Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-07-09
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MORO m itfs PLACE 4rRooBIR AT THH
CORNERS .susrq ~
-.aI orA'FAkM, THRHE MILEs ~
FROM CoNFEDRfriA X HoADa. 1T ! fN
g twioA is in thc stA'o nv ksnsSsSSkysRS Sns sS tH
Tur die IL casti The guilloteen hez
fallen Il am no longer Postmaster NJ
Confcdrit X Roads, WITCH is in the state Nv
Kentucky. The place wich knowd me
wunst will know INC no more fOrever--the
paper yioh Deekin Pograrn takes VIII DC
handed ont by niggorr7 niger VIII hey
the openin nv lotters addressed TO parties
rcsidin hereAbouts contaiuin remittancef
"A nigger will hcv the ritiin Nv letters 40
drcst to lottry managers and eEtracun the
swests thereirom-a niger will be-but
can't dwell upon the disgustin them NJ
longer
[ he'd bin in Washington two weeks a.
sistin tho Caucashens Nv that city to put
their foot upon the heads Nv the oussld
niggers who amt content TO accept the
situashen and remain ez they alluz hoy
bin, inferior beina To say he'd ~ cceed.
ed, is week expreshen. organized a
raid onto cm SO eifectooally ez " drive no
less than thirty NV EN- out ofemploymer,t,
twenty. seven Nv wich WIZ compelled 70
steel their bread, wich give US u splendid
sidness NV the Afrikin Tace-wlch we I'm
proved. .f rt... t-H ....-t .ft..r
On my arrival at the Corners, knew
TO wunst that suthin wuz wrong | had
rid over from SeoossiOnville on Bascomt
mule wich he had sent over for me and ~
rid up to his door, | knowd sutDin het
happened. The bottles behiHt the lar
wuz draped In black the barrels wuz fee
toonod gloomily (wich IL our yoosnal
method OF exprcssin grief at public cslami-
ties), and the premises generally, wore a
funeral aspock. .f. n....t
await 10 itY" gasped |.
Bascom returned not word, but waved
his hand toward the Post Offis.
Rushin thither, bustid open the door,
and reeled almost agin the wall At the
general delivery wuz the GRIMM facc Nv y
| niger and settin in my chair wuz Joe
Bigler with Pollock beside him. smok-
in pipes and laffln over suthin in moose.
paper. .,- .- .rf..-rL gfrrg
Biglor caught site of me, and dartin out
pulled me inside them hitherto sacred pro
oinks. ...rf ----t .rs s...r.q .- h.l a.rI
"Permit me, sed he, jecrinly, "tointer
doose 700 to yoor successor, Mr.. Cec2el
Lubby."
my successori Wet does this mean ?
"Show him, Ceezer" 'N' Z
And the niger, every tooth In his hea(
shinin, handed me a cOmmishn doOlN
made out and signed. / saw it all at ,
glance. In imitation of our Secretary
Borie he'd left my biznis in the hands w
u depetty, which is now the favorit methoC
of doin public bianis II arrived the day
after left and Isaker Gavitt, who distrib
bited the mail, gave II 10 the cuss Pol
lock made out the bonds and went ontC
EN- himself, and in ten dRvs the commits
sion come all rcgler, whereupOn Biglol
backt the niger and took forcible pos
session NV the office. While / Ijwas absent
they he'd he'd perSession in honor NV Tho
joyful event, sed perCeshn consistin ny
Pollock, Bigler and the new Postmaster
who marched through the streets with thu
, stars and stripes, banners and sich. Big
Ter remarkt that the pereession wuzn'
large, but it wuz talented, eminently re
spectacle and extremely versateel. III
(Bielcr) carried the flag and played thu
+ flfe; Pollock carried a banner with an In
scriptIon onto il sound the loud timbTo
, DER Egypts dark sea, and played the bas
, drum; while the Niger bore aloft ban
nor inscribed "where Afric's sunny foun
tins roll down the golden sands" with hi
commission pinned onto IL, playin in sd
, disheu n nair OF anshent cymbals. Bigle
remarkt Further that the perceshun createt
positive sensashun at the Corners, wicl
shood think it wood at wuznt "sed thi
torfnentin cuss, "very much like the grant
percession wlch took place when yoo re
ceived yoor oommishn. Then the whites
Nv the Corners wuz elated, for they specific
to git wat 700 owed EN- in doc time, ant
the niggers wuz corresponding deprest
, They skunk into by-ways and side-ways
; they didn't hold up their heads, and the
/. busted out ez fast ez they Good git A
l. this percession there wuz change. Th
e niggers lined the streets ez we passed
s GRIMM exultinly, and the whites wuz d,
4 prest corresponding. Its singlor that d
Z the Corners the two races can't feel goo
Q both at the same time" rFtsFH
f My arrival havin become known, b
a the time got back to Bascom's, all m
r friends he'd gathered there. There wuzl
: a dry eye among em, aud az | thot Nv tn
Joys once tastid, but now forever flee
mine lnoistened likewise. Thore wuz
. visible change in their manner toward M
They regarded me with solisitood, but
f Good discern that the solisitood wuz not 8
3 much for me ez for themselves.
o "Wat shell do Y" askt "Suthin mu
q be devised, for can't starve."
n PAY mo wat you owe me !" ejakelati
h Bascom. .-.f.. ..
i "Pay me wat You owe mel" ejakelati
Q Deekin Pogram, and the same remark WI
/ made by all NV Elm with wonderful yonnal
!, unity. Watever differences Nv 0pinyu
8 there mite be on other topics, on tins the
n were all agreed
@ Gentlemenr commenced backlog u
r into "A corner, sis this generous2 Ia tn
o the treatment hev right to expect
. this"
e shood hev gone ON at length, but IL
% at that minnit Pollock, Joe Bigler and ii
IS new Postmaster entered. r ON va
o made for EN- and cheers offered em b,
Y they declined to sit
~ hev biznis" sed this Postmaster
{ disagreeable biznis, but it's my offish'
dooty TO perform It," at1r ,ss. r
y At the word "otiishel" comm from HI
J, lips groaned, wioh wus ekkoed by thos
Il present. r .rr
81 hev IN my hand, continyood he I'D
!; bond glben by my predecessor, onto vic
y is de names NV Geo. w, Bascom, Elkana
= = Pogram, Hugh Mcpeltor and Seth Penn
y backer, ez sureties, In dis oder hand
!, hold n skedool OBJ dc property balopgin
~ do 'partment wich wuz turned ober 10 hiI
by his predecessor, consistin of tabl
bNNNSt iNNh0i boSci " cStaIy, vi
sundry dollars WORT of stamps, pape
:, twine, NC. None Oh dis postotils prope
- :, tH turned over to my predecessor by h
y predecessor, is to be found in de ofns, an
de objick oh dis visit is TO notify yoo dI
Z onloss immelit payment be made NV til
= amount thereof, am directed by de par
y ment TO bring SCOT TO wunst against III
" sed sureties"
Never before did l so appreciate A. Jol
sor and his Postmaster, General Randall
l. Under their adminstrSshun wat Postma
le ter wuz ever pulled up fr steelin an,
he thing Exc anners .-r.Hrr,rr
in This wuz the feather that broke n
IS camels back.
Of "Watr exclaimed BascoJn, shel | 10,
70 wat yoo owe me, and then pay for W,
70 yoov'e stole y"
in "Shel | loose the money" sed Pograr
I'd wlch lent 700, and in Addishen pay
" Ablishen government for property yooN
A OOntscatedI" o.
lt "But the property Ia here - I ren,arkt