The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-04-29

Pillow kin it be wondered ct that he
wus left for dead2 or kin it DO Won
dcrcd at that the people NV the Cor
ncrs wuz surprised when he appear.
cd among en- at the close Nv the war,
with one log off and one arm stiff 2
Not much. Capt.McPelter wuznt in
the habit Nv half doin his work, and
the appearance nv this niger who
he'd passed through his hands ruther
astonished the Captin.
Doorin his absence he hod learned
to read and write, and he wuz made
teacher in tho Freedmen's Skool
which wuz establish In this place,
and now he is Assessor, with Pollock
on his bond.
Ez matter Nv course we despair
NV the Republic. Wat freedom kin
there be for US with niger in Off
shell posishen to tyranize over us p
Wat man NV culcher, Nv educashen,
NV refinement, kin afford to live in a
community where disgustin mulat.
to is made not only our ekal but our
superior2
Deekin Pogram said this indig.
nantly to Joe Bigler, who immejitly
askt the Deekin whether or not he
didn't count Babcock's mother ekal
thirty years ago? WITCH question
WITCH wuz askt in the presence Nv the
Deekin's wife, who hez temper,
wuz the occasion Nv severe remarks
between the worthy pair. Joe Big
lcr delites in opening old sores.
The first act Nv this Babcock in
his offishel capassity wuz the shuttin
up Nv McPelter's and Pennlbacker's
distillcries, and Bascom's bar, on the
skore that none NV en- he'd new
or taken out licenses, or even paid
any taxes! Their wuz the most ter
rifle ebulishn Nv feelin at this act Nv
tyranny that it hez ever bin my lot
to witnis.
Hang the black cussl''
"Down with the Afrikin despot 2"
SHOUTED the infooriated citizens
With refinement of kroolty, wich
Good only be the Offspring nv q most
depravcd and vishus. mind, he shut
up these places at z o'clock in the
mornin, bod l NV the sitisenz he'd he'd
his mornin bittursl He'd he post
poned it au our we mite hev found
It out, for sum OILS wood hev procur.
cd suppl be4 noon, and things wood
hev gone on normal. But here wuz
tho entire populashen of the Corners
at seven a. m. with throtes like lime
kilns an nary drop to be had for
love nor money. The skeem was
well considurd and suckcessful. The
citizens Good hold out but Is minits
and SURRENDERED. Tha gave bonds to
which tina oil appended thare marks
to identify the government to for back
taxes, and compelled Bascom to talk
out license. This done, the niggur,
who was backt up by Bigler and
Pollock, opened his doors and the
multitood surgd in and was satisfide
To think Of niger holdin the des
TIMES of the corners in his hands!
| Ez matter of course Elder PENN
hacker will follow next; "indeed hi
wants to resign now, for, seq he, with
the Assessorship in hostile hands o.
what avale is it to be Kollector Pr
And then, how long will mi head sts
on my shoulders? Ia a niger tl
take my place? Already Bascon
has RACED his price to ten cents pc,
drink, and notifide me that ikke1
from this time out is cash, and alredJ
has Pennibacker and McPelter re
foozed to lend me sentl My King
dun is crumblin. The elekshun o
Grant was the wedge witch is river
me from stem to stern. / shell b.
compelled to 20 hentz broken man
Good Hevins why coodn't hev didt
while Johnson was still PRESIDENT
| The blindness NV this present Ad
ministrashen is trooly astonishin.-
Things was settlin rapidly at the
Corners. McPelter was becoming
pacifed and Dcekin Pennibackel
likewise. They was not satisfied
with the government, or did they
approve of anything it did, but they
were passive. Now the old sores il
opened. Now McPelter is breathin
slaughter and is for lettin slip the
dorgs of war. And what hez Grant
got in return? Why, a niger wuz
already hizzen, and tie two whites
at the Corners who voted for him
last fall and will again, anyhow
Gen. Grant evidently don't mean to
pacify us-he amt on the soothe, nor
has he a clear idea of what is needed
to conciliate. l shell 60 next week
to protest agin these changes, but it
won't avail nothin. We are all NV us
marked.
PETROLEUM V. Massey, P. NJ.
(Which means Postmaster