The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-04-10

From the Toledo Blade.l
On my return from the ornery and
cussid Stait NV Michigan, l fell into
staff Nv dependency, from which l
found it difficult to recover. The
horrors of stayin' in commu-
nifty totally unused to the exhillera-
vious to the soothin inho0ence Nv the
foods witch we IN Kentucky eQglst
onto and where the DimOcrisy are 10
a hopelis minority, made reason totter
onto her throne, and inteIleck to reel
in a highly ridiculous manner. 10
dissipate the impression / borrered
Bascom's mule and Deekin Pogram's
saddle bags, fillin the first with oats,
and the latter with a loaf Of bread
and a gallon Nv whisky, madly plung-
ed OFF into the interior of the State,
that I mite, in rooral solitoOdes, give
full vent to the melancholy that OPP
prest 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 telegratfs, 1t
wuz tTooly a Arcajen spot. Here wuz
the log cabin in primitive simplicity
here wuz streems onto which there
wuz no mills-here wuz roads without
no fences-here Wuz women without
no hoops.
Ridin along, musin, unto the quiet
beauty Nv the landscape, | heered a
swingin, swishin sound whislin thro
the air; a dull. heavy thud, and thenl
oh JOY a shrek Wuz in a wood,
but there Wuz a clearin beyond, aud
from that eleerin the sound pro-
ceeded. o1itl8 20 sI Bss
Putin spurs to my steed, or ruther.
to get down from the elegancies Nv
descriptive writin to actOoal fact,
thumpin Bascom Is mule over the head
with the club / carried, soon emerged
from the forest and beheld scene
which made my heart leep for Joy.
There was -house--niggeT quarters
a NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Hevins,
that | shOod be so blest--a niger
tied 10 it, and a vigorous old man Nv
sixty. with a broad brimmed hat aud
a pious look, a layin it to him goOdl fa'
Wuz l awake or wuz | dTeamin Is
these reel or wuz | the victim NV
some pleasant hallucinasheni Dis
mountin, rushed up to him and fell
onto his neck. : Now, sed l in ex-
taey, let thy servant depart In
peec!' ~. .-aa.
Shakin me OFF and continyooin
coolly till he he'd Ieached thirty lash
es, the old gentleman babe two mig.
gers standin By to unite him, take
him to his quarters and rub his de-
litefully lacerated back with salt and
water, and turnin, he exclaimed,
who in blazes are yoO?' Ft -
% speek them words agin." sed I.
strikin a attitoed, I've bin In Mich
igan, aud them words is music to me ~
Well-who In thunder are yoo?'
- Dlmocrat-a anto war DimOcrat
witch owned niggers, (this Wuz a lie
thrown In for effeck). but they've bin
taken from NE by croOel tyranny,
To see you. troo Suthern style, quite
onmans me Speek how hev 700
managed it?" -.n..,I. -.I.5
Slowly rollin over his, quid, in
quiet aud contemplativ,e manner, he
asked me to the house. On the piaz-
ger wich fronted it. we sat down and
he told me these i.--.-.....
His name wus Rasper. He knowd
Nv the Emaneipashen Proelamashen.
but he had kept it keerfuIly from his
niggers, ez he'd all the planters In the
deestrik. Determined that solely for
the good Nv the helplis niggers, one
section ov Kentucky shood be held
sakrid-that her old time houored
institooshens shood be maintained at
least in one place, he he'd held EN- all
70 annaTCha, L. Al
war. The Majors for ten miles square
had organized league, and he'd
sWore a sollem oath to keep their mig
gers hkewise-to shoot at sight all Nv
them witch attempted to run away or
even to communicate with other mig
gers, and that by DRAWN a Gordon, as
1t wuz, around EN-, they had been
kept in a state Nv tollable subieck-
shen. 1t cost them ten or fifteen times
es much to keep EN- ez the niggers
made, but wat Nv that? Kentucky
wood never give up her niggers or her
Democrlsy; aud IN one spot, seklood-
ed tho it Wuz, they were determined
to hev a troo sample NV both.
At this pint the son NV my host
rode up QUITO a gray geldIn from an-
other plantashen wich the old man
owned six miles away.
Hal John, said my venerable
friend, how is things over the Run?"
Ais well, dad, sed be.
Hes Joolius got sufficiently over
being chawed by the dorgs to do his
regler work?"
:" l thot so. He played Off a little.
while this morniu, but We Gated him
TIL he wuz willin to give up his OBJ
stlnaoy and go at it. He's dom his
average"
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