Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1867-06-28
Brick Pomeroy and His Peninnah."
She couldn't help it
Nor could Il

hCAp uftJs d11II all tu6 uay D6iOIS. @uACC
days L was walking from plantation to
town, near Macon, District of Bill Arp. l
think it rained, as usual. saw her gliding
from cabin to cabin, from negro house to
abode of negro, like baby duck, much on
the waddle. She carried little cadjas in
her one hand, and in her other she held
hlgh.towards the cerulean her skirts--and
all sich. She WAS tall-loveliress on stills.
saw her from the distance-she had black
stockings, wore blue garters, and moved
like doctor on a visit to his first patient !!
hastened to overtake her. [ slid my
umbrella over her waterfall. [ asked her
to excuse me, she did and hitched crooks
at once. l was in my element. And in
mud. The woman was in white. She was
blushing daughter oiNew England. She
was gay damsel of 2any seasons. She
was polisher of Hams. She knew much
about hams. She was a sylph-like educa-
tor Of OfDigger-rooms. She taught education
to the ivorites-she left the white regions
and friends of New England to come South
and teach the Hams-the little Hams by
day and the big Hams by night, as she con
tlnued her teachings by hghtwood fires in
dark wood cabins
went home with her. She told me ALL
| could no more. She was q feminine Yam
kee. She wanted stamps. Home was no.
character sufficient to teach school in New
England; she was not handsome enough to
| go to New Orleans by sea and ride happi-
ness on the Evening Star, Sc she became
a negro schoolist AS a beauty she was not
above par, nor much else. As a schOolist
she was not brilliant. Smoked glass was
not needed. AS lover of Hams, she was
not severe, but when it came to stamps she
wore her prettys all the time. She told me
that her fathers name was Stone. It was
a Bible name--it meant Precious Stone
She was Stone Peninnah Stone
Being from home [ was not accountable,
| So made love to her. We wandered to
| her abode. We courted till morning. Then
7 went with her to school, She moved
| among the Hams like silver thimble in q
| dripping painful of breeches buttons. She
| wasn't much of catch, but better than no
catch. She was one of the stout-minded
| Her early years was spent in chewing gum,
wedding onions pounding stone and such
little amusements, incidental to New Eng
land, coupled with psalm-singing and pray
| ing for damnatlOn to rest upon all who were
| sinners.
Peninnah was a sprightly sylph. She
could harness an OK, split rails, stick hog
and do all manner of such music
| We loved. 1t was matter of profit
Being New Englander, she had no heart.
Simply Il Stone. Harder than u brick
My cherished one in one volume as yet un.
opened and unread. We walked about
among the cabins of her lambs. She was
chief engineer of a nigger teaching shop
and boss OF a hair oil trunk. We meander
ed under the black jacks and honey suckles
| First she d sling her arms about my neck
and kiss me, then she'd kiss the little lambs
| -daar little lambs Soi1 r
| ''Peninnah, sweet one, why kissest thOu
the little he thopians ?"
| Then she bent her eyes into me ani
said
"The more we kiss 'em, the more hal
oil, brass rings, photographs and plaything
we sell 'em ! :"
All, I see-charming Peninnah-kis
| 'em-kiss 'em all around-from cabin t.
cabin-Ham to Ham-from infancy to ole
age-and sell 'em gewgaws, for of such i
the kingdom of New England and he tho
plans are the profit.
And we sat on mossy bank, watching
the little Hams basking in the sun as the,
Wallowed in the warmth, and thus twist
ed our love together. Said my sweet Pen
| innah
"Oh, Brick, it's nice! Let us wed and bt
happy. I'll support you. Tam a Yankee
namental, or I should have gone farthe1
south ; but I'm several on the make. II
make mutton of these lambs in time
There's no need OF us at home, so [ came
here to make my money. l kiss the little
Hams-I pet 'em and caress em-I tell 'en
that the good Abram was their savior, tha
| he sent me on purpose; that / love them sc
| dearly; that they are, oh, SO sweet to me
and that i'll few years each Of them, male
and female shall be in Congress from Mas.
sachusetts. And [ pats their little heads
and kiss their little lips, and sell them
primers and readers at five hundred pei
cent profit, and ! sell 'em "purty things,
and ] fines 'em for not learning their les
sons, and sells each of 'em my photograph
for dollar, each of 'em blue clay grease fol
half a dollar box, and | manage to diddle
the little Hams out of all their stamps,
and to make teachin big business
Amt I q nice girl, dear, dear, gentle
Brick 20
And she kissed me again and again, till
IJlad link of wool left on my lips, when
she with a smile pillowed my agile head
upon her spiral Indicator, and then went
on: "Oh it's nice to be he-thopian school
| ist. We are from home. We arc Oh the
make, There are some teachers here that
are good but not sharp They don't spec
ulate as we do They simply teach for THEN
salaries. But they are not fully Yankees,
only half breeds. l can make enough here
in year, off and on, to buy a plantation,
then we'll set up for nabods Let u we'd
I'll teach 'em you soap 'em. Wen wed
You go north as southern Ioyalist; I'll &c
north as an injured female we'll do the
darkies, and then do the soft ones in the
north. This is a big business. I'm from
New England on the make; let's unite and
be happy"
I'm to wed Peninnah She is most de.
sirable darling. So sweet, SO kind, so
financial in her affections, such devoted
| christian that [ know we shall be happy
And we'll be rich. While [ whine injured
| loyalty up north Peninnah will skin the
Hams here. Well soon be bond holders,
, free from taxation, and regular New Eng
land aristocrats. Bring me a little niger
sweet little Ham-Ill kiss him once for
Peninnah. Makingly thine,
"BRICK" PoMERoY.
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