The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1867-05-23
rem ez possible.

A strange expression lit up the old
mans countenance. In frenzied
manner he kissed all there wuz in
the church, and ez eff insane, com
menst on the adult femails NV that
persuasion. With difficulty we re-
strained him, but breakin loose from
us he startid down the street, a run.
min down and kissin every nigger
child his eyes restid on. Finally he
sunk to the earth eg.austid, and we
bore him to his hous and put him to
bed. From that bed he never ariz.
lie was a goner. We he'd to give
him his likker in spoon, and new
er noed a Kentuckian to recover who
was past drinkin out wv a bottle.
Sloly his strength wasted. Yes
terday he rallied and asked tor me,
ez the candle NV life flickered
feebly in his soket.
"Pro'eser" sed he, with an effort,
"is Kentucky to rool the niger or
tho niggers to rool kentucky? Has
the Dimocrisy swallered the niger
or the bigger swallered this Dimocri
sy?"
And all wuz DER! He fell balx a
pese NV clay which never Good rally
to the poles agin.
Bascom and [ turned aside and
wept. Sed Bazcom, shed he lived
two years more l wood hev he'd his
| farm"
"Not any" aed I, Dustin into teers.
~ wood hev he'd it to endow the in
stitution."
Gin that event it wood cvenchooal-
ly hev bin mine." gasped Bascom,
relapsin into a fresh spasm NV grief.
We beried him yesterday. 1t wuz
the biggest funeral ever known at
the Corners. 1t wuz techin site.
Standing around his beer wuz hid
four children by his fust wife, and
his six children by his second wife,
and twelve or fifteen other children
NV all colors from that W new sad
die up to dark molasses, who in.
sisted upon bein counted in ez
mourners. It wuz the highest place
wuz in in all my life.
! "My friends" sed | to'cm, lis this
seemly? Is this proper2"
i They replied that it wuz. 81
mourn father" scd one; ssnot much
NV father, but he waz the only one
/ ever he'd" 81 mourn husband,
sed the mother NV the first speaker
not legally a husband, but morally
or rather immorally." aWe weep
sed all these various shades in korus
and they bustid out into torren
NV greet witch completely extinguish
,, ed them on the tother side Nv tn
, grave wich he'd the legal right t
mourn.
Ez a matter ny coarse, it ended il
row. Issaker Gavitt swore tina
! no cussid bleached niggers shoo'
! shed teers at his fathers funeral, an
. Amanda flew ut quadroon vic
!, was cryin too prominently, and MR.
! Gavitt atakt the quadroon's mothe
who wuz displaying altogether to
much wife pokit hankercher. I
the melee left, satisfied that tn
! Dimocrisy hez altogether too man
! ruff pints to get over pleasant.
!, | feel it my dooty to erect mon,
: ment to the memory of this goo
: and tru man-this martir to Dimor'
! sy. Dimokrats fellin an interest i
= the matter and wishin to contribut
: to the work may send by mail sic
(" dOnaShenS az thew may see fit to m
! with prrfect conidenccthat they W:
: be yoosed. Let em remember ths
: but for his devoshen to the coz h
= would hev bin Twin to-day. Eff W
Z, connot do much for the Twin let |
= not forgit the deed.
= PETROLEUM V. Nasty, P. A
: Which is Postmaster,l and Professt
!, in the Hama and Japeth Free Aca'
). envy for the development nv ii
: intellek NV all races irrespective ,
T color.