The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-10-28
ORDERS SOLICITED.
Miscegenation- A Deceased f.
F. v. Marries A Colored
Woman

! Woman. .
u A few weeks since William q.
/, George, promincn. citizen Of Rich
: uinnd, VI. died there leaving an es
tate valued at about s230,0UU. A.
soon AZ his death Wa, made known,
preparations were made by sonr
, colored people in This city 10 .ecarc
possession Of his estate Their claim
, is based upon an alleged marriage
between Mr.. Gcorga who wass vh,lc
man and an II. f. v" OF the old
school, and colored woman named
Caroline Jackson. The ihsrrissr
| took placcin his city on the 2fst OF
April last, and Il certificate to this ef
feet has just been forwarded TO Rich
mond, to be used as evidences IN The
| Hastings Court. at that place.
1t appears that Caroline was for
mcrly .lavc Of Mr.. Georg. and that
he esteemed her so highly that the
twain became the parents OF namei-
on, family Before the abolition OF
the peculiar institution. Mr.. George
manumitted his isvorite servant, aud
| sent hcrto this city, where she has
since resided. Last April, Is already
stated, Il formal marriage ceremony
was gone through With her Tor the
purpose Of Iegitimatizins the chll
dren, and they and the widow arc
now attempting to establish their
wight to bis estate, with what pros
pect OF success time alone will show
This case Of practical niiscesunatios
cannot, unfortunately for the Demo
cratic panty, be credited 10 lhc teach
! ings Of the wicked Radicals of the
latter days, bit is directly charge
ab!, to al old and time-honorcd
Democratic custom prevailing in the
Southern states bet"r" the var
Ph7aatphn Press
THE STORY oP A SnIRf---tLAI
DEAN. s.-Wo have ali beard oi ttr
''song OF the shirt" and most ot ~
know il i,y heart; and more OF H.
shonld pay heed to whatit 50 nob!y
teaches Tis,, was by Hood. and ihe
best thing Thomas ever gave the
world Now we have the story of
shirt. vi entirely different mature snd
Oh widely different subject. This
j. by The editor of the Winterset Sea,
is founded on facts. "is facts.' ami has
to do with the swec;--inclling Henry
whose last name is Clay Dean. u
runs thus: Years ago. when Mr. N,
bert West was one ot the leading
tl,., fIntspx
Clay pesn came TO WInterset to
make a democratic speech. Mr.. West,
who has All upt;,l,cripg aversiph To
dirty shirts. informed the committee
that Dean should no. speak unless ',c
put on j, clean shirt. Dean vas the
possessor Of orly one oi those usci,H
articles. and hat was on his back
The only remedy WAS to boleoW. AID
Mr.. West was the only Dcmocfat
whose physicns pr, pcrtious werc su'
iiecintly deseloiied 10 requitt shirt
long enough to fit Dean. Henry
Clav was accordingly enscons,Hs
in the bankers fins liuep made biz
speech, and dcHarted in triumph
bearing of five dollar shirt belong.
ing to Mr.. West That shirt was
never heard from until the fall oi
1868, whom Dean again came - Win,
,ersct To make another speech. That
time he took up his abode With our
genial friend George w Sccvcrs.
Now George has u clcahiy desire to
see folks look tidy, and Deans shirt
was an sbomination IN lli> eyes. He
therefore suggested 10 the orator
thai he would do well To get Oh the
inside OF aclcan Que. before andres.
iny the people. Dean aequIosccdiuihr
theory OF the change hut lacked tbe
clean garment necessary 10 put 1t III
practice. George promptly rendered
i ian one OF his own Dean accnptcd
t llc offer and made his speech array
ell in Georges best shirt. Dean
weirhes about three hundred George
que hundred and sixty. Dean has ii
large snrplusage of abdomen; George
is .s.buist' rs trim as IL race horse.
1 he consequence ot this dissimiiar
ity in .izs made ii impossible 'os
Gcorsc's shirt totit iicaH, il worn liz
HE ordinary manner But the orator
was full of cxpedIents. and by put
ting on the shirt wrong-end doWe
aud il-end up he made the rifle,
astonishcd his hide by bringing il in
contact with cIean linen electrified
lie audience by the size oil his shirt
collar aud at the close OF his address
continued his travels to an other point
,aking our friends shirt with h'ni.
,[r. Dean left his sollea garment IN
The room. and which. prepa rs"ry {"
being washed, il was carried ont on
|, chip into the sunlight, there on one
corner Of It's narrative, appeared me
oamc--Albert West. Eleven years
hat shirt had abotic eli the back OF
he orator. The Great Rebellion. the
otal eclipse, the Pacih, Railroad. 'he
election OF three Prcsidchts-aii had
passed away before our eloquent hero
found time TO change his shlr, ana
when the great change WAS r'ade he
kindly returned to the spot where he
get his first clean shirt 10 invest III