The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1867-05-24
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without nOtfClD. II etfln W uWuNCh uil-
pleasant emoshens in his mind, | new
err mentioned the latter circumstance.
Things grew worse with him. When
Mr.. Randall wrote me to consulate
the niggers ez Wade Hampton wuz
doom it, the old father in Dimocrisy
obeyed without murmur. Dimocri-
sy wuz his first idea, and he obeyed
very sole. He shook hands with Mig
gers at my rekcst, tho the touch wuz
ez red hot iion-he took two NV en-
into his pew, tho his promovity to EN-
set him shakin like the ager, and he
votid to change the name and objects
NV the Institoot, tho the convulsive
workins NV his face showd wat the
struggle cost him.
Day by day the Elder faded. The
iron entered his sole, and it wuz cor.
robin corrodin coTrodin and cat
ing him up by degrees He walked
the streets listlessly his eyes sulfoos-
ed with teers, and his lips movin ez Of
mutterin suthin to hisself | became
concerned for him, and SO did the en-
tire cirkle. Bascom fggered up his
akkount at his bar, and went to the
records to see whether his farm wuz
unencumbered, and SIGH NV the neigh
bors ez he'd lent him small sums sot
about Citing EN-.
Last Sunday the pitcher went to the
well for the last time. / he'd four Mig
gers in his pew, upon whom he looked
vacantly, but sed nothin. Alter SER
Wis | stopped him. Glider" SEE |, in
n whisper, cit wood hev good effeck
ef 700 Good kiss them little niger
girls"
'Parson !" sej he, trembling like a
leaf, 'is it absolootly necessary p
ut is, sed l, firmly, "a dooty evry
Dimokrat owes to his party, in this
crisis, to kiss ez many Niger children
ez possible"
A strange expression lit up the old
mans countenance. In frenzied
manner he kissed all Their wuz in the
church, and, ez ef insane, commenst
on the adult femails NV that persua-
sion With difficulty we restrained
him, but breakin loose from us he
startid down the street a runnin down
and kissin every niger child his eyes
rested on. Finally he sunk to the
erth eggsaustid, and we bore him to
his house and PIT him to bed. From
that bed he never ariz. He wuz a
goner. We he'd to give him his ikker
IN a spoon, and / never knowd a Ken
tuckian to recover who wuz past
drinkin out NV bottle.
Slowly his strength wasted. Yes
terday he rallied and asked for me, ez
the candle NV life fiickered feebly in
the socket.
"Perfesser !" sed he with an effort,
lis Kentucky to rool the niggers or
they to rool Kentucky Has the Di-
mocrisy swallered The niger or the
niger swallered the Dmocrisy ?"
And all wuz DER! He fell back q
piece NV clay witch never Good rally to
the poles agin
Bascomb and | turned aside and
wept. Se6 Bascomh, "hed he live6
two years more 1 wood hev he'd hi
farm"
"Not any," sed / Dustin into teers
l wood hev he'd it to endow the Insti
toot.'
"In that event it wood evenchooal
ly hev bin mine" gasped Basoomb
relapsin into fresh spasm NV grief.
We buried him yesterday. 1t WI
the biggest funeral ever knowd at th
Corners. 1t wuz techin site. Stand
In around his bier, wuz his four child
rem by his first wife, and his six child
rem by his second wife, and twel,
or fifteen other children NV all color
from that NV new saddle up TO dan
moiasses, who insisted upon be
counted in ez mouners 1t WIZ II
tlghtest place | ever wuz in in II
life.
My friends sed to EN- "is til
seemly Is this proper p
They replied til at it wuz 81 mon,
father" sed one; "notmucb NV n fat
er, but he wuz the only one ever he'd
Il mourn husband" sed the mot
or NV the first speaker, mot legally
husband but morally, or rather, il
morally" 1--WE weep" sed all the
various shades in korus, and tn,
bustid out into torrent NV greet wi,
completely cxtinguished them on Il
other side NV the grave, witch he'd Il
legle rite to mourn.
Ez matter NV coarse, it ended in
row. Issaker Gayitt swore that ,
ID bleached niggers shood sh,
teers at his fathers funeral al
Amandy flew at a quadroon witch W,
cryin too prominently, and Mrs. G
WITT attacked the quadroon's moth
who WIZ displayin altogether too mu,
white pockit hankerchor. Ia the mi
lee left, satisfied that the Democr
hez altogether too many rough pin
to glt over pleasant
| feel it my dooty to erect mon
ment to the memory nv this good AZ
true man-this martyr to Democrisy. ID
mokrats feelin an interest in the ma
Ter and wishin to contribute to Il
molly work may enclose sich don
shens ez they see fit, to me, with pc
iect confidence that they will
yoosed. Let EN- remember that b
Tor his devoshen to tho coz he wo,
hev BIN hyin to-day Ef we can II
do much for the Twin let as not fc
git the dead.
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