Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1867-08-08
From the Toledo Blade.l
Nasty.

NWhlch Is IN the Stalt NV kentucky
July %, 1867.
rhe speculashen in wool, into witch
the OimocrIsy Nv the south embarkt
somr months ago, hez, l regret to say,
resulted disastrously. The niger amt
fitted for co-operashen with the Ahno.
erisy. lnstid Nv hangln onto us like
the ivy onto the oak, he diskiverad that,
in the South az least, he wuZ really the
oak and We the ivy; instid Nv lookin
up to us, he contracted disagreeable
habit nv lookin down onto US. There
wuz other seasons why he coodent be
made available for our uses, and there
fore, it wuz decided to 90 back onto
the Afrikin, and to agin attempt his re.
duckshen to ez near his normal speer ez
the abnormal condishn NV the times
wood admit. The directors nv the col.
lege met and changed the name NV the
lnstitooshn back to the Southern Mill
tary & Clasikle Institoot, and the Corn.
ers wuz itself agin.
Deekin Pogram lookt ez tho ten years
he'd bin lifted of him. How pleasant
It's, sed he, "to walk erect agin in front
Nv niger, and to pass em ez tho they
wuz niggers Oh eff | Good only wallop
one wnnst more, methinks / could die
happym
We he'd meetin last mite to consider
this Niger question, witch wood hev re-
suited in great good and he'd a powerful
infiooence toward strengthenin the
hands nv our brethren in the north, who
are tlghtin the heresy Nv niger suffrage,
ned 1t not bin for that irritashen, Pol.
lock, and that pest, Joe Bigler. he'd
made my regler speech on the niger
and with much effect. | he'd quoted
from sumboddys quotashen from Agas.
siz, which demonstrated the radicle diff
ference there is atween the Afrikin and
the proud Caucasian; arguin from the
length Nv his heel and arm the thick
ness Nv his skull and so forth, that the
niger wuz totally unfit to exercise the
rites NV free men. | wuz applapded vo-
ciferously and by none more than Pol
lock and Joe Bigler. Ez | took my seat
and wuz wipin the perspirashen from
my alassikle brow, feelin that / he'd set
tied that question, Pollock riz and de-
sired TO say few words and make a
suggestion. Sed he:
81 hev listened with interest to the |
elokent Speaker and am happy to say | |
hev learned fax witch is new to me. Bf
| hev ever doubted the inferiority w |
the niger them doubts are removed,
pervidin alluz, that the statements NV
the Speaker is troo, nv witch / hev no
doubt, ez the caracter Nv the speaker is |
a suffishent guarantee for the trooth Nv |
whichever he seZ."
l bowed stately.like, with the air NV
one to whom SIGH compliments wuz a
every day affair, witch they amt by no
means, on the contrary quite the reverse. |
"But want it demonstrated to the /
satisfackshen Nv the most obtoose-I |
want rite here measurement Nv the |
average Afrikin and the average white |
man, that all the world may know the
difference. | move that 1t be did,"
l acceded. "Let it be DONE" sed /,
"that the vexed question may be settled
forever"
Sevral niggers were askt to submit to
the measurement, but all refused. Final
ly Joe Bigler sed he saw Napoleon John
son, a niger which wunst belonged to
Deekin Pogram, in the audience. "Na.
poleon," sed he, will 700 contrlbbit
yoorself to the great science Nv ethno
logy? Amt 700 willin TO let US yoose
700 awhile tosdemonstrate the CRATE and
CROWN trooth that yoor grandfather wuz
monkey Step up, Napoleon"
Napoleon, nothin basht, slept up, and
Pollock, BascOm, Bigler and | measured
him with the followin result:
Heighth, # inches
Weight, $50 lbs. averdupoise
Length nv foot, Il inches
Breadth Nv foot. 5
Length Nv hand, S1-2
Breadth Nv hand,
Length Nv forearm, IL
Length NV bone from ankle to
knee, b
Proieckshun Nv heel,
Capasslty Nv skull, wich, bein
the top or cap NV the verte-
bra column, so TO speek, is
accordln to Hippocratees, a
trOoly scientific Greek, and
Hou. VIM Mungen of Ohio,
very important bone for
pretty much all Nv the
races, TT CUBIC In.
Now" sed Pollock, "let us examine
in the same way ayrage specimen Nv
nv the Oaucashen race, ez he is found in
this deleCtable spot. Will Issaker Ga
witt be good enuff to step forrerd2
perpose to demonstrate the sooperiority
NV the CauCashen with two loot rool.
Figgers wont lie. Step up, Issaker."