Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1867-07-12

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The following letter by ARENAS Ward
has been published in the Savage Club
Papers,:
i was sitting in the bar quietly smokin'
frugal pipe, when two middle-aged and
stern lookln' females, and young and
pretty female entered the room. They
were accompanied by two umbrellas and a
negro gentleman. -.
8Do you feel for the down trodden?''
said one of the females, thin-faced and
sharp-voiced person in green spectacles.
"Do feel for it ~ ansered the landlord,
in a puzzled voice; edo feel for it?'
"Yes; for the oppressed and benited?"
Inasmuch as to which," said the lsn'-
lord.
e"You see this MANI" said the female,
raisin' the umbrella to the negro gentle
man.
eyes, marin, I see him"
YES" said the. female, risin' her voice
to an exceedin' high pitch, "you see him,
an he's your brother * I45Ic,
"No; I'm darned if he isl" said the
landlord, hastily retreating to his beer
casks 3eg.
"And yours !" shouted the excited fe-
male, addressin' me. "He is also your
brOther~
emo; I think not, marm,' pleasantly
replied. "The nearest we come to that
color in our family was the case of my
brother John. He had the janders for
sev'ral years; but they finally left him. 1
am happy to state that at the present time
he hasn't a solitary lander"
"Look at this mani" screamed the fe-
male.
I looked at him. He was an able bodied,
well-dressed, comfortable looking niger,
He looked as if he might have three or
four good meals day into him without
murmur. r - N@ .4-.
"Look at that down-trodden man i"
cried the female. s7rt ~ r f
"Who trod on him ?" inquired.
"Villains despots !' @
DWELL" said the landlord, "whv don't
you go to the williams about it WHY. do
you come here tellin us negroes is our
brothers, and brandishin' your umbrellers
round like a lotgof lunytiGs?i Your, wuss
than the sperrit-fappers9'0 4 ~
"Have you" said the middle-aged female
No 3, who lWas4h quieter sort of person !;
have you no sentiment, no poetry in Your
soul, no love for the beautiful? Dost new
er go into the green fields to Gull the beau
tiful flowers?" t-ya
." l not only never dost, said the landlord,
in an angry voice, "but I'll bet you five
pound you can't bring any man as says /
burst"
The little Birds" continued the female;
"dOst not love to gaze onto them?"
81 would | were bird, that | might fly
to thou" humorously sung, casting a
sweet glance at the pretty young woman.
"Don't you look in that way at my daw
ter" said female No. /, in violent voice !;
"you're old enough to be her father"
"'Twas an innocent look, dear madam"
| softly said. 4" You behold in me an en-
blem of innocence and purity. In fact,
start for Rome by the first train to-mOr-
row, to sit as model to celebrated artist,
who is about to sculp statue to be called
Sweet Innocence. Do you s'pose a sculper
would send for me for that purpose onless
he know'd / was overlooking with limo
cency? Don't make an error about me-"
cit is my opinyun," said the leading fe-
male, "that you're scofer and wretch.
Your mind is in a wusser beclouded state
than the poor negroes we are seeking to
aid You are groper in the dark cellar of
sin. o sinful man!
There is a sparkling fount,
Come, o come and drink
No; you will not come and drink"
Eyes, he will" said the landlord, 6" if you
will treat. Just try him"
GAS for you," said the enraged female to
the Ian lord, "you're degraded bein', too
low and vulgar to talk to-" ie
"This is the sparklln' fount for me, dear
sister, cried the landlord, drawin' and
drinkin' mug of beer. Having uttered
which COAX, he gave low rumblin' larf,
and relapst into silence.
"My colored fren'," l said to the negro,
kindly, "what is it all about?"
He said they were trying to raise money
to send missionaries to the Southern
States in America to preach to the vast
numbers of negroes recently made free
there. He said that they were without the
gospel; they were without tracts.
| said: @agtaeti
"My friend, this seris matter. I adj
mire you for trying to help the race to
which you belong; and far be it from me
to say anything agln carrying the gospel
among the blacks of the south. Let them
go to them by all means. But happen to
Individually know that there are some
thousands of liberated blacks in the South
who are starvin'. l don't blame anybody
for this; but it is very sad fact. Some
are really too i'll to work., some can't get
the work to do, and others are too foolish
to see any necessity for workin'. 1 was
down there last wiuter, and I observed
that this class had plenty OF preachin' for
their souls, but skurce any vittles for their
stummux Now, if it is proposed to send
-four and bacon along with the gospel, the
idea is really an. excellent one. If on
t'other hand, it is proposed to send preach
in alone, all can say is, that it's hard
case for the niggers. If you expect a col
ored person to get deeply interested in a
in a tract when his stlmmuck is empty, you
expect too much" b6s.. = s.e IA
| gave the negro as much as I could af
ford, and the kind-hearted landlord did the
same said:
Z" Farewell, my colored fren, wish you
well, certainly. You are now as free as
the eagle. Be like him and soar. But
don't attempt convert an Ethiopian person
while hisstummick yearns for vittles. And
you, LADIES' hope you areready to help
the poor at home, as you seem to help. the
poor. and Unfortunate abroad" FIJI
When they had gone the2lan'iord said
Come into the garden, Ward" And
we went and culled some carrots for din
ner.
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