Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1865-10-12

IN about two minits and n half They
sh9uldn eat roots and drink branch water
no longer. Poor, unfortunate things TO
ccn,,m into hist suhloonary world at si,h time.
There's four OF Ave Of EN- that never sawa
silkns nor monkey .show--nevcr had a
pochet kmno nor q piece OF chcesc, nor
rss-'n. There is Bull Run Arp, IIarpcr's
ferIy arp, and Chikahominy Arpthat never
my friend, we are the poorest reople on ,bc
face of the carth-but we are moor and
proud, We made bully iite, Selah !, and
the whole Amerikin nation ought 10 feel
proud oft. IL shows what Amerikins can
do when they think they are imposed on
so coued. Did't our four fathers fte, bleed,
and die about little tax on ten, when not
one NJ q thousand drunk it? Bekause they
succeeded wusent it glory? But if they
hadent | SUPPOSE it would have been treason,
and they would have been bowin and scrapin
ronnd King George for pardon.
80 II goes, Artemus, and 10 my mind, if
the, whole thing was stewed down, it wonld
make about half a pint Of humbug. We
had good men, great men, Christian men
who thought we was right, and many of 'em
nave gone to the undiscovered country,
aud have got pardon IA is rardon, -
When die, I'm mighty willing to risk nv.
self under the shadow of their wings, whe-
thcr the climate be hot or cold SO mote it
be. Selah!
Well, may be- I said emf But I don't
feel easy yet. TIN good Union man, ser.
TIN for shure. I've had my breeches died
btue, and I've got Jlye bucket and often
feel tfne and about twice in a while ] go to
the doggery and git blye, and then lock
uD at the Jtue scrulean heavens and sing the
meionkolly eheryuss OF the Blue-tailed Fly.
m doing my durndcst to harmnnize. and
think could succeed if it wasent for sum
things. When | see negro puard going
round the streets with gun on his shoul-
der, why right then, for a few minutes, |
hate the whole laDky nation. Jerusalem
how my blood biles. The institution was
hand down to us by the heavenly kingdom
OF Masachusetts now put over us with
powder and ball Harmonize the devil?
Ain we human beings? Amt we got eyes
whole Of Africa has come to town, women
and children and baboons and alI A man
can tell how fur it is to the city by the smell
better than the mile post. They wont
work for US and they won't work for them
selves, and they II perish to death this win
ter as sure as the devil is hog, so-coUed.
They are now basking in the summers sun.
llvin on roastln cars and freedom, with ma
ry idea that winter will come agin. or that
castor oil and salts cost money. Some of
EN- hundred years old, are whining about
going to kawedge The truth is. my friend.
somebody's badly fooled about this bizness.
SOMEBODY has drawed the elephant in the
lottery, and don't know what to do with
him. He's jest throwing his snout about
loose, and 10y and by he II hurt somebody.
These negroes will have to 90 hack To the
plantations and work l ain't going TO
support nary one of EN-, and when you
hear anybody say so, tell EN- 1T S lie,"
81 cnlled. | golly, ] amt got nuthin to
-uppolt myself on. We fnut ourselves out
of everything excepting children and land
and L suppose the land are todCe turned
over the niggers for grave yards.
Well, my friend, don't want much. I
ain t ambitious as used to was. You all
have got your shows and monkeys, sirkus-
ses and brass bands and Origins. and can play
on the PETROLEUM and harp Of a thousand
strings, and so OH; but I've only got one
favor to AK of you. | want enuf powder to
Kill a big yaller stump tail dog HAT prows
around the premises at night Pom honor.
won't shoot anything blue. black or nu-
latter. Will you sendit. Are yor and your
toakS, 50 Skeered at me and my foaks. that
you won't let Us hay amynishin? Arc the
squirrels and crows. and black rakoons to
at up our POOR little corn patches? Are
the wild turkeys to gobhle around Us with
.imrunity? If a mad dog takes the hydro
phoby is the whole community to run itself
u death 10 get out of the way? | golly!
! Ii looks like your pepul had all took the
rebelfohy for good. and was never gwine to
git over it. See here, my friend. you must
send me lite powder and a ticket to YOUR
how, and you and me will harmonic ser.
tin.
With these few remarks think ! feel bet
ter, and hope / haint made nobody fitting
mad for I'm not on that line at This timeo7
| am trooly your friend-all present or ac-
counted for. Bill ARP, so-caNed.