Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1867-02-09

On my return rom nay -tf1p to N Orth
Karlina ther wuz an immeiit and
irrepressible desire on the part Nv the
Trustees of the institoot, to hev state
ment from me Nv the results NV. the trip.
Much he'd bin expected from the yencher,
land tie expeetashuns Nv the Trustees
WIZ riz to a pitch from witch I felt it
Vas cIoon to hurl EN-. Therefore /
dodged EN-, until, finally bein badgered,
/ fhest ! wood end it. Havin prepared
tSl zs3os 5nlehts, I named the Pest Oiiee
|c place, and the morning NV the 1st
q ez The TIME to make an exhibit
y eeceets and. expenditoors NV the
t. | peekin i'egram, Col. Nc Pelter
as der Siathers were promptly on
|hsSe nd SO wuz with the statement,
.wIe~t red EN- ez follsws:
PErRezEUM V. Massey, Professor Nv
Bibikfe Peliticks, in account with the
Southern Classiele and Military institoot
Fund:
Dr..
Tocash Nv Kernal Abslum Podg-
ers for self. 5000 90
To cash Nv Kernal Abslum Podg-
CTS Elol ME- ;. ..-s. 80. -. 4VV w
TO cash NV Squire Davis, proceeds
nv the sale Of ones nigger boy
jim, convicted Nv steeln red
herin, generously donated .... so 90
To cash ny Major Galbreth bein
s all he he'd left after getting
pardon from the President
!, through Mrs. Cobb ...... 100
To cash nv John Kessiek, who en-
@ eourages the lnstoot, lntendln TO
soon ez it gets fairly agoin -. 10 90
To cash nv divers and sundry persons2o 90
Grand Totle ..............S 1881 90
CR.
By railroad fare, the conductors
sunamimollalE refusen to ded he'd
= me either IA my clericle, ofishal,
or Benevolent character -. so 90
BY refreshments ............ Is
By meal and refresments. ..... rs
By more refreshments .... Is
By bottleuv intellis ence TO usepn
ears .....-....... SO
By refreshments at station. .... Is
BY refreshments at verious places so GO
By board at Rawley 61'00
BY refreshments at Rawley, witch
comes high bein % cts strate. 70 90.
By livery hire In that vicinity. 90 90
By refreshments forselfand driver
including broken axels and sieh 25 90
By meals for self and driver. 500
By fair back home, wich cost more
way............. so 90
Grand Totle. ........... $500 20
Leavin the balance in my favor of 50 70
The breathren wuz somewhat dis
at the result, and Bascomb
that he bleeved it wuz id
swiudle but Iwithered him with glance.
| showed Deekin Pogran that it wuz
not only rcglar, but that it he'd the stamp
NV the Post offs ont wich sileneed all
caviL Iasshoored EN- that that little
balance needn't trouble emf did not
intend to make an assessment onto EN-,
but that I could wait until the treasury
was in funds.
6But" sed Bascom "When In thunder
will the easury ever be in funds, eff all
expedishuns result like this one p
/ explained to the obtoose man that it
wuz all rite that In most Nv sich en-
terprises the expenses eat up the collek-
suns, but thatit was seed sown. "We
must" sez, / s'raise the wind from the
North, and to do it, let us show that
suthin hez bin dun"
''What kin we dor" sed Bascom.
ssLay the corner stun NV the insitoot,"
sez ]. "0n the square fornist us is the
corner stun NV the nigger church we
burnt month ago, ready to our hand.
Let us organize procession and do it
to day, that we may publish to the
world that the work is commenced. that
our friends may shell out hbreller than
they hev.n
The idea wuz considered good and
forth with it wuz acted upon. The stone
was conveyed to the feeld onto which
the Institoot is to be built, and cavity
wtlz holored out into it.
AT p NJ. (Which is in the afternoon
a procession wuz formed, headed by the
Trustees, and we marcheds cut to the
feeld into the cavity of the stun wuz,
deposited with approprit ceremonies. the
following articles -
A copy nv the Constooshen NV the Con-
federate States NV America.
"A copy NV the message NV Androo
Johnson yetoin the Freedman's Buro