Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1869-06-05

lie ITeeeHCc NV OllOck,s lne IIll0Oy
at the Corners, hez alluz bin
source NV oneasiness to the old settlers
the bloc blooded chivalry, who hev
lived here from time immemorial. An
Illinoyan by birth, an Ablishnist by per-
feshin, and Storekeeper by practis, he
hez, from his original advent here, bin
an onmitigated thorn in the side NV the
Kentucky wich livs at the Corners, wich
thorn hez ranked and ranked, till il hez
festered and fanally broke.
There arc several reasons why he hez
bin onpopler. He credited the citizens
NV the Corners, on his first arrival, for
sich goods ez they needed, and had the
impoodence to insist upon pay. Deekin
Pogram in less than two months from
the openin wuz in his debt suthin over
hundred dollars, and the wretch not
only insisted on payment, but abslootly
sood him and wood have recovered the
amount, he'd Squire Gavitt, who wuz
then Justis NV the Peace, issood papers.
Findn that the officers NV the law nv
the Corners wood not interfere in favor
NV disturber, he refoozed to sell anoth-
er dollars wuth save for cash, and from
that time he hez rigidly alheard to that
rool. Ez he keeps the only stock nv
dry goods there is in the Corners, the
citizens are compelled to paternize him,
and they heU to pay This iron hez bin
entrin their soles for years, and finally it
wuz decided to hist him, and take the
chances NV somebody else comm in his
place. The acksben NV the citizens wuz
hastened by the fact that two friends NV
hizzen wuz comm from his old home in
Illinoy, to start Wagon and Cooper
shop in the Corners, wich wuz an increase
NV list that number NV carpet baggers,
besides vat hands they mite bring with
EN-.
This alarmed our citizens, and it wuz
felt nessary to take steps to stop it.
Accordin a meeting wuz called NV tie
natives, wich met last mite at the church.
In assoomn the chair, Il am tx .otfishio
chairman NV all the meetins held at the
Corners), remarkt that the exigences
NV the times demanded that suthin be
done. The peece and yoonanimity NV
feelin NV the Corners Good not be distur-
bed by the infiuz of carpet -baggers.
The II ooly Southern sole wuz wrung,
the Southern heart wuz bleedn, but ther
wuz pint beyond wich the Southern
sole and heart Good not 60, and that
pint wuz carpet-baggers. The Southern
heart loathed the spawn NV the North,
and the shivelrous Southern sole Good
not nor wood net bear to hev Nortteln
agitators okkepyin their places, and
bringin with them their ijees, wich were
alluz in opposishen to ourn. Eff sich
wuz to be the case, farewell the sunny
South and her institooshens | askt in
conclooshin for an exprcshin NV opinyun
from the citizens assembled.
| TO my consternashin Joe Bigler riz,
tho where he come from cant say. He
commenst 10y remarkin that attachment
to oue's native soil, and desire TO hold
Office in it, wuz one nv the highest and
holiest instinks NV our fallen nachers
He Good and did sympathize with the
chairman NV the meetin fully, and agreed
with him in everything he he'd said.
lie did not believe that needy adven-
cherers from the cold and frozen North
shood come here and possess themselves
NV the soil to the eXcloosion NV them
natives and to the manor born. Never
never! never! He he'd n Southern
heart and Southern soul, and he wood
never consent to be crowded out by
them aline to us. He he'd drawd up
resolooshens which he begged to submit,
viz:
Resolced, That the native born citizens
NV the Contedrt X Roads, wich is in
the State NV Kentucky, denounce ez dis
turbers, interlopers and carpet-baggers
wich can't be tolerated, all those within
her borders wich wuz not born there.
Resotced, That when sich person ez
is contemplated in the above resolution
holds an oils or asks for one, his pres
ence is partikelerly unsufferable.
ReSotoea, That we do to wunst clean
out NV the Corners all sich persons,
quietly ef possible, but by force if needs
be.
This resolooshens struck the citizens
favorably, and they wuz about to pass
'em, Bigler's niggers NV course all votin'
for 'em when an idee struck me. saw
the strategy NV the detestable wretch
to wunst. 1t wuz me he wuz amin
at. l wuz the mark NV his internal mas
henashens. l remembered, for the first
time in four years, that wuz not ma
tive NV Kentucky; that l wuz North
ner, and that had come to Kentucky
an advencherer In agony l arose and
protested, but too late The resoloos-
hens passed yoonanimously, and Joe
Bigler stood GRIMM at me like feend.
"Now," sed he, snow that | kin act
by authority; now that l kin wunsI
more act in accordance with the wishes
NV my w-citizens, from whom hev
bin SO long unhappily separated, to go
for carpet bagger. Parson, your time
hez come!"
And the wretch made for me vishusly
and he'd me by the throte in less than
second.
Immejitly Bascom and Pennybacker
McPelter and the rest interfered ant
dragged the villin away.
swat does this mean ?" they askt
"Why this assault ?"
"Why? Isn't the Person afore us
carpet baggerP" askt Bigler. "Wuz h
born at the Corners? Hez he rite t.
stan on the sile NV Kentucky and say
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