Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1865-10-13

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Our EXperiesce with Csatraband.
, We have no dislike Of colored servants
but On the contrary, think they may he the
best Of any. Sure arc ~ that ~ have known
colored people, Of both srxes, active, intelll'
gent. honest, shreNd and industrious. Well,
~e thought Ne would try coafro6and-.
one direct from GOldsboro, VINO bad former
ly worked upon cotton plsntalion lie wa
about sixteen years old. black as the acc -pl
spadss, and answered 20 the name oil Fhs,
had prsp,nderance Of lif, an abundance oil
w0l which he persisted In calling hd'r. b au-
,iifu, white teeth. which he was fond OF
showing, was stout, robust, and, all in all,
q good sIs cimen oi the negro. The surgeon
said he was the smartsst hoy in camp. lie
was brought from the South BY Captain I'll
one Of the New Hampshire regiments, who,
ceasing to want his services any further than
Concord, like humane man. as he undoubt'
eddy Is, (noD left him in camp, to starvc. or
''get his grub" as best he might. Well,
Fate could take care Of "No. II he
couldn't get work, and he didn't care about
itat all, he could .smOuee" Not that Fate
was sfrsid Of work, DO, by no means, for he
could lie down and 70 to sleep BY the bar
dest piece Of work out. "No Masss,' Fate
would say. II amt Altered of work, can
e. asleep by him # he be As ugly al the Der
~ debhie, Massa, 40 jist can. No mistake
about dat. Massa." And ~ Ne found it
He d. lighted in Harvesting and embarrassing
the horse il he could ride, but the stable
would remain unclean until doomeday, if it
depended upon his will And be Ind will.
Let him but undertake to do thing, and ne
would d. it if is were possible 70, such boy
tn do it. We had . lame ram that did not
come up with the cattle, though q coeset.-
We started after him with Fate and another
by. white one. about the same age. The
ram was fii1hted at the right Of neg-o,
and ran ss II q wolf was after him He
took to the woods and the boys after him
lie took the river and the boys followed. We
called to them Ia let HIM 20 as it was about
nightfall; but Fstc said, No, we'll head
down through the woods and fields, while We
came home. Presently we feared for Fate.
lie might get into the river, or get lost in
the woods 40 it WAS dark. The fear increased.
and We thought Of raising the neighborr a. 9
O'Clock had come and /" no colored pusson."
At length it was 10, We heard q noise at the
door and went to zee % to It, and there was
Fate and the ram. The boys ran him down.
and Fate, fertile in expedients, took Cd his
suspenders, made Q halter Of then and led
him home. The next morning be came hob
bling along with . pair Of large, cast-o6
boots, and We asked. ~ Fate, what have you
done with your shoes - .Shoes, Massa -
" ies' shoes. rate. Wen, Masa. l
clare TOR l do know. tub dem are shoes
IN when l run up dat are bill, Ma..a, an l
do know where them 10 80 he'd caught
sne ram, oas lost par OF good shoes. Aud
then Fate had IN ear for music and an eye
ior mechanic de had q great notion OF
o'ins drummer we asked Tor TN loot
tuo wherein 10 oathe inc ieet' ana !. was
Drought IN, the bottom stove IN and brace
Of ehsii rounds tied 70 one oil ~ handles
rag bad broken up the maid . milking chair
snd made drum sticks OF two OF it's legs. and
TAD stove IN the bottom OF the tub, using
the same tor drum. We asked for SIX
quar- TN pail, used tor carrying water into
u" held, ana 1t was brought forth Rates
musical and mechanical genius combined,
nd made the pail into banjo, piece OF
hard ia'hion,d .'n"whst like the n'ck #
brJ'. had t~' n driven through, the pail, and
same Was lifted up with all "the hIin.
OF " lamp, bridge crews and strings. We
int y, nd 'xhiorins b 'ane at the coming
Far, as sIe'im'n Of contrafnnd ingenuity
We had driven COW and calf from Wash
ington. the call as wild a- d'er- The mex
morning we raw the calf lose. and running
up the pike "iuii ut with Fate alter hun.
We started man after him on horseback
upon iuii run. A mile above. the horse
man headed IN. calf, and he took 10 the
"oods; Ater spending that DAY IN 'sln' We
,urneu .ne COW in'o Ihe Wood. and :he iol-
"olh'ng sue c'ne 10 sisnt WIN her
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