The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1867-09-12

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lie tied her up, and in the most patri
archal manner gave her one hundred
and fourteen lashes. She was obstini
and died. He gave her a Chrisehel
berriel, but nevertheless he wuz pulIeC
mp and fined and imprizened for wal
llopln a niggerI
Then biznis commenced. Lists wer,
made out, the purport nv which com
prehendid. "Enter up" sed one, oilir
2 revolver, "the nest NV niggers on tn,
.alley, jlst around the corner from m,
house. They hev a chapel, in wich the,
hev preechin Sundays and skool doorif
the week. Aside from the annoyance
d is to my family, it's really dangerous
Two hundred nigger children attend il
besides the adult nigger classes"
"Enter up" sed another, cleanin out
\ shot gun, ''the grocer on the same
Ptreet. lie is from Iowa, and teaches
Sunday skool class in the same chapel
Plch incendiaries we kin never tolerate. .
There's niger church two squares
rom me witch must be abated," sed
mother, ''and, by the way, a agent Nv
ne nigger missionary society and two
eachers from Connecticut boards next
ioor. Put 'em down" SIN my part NV
he city," sed another, "there's four
bigger draymen who hev bin impudent
- to scrape together enuff to buy
Sround and build EN- houses. Don't
forget to put EN- down-don't. They
are niggers and hev houses. l." he
added bitterly, 81 am white man and
hev none. Put EN- down. When
Sheridan goes! ha! hal"
And so on. The sekretary entered
the names ez fast ez they wuz furnisht
him, ontil the name Nv every man sus
pectid Nv Yankee proclivities wuz reg
istered. The niggers wuz not put down.
'ceptin them NV sich prominence ez they
desired to make shoor uv; it is con-
oidered entirely safe to kill nigger any
where. Some Nv EN- desired to make
excepsheps in favor of certain niggers
who Good be depended upon ez troo.
One NV EN- KEEP a keno, and t'other
faro bank. But they wuz rooled out.
The niggers, it wuz desided, wuzn't to
be trustid. Their impudence, in per-
to keep faro banks, wuz friteful.
The next day, brite and early, wuz
1t the Club, when l received another
despatch. The members fockt around
ne. els it done :" shreekt they. eIs
Stanton out?"
''IIe is" sed slowly; she is, but
''But wat? Oh relieve our suspense"
"But Grant is in" returned /, drop
'in the message, and sinkin on a sofa
n brown study. But they wuz de-
lighted. 'sr
"lt's better than we hoped" sed
hey. "Grant hez come over at last
Bless the Lord! His name will give
he Administration strength" They
:heered like loonatics.
Finally one mornin I got a despatch
hat Sheridan would be relieved that
lay, and the enthoosiasm billed up
gin-this time l shared in it, for | felt
hat that wuz trooly suthin. 1t wuz
to restrane the gentle lambs
v the Club any longer Ez a sort nv
lunch, perceedin the feast that wuz to
ONE, they sailed out and made it
vely for sich niggers as they Good Git
afely near to. At noon the next des-
atch came to me- The entire mem
ership NV the Club was gathered
round, impashent to hear me sound
ne glad tidings over Egypt's dark sea.
broke the seal.
Sheridan is removed this day."
"Ror! Ror! Ror.." cheered the club
"And Thomas is appinted in his
lace!" !
So read this dispatch. There wuz
ary a cheer follered it. The most |
eath-like silence pervaded the rooms. |
me by one the members skulked out to
'ttle with the niggers whose heds they
ad bustid in the morning, and to
'hoor EN- it wuz all a joke. The lists
uz destroyed, and the revolvers and |
lot guns wuz all packed away. At a
eetin he'd Immediately, the follering
isolooshens wuz passed:
Rtsolred, That it is possible for men whose
th is bigger nor grain of mustard seed to
" confidence in President johnson, but ourn is
n ont. Hsf1 :
Resoired, That we asked him for bread and he
We us stone.we asked him for an egg and he
We us a scorp ion.
Resotged, That a committee of two be eappoint-
to toss up for the difference between Sheridan
Thomas, and another to figger up where
we are better of under Grant than we wuz
der Stanton.
Pesoired, That the President. in awakenin homes
ly to dash EN- to the ground. is guilty Nv
loe disregard nv our feelins Ira bH.e-
fesoleed, That II he Is ever gOin to do any
ng fos us why don't he do it, and
At this another dispatch came. /
~ too much affected to read it, and | {
st it to the President "Hell !" sed {
, "Gentle sirs hunt yer holes. Thorn
is sick and won't come, and Sheridan
goin 10 stay after all. "
Concludin that my oflishel duties
eyentid me from longer stay in Moo
leans, I fastened North agin with all
eed, Jest ez | wuz leavin the city, /
t another despatch stain that Han
ok wuz appointed to Sheridan's place.
lidn't consider the nooze sufishently I
oerin to indoose me to go back agin.
eel that men NV my opinions is safer l
Kentucky than anywhere else. Ken
ky didn't secede, and therefore 9
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