The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1866-11-02
Volume l3 Number a.

gers within five miles NV the Corners
wuz arrested and sold, and within
two weeks every one he'd bin cap.
cherd.
/ hied me to the Corners, and the
lirst man 1 saw wuz Bascom, the
grocery keeper, engaged in the con
genial biznis NV tappin barrel NV
contentment, wich he he'd just receev-
ed. | wuz n goin to tell him the
dread intelligence, when he caught
site NV me. Taste that Parson,"
scd he, holdin out tin dipper full.
I drank it oil, and one look ut him
onman'd me. "kin | o'eccioud that
smilin Cheek thot /, % in a fit NV
absent mindednis, wich hev every
now and then, held out the empty
dippcr to Se r'lcl lgln, w.eh 1t wuz
-''no! for q time he shell be spared
and borrered his mule and rode
away pensivcly.
wuz goin fust to Deekin Pogram' $
for lac wuz the most Interested NV eny
in .he settlement. After the mectin
mentioned above, the Dcckin lr'
caused the arrest NV sich rig, trs ez
he cood ketch, and had had en- fined
in sums NV s27j and uppaids, wich
bein unable, ez a rool, to pay the fine,
he he'd kindly bid e., an.
lie he'd picked up here and there
all NV his old servants, ccptin those
wich he'd bin killed in the army and
the few misguided ones w,ch he'd
made theil way North, and tha. NOR.
min the plantashcn wuz to be recon.
structcd upon the old patriHrkle sys.
TEN: Mrs. Deekin Pograr v0l u r.
shellin four uv the Tue li't lest
wenches ! ever saw in tie kitchen;
his son Tom wuz chuckin a yallcr
girl under the chin, wich he'd bin born
on the place about eighteen years be-
fore, and wich, OWN to mlortunaLc
resemblance to the Deekin, he'd caus
ed q onpleasantnis between him and
his wife, wich endid in the loss NV th,
most NV his 5air and the sellin NV the
girls mother to Moo Orleans. Tn,
two eIrls he'd each thcir waitln maids
and wuz putin EN- through thei
! PAGES. There he'd bin some troubl,
in gittin cm reconstructed, it bei
deemed nessary to take the consee
out NV em, wich they wuz all doin
Ez rode up, the old lady he'd jes
knocked one NV em down with a-lir,
shovel and wuz dancin Higilan,
ding onto her PROSTATE body. al
4 mira, the oldest gal, he'd her finger
in the wool NV her gal, and tothe
r one wuz thumpin hern to redosc he
to her proper level, and tue Deeli
r hisself wuz deein with one ongrate
full wretch, who objected to bein pu
Ito work on them teriHs, not realizi
that the Bureau was gone Ez til
Deekin he'd revolver he yielded til
pint. anJ eui,,aittnd to he nopoet
q wich the Deekin wuz doin ez neatl
= ez | ever saw, considerin he he'd bi
out NV practis for four years II
had him tied up to tree and wuz
wollopin NV him gorjus. While L
wuz q convinsin NV him With his viii
that there wuz trooth in the skripte
. and that Ham wuz reely II servar
" unto his bretherln, 1 cXclaime
q ''stopv' and immejtly whispere
y the appallin news in his left ea
u (tother one he'd bin chlwed or in
u misunderstanding at Bascom's, th
u previous Sunday mite after servis.
Never shel forgit the look Nv We
on that eminent Christian $ face
The whip tell from his nerveless han
and with teers streamin down Ii
cheeks, vashin up little streaks I
" dirt in the most heart rendin manne
IT, he gasped in husky voice to II
~ wife NV his Izzum, "Cut him doy
w Mirandy, the North's gone Ablish
D. and the id niggers will he fr
Is anyhow" and the old patriar,
swoonded away at my feet
c' And sich an expression of angus
III ez DISTORTED the lace nv the Dcekll
~ wife | hope never TO see agin. Dro
Ne pin the shovel, she stood " one =
'e' trihed, with her foot elevated in IN
'h' air, ez in the act Nv stompin, and /
iIs term shreek wich methinks | he
,aI ringin in my ears yet, she fell pl
nc ciscly ez she stood, with her !
crooked, ez ef twuZ froze there.
I" Tom released the gal he wuz 81
,h' doom, and mOuntiu his horse 70
nc or to the Corners without sayiI
,'n word, and unable to witness tue Il
pe trnss NV that stricken family, | ma
ue haste to mount my mule and 90
ey while the niggcrs feelin that I'll
=" were wunst more their own mon, a
III women, scattered in every direcLi,
ou "Sich is the froots NV RidiKelisn
% murmured /. "Sich is the litter Z
WI fanaticism heZ put TO our lips" n
zee castin one lingrin look at the pr
ne trate forms NV the Deekln, his "
'c with her foot insensibly raised, q
ou their two gushin daughters, spur
the mule and departed.
'ey Wood that every Abli5hinist in
lIo North he'd seen that site, and v
'od possessed nv soul to appreshate
'aY Then wood they vote differently.
tue PETROLEUM V. NAsBY, Z, NJ.
NE (wich is Postmaster
NV -.----''---,.-----
- A ChiynirY Lieutenunt-G bvernpr
NV A Fight with u Negro WOman-G
eh, Comes out Ahead.
ma The Louisville Democrat, in unc
'uI, scious innocence, produces tie foil
'uy ing creditable performance: 81
ent tenant Governor Cowper had 81
oIu difficulty in Portsmouth, Va,
VI Tuesday, with Il negress who reIu