Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-04-30
M. and embrace yoor kindred. Mingle

ND, and embrace yoor kindred Mingle
yoor tears and be quick about it."
Immeietly every mulatter, male and
female, in the house riz to their feet and
made rush. Twelve Of EN- Nv all shades
from the regular tan color up to the near
ly white, fell onto Deekin Pogram, the
1en all shakin him by the hand, and the
wimem all kissln him, all in korious ex-
claimin Father I"
"Look upon EN- ez children, Deekin !"
sung out Bigler, "yoove nachrel rite to-.
Every one Nv EN- hez got yOor noze and
hereafter there's to be no differences
An ekul number, or perhaps more, wuz
pertormin likewise onto Elder Pennibac-
ker, Capt McPelter and Bascom.
Quittin the old men these enthusiastic
niggers, stimulated thereto by Josef Big
Ter, who kept clappin his hands and ejacu-
latin, "How lovely Oh wat minglin
How pleasant tbs to see brethren agree Z"
ct settry, made rushes for Issaker Gavitt,
Beniah Pogram, Eliphalet Pennibacker,
and young Hugh McPelter and their SIS
tiers. and fallen onto their necks kist EN-,
tjaculatin " Brother !" or "Sister - as the
case mite be.
"Now," sed Josef let the colored moth
ers Nv these newly recognized lambs go to
the elderly white female saints and en-
brace EN- in sisterly love. Troe they amt
blood relashens, but there is nevertheless a
tie witch binds. The sons and daughters
NV these shaded sisters is blood relashens
Nv the pure white ones In this happy
hour all these differences is to be buried.
Up and at emil"
And imejitly score or more Nv wenches
riz and undertook to embrace and kiss the
wives NV Pennibacker, Pogram, Mop elter,
Bascom, ct al. These females he'd been
bilin doorin this entire perceedin, and this
finisht EN-. 1t wuz straight hair agin wool
immejitly. Mrs. Pogram, who IS ruther
bony, laid out two Nv the first witch come
at her, and her doghter Mirandi takin ex
ample went for them witch wuz affecksh-
nately calm her "Sister I" The fife be-
come general in less than a minnit among
the wimmin. heard no more the gentle
word SISTER" On the contrary, other
words, not so refined in their nacher, were
yoosed to designate each other. And at it
they all went, tooth and nail, the entire
bilen Nv EN-, male and female, black, white
and yeller, and others, kickin, strugglin,
bitin and swearin, on the floor. And all
this time that cusid Bigler wuz on the top
Nv two seats, shoutin encouraginly to both
sides, and Pollock was Dustin out in peals
Nv the most uproarious laughter.
The struggle finally endid, the combat
ants bein' completely eggsausted. There
wuz on the floor at least bushel Nv hair,
wool, cotton, false teeth, reel teeth, ribbons,
stays, bonnets, ct settry, with an occasion
al spot Nv gore. And to add insult to in
jury, Joe Bigler threatened to whale us all
for not carryin' out the programme ez wuz
originally contemplated.
Myself and friends" remarkt this
onmitigated wretch, "hev bin swindled
into comm here. And Oh, Deekin, when
think that at SIGH time 700 Good be so
cold hearted ez to resist nachrel instinks
When 700 were surrounded by yoor off
spring, didn't yoor heart warm toward
EN-. Why did 700 cast EN- OFF," ri
700 can't recognize the ekality Nv a niger
when that niger resembles 700, when
kin 700? And wat kin our colored voters
expect 30 long ez yoor wife entertains the
same preioodis agin yoor children? Dee
kin, fer shame ~
And the wretch rolled off, winkin' q
most insultingly meanin wink at me. ]
feer me that this arrangement, like meny
others / hev made, wuz failyoor. Well
we are no worse off than before; we
can't be.
PETROLEUM V. NAsBY, p. NJ,
(Which means Postmaster.)