risk he wuz runnin in
kcepin so much nv that stuff, wen he
impudentiy exclaimed, "Stuf! hay 4
Old Nosey that's playd OUT
"Old Nosey.' "Playd out" This
to his spiritooal father. his pasterI
and glide Whair air we dmftin .
Wat we are to do to stem the tide
that is settin agin us is more than Il
know. A good decisiv confedrit vie.
try wood help MS, but alas, | see no
probability nv that. It's 2 lait to
talk NV compromise, fer theirs hardly.
enuii left Nv the Sowth to conner
mise with. I'm sick. I'm sorry n
supported Vallandygum. | wish l.
bed bin Il war man. My eongrega,
shcn is gittin look warm aid don t.
pay thcr qwartrage reglar, and the
grosry keepers air intimatin that be-
fore long | must begin to pay fer my
licker! Wher will it end?
PETROLEUM V. Nasty,
Faster nv sed Church, in charge.