Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1866-01-11

the niger is free, and there is no more
slave in all the land
"Wunst he'd hundred niggers, and
the men wuz fat and healthy, and the
wenches wuz strong, and sum Nv EN-
wuE fair to look upon
They worked in my house and my
fields from the rising Nv the sun to the
going down NV the same
"Wuz they lazy | Gated them till
tbev ,puz cured thereof for 10 they wez
q a child under my care.
"Did they rcu away From kehtucNy
they run North, cud 10! the Locoioco
Marshals caught then. Tor me, ana oroL
them back and delivered them INTO my
! hand, without cost, saying, 20 mere ~
thy nigger-do with him ez thou VIII,
| (wich | alluz did, wich Is cheeper Shsn
keepin dogs and jest ez good.
Solomon wuz wise, for he he'd Nv
konkebnes q sufilshensy, but we wuz
wiser in our day than him"
"For he he'd to feed his children, ana
it kost him shekels Nv gold and shekeIs
Nv silver, and much korn and Oil.
awe he'd our kOnkebines with ez great |
a muchness ez Solomon, but we sold
their children for silver and gold, ana
red dog paper.
Aud all night long the bereaved old
patriark, who he'd alluz ben father TO
his servants land grandfather to many
NV em), poured out his lamentations.
In the mornin the niggers wuz called
up, and ez they all he'd their kotes on
and he'd bundles, | spect they must hev
heard the news. The old gentleman ex-
plained the situation to EN-.
oYou will" said he, "stay in your
, happy homes-you will alluz continue
to live here and work here ez 700 heV
alIuz dun"
The niggers all in korious, with re-
markable unanimity remarked that et
: they he'd ever bin intrOdoost to tnelr-
= selves they thought they woodent In
fact, they had congregated at that time
n for the purpose Nv starting IN lie on
e their own hook.
d A paroxysm Of pain and anguish shot
IS over the old mans face. Nearest to hin
Ie stood a octoroon who, he'd she not beer
=" tainted with the accourst blood Nv Ham
would hev ben considered beautiful
o. Fallin on her neck the old patriarch
al with teers streeming down his turroW'
=. cheeks, calculated:
VI Farewell, Loo!zer may daughter, iaTe
81 well. loved yoor mother ez never ma
Ist loved niger. She wuz the solace OF N
,o- leizure hours-the companion OF m
m. vooth. She I sold to pay off mortgag
- on the place-she and yoor older sisters
Il" Farewell l he'd hoped to hev sold 20
d. this winter (for 700 are still young an
len bought out Jinkins, but wO is me Gu
Mt, ses on the tyrant who thus sewers
Ne the ties Nv my nacher. Oh 1t IS hal
;ol for a father to part with his child, eve
., when the markets high but Oh do'
'Do to part thus
And the old gentleman in au exec
inc Nv grief swoonded away genteelly.
en- His son Tom he'd bin caressln her tV
lgi- little children, who wuz half Whlt
lers than she wuz. Unable to restrain n
self he fell on her neck and bemoan
! of his fate with teChin pathOs
pot Farewell farewell mother Nv l
9TH children Farewell Faro, and hoss
and shampane, long farewell 1o
,ded increase wuz my perquisites, and 81
With EN- to supply my needs He'd 700 d,
and I Good hev ben resined, tor when {
'ody VOC amt wuth copper, but to see
torn away livin, & wuth $4,000 in Ell
4del- market its too much-it's too niue
Wa And he tainted, fallin across the
man
q in "Wholl do the work about the nous
ding sbreekt the 0Id 5ady, faintin 2nd "a
ant ,a, across Tom.
"No "Whon dress us and wash us,
wait on us Z" snreekt the three dau
'sion ters, swoondin away and ,allin acI
ding tbp old woman.
9man NV Aret imDuIee wUX 20 faint g
r. mvself and fall across the three Qat
lllery ters but restrained myaeit and
1ings Contentpd with strikin attitood
and organiZin tablo Hustli0 the mig
use with burnin cuss for their mgr
osion TODD, spent the balance nv TIE
'amer noon in bringiu on en- TOO. "u'
one wun they became Conshus, but they
ously mt theirselves Their minds Wuz
identity shattered-they wuz carry
heavy heart in their buzzums.
t she Wood. oh wood that Seward GOOD
ward seen that groop Sich misery does
lishinism bring in its trane-slch
H. ters follers departure from Dlmlk
NS teechins. When will reason retu
5. the people Exc ansers when
IT, PETROLEUM V. Massey,
Tay at Lait Paster Nv the Church Nv Uhe
uished Dispeneoshun.