Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1866-09-05

The defeat objectionable copgrismen IN
for disoyai states North?
theu all Nv these inquiries only answered yes,
but went before Justice Nv the Peace and
took affidavit to en, forwarded 1t back, an.
my commission wuz forthwith sent to ms.
There wuz joobiee the mite it ariv. The
news spread rapidly through the four groceries
NV the town and such another outburst Nv Joy
never witnessed.
The bells rung, and for hour two the
Corners wuz in the widest stait uv eggsite-
meut. The citizens congratoolated each other
cn the certainty the acceshun Nv the Pres-
dent to the Dimocrisy, and in their enthusiasm
FIVE nigger families were cleaned out, two Nv
IN, male and tother female was kien.
Then perceshun wuz organized as follows:
Two grocery keepers with bottles.
Deekin Pogram.
Me, with my commsshun pinned onto ban
ner, and under it written " II this sign we
conker."
Wagon with taboo onto it. A nigger on
the boards, Bascom the grocery keeper with
one foot onto him, holdin banner inscribed:
"The Niger where he ought to be"
Citizen with bottle.
Deekin Pograms daughter Miraudy in at
titood sa!lopin wench. Blnaer: " We
have regained our Rites"
Two citizens with bottles tryin to keep in
perceshun.
bottle. fallin out by the wayside.
Citizens two and two with bottles.
Wagon loaded with the books and furnitur
nigger skool, in stait wreck, with
dead ngger yin on top Nv it, which had been
captured within the hour. Banner :"My Pol
icy"
The perceshun moved to the meetin house
and ID iekn Pogram takin the chair meetin
wuz at wunst organized.
The naakin RI cd at thIs the
proudest moment of his life. He graft
fed at the appointment Nv his esteemed friend
bscoz he appreciated the noble qua ites which
wuz so conspicuous into him, and becoz bis
duous services in the coz of Dimocrisy entitled
| him to the posishun. All these aside
and entire Disconnected from the fact that there
would now be probability of his gettin back
little matter nine dollars and sixty two cents
/ (hser, heer y which he had loaned about six
teen months ago, afore be had known him well
or learned to luv him. But there another
reason why he mel to rejoice to-nite. 1t show
ed that A Johnson meant to bizness-that A.
Johnson was true to the Dimoorisy, and that
be had fully made up his mind to hurl the
bolts Nv othshul thunder which he held in his
Presidential hands, at his enemies, and make
fight in earnest, that he wuz going TO reward
his friends, them ez he could trust. Our VEN
cradle friend being put in eondishun TO pay the
cOnhdin residents OF the Corners the small sum
he owes them IS good thing. (Heer, heer ,
Iroo, troo! with singular unanimity from every
In the bildin, but wat such considsra
shuns when compared to the great moral effect
of the decisive movement. CA ID site,
/ shouted one grocery keeper, and, 1--WE don't
want no moral effect t'' cried another.) My
friends when this good news of this bold step
I of the President goes forI h to the South, the
price OF Confedrit skrip will go up and the
shootin of niggers will cease, for the redemshun
doosin of the latter to their normal condishn
count ez good ez doue.
Squire Gavit remarked that he wuz too much
overpowered with emoshun to speak. For
four yesrs, nearly FIVE. the only newspaper
wioh he'd cum to the otis he'd passed throo the
polluted hands of a abolishnist, He hsd no
partlckler obJecshun to the misguided man, but
he wuz symbol of tyranny and so long he
sot there he reminded them that they
wearin chains. Thank the Lord that day is
overi The Corners is redeemed, the second
Jaxon hez risen and struck off the shackles.
: lie wood not allood to the twelve dollars and a
half which he loaned the apintee some months
ago, KNOWN it wood be paid out of the first
money.
Bascom, the principle grocery keeper, rose
and balled tie squire order. He wanted to
know if II was talr play to talk sich talk. No
man could feel more heartfelt satisfaction at
the apintment of our honored friend than him
tuoWcu cL IL lDdt the IEeeIu6nl udU CUT
loose from Abshnism, wich he despised, but
he protested agin the squire undertaken to git
his bill in afore the rest had chance. Who
furnlsht him his liquor for eight months, and
who has the best rite for the first dig at the
proceeds Wv the posishun. He would never
The other three grocery keepers rose, when
Deekin Pogram rooed EN- ali out order and
offered the followin resolutions:
| Whereas the President hez, in a strick ly
= constooshnel manner, relieved this community
4 Nv an offensive Ablishnist appnted by that eb'
horred tyrant, LInkin, and appinted in his place
: sound constooshnel Demokrat, one whom tc
know is to lend therefore be 1t.
: Resolved, that We greet the President, and
= ashoor him Nv our con.inyed support and con
: fdence.
." Resolved, that we now consider the work ol
:, reconstruction, far this sommoonity
;, concerned, completed, and we feel that We ar
,l wuost more restored to proper relation
a with the federal government.
;. Resolved, that the glorious defense made BY
the loyal Dmocrisy Nv Moo Orleans agin th'
combined convenshuners and niggers show
that freemen can not be conkefed and tha
white men shall rule America.
Resolved, that on this happy occasion we for
give the government for what We did, and cher
ish nary resentment agin anybody.
The resolutions was adopted, and the meeti
adjourned with three cheers for Johnson an
to his policy.
Id Then came a scene. Every last en-
s. had come there with note made out of tn
u amount owed him at three months. Kind
~ ness heart is weak ness Nv mine, and sigr
an ed them ALL feelin that if the mere fact of riti
On my name would do eny good it wood be cruz
ne 10 me to objeo to the little labor required
D. Bless their innosent soes; they went ava
y. happy.
So The next mornin l took possession of th
81 offs.
al Am L awake or am | dreamin," thought
be No. no! it is no dream. Here is the stamp
here is the blanks and here is the commission
'e- 1t is troo 1t is true
'e- heard child across the way sngn
s. I'D like be angel
IN And with the angels stAnd.>
nd Iwoodn't t. thought l.. woodn't trade plac,
'er with angel, even up. A offs, with but lit
to do, with four grocerys within stone thro'
ia is ez much happiness my bers will star
all without Dustin. angel 4sooth
ne PETROLEUM V. NAsBY, p. III.