Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1871-05-26
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Nh NAsBr ATTErs A KrELux ES7FHrBI-E
-IHE LAMENT ABLE FAuuBr or TIE EzrmI-
TON.
Coufeirit y R1aia, lwich is 10 the state of
/ Keutucky,) April lo, le1l-We hev oar dis
/ tinct elemence wich 60 TO make up the sum to-
/ tai in this immeiit yisinty, namely Beg.er cit-
zens, niggers. carpei-baEgerf, and scalawagz.
The regler citizens are them vich are white.
native, and to the manner born, and wieh either
/ served in or howlel for the conielrit army the
/ scalawags are wife natives NV the sscrel soil
wich disgraced themselves sympathiziu' with the
North dorm the late fratris.he struggle, the
nigge,s are nigCers Of all colors, and the carpet
+ bsggers are unsettled Northern men. wic1 come
] here and buy property and improve il snl stay
who are not in skk0ri with the prevaiiu' SEN
/ seutment-wich is to say who are lot Democrats.
/ Joe Bigier is s scalswsg, Pollock is carpet
/ bagger, and Elijsr Lubbock, the pCE.mas,er, Is
NV course a Niger, sud these are fair types NV
| their class.
The Corners hez al'uz felt Justly ir-,tated
against these last three classes, for combine
them and give them s chance. and they RELY
hev majouty in the township Il took the
most Vigorous and vooierous c0uutu this Spring
to keep lsssker Gavit from beu beet for Asses
sor by 4 Niger named JOINS n0trithstaaifn
that our chsllengn committee sl stood at lie
polls with clubs and kept more than fifty ny
them from v0tiu AZ all. The closniss uv this
eleckshen and other causes cf irriissluu deter
mined Us 20 clean out the entire ailiu NV eIi
They he'd got Justs Nv the peece ami a cousts-
be over at Garrettstown, and the nigrers uich
w0rkt FOR US wood sue Us when We r0foazsl 10
pay-they wooieut paterui1a Bascom. aui stub
boruly refoozed 10 vote the ticket We give eu.
We wanted DO trouble We wsutei en- 10 70
I1a nd nj civ
to leave the country, sud they ref0czai to 20.
we improvized A temprsrv KUklux Klan. NV
wich | wuz yoouanimously elected Chief Wuh
my accustomen vigger | called council and Sc
lected the ground onto wich We WIZ to Operate
FIRST The northroaI leaiin TO Garrettstown
wuz settled for five miles cut with niggers. car
pet-baggers and scslswags exclusively, ard it
wuz resolved to clean thai out and summoned
the KlAu for activ doo7y.
We presented gorrus sspeok. We wuz
clothed in long black robes with white skulls and
crcss-boues profusely stitched on AL over en-
our hats wuz Nv the Confeirii slouch style. with
the same cheerful insignia onto en-, and our
faces wuz klverei with masks onto Wich wuz
the letters Nv the order " X. X. K We wuz
armed with rifles, shot guns and knives-esch
man hevin NV course q bottle We wuz all
mounted. aud that cussid iiee Of mountin was
so far ez | wuz consernei.
an no; a horsemsn-I despise a horse. I
am afraid Nv en-, and the hro1;s. with a ssgscity
hard to account for, know it. and take advantage
Nv it. | wantd Bascom's mule, wich is a stidly
g9in animal, but be WIZ ? g0in to ride that his
self, and | wuz compelled to 90 10 Pollock and
hire boss Nv him. Cusscs on that hoss Gus
SIS on Pollock and espeshly hot cusses on Joe
Bigler
When Joe ofishusly offered to saddle that
boss and bring him out for me, nstiuctiyely
felt that there wuz trouble ahead.
He brought her out, ssddlei She wuz a tall,
gaunt animal, seventeen hands high, hard-bittei,
hard-trottin, and with no more ides Nv 3 gentle
amble or gallop thon hog hez of Sunday. She
trots- hard, ugly trOt- with the bit atween
her tseth, and 700 kin no more stop her when
she gi's agoin than 700 Good a crowd Of Cross
koader' when somebody sez Let's take
suthin'
mountd her, however, and struck out at the
mead Nv the company. ! he'd on a Confedrit I
sabre, and nCtwithstsndin the fact that bed TO Z
hold on TO the name Of my wsrliks steed with 4
one hand, to keep on, | managed to ride out |
with tollable marshel air
PRIDE goeth before a fall.'' We he'd ridden /
four miles when | observed restlisnis on the
part Nv my steed wich didn't like She vuz a |
histin up her hind legs and snortin as though
she was possessed. At this mint Issaker Gsyitt /
sejestid the propriety Of halt for refreshments
''Certin," sez | "ef kin ever git this cuss-
ed mare to stand still long enuf Whoa, yoo
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