Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1867-02-08


Grand $500 70
Leayin a balance in my favoC of 50 20.
ihe ,bee brethren wuz somewhat disanlii;G;t,a II -;
he bleeved it Wuz id swindle, but with,
cred him with q glance. | showed Deekin
Pogram that it Wuz not only reglar, but
that it he'd the stamp Nv the Post offs onto
it, wich sIlenced all cavil / asshoored EN-
that that little balance needn't trouble EN-
= did not intend to make an assessment
onto EN-, but that | Good wait until the
treasury Buz in funds
But, said Bascomb, when in thunder
will the treasury ever be in funds, eff all the
expedishuns result like this one ~
! explained to the ohtoose man that it
Wuz all rite; that in most Nv sieh enterpri-
ses the expenses eat up the collekshuns, but
that it wuz seed sown. I'VE must, F" sez |,
raise the wind from the North, and to do
it, let US show that suthin hez bin dun.'
What kin we do 2" sed Bascomb.
Lay the corner stun nv the Institoot ~
sez |. ''On the square fornist us is the cor
neT stun Nv the niger chuBch we burnt a
month or so ago, ready to our hand. Let
us organize a percession and do it to-day,
that we may publish to the world that the
work IS commenced that our friends may
shell out llbreller than they hey."
The idea wuz considered good and forth
with il wuz actid upon. The stun wuz con-
veycd to the field onto which the Institoot
IS to be built and a cavity Wuz hollered out
into it.
At4P. NJ (wich is in the afternoon) a
/ percession wuz formed, headed by the trus-
tees, and we marched out to the feeld Into
the cavity IN the stun wuz deposited with
appropTlt ceremonies, the followin articles
a copy OF the conStitushun NV the Con
| fedrlt States NV Amerika.
4 copy Nv the message NV Androo John
| son yet0in the Ereedmen's Buro bill.
4 copy NV the y Nv Febrooary speech.
Portrates NV the judges.
| \ copy nv the veto Nv the civil rites bill
| a pair Nv handouts.
| Portrates nv President johnson and Sec
rotary Seward
| \ niger whip.
A s. greenback contributed for the pur
pose by Elder Pennibacker
A pint bottle Nv whiskey, seeled, contrib
bited by Bascom.
! Then the stun wuz placed in p0sishen ;
| nigger wuz tied to it and logged, his blooC
dedoozlin it, and after a few feelin remark
by myself, in which | stated that this wu
a great day for the Corners, and that pos
terity would bless us for the work We het
that day. done, the crowd dispersed. tn,
| trustees goin back to my offs to draw up
statement NV the ceremonies, and an appea
to the Northern Dimocrisy for aid.
The niger Wich we whipt at the corne
stun wuz shot in dispoot by Captain Nc
! Pelter, wieh circumstance greatly annoye,
/ Deekin Pogram, ez it wuz a nigger wicl
wuz formerly hizzen He demonstrate,
! with the Captain angrily, and ASHFORD hin
that ez soon as the 80 opreme court he'd de
I c!ared the amendment abolishin slavery un
I constitutional, he shood sue him for hi
4 value. With this tritlin excepshun, tn
affair passed off ez pleasantly ez Good b
wished | demonstrated with both Of en-
for quarelin, on sich occasion, over S
I small matter ez the shootin NV a niger
aud they finally settled it without hard fee
ms. How sweet is peace and friendIines
atween man and man How blessed is th
offs Nv peace maker The Captain ac
knowledged he wuz wrong and stood tn
drinks for the crowd.
That mite about nine P. NJ, | wuz sitti
in my offs a m0osin onto the evence nv tn
day and wonderin whether the Dimocris
wood give down it okkurred to me tha
there wux pint bottle Nv first class cor
Whiskey, and So in currency, agoin to vast
in that stun.
.What'll posterity ever know NV us,
thot to myself 'Ef posterity does eve
oYerturn that stun, wont she get just c
| good an idea NV who we wuz from the othe
articles Ef posterity ever reads th
speeches NV His Eggslency, and the mess;
ges wich we hev placed there wont til
whiskey be inferred? Ef it aint, posterit
is consummate ass, and thus musin,
wended my way thitherward, determine