The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1868-04-16

Inc corners is cOnLlnyOoaiiy eSSS-
tied. Scarcely does one fever git
herself allayed afore another is set
agoin and the result is the commun-
ity is kept a bilen perpetully. There
aint nothin like peece here. Fer
ticelerly does this occur when Bas-
com runs short. His barrels con-
tain the troo oil wich flows onto the
troubled waters NV our passions. and
when them is out, there's a minator
Tophet to-wunst.
The last eggscitement wuz proba-
bly, the most pekoolyer that ever
happened to emmy people, tho it wuz
nothin more than Good be expected
TO grow out nv the altered relashens
Nv the races to each other. 1t wuz
one NV the legacies left us by the
tyrant Linkin, and by no meens the
least NV them.
Under the old patriarkle system,
1t wuz the custom NV the niggers to
90 by the name NV their trooly pa
triarkle masters, wich wuz nessary,
and not only nessary but proper.
Onto every plantation ther wood be
Ceesers, Hannibals and Pomreys,
and the only way to distinguish
EN- wuz to call Ceeser Pogram Han
ibal Gavitt, ct settry. This answer
ed very well ez long ez they wuz in
a state of skriptooral servitood: in
deed the proud Caucashen masters
rather liked it than otherwise, ez the
frekency with wich their names wuz
called indicated the extent of their
possessions. But since these cusses
hev sot up for themselves, it aint so
pleasant. Now that they kin own
property and perform all the funct-
ions NV men, the same ez any one, it
hez become distasteful to the Corn
ers. 1t is singular fact that the
Corners have discovered, since the
niggers wuz set free, suthin they
never knowd afore, to wit: The
niger hez an odor onlike the white
When they were slaves, and used to
nuss EN- and play with EN-, and wait
on EN-, and sich, this odor was not
perceptible. 1t has developed since
emancipashen. Jes SO with their
names. In ther normal condishen
it wuz well-sence it's degradation
the Corners won't brook, no how.
Deekin Pogram and Issaker Cav
lit pertikelerly chafed under it.
They mounred and lost flesh under
the infection. "To think sed the
Deekin ''uv hundred niggers bear
in the honered name of Pogram p
''To Think" sed Issaker Gavitt Nv
a hundred niggers bearing the illus
trus nan e Of ofGavitt! !' And so they
petishened the Legislator at Frank
fort to relieve EN- by passin a law
perhibitin niggers from bearin the
name NV white men which wuz their
former master. The fact licked
out and this imbrolyo wuz the re-
suit
Pollock the Illinoy store keeper,
which is disturber, immejitly sood
Joe Bigler for store debt, and he'd
him hauled up afore Square Punt.
Joe immejitly sup@enad al the citi-
zens NV the Corners as witnesses,
and he'd EN- all in the court room.
"Come" sed Deekin Pogram, sware
me and let me go. I don't know
nothin about this matter anyhow.
.Not yet" sed Bigler, hev other
testimony wich I shel put in. Mr.
Constable, call Hannible Pogram
The Deekin Started cz if he he'd bin
shot.
"And ez we kin save the valyooa-
BILE time Nv this court by swarm em
in a lump, yoo may call also Pompy
Pogram, Jolius Pogram, Ceeser
Pogram, George Washington Po
gram, $50 named because like the
first G. W., he coodent tell a lie,
wich is proof he is pure black and
haint got no Pogram blood in his
valns) Mellisy Pogram, Absolum
Pogram, Cleopatra Pogram, Bona
part Pogram, Paul Pogram Able
jackson Po-'
"Wat does this mean ?'Shreeked
the Deekin, ez they filed into the
court room. "Wat do 700 mean by
bringin into this yer court all these
id niggers ?"
"Wat do I mean? Wat difference
is that to you? They'r my witnesses
by these intelligent freemen per-
pose to prove that yer Pollock a
perjered villain and a most uncon-
shunable swindler"
And he grimmed at Pollock, who
winked very wickedly at him in re-
turn.
"And H. sed Pollock, "to. save
time, mite ez well hev my witnes
ses swore. Issaker Gavitt, stand
up" ~,
Issaker arose. -a,'- a#....
''Now, Mr.. Constable call Pompy
Gavitt, Augustus Gavett, Lycurgus
Gavitt, Moses Gavitt, Jefferson
Gavitt, Paskel Cav
cam I to be swore with all these
niggers, roared Issaker red in the
face. Hs woo
"Reely cant permit this said
Squire Punt. l.
"But you must sed Bigler. "Ez
desprit wretch ez is this Pollock,
ez deeply ez he hez wronged me, ez
loath, hate and despise him, he
shel hev fair play in a court of jus
tis. Even shood he beat me and
crush me meath his iron heel, I in
sist that he shel hev his rites. But
the luire he'd better swear mine
| first.
And ez they generally don't like
trouble with Bigler, the Square, pale
ez gost, for he didn't know what
was comm swore the pile.
"Now," sed Bigler, "Ceeser Po
gram stand up. Ceeser do you kno
the nacher of an oath Y'