Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1867-08-14
3ooItttcal.
From the Toledo Blade.
Massey.


(Which is in the Stait NV KentuckyO
July 2S. 1867.
The speculashen in wool, into wch the Dimoc-
ricy NV the south embarkt sum months ago, hez.
regret to say, resulted disastrously. The niger
ANT fitted for co-operashun with the Dimocricy.
lnstid hangin onto like the ivy onto the oak,
he diskivered that in the south at least he
really the oak and we the ivy instid NV lookin up
to us, he contracted disagreeable habit NV look
in down onto us. There wuz other why
he coodent be made available for our uses, aud
therefore, it wuz decided to 60 back onto the AT
rikin, aud to agiu attempt hiz redukshun to ez
near his normal speer es the abnormal oondishun
NV the times wood admit The directors nv the
college met and changed the name the Institoo-
shn back to the "Southern Military and Clasikle
Ihstitootn 80 and the Corners wuz itself agin.
Deekin Pogram lookt ez tho ten years he'd ben
lifted off him. allow pleasant tis," sed he ''to
walk erect agin in front Niger, and to pass
EN- tho they wuz niggers Oh, eff | Good only
wallop one wunst more, methinks Good die hap
py y
We he'd a meetin last mite, TO consider this mig
ger question: witch wood hev resulted in CRATE
good and he'd powerful innoence toward strength
enin the hands NV our brethrin in the north who
ightin the heresy nigger suffrage, he'd 1t not
ben for that rrtashen. Pollock, and that pest Joe
Bigler. he'd made my regler speech on the mig
ger, and with much effect | he'd quoted from
somebody's quotashen from Agassiz, witch demon
strated the radicle difference there is atween the
Afrkn and the proud Caucasian; arguin from
the length NV his heel and arm; the thickness NV
his skull aud forth that the niger wuz totally
unfit exercise the rites NV free men, | wuz APP
plauded vociferousy, and by none more than Pol
lock and Joe Bigler Ez took my seat and wuz
a wipin the persprashen from my claske brow
feeling that had settled that question, Pollock
riz and desired TO say few words and make sug-
gestion. Sed he;
II hev listened with interest to the elokent
speaker, and am happy to say | hev learned fax
with is new to me- Ef hev ever doubted the in
ferority the ngger them doubts is removed,
pervidin alluz, that the statements the speeker
is troo, NV wich hev doubt, the caracter
NV the speeker is a sulishent guarantee for the
trooth NV whichever he says
bowed stately-like, with the air NV to
whom such compliments a every day affair,
wich they amt by means, on the contrary qui to
the reverse.
'But want it demonstrated TO the satisfacshen
of the 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 it be did,
| acceded 'Letit be done,n said |, "tbat the
vexed question may be settled forever
Several niggers were askt to submit to the meas
urment, but all refused Finally Joe Bigler sed
he saw Napoleon Johnson, a ngger wich wunst
belonged TO Deekin Pogram, in the audience.
Napoleon sed he, ''will yoo contrbbt yoor-
self TO the CRATE science ethnology? Amt yoo
willin to let us yoose yoo awhile to demonstrate
the CRATE aud GROWN trooth that yoor grandfather
wuz a monkeyS Step up, Napoleon
Napoleon, nothn basht, slept up, and Pollock,
Bascom Bger and measured him with the fol-
lowin result;
lIeghth II. inches
Weight. 160 lbs. ayerdupoise
Length NV foot, IL inches
Breadth nv foot,
/ Length nv hand. 1-2
Breadth nv hand,
Length NV forearm, IL
Length NV bone from ankle to knee,
Proieckshun NV heel,
Capas sity NV skull, wich ben the top
or cap NV the vertebral column,
to speak, is. accordin to Hippoc-
ratees trooly scientific Greek Il
Hon. VIM. Mungen, nv Ohio
very important bone for pretty much
all NV the races 66 cubic in
"Now,n sed Pollock, "let us examine in the
same way avrage specimen NV the Caucashen
race. oz he is found in this delectable spot VIII
| Issaker Gayitt be good enutf to step forred5
perpose % demonstrate the sooperiority NV the
| Caucashen with foot rool flggers wont lie.
Step up Issakern
/ And lssaker slept up, and wuz measured with
Heighth, 5h inchc.
Weight. l5O lbs,
Length Nv hand. l-2 inch
Breadth NV hand l-2 inches
Length NV foot, IL -
Breadth NV foot A i-2
Proieckshun NV heel, / l-2
Length NV forearm, 10 "
| Length NV bone from ankle TO knee, 10 "
Capassty NV skull, " cubic in
Pollock wuz delighted! Here sed he ''it is ID
a nutshell. Issaker has shorter hand q more
narrer he'd, shorter and narrer foot. aud is hee
proiecks less than the niggers by l-2 hcbes
Good Lord, how hev ben deseeved What cr
rors | hey ben nussn How ken a human 5eir
hey intelleck whose heel proiecks four inches
How reoict that am at last set rite on these
important pints!h
smiled beninantly onto him
Bigler riz. Il too,n sed he, "am satisfied that
the nigger is not wat we, who wuz disposed Il
consider him fit to exercise rites, supposed him to
be. | held firm when the measurement NV hi
hands aud arms wuz bein made, but the heel stag
gered me. 1t is clear that no one ken hev intel
leck whose leg amt set 10 his foot better thar
that. she pursoo this nyestigashan. Havir
now a stadiu pint-a heel, ez may say, to stan'
IL shell 20 on 10 prove the inieriority NV TIN
nigger With heel for fucrum, | shel, witt
the lever NV trooth proceed TO upset the fabric u
niger ekality and carry confession into Boston
shel assoon that Napoleon is avrage specimen
NV the lower or unintcllecktooal African type. |
il soYn
"lt is il isN yelled we all, delighted at Ia
, happy turn the thing wuz takin.
~ shel also assoom that lssakor Gavtt is a av
rae NV the higher or intellecklooa Caucasheu type
Is il so?n
Certainly Certainly
! Every we'll Now quake, Massachusetts, Ma
: poleon ken yoo read n
! II saw the trap into wch we he'd fallen, an
B rstn hastily nrnteslal ihai tho examlnAsneu he