The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1865-10-05

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without any fiction in it, was written by
" G. MEEKgR, correspondents of the
Chicago Tribune We are positive il
viii interest our readers:
One OF tile most prophetic men is Mr..
Flagg. When Lincoln was elected he
sold his farm in East Tennessee, and
came to Massac county, Illinois, where
he bought another, and is now living on
it, free from the troubles which he saw
approaching. He was poor when Il boy,
he got little schooling, but by improving
his chances he has become well inform
ed; he takes agricultural and daily pa
pers, he has plenty Of grass and cut hay,
he has good though rustic buildings, in
short, is a wealthy and respectable far.
mer. He is a strong Union man, and
has two sons. officers in our w estern Ma
Wy. He has been opposed to slavery ev
er since he was boy, for on one occa-
sion he overheard conversation of some
rich shareholders in Knoxville, who
agreed that they thought more of their
slaves than they did of the poor whites
He could not help thinking that if there
were no slaves the poor whites would
have better chance. There is no tell
ing how the hearts of such men
in the South for years have been fiercely
boiling. The shareholders kept them
under because they had intelligence and
wealth, which consisted not oflands and
negroes only, but also of a large number
Of Northern Democrats. The rebellion
would have been successful but for one
thing there was vast number ofintelli
gent, sharp, and wealthy men whom they
could not buy. They tried to scare
them. They could neither buy nor
scare.
After the fall Of Fort Donelson, few
refugees came North, and among them
was Mr.. Blow He had been school
teacher, was born in the South, and
dressing well, he had succeeded in mar
rying the laughter of rich planter liv
ing near Nashville. Mr.. Blow found him
self out of business, his father in law
could do nothing for him, nor for him
self, for he had left his negroes; "A militia
ry post ofthe Union army had its head
quarters on his plantation. He went
South and Blow came North
His wife disiked to live in free State,
the women worked too much; before, she
always had a negro to work for her. she
,,,, snn,d pn. @ h.I, alp hGrself She c2;mmenced ;n
would have succeeded had she not been I
taken sick with disorder / know not 4
how to name. 1t is quite common in the
South, and some have it in the North 1t
is preceded by dull feeling in the head
and body, the limbs are heavy, the eyes
are without lustre, and what might be
called atrophy often succeeds. SO weak
did she become with this disease that she \
could not get out of her bed before 10 I
o'clock in the morning. 1t was some
consolation that in her afiiiction snuff /
dipping did not disagree with her. She
IL nj in a To
box; the end of little stick is chewed |
into brush; it is wet with spit, dabbled |
in the snuff, and then placed in the mouth. |
where it stays. 1t will last ten times
longer than a chew of tobacco.
Mr.. Blow, not finding a school near bv !
rented piece of ground and put it in |
cotton, which was the best thing he could |
do, but he was forced to spend so much
time in cooking and washing, and in ia
king care of his poor wife, that in the |
fall he had poor yield After the hot |
weather was over, she improved little, /
so that she could walk over to some
neighbors, taking her little box along, |
and she seemed to enjoy herself in tell |
ing how well off she used to be, nor did /
she neglect TO speak of the negroes
When the war should end they would I
have them back and they should catch it.
However, when the cold weather came, |
she got worse. She seldom went out of /
doors. and when not in bed she sat by /
the fire. with the stick in her mouth, or.
as n change, she would smoke
Mr.. Blow saw hard times. He owed !
debts, his cotton scarcely paid them. and /
that there might be enough to eat, he
was forced to leave his wife and child all
day, while he made rails for.the farmers
She was lonesome, and complained sad
ly of her condition. The neighbors us
ed to give them things, and go to see
her, but after while stopped it, for they
wondered how she could be so sick and |
yet eat so much. 1t was known that NJ
Blow had bought over thousand pounds /
of bacon between spring and Christmas,
and yet there were not ten pounds left \
They noticed. too, she had become so I
fieshy rs TO be the fattest woman in the I
settlement, and, besides, her child was |
as fat as she. At last, she got so much 1
worse that he had 10 stay with her almost I
all the time, and this continued till /
spring, when she improved little, and 4
he was able to work again. People liked I
to have him work for them, for he talked I
well on many subjects; he told pleasant |
stories to children, he was peaceable, /
and very little eater
About y car 20 nc went 10 MT ldSr- l.
for whom he had worked. though he liv !
ed several miles away, and said he would 4
like TO have him keep his wife and child 4
till he came back from Tennessee Mr. 4
Flags had q large family, and did not .
want any boarders. still he would take
her few DAYS, particularly rs had never
heard anything against her. and as Mr..
Blow offered him n ten dollar bill, which
had been saved for an emergency. Ac-
cordingly, Mr. Blow brought her over
one afternoon. and left her without stay
ing all uight. for he wanted TO reach Me- Z
tropolis in time for the Cairo and Padu- 4
cab packet. He did reach Metropolis in
zine, and he felt quite happy when he \
Mrs. Blow had sor~~ % a rood plaoe.
and she said she had not seer. anrtbino