Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1867-01-02
Nasty.

Mr.. Nasty tries 10 tceep al The tomb ofa friend
and ,Ditnesses q sisteyfy fght-the disadpan-
tages OF ihe patriarciai system.
CoNFEDRrT y RoADs)
| (wiCh i. in the st6E Nv Kentucky J.
| December 10, 1866.
| | heard. nearly two months ago that my old
friend, John Cutie, Nv Mobee, he'd departed
this live and gone to that other and better
| world where tee wicked Geese from troubl:n
and the weery are at rest, and wuz profoundly
| shocked. John Cutie wuz nv friend, and |
much fear bis like | ne'er shall lcok upon agiu
| He wuz Democrat Nv the Old skoo., one u
| the few links which remained to connect tn
| present generation with the past. " ell 90
| remember the gelIoriGus old man How often
| hev | set in the square room in bis COUNTRY res
| idence, and drunk whskey and wate. with him
| ill we neither on Good see hole lhro for
| y foot ladder how meny times hez he dog-
| ged nggars for my am OZ-meGt, to show ne
| the proper way Nv m4nigin Nv en- aad how
many times Etz he lent me small sums w
money, varyln from five to tn rty-o dollars
skkoTdln to the state NV nelierais he Ecz Ia
when | approached him on tie deiekit suiak
Alas poor John Cutie! lie. not the skofsr
say that | regret MS death becoz bis sons
will be apt TO try and collect the notes tie
Old man departed holds Nv mine No 10
they know me too well TO waste eny time CT
that. | mourn becoz loved him, ami bsccz
o: the misfortunes wich druv him to prem stoor
grave. a. Llnkin Is responsible 70. this DARK
shadder onto my pathway. John Cutie he'd
tas hundred nlggs!s On his p.antashuas ahi in
his house in tosn-these WIZ wrencht from.
I'm by the Proclamashen and turned cut from
hi, paternal care 10 starye, wich the most w
en- are iodu 5triously doin IL bout .Lree dol
lars per day. He he'd en- uv asl hacz-ihers
TOz the fulbiOoded back, The dsgus,ia Mc-
Latter, the pleasant QuadrooB, the beautiful Oc-
toE0ol. anu them SIch he'd nearly !ost the cuss
" Ham 70 be hardy dis-iua a-isnabie f-om
the pure CzUcashun, anu ii wuz noticeable that
tie nearly white niggers ca the Gu';lezes plant
alton wuz al beautiful. The Guttlese5 their-
selves WIZ perieck specimens Nv maUiy beauty,
and it probably he'd It's eteck upon the blacks.
The niger is q Initiative animal.
It wuz this Robin Nv MIN Nv his property
this overturniu the normal condition Nv
tnngs-which killed John Cutie. He never
held up his he'd after the Prociamashsa on. fad-
ed away like frostid flower
| wuz in Mobeel last week on biznis connect.
ed with our college, Gt wuz soiisiiin funds to
endow my ProfessorshIpo and L fet that |
Good not leave the city without droppin dozen
teers or sch onto his grave. l felt ez he ned
contributed at various times so much to mois-
Ten my clay, that It wood be u1gen,lemaniy
not to do suthin toward moistenin hizzen. And
10 pursuance Nv my resolve, l Isnded mT way
sadly to the cemetery, and, hndin the tomb,
struck attltood Nv despair, and leaning pen
sivey onto the monument, 5troye, 10 the
best Nv my ability to weep, but 1t Tuz futile
sndeavor. My eyes WooGent give down. /
s.rove to recall his virchoos, but such is the
weakness Nv human nacher that, whenever his
form rose II my memory, my mind lnvoiGntar-
lily wandered to his 1hiskey, and my mouth
would water to sich extent ez TO monopoiizs
all the moisture in my system. l Good hev
spit onto his grave, but weep | could not.
Alas for poor humanity
While standin there tIyln to weep, and max
in bad fist il, notist three beautiful
young ladies approachln, with baskits NV hd;-
house flowers a hangIa on tnsir arms / rec
egnized them to wunst-- Ihey aIz johnsEut-
ties aughters, end ihey wuz COMM. 10 strsw
flowers on the grave Nv t-eir patefnal ancestor
on their fafherss side l. a'i.ql l-dessai site,
and ieeil tina. wuz intTo0der, not 0eiu
blood elashen and only connected with The de-
ceest by notes hand, | Withdrew q snort dis
tants. Skasely he'd they got 10 ths tomb,
when from the other side approached three
more ravisnlngly beautiful young iaoies, With
baskets Nv hot-house flowers ONO their arms.
Tne last ones resembled in s,rikin manner the
fust ones, ceptin they wuz sla le dark-r, and
and their hare waved bootIiul, whereas the hare
Nv the fust wuz peEtecky strate.
The Two parties f-ceo each other OF op,jo-
glared fercely at party number two.
- Lie Flora Jane > sed the oldest Nv
the party number one. What are 700 dom
here ?"
Sisters sed the eldest NV party number
two, .' We are here dischargln a hllyei dooty.
Beneath these sods hes the remains uv our
fathers, and We are goin to strew these flowers
onto his toom. Jiae US III The strew."
'' Father P' shreekei Inc three party
MN t.er- a nj 4r1
wants onto
Our hali-sister," sed the spokesman Nv
party number two, . bd- L.akin removed lie
cuss uv Ham, aad We ate now free aad hey ez
much rite to s.rew he grave our common
parieat, wich wuz I'M Ga-:ie, ez yoo. Oh !
our sisters, father wuz good m4a-let Is
bedew his grave wIth oUV tears and =
"Wat inpudence !" sAreeAed party nulb-r
one, all in hori0us.
.'Inpudence yourself" retorted party num-
bgr two, gettia red in the face. " We ara
John Guttie's daughters precisely ez much ez
VOC, and the only advantage 700 hev over Us =
in the article Nv mothers. I0o three hev one,
wich wuz John Guttleses wife, while We three lev
three-one apiece esgsackl ly-@icl wuz John
Guttieses servants, 0uI We can't nevertheless
st.he our enoshuns. | sAcl command myself,
and thus proceed to perform 4 &c. uy hilyel
dooty."
And she histed out the flowers and commeLo-
ed 10 streW.
The tother wuns ge TN hot. lac old
est wun Good stand tnis inpu1en5e 10 longer,
and droppin her basket, went for her, followed
by her sisters. 1t a spirited conflict. and
lasted perh ,ps four minutes, or until / parted
EN-, when they gathered themselves together,
and departed-one party went one vay, and
tother, tother.
Fillyel love he'd done more in the strewin
bizns than it sot out to do. L he SIX lovin
daughters NV the deceest JOHN Cutie he'd not
only strewed flowers onto his grave, bat har
and collars, and buzzum pins, and shreds Nv
silk, and waterfalls, and cotton, and false teeth,
and pieces almost every ything which goes to
make up the sum total female attire
Ez gazed at the wreck, and their tat
tered forms vanish in the dim distance, | coed
not help admittin that when come to strewin
the grave Nv deceest ancestors there wuz some
disadvantage attendin the patriarAe system.
PETROLEUM V. NAsBY, Z. M,
(Which is postmaster), and likewise Professor
Nv Biblike Politicks 10 the Southern Glass;
ikle & Military lns;itoot.
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