The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1868-04-17
In an atiitood, I've bin In Michigan, and
them worris IL music 10 mc

in an attitoOd, I've bin In Michigan, and
them words Is music TO me
aWell- who In ihlintlcr arc yoof"
~ .Dimocrat-a antc.war Di,nocrnt-
wich owned niggers tlhls wuz lie thrown
In for efieck) hut they've hin taken from
me Ivy croocl tyranny. To see you troo
Southerner, hnndlin Nv cm in tho troo
Suthern style, quito oninans me. Speak
how hev yoo managed itT
Slowly rollin over his quid, In quiet
aud contemplativ manner, he asked me to
tho house. On the piazzer wich ffonted Il,
we sat down, and he told INC these:
His name wuz Rasper. lie knowd Nv
the Emancipashen Proclamashen, but he
had KEEP It kccrfillly from his niggers, ez
he'd ull tho. planters In the deestrik. dc.
termined that solely for tho good Nv tho
,elplis niegcrs ono sckshun Nv Kentucky
sl,ood be held sakrid-that her old time
l,onored institoosl'cns should I've maintained
ut least in ono place, he he'd heh EN- all IN
tho same condislen ex before the war.
The nal,ors for ten miles square he'd or.
ganizcd league, and he'd swore . sollem
oath to keep their nlggers likewise-io shoot
at sight all Nv EN- wich attempted to run
AWAY er even tn communicate with other
niygcrs, and that by dnwin n GORDON as Il
WIZ, around EN-, they he'd been kept IN
state NV tollahln subjeckshcn. u cost EN-
ten or fifteen times ez much to keep en-
cz the nircem nude, but what Of that -?
Kentucky wood never give mp her n'ggers
or her Dimocricy; and in ono spot, sek'ood.
ed tho il wuz, they wero determined to hev
q iroo sample Nv both.
Al this pint the son Nv my host rode up
onto gray geldn from another plantashtln
wch tho old man owned six miles away.
CANS well, dnd," sed he.
"Ilcz Joolius got suffishen,ly over BEN
chawd by the dorss to do his regular
work p
"flcz Ccczcr gut we'll Nv that charge Nv
bucksIlOt?" 49,.
"Ceezcr. no! he died. He TUX cold in
the leg aud it mortified"
"Jest my luck! lle wtz tho hest hand
he'd on the place. O! my friend, obserYc
the effect Of hasiy temper He Civ me too
m,,cl, Nv his lip, put n charge Of shot into
him and now he aint worth the powder that
drove the shot. Oh how hev wrastled
with that ungovernabie temper Nv mine
Ilez ,ha, stranger up the run bin looked
nfter?"
"Ycs me and Tim Duggins spcc,ed him
NV bcin en,issery. ez he took noosepa
per and his wife he'd hen seen colnbin her
hair, and we inquisitrd him. lie took the
Moo York Triboon, md party Nv us gave
him ten minits to git out. Ea he ildn' gll
out we shot him. His family Is still on tho
place, hut they will probably leave soon' ca
ys slIel birn the rnbin tOmorrer.'
elbow is Khiy"
al cooIcI,'t do much with her. Sence
her lml,y wuz horn she hez never hin wiith
lnucI, and to git rid Nv her, traded her of
10 Si,npsor, on the Eas, Branch, for hay
mare nv hizzcn aud bull pup. He stump
ed me to play seven.np, best three In five,
for tho lot. and I lost. Tho baby hez a
strong healthy look, and ] Civ 1t over to
I.ize to bring up by hand. Simpson sold
Kitty to Ambrose, Of West Brunch. and
she wliz carried over thcr yesterday"
swell. come in. Its well nigh mite.
Come in to supper"
We he'd supper, and afterwards prayers,
md afier that cut throat loo Tor dollar
takes.
The next day WIZ Sunhy. and most
.hoppy S,,n,ly Il wnZ for me. The preeclier
supported by the happy flock WIZ NV tho
reel stock, wich is ontortunitly goin out.
His sermon in tho moriiin WIZ most NOV
in di.allisisl,en on the cilss Nv Ham, inkul.
kniin' The gren, truth Tint niggcrs wuz Great.
ed from the beginning for the sole purpose
NV hrin the servants Nv the son NV Jnphet,
,.n. Ian, Ia. N m.
cIoosiyc defence Nv the cvnngelicity NV
ke,clin niggcrs and ,lorgs. To tho master
he recommended iustis. tempered with
sirl Christian iorl'cnrnncc cz cach frlt no
could ulIonl--io the rvnut entire slIl'lnis-
sion. rz Il WIZ the will Nv tho Lord. Ex
tile old man wuz in his peroraslien, tlier
WIZ l,ccrr,i up tho swamp the sound NV
,lorcs. Tho yelps in the distance, ez IhlRt
ez tho whisper ola ,nothcF. frew ntrfcr nnd
neerer. ontil tho uiemjn voice NV tho whole
Pack wus cIlimin in our ears. The preech.
or stcpt and prickt up his ears, ez did every
one IN the c"ngrcgnshSp. Tho report Nv q
rife wtiZ hccrl, nnd nVhrrck iollered Il.
"B, q,,irtr Sod the goo'l old man. TITS
nothin. Pcrkinses man John. run awny last
Thursday. and this mornin Perkins started
out nller him with I,Istin's dorgs. It's all
over now. and 700 kin render Perkins no
assistance. That shot fnisht the desprit
man. and the dorgs are by This I'mo onto
him. O, why will these perVerse spirits iry
,,s so? Why will they run off and make
the krtchen NV en- even on the Sabbath,
work NV necessity and mercy"
Just then n fresh yelp from the hounds
show,l that the Ireecher WIZ wrong. The
Niger he'd not bin hit, he'd played pos
sum md he'd started for n fresh run. The
congrcgashen started for the door and IN
minnir they were oft pc!l melt surrounding
the clump NV woods into wich he he'd taxi
en- refuge. In a few minnits the dorgs.
cl,ase,l him out, and revolver shot laid
him col,l corpse. Peacehy they. returned
10 the church where the pastcr, his cheeks
rlowin will, the exercise, pronounced tie
benediction and the congregnsben sepra''
cd.
Gladly wood I hcv stayed there, hut i
WIZ impossible. For mo the confiick-I
am needed where there Is fghtin to do.
The next day borrowed seventeen dollars
nv NV kind entertainer and rode awny feel.
In lI,at one day thus spent would comJen.
satc me for ali an,Ioore,i among the Mich.
iran scoffsrs. Wood ther wore more s'ch
oosises. PlrsoLiuM v. NAsBr, r. NJ,
(,yich Is Postmaster
,t, ,,,,,nI,Iets or the 17th cen.