White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1868-04-23
From the Toledo Blade.)
NASBY.

A Very Peculiar Lawsuit at tae Cor.
uers-PoIlock vs.. BiSler-the VIII.
uesses Subpeuasd, and the Way the
Dispute was Settled.
Posr OFr1s, CoNYEpssrr x ROADS, !
(wich 10 in the Stait Nv Ksntucky.)
Aprils 2. 1858.
The Corners is continooally eggsited.
Scscely dus one fever git herself sllaysd
stOrs another is set agoin. and the result
is, the commoonity is kept biliu pespst.
ooally. Their ain. nothin like pssce here.
Psrtiekelerly duz this occur wen Bsseon
runs short. His barrels contain the troe
oil wich 8ows onto the trubied vste,s Nv
our passions, and wen them is out. tksr's
q misiatoor ,Fopbet to wunst.
TIe issr eggsitement va. probably
the most peEcelyer tsat ever happened
to any people. tho j. wnz uothin more
than Good be espects' 10 grow out nv the
i altered Telashens nv the faces to each 9th.
, er. Il wus one uv the legscies leit % By
the syrsnt Linkin. snd BY 10 nssss ~
less, av err. r--
Under the old patrisrkls sysssu. 4
WIZ the custom nv the nigsers to 20 by
the name Nv ,hsr trooly pstrisrkls mas
ters. ~ich wus nesssry. snd not osiy sss-
sary. but proper. Onto every plsstssbu0
thsr wood be Ceesers. Hsnnibals sd
Pompeys. aud the only way to distin.
guish em WIZ to call EN- Ceeser Poeram,
Hannibal Gavi,t. ct settry. This anser.
ed very well ez long ez they Voc in
,krsH n. -
, the yroa1 Csucashen masters rather liked
|, it ,Ss: otherwise. ez the hekensy With
wich thef names WOE called indiknted tho
extent uv thsr posseshuns. Bot ssucs
these cusses hev sot mp for Themselves, it
amt so pleasant. Now that they kin own
property and perform ell the functions ~
men. the ssms ez eny ons else, it hes BE-
come d:stasteful to the Corners. Il 10 .
singler fact that the Corners hex> diskiv-
cred. sence the niggers WE set free. suth.
in they never snowd sfors. to wit: Tbs
}, nigger hez q odor onlike the whits.-
o Wen they wuzrslsve,. and used Is n6ss
y EN-. and play with sni. and wait on sm,
and sich. this odor wus not precsptibls.
l. 1t hez developed sence emancipsshsu.
e Jes 40 with tber names In thsr normal
r. condishen it wuz wsll-sence, its Q deg.
a rsisshun the Corners won't brook, no
!. how.
!, Deekin Pogrsm and Isssker Gsvits
% pertikerly chafed under it.. They mourn.
ed and lost Aesh under the iuHickshss.
ITO think" led the Dsekin. nv Q hsu.
." drsd nigeers bearin the honored name ~
'e Pogrsm!'' ITO think" sed Isssksr
T. Gsvtt. "uv hundred niggers 5earin the
!. illus,rus name Nv Gsvittp' And 90 thsy
Is pertsheued the Lsgisl.cher at Frankfort
n to relieve em. BY passin law perhibisiu
niggers from besrin the name uv white
in men wich wuz ther former masters. The
n. fact lsrked out, and this imbrolyo wuz
nd the result -f
fe Pollock. the Illinoy store keeper. wich
l. is q disturber. immeji,ly sued Joe Bielsr
lis for store det. and he'll him hsuled %
e. afore Square Punt. Joe immejitly sob
pensed all the citizens Nv the Corners "a
witnesses. and he'd EN- all in the Court
~ room. Come" said Dsekin Pogrsm,
ID "swars me and let me go. don't know
noihin shout the matter, anyhow"
:, Not yii." ssd Bigler, Il hev other
testimony wieh shel put in. Mr.. Con-
stable. call Hannible Pogram. The Dee.
" kin started ez ef ne he'd bin shot
" "And ez we kin save the vaIyooabls
time nv this court by swarm Nv EN- in .
e limp. VOC may csll also Pompey Po.
lg gram. Jool.us Pogram. Ceeser Pogrsm,
OF George Washinton Pogram, (so named
at becoz. like the first G. W.. he cooden't
Sc tell lie, wrch is proof conclusive that
n he is pnre black. ami hsint got no Po-
I'd gram blood in his vains. Mellissy Po-
n. gram, AbsIum Pogram. Clsopstrs Po.
;" gram. Paul Pogrsm. Marie Antynstt Po-
if gram. Bonsparte Pogram. Charles Wss-
~ ley Pogrsm. Abel jackson Po-"
A "Wst duz this meant" shrseked the
% Deekin. ez they all filed into the court
;. room. "Wst do 700 mean BY brinein
: into this yer court all these id mig.
gsrs!"
: "Wst do I mean? Wat difference 10
i. too 700? They're my witnesses BY
these intelligent frsemen psrposs to
prove that yer Pollock perjered villsin,
g snd's most unennshunsbIe swindIer."
And he grinnsd at Pollock. who wink.
n ed wickedly ct him in return.
"Aud l." sed Pollock. ito save time.
If mite ez well hev my witnesses sware.
i Issaker Gavitt. stand up."
1t 1-saker arose.
r Now. Mr.. Constable call Pompev
a Gaviu. Mrlindy Gavitt. Augustus Cav.
Ie it,. PstronslIa Gavi,t. Lycurgus Gsviti,
Abslum Gavitt. Moses Gavitt. Judith