The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1865-10-12
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CreeSOn, anu Iney WOulu nave uooh pO"i
and scrapin round King George for par
don. So it goes, Artemus, and to my
mind, if the whole thing was stewed
down, it would make about half a pint of
humbug. We had good men, great men,
Christian men, who thought we was right,
and many of 'em have gone to the un-
discovered country, and have got apar-
don as is pardon. When I die, I'm nifty
willin to risk myself under the shadow of
their wings, whether the climate be hot
or cold. So mote it be. Selah
Well, maybe I've said enuf! But I
don't feel easy yit I'm a good Union
man, sertin and shure.r, I've had my
breeches died blue, and I've bot . blue
bucket, and I very often feel blue, and
about twice in while, go to tho dogge-
ry and git blue, and then I look up at the
blue serulean heavens and sing the melan-
choly choryas of the Bzue,tailed Fly. I'm
doing my durndest to- lharmonize, and
think I could succeed if it wasent for
sum things. When I see blackguard
going round the streets with gun on his
shoulder, why right then, for few min
it's, hate the whole Yanky nation
Jerusalem, how my blood biles. The in
stitution what was handed down to us by
the heavenly kingdom of Massachusetts,
now put over US with powder and ball
Harmonic the devil! Amt we human
beings? Amt we got eyes and ears and
feelin and thinl1in? Why the whole of
Afriky has come to town, women and
children, and babies and balloons and all.
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 wont work
for. themselves, and they'll perish todeath
| this winter as shore as the devil is q hog,
so-called. They are now baskin in the
summer'6 sun, livin on roastin ears and
freedom, with nary idee that the winter
willcum agin, or that castor oil and salts
costs money. Some Of 'em y, hundred
years old, are whinin around about goln
to kawlidge The truth is, my friend,
sumbodys badly fooled about this bizness.
Sumbody has drawed the elefant in this
lottery, and don't know what to do with
him. He's jest THROWN his snout about
loose, and by-and-by he'll hurt sumbody.-
These niggers will have to go back to the
plantations and work. I amt agoin to
support nary one of 'cm, and when you
hear anybody say SO, you tell 'em its a
lie," so-caNed, golly, I amt got nuthin
to support myself on. We fout ourselves
out of everything except children and
land, and 1 suppose the land are to be
turned over to the negroes for grave
yards.
Well, my friend, 1 don't want much.
amt ambitious as I used to was. You
all have got your shows and monkeys and
sirkusses and brass bands and organs, and
can play on the PETROLEUM and the harp
of thousand strings, and SO on, but I've
only got one favor to ak of you. = want
enuf powder to kill big yaller stump
tail dog that prowls rounds my premises
at night. Pom honor, won't shoot any, my,
thing blue or black or mulatter. Will
you send it? Are you and your foalzs SO
skcored OF me- and my foaks, that you
Won't LEFT ms have any ardynishun Are
the squirls and crows and black raccoon!s
to cat up our poor little corn patches ?
Are the wild turkeys to gobble all round
us with impunity? If mad-dog takes
the hiderioby, is the whole community TO
run itself to death to get out of the way?
I gollyl it looks like your pepul had all
TUX the rebelfoby for good. and was nev-
er gwine, to git over it.. See here, my
friend, you must send me little powder
and ticket to your show, and me and
YOU will harmonic, sertin.
With these few remarks I:think I feel
better, and hope baint made nobody fitin.
mad, for I'm not on that line at this time.
L am trooly your friend-all present or
accounted for,
BILL ARP, so-cazzee
P. S.-Old man Harris wanted to BUY
my fiddle the other day with Confederlk
money. He said it would be good agin,
He says that Jim Eunqerbuk told him
that Warfen's Jack had seed q man who
had lust cum from Virginny, and he sed a
man told his cousin Mandy that Lee had
whipped 'em ,agin. Old Harris says that
a feIler by the name of Mack G. Million
is coming over with million OF: men.
% a1Ass. hstandinr some-