Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1867-05-31
Miscellaneous.


driven cattle they piod their We goated o.
70 continuous toll and one Lnented struggle
iOT the larcst necessities ut life. Ny hrs;
encounter with any huHsa being was mar
driving iJ1r yoke of oxen before a wagJI
containing bale Of cotton and some wood
The wagon looked a- though It mad gone
through the war;, ana the oxen were the mos
measre specimens Ji the bovine species
/ think ! ever saw The man was tall and
siiln, ami certainly fifty years old, although
DE might have been twenty years older, tol
il Is impossible % guess the ayes Of this class
of people IN this cgsnry. lie wore a
faded gingerbread coat and pants, which
cluEg about hIs tbin iIu. with a friendly
cl0seless tlat was traly JluehIng-t0r they
certainly touched ium ali overland has hat,
whatever IT, original color may have been,
was now muddy brown. 4s likewise were
his beard and LaIr.
s'How fir am .ralu Arkansas Post 2''
asked by vny OF oyer ~ conversation.
"Ntua. he cll.c1 our ~ his oxen, a
mandate ,h,y readily eyed and then al
sWered six miles iiy ~ h0-s, bat dod ITO
iurder by these ere ox,u, and be opened
his mouth with an expressive grin suggcs-
tive of tie parting jaws Of pleased aliiga-
tor.
"Any tavern near Lorc where / can get
dinner Tor myself and horse ?" next in
quired
Not that I knows Of, and reckon /
orter know, for I've lived in these ere parts
aIi my born days. Nary clmmodati0n TOR
5eFreh of moss tai yer reacn the Helena
l'iks Oan yer give ici-er cha" 7 tobac-
Ger
lon chA"-
La-- l'n tI-"t
No have NJ small vices.
his l.s-' ana con -.As CD --s m m
eh Tan you W
a"inl fu. Cd t %" -4+ ea-"ef lol d
wee ana M, anu 7.-" e none u"
-ei 'i.l7 ere cotton aho "'.l-
-fi'e E'' ~ t1l@'I'' oI N'.-l HNe
-a some eAeefiully' '4Il-i.tu 90 MIN
D' y au AHo" any one a"e'i alGl VINO mas
--t any -iLl u sell
No 4eeI ''yin- l4hl -e.o' niger
J-i --,Is any "haI' ana " yer o.. an
7t--'s .' 1.'H OF 4ie ~ i't "E4 700 'Ie
owner -a.s -.AI you N- 'Hi- ID l-J +"-
taxes an- the l'rd ls y'aIa. anb ii2suey
l1ar az that
Bat ann q N-thtru mon. would !
he disturbed ?'
W AAAH 2 AH.a..ll HI'a .. o. -.-a
and iar- from Jhe h1t-aa- and -hc agcr.
bur in no uii.r way. '-ss, raising any rt-
-uartni cr14. and that would disturb you
o. mighty heap.
.-AIe NOT tae relT!, ah.at here down sa
the Yankee
.N1t by aru4riHu -irft. fought agin
',u cause 4 bad scr. ] ka.w'j the war was
DO good. and everybody i-a f,sp wu,s Of
tell en- SO. bat it warn't u1 use aud then
If ! had ia found myself u1' likely ylln
t1the-wisc harging from pi0o limb with
na ground TO stand on. Tley sarvgd one
of my ueighb0r- so. but ! ku1wd too much
for en-. When they cum ar:c- me | went
without opening my nw,r. 1ut ! never
fought right smart. ] teil y.-.
$50 YOU are good Union uln?'
Il reckon IS and alters was lee poor.
and tat counts for g -.p1sc. The rich
lell,r- and big plliticianlrs b-5't on thc war
and Tee right clad they .l- licked. SArye
'em right If thev had their turn hanging
now-drat IN all.
''Nol have heard ! -arI se, ui lie mill
tary government recently established over
thg rebel States and u' tte E'yernnln NJ
plans f1- r-admittng them % the Union
81 sc hearn tell about em down % iit
Post. but d0csn bother uy htal mutH
about Do. / m only glad lhe ID cIs-e'
that fetched on the war are Eitllh Uhle4
and that ncle sam on top. it j do EN-
good 90 squirm nclc sam ID keep on top,
/ reckon. I'm gwino O. trust bin. eny how
do understand that all your neighh0rs
are Union men
Yes thar's 0nc who amt lie lives
near Helena Forks. lie SD mean be can
raise no crop, 10 how, aId fhc only thing
he can raise is ms daul,r. Uhes be sees a
Union man. and mighty barking OF hls
pe-kv dogs. / tell you just how mean he Is.
Nhi-kry won't make him drunk, and # we
DE hlm an over with faL crCa-e an inch
thick. q hsr wouldn't touch hiln
Ny honest. bug communicative ironG,
would, doubtless, have talked with me TIL
TINS time. hut thanking him iar his iniorna-
ti1u-ant II was Just tic Information touch
M tie poor white people OF the state,
when uttered by honest mouths and from
honest hearts | had looked for, ! resumed
any Journey. and he his.
i strong case illustrative Ji hatred OF
Yankees, though Vos-it ly the hatred IN
tms instance might Not develop itself to
deeds Of crime, has been furnished me by an
army chaplain part of his laIe expert nee
in travelling up the Wmfe river. IN oid
man got To talking With aooi'e' ap'ut \ orti'-
eTn people immlgntiug here a1d sud the
Old man, 81 We mated ,-c csa.i my i'ie,
We raised seven cai'sr'n o. H''e 'l'm' an4
now that my vic j. i-t4 n'. .'n % mari
again to raise another i.miiy - nate t1eul;
\ gentleman IRON the N9iih VINO .'s ,l ia'. y
bought a large tract O.. lana 10 tn' 2'Ae''
says be finds his neigi torS itdi-I I'ssl 20 I'D
tertere with him. and thn"S'' Dc can -a,H I-.
political views freely "ifH u I'D mac '''-i--
At is not safe % do SD wtcn Le go-s away
iIOm L0me. .r1rt tu, ago be went 70 2
town On the White ri, l u1t lp i-r The
night at l5g tavern n. ami five Gr six
others. iuclUdi1g tar,c members Of tie
STATE Legislature. were talking Oh political
matters oule-lv Grouui ti blazing FIRE Of tic
sitting room. lie wrsn4. aware of having
expressed any very ul.1s-radicJ s,ntimcuts
when sudlenlv q man. Ui d. turned cut had
served az a major iu Z; Confederate army
ilmue8 uu and s9uared himsslf before him.
..You damned Ga Yankee scruudrel. you
1-'s +brargb inst srrh -- y.r I los. every