Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1871-05-10

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,r..ch,n the strange apparition that wui
,nmin- Into the village rode, when the
v;shus broot turned corner suddenly
slinrin me from his back ez body throw:
= stun. Over and over went, landin
finally in ditch aside NV the road, where
l lay clutchin my bottle, but unconscious.
There wuz obout thirty or forty niggers
about me, and wuz lyin in front NV the
town pump. and immeiitly under the spout
thereof One gray headed niger. who
breaches to the rest NV EN-, remarkt.
..Bredrin. dis yer misguided man is one
OBJ dem disturbin ku-kluxes. What shell
we do wild him ?" $50. ...4...>
Hang him hang him." shouted they
all in korus.
..Mercv, mercy - l shreekt in agony,
II amt no Ku-klux. L"
Don't go fur to add lies to yoor odder
sins. sed the old man; ''ef you amt no
ku-Klux wal does YOU wear dar yooniform
fnrs Why dis sword and pistols"
There wuz brief eonsnltashen NV the
elder ones while the younger niggers wnz
rigging rope to tree, | layin the
while shiverin with an ague fit nv fear.
Hang him r shouted one.
s.Burn him !" shouted another
..Bredrin," sed the old man. "dem pun
ishinents is too lite. I'll sarve him out
Put him under the spout" sed that hoary-
headed wretch, "and-pump vigorous -
How long that cussed stream wuz poured
out onto me / know not, for | wuz in a
state of semi-unconshtsnis all the time.
When they had amoosed themselves suffi-
GENTLY in that way. the white-headed old
villain Che ought to hey been cheef tortur
er in Spanish Inquisishen) took a quart
cup, and, film il with water, sed, without
relaxing single mussle Nv his stern face,
Drink it n
'.Man man !" shrieked in agony, ''hev
700 no mercy! Hev VOC no bowels NV
compashin Do 700 know wat VOC re-
quire Nv me ? Take and hang me and be
done with it. win not drink it. Inever
did, cannot
But wild with laughter those GRIMM
feends seezed me and holdin open my jaws
pored full quart Nv that fooid down me,
and peltin me fifteen minits with mud and
SIGH things left me.
! don't know how got home-I only
know that wuz picked up at the door NV
Bascom's, delirious, that wuz put to bed
with infiamashen Nv the bowels, and that
my life wuz dispaired NV for two weeks.
did not lack for attendance. owe every
man at the Corners, and they watched me
with tender solissitood. The only gratif-
cashen he'd wuz to know that after my
horse run away with me, the rest Nv the
party made it lively for the niggers and
carpet-bagger on the other road They
whipped twelve NV them, shot three who
resisted, and burnt three houses and foui
barns.
hev written out a statement Nv the out
rage inflicted onto me and sent it to Wash
ington. But hev no idee that il win eff
feet anything. don't suppose that when
that butcher Grant reads it he will admit
that we hey to deal with dangerous class
es. or will take any steps for protection NV
us, or Civ me redress. 1t will be jest like
him to send a squad NV Federal cavalry
down here to arrest and imprison us.
PETROLEUM " NAsBY,
(Which wuz Postmaster)
Z. 81 hev just learned that that villin
Bigler. aided and abetted by that other vii
ian Pollock put plaster NV Spanish flies
under the saddle NV the boss they give me,
which article will make blister ia about
twenty minnits! That akounts for her
covortin- and internal running away |!
Bigler called on me, and confessed it. He
said, with grin on his face, that the mare
was dull and lazy, and he desired, for my
sake. to improve her ackshen The scoun-
urei p. V. n.