The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1867-05-17
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cit is," SEE I, firmly, "a dooty
evry Dimokrat ows 10 his party, in
this crisis, to kiss ez many nigger
children ez possible"
A strange expression lit up the old
mans countenance In frenzied
manner he kissed all there wuz In
the cirarch, and, ez ef insane, com.
menst on the adult femails NV that
persuasion. With difficulty we re-
strained him, but breakin loose from
us he startid down the street a run.
min down and kissin every niggel
child his eyes restid on. Finally hs
sunk to the erth eggsaustid, and We
bore him 10 his house and put him &c
bed. From that bed he never ariz
He wuz q goner. We he'd to give
him his likker in a spoon, and l new
or knowed a Kentuckian to recover
who wuz past drinkin out NV bot
tie.
Slowly his strength wasted. Yes
terday he rallied and asked for me
ez the candle NV life tiickered feebly
in the socket
"Perfesser!" sed he with an effort
lis Kentucky to rool the niggers OF
the niggers to rool Kentucky ! Has
the Dimocrisy swalIered the niggel
Or the nigger swallered the Dimoc
risy ?"
And all wuz DER. He fell back {
piece nv clay wich never Good rally
to the polls agin.
Bascom and | turned aside anC
wept. Sed Bascom, shed lie lived
two years more l wood hev he'd hi:
farm"
"Not any," sed I Dustin into teers
81 wood hev he'd it to endow the In
stitoot."
"In that event it wood evenchoo
ally hev bin mine," gasped Bascom
relapsin in a fresh spasm NV grief.
We buried him yesterday. 1t wu5
the biggest funeral ever knowd at the
Corners. 1t wuz a tetchin site -
Stanin around his bier, wuz his four
children by his first wife, and his six
children by his second wife, and
twelve or fifteen other children u,
all colors from that NV new saddle
up to dark molasses, who insisted
upon bein counted IN ez mourners -
1t wuz the titest place l wuz in in
my life.
"My friends sed I to 'em "is
this seemly2 Is this proper p
They replied that it wuz. l
mourn father" sed one; mot much
NV father. but he wuz the only one
| ever he'd" a. mourn husband
sed the mother of the first speaker,
= not legally husband, but morally,
or rather, immorally." 1--WE weep
sed all these various shades in korus,
and they bustid out into torrent Nv
greet wich completely extinguished
them on the tother side NV the grave
wich he'd the legle rite to mourn.
Ez matter NV course, it ended in
q row. Issaker Gavitt swore thai
no cussld bleached niggers shood
shed tears at his fathers funeral, and
Amandy flew at quadroon wicl
wuz cryin too prominently, and Mrs
Gavitt attacked the quadroon's moth
er who wuz displayin too much whit,
pockit hankercher. In the melee
left, satisfied that Democrisy hez al
together too many rough pints to gi
over pleasant.
feel it my dooty to erect mon
ument to the memory NV this goot
and true man-this martyr to DE
mocracy. Democrats feelin an in
terest in the matter and wishin T.
contribute to the work, may send b.
mail sick donashens ez they see fiji
to me, with perfeck confidence tha
they will he yoosed. Let 'em remem
Der that but for his devoshen to tn
coz he whood hev bin livin to-day
Ell we cannot do much for the livi
let us not forgit the dead.
PETROLEUM V. NAsBY, p. M.
(Wich is Postmaster), and likewis
Professor in the Ham and Japhet
Free Academy for the develop
ment Nv the intellek nv all races
irrespective of color.