Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1869-03-23
our respective noses, giving the room
a more than usual briteness.

Jul icspeCtlFo HOSoS, giving Iue IoOm
a more than usual briteness.
Bascom wuz behind the bar, his ell
bow leanin On it, waitin for the or
ders wich he knew wood be made;
Capt. McPelter wuz smoking his pipe
peaceably, watchin the clouds that
ariz, forming sort of halo about his
he'd; while Deekin Pogram and my
self wuz just in the act of taking some
thing hot which had bin fixed for us.
At this moment, Penibacker's boy
rode up on Bascom's mule and hove a
paper at US which gave US the fatal in
telligence. | red it aloud. There
wuz no more inocent mirth that mite.
Deekin Pogram's hand relaxed its
hold on the glass, and it fell to the
floor, the fluid wastin itself thro the
cracks, and the old saint fell from his
chare in a swoon. | he'd more pres
ence of mind-I drank mine with one
convulsive gulp, and then dropped the
empty glass.
The effect, so far ez manifestin
grief was concerned, was the same ez
tho | he'd dropped it, likker and all,
and it wuz better for me. The glass
wuz Bascom's-the sensashun in my
bowels prodoost by the likker wuz
mine That even constitushunel
amendments can't take away from me.
1t didn't take long to fgger how
this outrage, ef it is consummatid, will
effect the Corners. There is in this
peeceful township sixty-three loyal
white voters, Nv which number thirty
nine vindicated their manhood in the
Confedrit servis, the others bein too
old, ceptin Pollock, wich is from Hi
noy, and Nv Ablishen prociivities.-
Garrettstown is in this township and
cOuntin them in ther is two hundred
and forty-four adult niggers, and ther
wood hev bin a hundred more he'd
niggers all bin born bullet an rope
proof. So long ez these niggers wuz
in their normal condiShn Nv servitood
they wuZ indespensible-sence they
wuZ crOoelly wrested from US we hey
made EN- almost ez yooseful to US by
hevln the law into our own hands,
They hev ez a r0ol accumulated suth
in for they labor. We Nv coarse
held the offices. Issaker Gavitt is
assessor, and Deekin Pogram treasu-
rer, and the niggers hev bin made to
pay all the taxes that have bin paid.
They coodent help themselves, for the
law heZ terrors when welded by
strong and wilin hands, and the
hands uv our otfishels are both strong
and within.
But for these niggers the township
government wood be a mere nothin
I5Saker don't dare to assess Bascom
for fear he'd stop supplies onto him,
nor wood BascOm hav any Nv the
white citizens taxed. for whatever
they shood pay in taxes that went Ell
ther into the county or state treasury
wuz so much lost to him. He wuz
anxious to have the niggers sweat, for
Nv the money COLLECTED Nv them he
got large per cent, either through
the collector or treasurer, wich wuz
clear gain, ez they don t patronize him
anyhow.
In various other ways we had EN-.
Pennibacker is justis Nv the peace and
hez bin for years, aud he held the
scales firmly. The niggers wood oc-
casionally labor in piantin time, or in
harvest, for the white citizens who
owned land, and filled with the idea
that they wuz Tree citizens, they wood
In the most insOlent manner demand
pay for their services. Wv course
they wood be refoozed, whereupon
they wood bring SCOT before Penni
backer. The result Nv their vencher
it is Unnecessary for me to stait.
"What bizniS hez a nigger in this
yer court 2 wood the indignant en-
bodlment Nv the majesty Nv the law
thunder forth witt a face ez black e2
a cloud. And dismiss in the SCOT he
wood promptly ishoo an execooshun
agin EN- foE costs. Ten or twenty
niggers who ~0od white men wuz sold
out bob and -inker in the court fol
costs In sich scots, and when the
costs didn't take all they he'd, the jus
It's wood fine EN- for contemp Nv coor
for comm before him at all. The
niggers, after a few experiments, de
cllned to seek .justis at that fountir
head Nv the article.
Then, agin, in case Nv assault anC
battery, and in inquest on the deaC
bodies Nv niggers, it wuz necessar,
tn hev Pennibacker iustis. Nigger
wich wuz found dead, hanging in trees
and with bullet into EN-, were reglar
ly found guilty NV dyin by vista
) tion Nv Providence. Ez they heden'
votes, Nv course none Nv the official
wuZ afraid Nv em. | heard one Nv en-
5 wunst. who he'd bin fined twenty dol
5 lars for striking Issaker Gavitt, vic
d he'd, in playful mood chased hi
t daughter thro the Corners, groanine
{ ly exclaim that he wished he'd bee
: born in Ireland instid Nv Ameriky.
: But now how will it be with us
They will vote, and they hev a major
e ity. Pollock will be made iustis u
f the peace, Joe Bigler assessor, and
0 niger constable. Wat sekoority he
Y we? Niggers will 500 us and gi
n judgement, and the niger constable
will serve execooshens onto US. VIII
/ Deekin Pogram owes enough tn mis-
J gers tu swamp every aker he holds
5 and Bascom wood be sweat severely
\ And when we punch one of their head
n for insolence to us, then to be arrest
5 i'd by nigger and taken afore a jus
r tis elected by niger, and be hne'
5 and perchance imprisoned! it is to-
e much. When this happens will tn