White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1868-04-16
from the Toledo Blade.)
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from the Toledo Blsde.)
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The Good Old Tines-How . Piaata.
tion Managed Amer the Style or 1850
Looks in lS0S-Ar. Nasty Finds Sach
an One, and Reports Thereon.
Posf OFyIs, CoNFEDERfr Z RoAps.
(wich 10 in the Stait nv Kentucky,
March 80. 1868.
On my return from the orneTy and
cussid Stat, nv Michigan. fell into
State nv dependency from wicb | found
it difikilt to rekiver. The horrors nv
stsyin in community totslly unused to
the exhilerashun nv the Aowin bole.
totelly impervins to the soothin inaoo-
ence nv the aooid wich Ne eggsist
onto. and wher the Dimocrisy are in 4
bopelis minority, made reason totter
onto ber throne, and intelleck to reel in Q
highly ridiculus manner. To dissipste
the impreshun. borrowed Bascom's
mule and Deekin Pogrsm's saddle bags,
and 6llin the FIRST With oats. and the lat
ter with loaf ~ breed and gallon Nv
wisky. madly plunged orf into the intsri
or nv the State. that / mite in roorsl SOL
iteods give full vent to the melancholy
that opprest me.
Two days travel up the mountins brot
me to the most iuteriorest Comfy nv the
stats. Remote srom railroads. o6 nv the
stage lines. sud not within several days
Journey nv telegrsds. it wuz trooly Ar.
jsn spot. Here wuz the log cabin in its
primitive simplisity-here wuz streems
onto wich ther wuz no mills-here wuz
roads without no fences-here wuz vim
min without no hoops.
Ridin along, mosin onto the quiet beau
ty nv the Landscape. heerd swingiu.
swishin sound whislin thro the air: q
dull. heavy tbud. and then! oh. Joy! q
shrek! / wuz in . wood, but thsr wuz q
cleerin beyond, and from that cleerin the
sound perceeded.
Putin spurs to nay stsed, or ruther, to
git down from the elegsncies nv dsscrip.
tive ritin to sctooal fact. thumpin Bas.
CONS mule over the bed with the club
carried. l soon emerged FROM the forest,
and beheld scesn wich made nv hart
leep for joy. Their wuz house-nigger
qusrters-s whippin post-and. Good
Hevins. that Ishood be 90 blsst-a mig.
ger tied to It. end vigorous old man uv
sixty, with . broad brimmed hat snd ,
pious look. lsyin it to him goodl
Wuz awsks. or wuz I dreamiu! 1.
these reel. or Wus l the victim nv som,
pleasant halluSinsshen! Diamountin.
rushed up to hin. and fell onto his neck
"Now." sed l in sxtscy. ''let thy servant
depart in peeesl'
i Shakin me orr, and continyo ooin coolly
till he bed reached thirty lsshss, the old
gentleman bade two niggers stsndin BY
to untis him. take him to his quarters
and rub bis delitefully lasssrated bach
With salt and water. and turnin, hs ex
cl.imed: "Who in blszss are yoo?"
20, speek them words sginl" ssd I
strikin q a,titood: 1--WE bin in Michigan
and them words is music to me!'
"Well-who 10 thunder are yoo?'
"a Dimocrst-a snte-wsr Dimocrst-
wich owned niggers. (this vuz q lii
throwd in for efFeck, but they've bin ta
ken from me by . crooel tyranny. tt
see 700. . troo Sntherner. hsndlin nv en-
in the troo Suthern stils. quite onmsn'
me. Speekl bow hev 700 managed it?'
Slowly rollin over his quid. in q quie
and contemplstiv manner. he asked M
to the house. On the piazzer wich front
ed it. We sot down. and be told me these
His name wuz R.sper. He knowd uv
the Emancipasben Proclamsshen. but HI
he'd KEEP it keerfully from his niggers. e2
he'd all the planters in the deestrik. De-
termined that solely for the good nv the
helplis niggers one sekshun nv Kentucky
shood be held sskrid-thst her old, time.
honored iustitosheus shood be maintained
at least ID one place. be he'd held EN- all
in the same condishen ez before the war
The nabors for ten miles squsre he'd or.
gsnized a league. and he'd sworn sollsm
oath to keep ther niggers likewise-to
shoot at sight oil nv em wich sttem pied
to run away. or even to communicate
with other niggers. and that BY DRAWN 9
Gordon, ez it wuz. around EN-. they he'd
bin kept in state nv tolable subjsck-
shen. 1t cost em ten or fifteen times ez
much to keep en- ez the niggers made.
bot wat nv that? Kentucky wood never
give up ber niggers or her Dimocrisy.
and in one spot. seklooded tho it WOE.
they wuz determined to hev . troo sam
pie nv both.
At this pint the son Nv my host rode
mp onto gray geldin from another plant.
sshen wich the old man owned, six miles
away.
"Ha! John" sei my venerable friend,
chow is things over the rum"
"All's well. dad" sed be.
"Hez Joolius got suffishently over bein
chswd BY the dorgs to do his regleI
work."
81 thot so. He played orf . little
while this mornin; but We GATED him till
he WIZ willin to give up his obstinsncy
and go st it. He's doin bis average. 81
."Hes Cesssr got we'll Nv that ehasgs
Nv buckshotY''
"Ceezsr. mol be died. He tux cold ia
the leg. and Il mortified"
jest ny lackl He wuz the bsst hand
I he'd on the place. Oh my friend, OBJ.
serve the effeck Nv hssty temperl HI
give me too much nv bis lip. put {
charge nv shot into him. and now be
siut worth the powder tbat druv the
shot. Oh. how hsv wrsstled with that