Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1866-02-06

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De p. 1865.
At LIST The deed Is done Tie frankie
Government witch hez sway ut W .shiugton has
finally exiting lished tue last gimmerin flicker 1f
liberty by abolishin slavery The sun dida't 90
down in gloom that mt, the stars dIda't fade
in2 a sickly yaller, 1t wich obstinAcy NV nacher
| was cOnsidbiy astonisLe3.
90, tie news at the postofis (uear wch
am stayin d. the house nv venerable old
planter, who accepts my lmproviu e)nversation
and occasional promise. which Is cheap, u
equivalent tor bord) Sadly wendol my way
, his peac ful nom dreadiu to tiug over that
house toe pail OF Despair. Alter supper broke
il to them as gently as | Good, the intelligence
that three fouTths W the Sta-es he'd ratified the
constitutional meniment, that Seward ned is
sued HIS proclaim alton, and that all cig5ers was
free.
Never did | see such sorTer depicted on human
count nance. never Was thee despair nv sich
depth All nite long he bereaved iuml;es az
tha. wunst happy bur now distracted home wep-
and walled III agony wich wa perfectly heas.
rendIn.
no is me- -obbed TIE oid as4a, wringin
his hands.
John Browns k4rkis hangs da1giin in the
air but his soul Is marchin on.
= IL took possession OF Seward, and thro his
ugly mouth II spoke the words, the niger IL
free, ana there IL no more slave in all the
land.
Wunst l he'd a hundred nisgere, and The
men were fat and healthy, ana the nches wuz
strong, and some them wuz fair TO look upon.
They worked in my house and my feld-
from the risn the to the goin down Nv
the same
= uz they lazy ? | catt ed them till they
wuz cured thereof, TOR 10 they wuz a child
under my care.
Did they run away? From Kentucky they
ruu North, and 10 the LoeAioco MtTshai-
caught them fOr me, and brought them back
and delivered them into my hand, without cost,
saylp, 10 here is thy nlgger--do wl,h him e
thou wilt (wich | alters did) wch is cheeper
than keeFIn dogs, and JEST ez good.
- Solomon wuz wise for he he'd Nv kOnku-
bines sufhshensy, but we WIZ wiser IN our day
than him.
8 For he he'd to feed his children, and it kost
him Shekels gold and shekels silver, and
much corn and oil.
We he'd our konkubines with ez great
muchness ez Solomon, tut We sold their children
for silver and gold, AMI rel dog paper"
And III night long the bereavcd old patriarch,
who mad thus been u father to his servants (snd
a grandfather to many NV em), poured out hls
lemen atoms.
In the mornin the niggers wuz called up and
ez tha ali had their kotes and he'd bundles, l
spect tha must hey herd the neus. The Old gen
tleman explained the situashun to en-.
a. You Will" sad he, 9 stay IN yOor happy
homes-yoo will allus continer 10 live here, and
work here, as 700 hev allus dun
The niggers, all II korus, with q remarka ble
unanInity, remarkt that Il tha he'd ever bin
introdOosl to themselves, tina thot thf woodent.
ID fact, they he'd kongregated at that time for
the purpose Nv startin life on their own hook.
A paroxysm pane and anguish shot over
the old man g face. Nearest to him stood a oc-
turune who, he'd she ct bin tainted with the
blud Nv Ham, wood hev been kousidered
t.,l ELL harr fba, ~
with teers streamin down his furrosd cheeks
el akilated
' Farewell LooIzer my dotter farewell |
loved your mother as never man loved niger
She the solace mi leisure hours-the
kompanion Nv mi yooh! She sold to pa orr
a mortgage the piais--she aud yoor older Sis
ters! Farewell | he'd hoped to hev sold 700 this
winter Oor yoo air still yung) and bought out
j JlnkIns, but wo IL me Curses on the tirant
who thus sewers all the tender ties nacher
Oh it is hard for father to part with child,
even when the market high. but Oh God to
part thus -
And the old gentleman, in excess NV grief,
swooned away genseelly.
His sen Tom had been caress,n her two little
children, who wuz half whittier than she wuz.
Unable TO restrain h,3sslf, he lei. 0n her neck
and bemoaned his fate with te chin rathos
I" Farewell ! farewell mother of my chill
d. en- Farewell faro, aud boss IS. and shampa ne,
q long farewell Your increase was my perqui-
sites, and Sold EN- to supply needs. fled you
died | Good hey BIN resined, fOT when ded you
amt wuth copper, but 10 bee you tom away
livin, Il when wuth 81 900 in emmy market -
it's too much-it's to much -
And he tainted, fallin across the old man.
Who'll do the work about the house?
shreekt the old lady, iaintin and iallin aoross
Tom.
"WhoTl dress US and wash US ard wait on
us?'' shreekt the three daughters. swoondin
away ard falln across the old woman.
Nv first impulse wuz to faint away myself
and fall across the three daughters, but re