Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1867-01-11
CoNrEDRIT x ROADS,
witch is in the Stait Nv Kentucky,)
December Is, 1866.


December Is, 1866.
Ibeard. nearly two months ago that
NV old friend John Cutie, Nv Nobel,
he'd departed this life and gone to that
other and better world where the
wicked Geese from troublin and the
weerv are at rest, and wuz profound
" shocked. John Cutie wuz my
friend. and | much fear his like l ne er
shall look upon agin. He wuz dem
ocrat NV the old skool, one NV the
few links wich renamed to connect
the present generations with the past
Well do remember the gellorlou9
old mani How often hev | set ID
the SQUARE room in his country resi-
dence. and drunk whiskey and water
with him till we neither on us Good
see a hole thro forty foot ladder;
how many times hez he logged nlg-
pars for my amOoZement, to snow me
the proper way NV managln NV EN-
and how many time hez he lent me
small sums NV money, varying from
five to thirty-one dollars, akkordln to
the state NV mellernis he wuz IN when
| approached him on the dehklt sub
iik Alas poor John Cutie! Let
not the skoher say that | regret his
death becoz his sons will be apt to
try and collect the notes the old man
departed holds NV mine! No! no !!
they know me too well to waste eny
time on that. Imourn becOz | loved
him and becoz NV the misfOrtunes
which druv him to a prematoor grave.
A. Lincoln is responsible for this dark
shadder onto my pathway. John
Cutie he'd three hundred nlggerS on
his plantashons and in his house and
town-these wuz wrencht from HIM
by the ProcIamashen and turned out
from his paternal care to Starye, wlch
the most NV EN- are industrOusly dom
at about SO per day. He he'd EN- NV
all hues-there wuz the full-blooded
black. the disgustin Mulatter, the
pleasant QuadroOn, the beautiful DC
toroon. and them wich he'd 50 nearly
lost the cuss NV Ham ez to be hardly
distinguishable from the pure eau
cashun, and it wuz noticeable that the
nearly white niggers on the GuttleseS
plantation wuz all beautiful. The
Guttleses themselves wuz perleck
specimens NV manly beauty, and it
probably he'd its efeck upon the
blacks. The niger is a initiative
animal.
1t wuz this Robin nv him NV his
property-this overturnin nv the nor
NAL condishun NV things-wich killed
John Cutie. He never held up his
head after the Proclamashen, but faded
away like q frOstid flower
Iwuz in Nobel last week on biz
mis- connected with our college, ii
wuz solisitin funds to endow my Pro
fessorship,) and felt that | Good no
leave the city without drOppin a doz
en- teers or SIGH onto his grave,
felt ez he he'd contributed st variou.
times so much to mOisten my clay
that it would be ungentlemanly no
to do suthin toward moistinin hizzen
And in pursuance nv my resolve,
wendell my way sadly to the cemetery
and, fndin the tomb, struck al att
TODD NV despair, and leanin pensivel
onto the monument, strOve to the bes
of my ability, to weep, but it was
futile endeavor. My eyes wooden
give down. | strove to recall hi
virchoos, but SIGH is the weakness u
human nacher tn a t, whenever hi
form rose in my memory, my mind il
voluntarily wandered to his whiskey
and my mouth would water to sic
an extent ez to monopolize all tn
moisture in my system. l Good he
spit onto his grave, but weep | coo
not. Alas for poor humanity!
While | wuz standin there tryin t
weep, and maxim a bad fist NV it
notist three beautiful young ladies al
proachin, with baskits NV hot-hous
flowers a hangin onto their arms.
recognized EN- to wunst. They WI
John Guttle's daughters, and the
wuz a comm to strew flowers onto Il
grave Nv their paternal ancestor {
their fathers side. 1t wuz tech
site, and feelin that wuz a introOdC
not bein q blood relashun and on
connected with the deceest by not
NV hand, | withdrew a short distanC
Skasely he'd they got to the ton
when from the other side approach
three more ravishinly beautiful you
ladies, with baskits NV dollhouse flo
ers onto their arms. The last on
resembled in a striking manner t
tust ones, ceptin they wuz sha
darker, and their hare waved BOOTH
whereas the hare NV the fust W
perleckly strate.
The two parties faced each 9th
on opposite sides NV the toom, a
party Number One glared fercely
party Number Two.
"Lize Flora Jane Y sed the o.
est NV the party Number Two, "V
are here dischargin a fillyel dooty.
Beneath these sods lies the renal
Nv our fathers, and we are goin
strew these flowers onto his toom.
Jine US in the strew."
Father ?" shreaked the three
party Number one. "You all niggt
and wuz servants unto
"Our halfsisters,' sed the spok
man NV party number two, "but Linl
removed the cuss NV Ham, and we
now free and hev ez much rite
strew the grove NV our common p;
ent, witch wuz John Cutie, ez y
Oh! our sisters, our father was &C
man-let US bedew his grave W
our tears and