The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-02-11
NAsBY.
The Decease Of Elder Pennibaker-
The ParsOn INDUCES In Appr0pri.
ate Reflections. st
IFrom the Toledo Blade.1

:. .Posr oFEIs, cosrEDR. II <. ROADS, :
(Which Is in the Stait NV Kentucky.l h,
89- II srr8as January %, 1855, IL
Wun by wun we go! Wun by wun
the tall oaks witch hev stood, on-
moved, the blasts. Nv time. totter and
fall We view thare PROSTATE forms a
second, methinks, they sink into the
erth. and arc, lost to- site, tho to, MEM
~ dear, forever Then around the
old stunps the Young sprouts grow up
more vigorouser than ever
[ amt Singing these moral refiec
shuns for nothin | never waste the
pathetics. Whenever a man is pulled
drowndid from the creek in this vic
unity, witch happens frekently, there
bein three distilferies onto it, never
weep until / see whether he belongs
to my congregashun. 1t requires too
much Nv an effort to weep, to DO it on
all okashuns., ,s ~, 49, -
Elder Abslum Pennibacker, to.
wunst the strength and ornament of
the ,meetin house. NV which / hev bin.
for two yeers the pastor. departed. this
life at 2 p. NJ. this afternoon. For.
him weep, fer him the teerslis hoWinr
over the paper unto WITCH these lines
is penned. Il am writInf EN-. In the
presence NV the wife and children nv
the deceest; and it does EN- good TO
see me affected. When one kin confer
satisfaction at so1ittle trouble ez to
carry an onion in hisopocket handker-
chief hetwood be broot indeed eff he
did not prove hisseH ekal to the ioc9
casion. y ..-..-.' 81 q 90 ~ 81 re- -
Elder Pennibacker wuz born in the
eastern part NV PehnsylVany, NV real
old Democratic stock. He wuz, born
amid the scenes NV the war NV IDde-
pendence, and he groWed up. with
Revolooshenary memries inspirin him.
His father fought 10, the, Reyolooshen,
havin come all the way across the AT
lantic to do 1T. He. Wuz aoHession,
and therefore wqznt penshund by. the
Amerikin Government. Butt at the
Fourth of Jooly eelebrashens; the old
man WIZ invited to- sit on thelstand,
the yeomanry .of--the seeshan not
KNOWN that 1t made any difference ez
to the side he took in the struggle. .-.
Young Abslum groEd up amid ex-
silent infiooences. There wjiznt no
skoOls in vicinity III his infancy,
and jist es he mite shev bin coIitan1i-
mated by EN-, his father moved to
Kentucky, wher he wuZ safe from all
SIGH. The old gentleman dyin, Abb
slum Inherited the paternal akers
and paternaI -niggers, and become
man among men. The genius Of the
man now began to develop. Untram-
eled by. the'narrer views ny his pater-
nal ancestor, he boldly lanucht put
for himself He early distinguished
himself by his inventive genius, Wich
took the real Kentucky shootS Twas
him witch conceived the idea nv,
bradin small wire inteathe lashes NV
niger whips, and not satisfied with
that, he. after a months hard studye
brought cut the Improvement in
the nlgger-paddle NV BORN holes into
it. fie he'd desprit, struggle to get
it adopted The blind planter Nv the
neigh1orhood he'd faith in the old
paddle plain, and the EldersWas forst,
to demonstrate, by actooal expert
ment on his niggers, its sooperiority.
He killed two In doom it, but he tri-
umphed. It was found that more
tchastisement Good be inflicted with it
in given time, than by the oldfmeth-
cd, and that it lasted longer. 'A'-sAt'
! need not say wat his politics .wuz.
He wuz never nuthing but a Dino.
GRAFT He CONNIE nsed his career Votin.
three times for j ackson, and the can
didates witch followed IN succession,
he'd no cause to complain nv his zeel.
Under Bookanan his faithfulnis Wuz
rewarded. The post offs Wich I now
hold wuz given him, and he dischaIgd
the dooties faithfully and to the best
NV his ability. Ez he coodent read,
he put wat letters which arriv outinto
a box outside, lettin every Que who
come take one eff they wantid to. The /
paper wieh come to the offs for Dee
kin Pogram he learned to distribbit
IN two weeks. The out goin mail he
dumped into Louisville bag, feelin
a crate lood wuz off his mind when it
departid. He held the offs till they.
wantld him to make. out quarterly
report. He was nonpiussed. He
either had to buy a niger who Good.
reed and write or resign, and he re-
signedsa A half ttarVed Yankee WIZ
anpointid in his stead, who reigned |
till | relieved him. -
The Elder Wuz the happy possessor
NV three hundred niggers. They wnz
probably the best lot uvsniggers, sez
they run,rin Northwestern Kentucky: |
He he'd three shades NV ceIorso The |
trader Good ind anything in the line |
nv Niger. up to these three, that he
Wantid, .oh his plantashen. There |
waz the pure congo, the angi hnulat
to. and the comely quadroen. Their
wuz no higher nix than the quad
room, for it will be Remembered the |
family .1ed'1t bin slave owners but.
three generashens. They he'd accom-
plished sa sgreatadeal, however, for the /
time they he'd EN-