Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-02-18
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dead ez Joolius Ceeser. | disk;vered
him AT fust [ thOt the fellow wuz
drunk, ez | dim sec his face, it be-
in common occurrence to find our
citizens in that sitooashcn, but on
turniu him over, and assertainin the
color nv his complexion. | knowd
that wuz not what ailed him. He
he'd died Of starvashcn, and cold, and
>ich.
| knowd that nigger. lie wuz
wunst the property " Elder Gavltt,
now deceest, and wuz altogether too
sooperior a Niger to quietly take
wot wuz his normal condishen, and
settle down to his fate. lie resem,
bled the Elder very much. His moth
er wuz a mulatto woman, and ez her
son developed it wuz observed that
he ned the Gavitt pekoolyarities Nv
feechers, in a strikin degree. Mrs.
Gavitt raised a ruckshen about 1t,
but the Elder convinst her that II
wuz all right. He cited her to the
physiological fact that the resem
blance okkurred coz w the mothers
seem the Deek!n SO many times be-
fore the birth Nv the child. It's my
oppinion that wuz the case. At all
events he he'd very much nv the en-
terprisc Nv the Gavitts. Wunstafore
the war he run away to lnjeanny,
and wuz recaptured only after des
prit chase, and that chase by the ems
tire Democratic marshals Nv that
Stait. He wuz finally run down and
sent back in triumph.
The mint the war broke out, this
cussid one fourth niger run agin.-
He made the camp near the Cross
Roads, but glory the Fedrel usurpers
he'd ez yet little shame left into 'em,
and the Kernel, TO whose regiment
be made bis way, sent him back to
the Elder under guard, with his COM
pliments, accompanied by q note
stain that the Fcdral armies wuz q
fitin for the oonyun ez it wuz, and
that it wuz proposed not to interfere
with property in any way. The Eli
der wuz so effected by this generosi'
tv that mite and the next he only
bushwhacked three Nv the Fedral
pickits, instid Nv lying out all mite
for EN- ez he he'd bin accustomed to
do.
But finally the Emancipashen
Proclamashen come, and the Niger
run agin. The Elder heerd Nv him
frehently. He jined a niger regi-
ment. fought doorin the war, wuz
woundid in sevral spots, and narrow
~ escaped the just retribooshen in
fictid onto EN- at Fort Piller. At
the close NV the war he went TO Ohio
with his wife and two children, but
be did not remain there. 1t wuzent
pleasant for him There wuz a sud :
din coolin towards the Niger, and
he felt it. Ez they didn't need EN-
any more to fill quotas and save EN-
from the drafts and SIGH, the colored
brother wuz the same id niger he
alluz wuz. Somewat disguised, per-
tiklerly ez when he enlisted be wuz
crcuilid to Ohio, he returned te Ken
lucky, determined 70 fte it out here
The Cross Roads received him quiet
Is. He saved p little money out ny
the servis and bought some land up
loards Garrettstown, and Quilt onto
it d cabin. Somehow Il 9 world didn I
go smooth with him. One mite his
fences wuz torn down and his grow
in crops WIZ destroyed. Immejitly
thereafter he wuz ARRESTED for havin
no visable means nv support, his
crops bein all gone, and it took bis
mule and a part ny his household
furnitoore 10 Git ont Nv that. Fol-
lown this misforchoon came another.
He wuz at the Corners one day when
Issaler Gavitt, IN q playful mood
shot at him with revolver, WITCH
the nigger resented, chokin lssaker
severly. The blood Of the Corners
riz. 4 nigger he'd raised his impious
hand agin white man lmmeiit1y
the Corners became indignated, and
the nigger wuz kept under the town
pump two hours. A severe cold re-
sultin. he wuz confined to his bed q
month with fever, durin witch time
he got mot other trouble. His out
houses wuz burned to the ground
his hogs wuz killed, and even his
chickings wuz massacreed. lie wuz
skarsely recovered from this fit OF
sicknis when his wife wuz met by
Issaker Gavitt at the Corners, where
she had gone to get medisin for him
Issakcr, smartin under the choakin
her husband had given him, organic
ed araid onto her, and | must con
TESS she was yoosed ruther raft
The young men of the Corners are
excentrie. The woman was found
dyin the next mornin in barn.
From this blow he never recovered
He he'd laid long time, and he ow
ed quite a number of bills at the Cor
ners, which he Good not pay. At
tachments wuz got out agin his prop
erty, and it wuz sold from under him
and ez he wuz not able to work, wal
wuz over wuz held by the trustees
Nv the township ez bail agin his b'
comm a township charge. Capt. Nj
Pelter bot tic place, and ez it Wa
hizzen, he wanted it. The niggeI
WIZ turned out, and he wandered
about few days aperiently not il
biz rite mind, and finally wuz fount
ez | hev described. Dead he wuz
aud wrappin him in the bloc Goa
into wich we found him, hole WI
dug and he wuz bid from mortal site
Slch is the froots uv Emancipashon
When that niger WIZ dug under
$500 worth w Elder Gavitt's estat
wuz put out u the way. His deaf
lies al the door Nv A. Linkinl He
that niger bin permitted TO be
stayed with his kind master, aud d,
votid his lie 10 his servis-this w0ul
not hes happened. He'd he bin pei
milte4 10 hev continy0od worki'
workin, wofsin, quietly and comforts
bly,, satisfied wi.h BIZ, two .oots u
clothes per snnum, .ad the rashet
givea en-, he wood not hev died mi