The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1865-11-03
NEW SERIES-NO. 623

the blue serulean heavenz ara, aim. tho nre,.r.
kolly choryus of the Blue-s;Sed Fiy I'm dom,
my durndest to harmonize. ana 7 ;h;rt r conH
sucseed if it wasn't for sum sh;ra Mhsn
see black guard goin' around tha :.-oots 9TH
gun on his shoulder, why right then, for a
Jerusalem, how my blood biles. Thes!st as
what was handed down to us by the SesvenTx
kingdom of Massachusetts, now put or"r ~.
with powder and ball! Harmonize theSex;Ii
Amt we human beingsa Amt we got sves
and ears and feelin' and thinkin'a Why he
whole of Afriky has come to town, women
and children and babies and balloons and ali.
smell better than the 'milep0st. They won't
work for Us and they won't work for them.
selves, and they will perish to death this win,
ter 40 sure as the devil is q hog; so-cAll6Ai
They are now baskin in the summers sui, Iit1n
on rostin ears and freedom, with nary idee that
winter will cum agin, or that castor Oh and
salts costs money: Sum Of 'em, 100 years Old,
The truth is, my friend, sumbody's badlt FOL.
ed about this bizness. Sumb0dy has GraNf
the elefant in the lottery, and don't know what
to do with him. Hes jest THROWN his sncut
about loose, and by-and-by he'll hurt sumbody.
These niggers will have to 20 back to- the
plantations and work. I amt ag0in' to- sup
port nary one of em, and when yon hear any
body say so, you tell 'em Its lie, "so-called
l goAy. I amt got nuthin to support myself
on. We fout ourselves out of everything exc
ceptin children and land, and suppose the
land are to be turned over tothe- niggers for
grave-yards.
Well, my friend, don't want much. amt
ambitious as used to was. You all have got
your shows, and monkeys, and sirkusses, and
brass bands, and origins, and can play on the
PETROLEUM and the harp,of q thousand strings.
and 80 on; but I've only got ona favor to s-'>
of you. I want enuf powder Kill q big w..
Ter stump tail dog that Ir0sefs' around
premises at night. Pom honor, T wont ,..
at anything blue, black or mrlatter. WI ii
send it 2 Are you and your 6oaks so ok esred
OF me and my foaks that you wont let US have
any amynishina Are the squirrels and crows
and black rakoous to eat up our poor little
corn patches? Are the wild turkeys to gobble
all around Us With impunity? If mad dog
takes the hyderfoby Is the whole community
to run iteelf to death to git out of the waya
lgolly! 1t looks like your pepul had all TUX
the rebelfoby for good, and was never gwine
to git over 1t. See here. my friend, You must
send me little powder and ticket to your
show, and you and nae will harmonize, for
sertin.
With these few remarks think feel better
and hope l haint made nobody fitin mad, for
I'm not on that line at this time. I am trooly
your frend-all present and accounted for,
BILL ARP, so called. q
P. 8. Old man Harris wanted to buy my
fiddle the other day with Confederik money.
He sed it would be good agin. He sed jim
Funderbuk told him that Warren's Jack seed Q
man who had jest cum from Virginny. and he
seed a man who told his cousin Mendy that
Lee had whipped 'em agin. Old Harris Gays
Teller by the name of Mack q. Million is cum.
ing over with a million of men. But never
theless, notwithstandin, somehow or somehow
else, Pm dubus about the money. IF You was
me, Artemus, would you make the fiddle trede7
B. A.