New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-04-12
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The Good Old TAmes-Ho,v q Plantation
Managed AFTER the Style of 1se0 Looks
in le@s-Er. Naaby Finds Azsch Rn One
aRd Reports Thereon.

N"7-~A 20 ia eAe otAAb " AentNokll.
On my return from the onery and cussid
State OF Michigan, fell into state NV des-
pondency from which found It difficult to
recover. The horrors OF staying In a com.
munity totally unused to the exhileration
Nv the flowing bole, totally impervious to
the sOOthin iniloOence NV the foods witch
we in Kentucky eggsist onto, and where the
Dimocrisy are in a hopelis minority, made
reason totter onto her throne, and tntelleck
to reel in highly ridiculous manner. To
dlsstpate the impression, l borrered Bias
CONS mule and Deekin Pogram's saddle
bags, and film the first with oats, and the
latter with loaf of bread and q gallun NV
whlskey, madly plunged orr into the in
terror Of the state, that mite in rooral
solitoodes give full vent to the melancholy
that opprest me.
Two days travel up the mountains brot
me to the most interiorest county NV the
state. Remote from railroads, off Nv the
stage lines, and not within several days
journey Nv telegrafs, it wuz trooly area
jen spot. Here wuz the log cabin in its
primitive slmplicity-here WuZ streems onto
wlch there wuz no mills-here wuZ roads
without no fences-here wuz women with.
out no hoops.
Ridln along, musin unto the quiet beauty
Nv the landscape, heered aewingin, swish.
in sound a whislin thro the air, dull,
heavy thud, and them oh joy shrek
wuz in a wood, but there was cleerin be-
yond, and from that cleerin the sound pro-
ceeded.
Putin spurs to my steed or ruther, to get
down from the elegancies NV descriptive
writin to actoosl fact, thumpin Basoomls
mule over the head with the club l carried,
soon emerged from the forest and beheld q
scene which made my heart leep for JOY.
Ihere Wuz house, niger quarters, whip
pin post, and good heYins, that shood be
50 blest, Niger tied to it, and vigorous
old man Nv sixty, with broad brimmed
nat and pious look, a layin it to him good.
Wuz awake or wuz dreamin! Is these
reel or wuz | the victim NV some pleasant
halluoinashen Dlsmountin, / rushed up to
him and fell onto his neck. Now said /
in extacy, "let thy servant depart in peace!'
Shakin me orr, and continyooin cooly till
he had reached thirty lashes, the old gentle
mon babe two niggers standing by to unite
him, take him to his quarters and rub his
delitefully lasserated back with salt and
water, and turnin he exclaimed, "who in
blazes are yOogo
20 speak them words agiD - sed !, strikin
attitoOd, "Ive been in Michigan, aud them
words is music to meir
"Well-who in thunder are 700 ~
"a DimOcrat-a ante-War Dimocrat-Wich
owned niggers, (this was lie thrown in for
effect,) but they've been taken from me by
a crooel tyranny. To see YOU, trOO South
erner, handlin NV EN- in the troo Suthern
style, quite onmans me. Speek how heY
yoO managed it?
Slowly rollin over his quid, in a quiet and
cOntemplativ manner, he asked me to the
house. On the PLAYER witch fronted 1t we
sat down, and he told me these:
His name wus Rasper. He knowd NV the
Emancipashen Proclamashen, but he he'd
hn 1rr IA as,sf Il
the planters in the deestrik. Determined
that solely for the good of the helplis mig.
gers one seCkshun ov Kentucky shOod be
held sakrid-that her old, time hOnored in.
stitOoshens shOOd be maintained at least in
one place, he he'd held EN- all In the same
condishen ez before the war. The Majors
for ten miles square he'd organized league,
and he'd swore a sOllem oath to keep their
niggers likeWise-tO shoot at sight all NV
EN- witch attempted to run away or even to
communicate with other niggers, and that
by DRAWN Gordon, as it wuz, around EN-,
they had been kept IN state of tollable sub
Jeckshen. II cost them ten or fifteen times
ez much to keep EN- eZ the niggers made,
but what NV that? Kentucky wood never
give up her niggers or her DemOcrisy; and
in one spot, seklooded tho it wuZ, they were
determined to hev troo sample NV both.
At this pint the son NV nay host rode up
onto gray geldin from another plantashen
witch the old man owned six miles away.
Hal John,n sed my venerable freud,
81 how is things over the Run?n
AIRS well, dad, u said he.
Hez JOolius got sufficiently over being
chawd by the dorgs to do his regler work y
g thot SO. He played OFF little while
this mornin'; but we Gated him till he wuz
wilkins to give up his obstinacy and go at
It. He's dom his average
Hez Oeezer got well Nv that charge nv
"Ceezer, no! he died. He tux cold in
Inc leg, and It mortified
jest my luck He wuz the best hand l
ned on the place. 0 my friend, observe
The effeok NV hasty temper! He give me
100 much ny his lip. put charge Of shot
INTO him, and now he amt wuth the powder
hat druV the shot. Oh, how hev wrastled |
With that ungOYernable temper Nv mine
dez that stranger up the run bin looked |
,ftor?if
Eyes. Ne and Tim Duggins 'spected him
" bein q emissery, ez he took moose
PAPER and his wife he'd bin seen cornbin |
lef hair, and we inquisited him. He took
he Moo York 13'iboon, and a party NV us |
ave him ten minutes to git out. Ez he |
lidn't git out we shot him. His family is
till on the place, but they will probably /
cave soon, ez We shell burn the cabin down
~
HOW Is KITTY "
II coulden't do much with her. Since
Ter baby wuz born sheNhez never bin wuth
much; and to git shut NV her, / traded her
IF to Simpson, on the East Branch, for a
Day mare NV hizzen and bull pup. He
Jumped me to play seven up, best three in
I've, for the lot, and lost. The baby hez a
trong, healthy look, and give 1t over to
ig. Lie to bring up by hand. Simpson
old Kitty to Ambrose, off on the West
ranch, and she wuz carried over ther
We'll, come in. Its well nigh mite. Come
q to supper.p
We had supper, and afterward PRAYERS.
nd after that cut-throat loo for dollar
takes.
The next day wuz sandy, and most hap.
y SundY 1t wuz for me. The preacher.
Imported by the happy flock, wuz NV the
eel stock, wich is unfortunately going out.
lis sermon In the morning Wuz a most
lovin disquisishen on the cuss NV Ham, in.
uikatln the CRATE tr0oth that niggers wuz
reated from the beginnin for the sole purs
0se Nv bein the servant NV the son nv
apheth, and, incidentally, he wove in
lost conclusive defense NV the evangelicity
Y ketchin niggers with dorgs. 10 the
Iaster he recommended justis, tempered
18th such Christian foFbearance ez eech fell
could aford-t0 the servant entire sub
ission, ez It wuz the will Nv the Lord. Ez
le old man wuz in his perorashen, ther
uz heera up the swamp the sound NV
lrgs. The yells in the distance, ez
Int ez the whisper NV a mother, grew
sereT and neerer, until the melojus voice
7 the whole pack wuz q chimin in our (
rs. The preacher st0pt and pricht up his
rs, as did every one In the Congregation,
ne report Nv q rife wuz heerd, and a
reek foliered It. {
BE QuletlH sed the good old man, s'It's
thin. Perkinses man John run awayl last
iursday, and this mornin Perkins started
Ettla NTH n