Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1865-1872, 1868-04-24

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.(Wieh is Ia the Stait NV Kentucky u
April =, 1868. J
The Corners n contin, {, ocaIly eegsi,ed
Scarcely does one fever XII, herself allyed
afore another Is set agoin, and the result
issho summipisy is kerta biin perpe,oc.
ally. There aint noshiu like peece here
Peftickerly does this occur when Baseom
runs short. Ills barrels conuln the sroo
oil which flows onto the troubledr waters
, NV our passions. aud when ,hem is out
there is mlnlstoor Tophet to wunst.
The last egpsi,ement wuz pro brbly the
most pekool,er that ever happened to envy
people, tho 10 wuz nothin more than Good
be expected to grow out Nv the altered re-
lations pf the races TO each other. IL wuz
.ose NV The legaeies leit US by the tyran,
linkin, aud by no means the least Nv EN-
Under the old pa,riarkle system, IL wuz
the custom Nv the niggers TO so by the
naue Nv their trooly patriarkle masters,
wich wuz nessary, and not only nessary,
hut proper. Onto every plantsshen ther
Wood be Ceesers, llanniDals aud Pompeys,
aud Tie only way TO distinguish EN- wuz
10 call cui Ceeser PogIam, Hannibal 6av-
i,,, Ct sel,ry. This ansercd very we'll ez
long ,z they wuz 10 state Nv skripiooral
ser, itopd; Indeed, the proud Caucashen
masters rather liked il than otherwise, ez
the irekeucy with wieh their names wuz
called indi kated the extent NV their pos
H.. ...s.- A. haN sf.f
up for themselves, IL aint go pleasant.
Now that they Kin own property aud per
iorm oil the iuncti0ns Nv men, the sane
tz Guy one else, II L.z become distastefui
10 the Coruers IL Is u sibgler iact that
the Corners hez diskisered, sinco the my
ger wuz ret free. suthin they pe. er kno~i
.siote. to wit: The nIgger hez an odor ou-
like The wLite. When they wuz slases,
aud used 10 nuss em aud play with cm,
snd wait on em, aud sich, this odor wuz
not preeeplible. Ii hcz developed since
emaucipashen. Jes so with their names.
In their normal condlsheu il wuz we'll
sthce, It's a degredashen the Corners wea I
bruok, no how.
Deekin Pcgram aud Issaker Gaviti per.
tickerly ehaied uudcr ii. They mourned
aud loSi flesh under the infilckshuu. = To
lhlLk' sed the DeckIn "uva hundred nlg
gers bearin the honored name of Pogram!
To iliak,'' says lssaker Gavitr, NV a
hundred niggrrs bearin The illus,rious
bame Nv Gsvitt" Aud so they pe,i.heu
I'd the Legislature at Frankfort 70 relieve
em by passin law perhibitin nigeers
from beariu tie name Nv whife men wich
wuz their former masters. The fact leuk
ed oat, aud this imbrolyo wuz the result.
? Poil.ek, the llliuoy store keeper, wich
Is a dIsIuIber, immtjtly sood Joe Bigier
fur store debt. aud hed him hauled up
sfore square punt. Joe immeji,Iy sub
lekueed all the citizens Nv the Corners
~ witnesses. aud he'd thena ali ia the Court
ioom. Come" sed Deekiu Pogram,
'swaie ne and let me 20 / don't know
nots.in about this matter any how"
~Nut YET led BigIer / hey other
testimony which she put in. Mr.. Con.
stable, cal ilauuibe Pogram." The
Dttkiu STATED ez CT he he'd been shot.
And ez We kin save the valyooabie
time NV this court by swarm NV em ia a
lump. 700 may call also Pompey Pogram,
JooiIes pogrsm Ceeser Pogram, George
Washington Pogram. 60 named becOz,
like the first q. w, he eoodent tell a lie
which Is proof concloosive that he is a
pure black aud hsIut got no Pogram blud
in has vains,) Mellissy Pognm, Abslum
pogram, Cievpstfa pogram, Paul Po2rs N
Maria Au'yuett Pogra,n, Bonaparte PU-
gram, Charles Wesley Pogram, Abel jack
son 20"
"What does this mean?' shreeked the
Deekin, ez tLey all fled iuto the court
room, What do 700 mean by bringing
into this Yer court all these d ID nIggersy
WAT do | mean? Wat difference is II
TO 700? They'r my witnesses-by these
intelligent ireemen | propose TO prove
that Yer Pollock perjured villain aud a
most uUconshnnabie swindler.'
And he grinned ut Pollock. who wink
ed wickedly at him in return.
"And |, ;" sed Pollock, ITO save time
mite ez we'll hes my witnesses swore. Is.
saksr Gavitt. stand up"
lssaker arose.
Now. Mr.. Constable, call Pompey
Gayitt, Meiiudy Gavi,t. Augustus Gayitt
Peuvbella Ga,itt, Lycugus Gayltt, jet
ferson Gs,i:t, dam GaviIt, Martha Wash
ington Gavtt. Paskel Cav
"Am 10 be swore with al these mig
gers" roared Issaker, red ia the face.
"Heely, said squire Punt, Il cant per
nit this"
But you must" said Bieler. "E'
desprit wretch ca is this Pollock; el
deeply ez he hez wr9nged me, ez much el
l loalhe, hate and despise him, he she
hev fair play in court Nv justis. Even
shood he beet me aud crush me meath his
iron heel, insist he shell hev his rites
But the Squire he'd better swear mine
first"
And ez they generally don't like trouble
with Bigler. the Squire, pale ez gost, TO
he didn't know wat wuz comin, swore th,
pile. aI4fa
"Now," sed Bigler, ''Ceeser Pogram
stand up. Cesar, do you know the mach
er NV an path?"
''Yes, sahl r.-,s ......
"Who WIZ yoor father, Cecser?'
Don know, sab"
SIS yoor mother in the room, and hei
she bin sworn?" 4 aa
s'Yes, SAIL t4sl .e4ar49f1 .awrar.
''Yoo may set down for the present
Will Melissy Pogram arise?"
The wench get up. esf
snow, Melssy, state to the court the
paternity Nv yoor son.
IL object?" shreeked the Deekin. Wa