The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1871-07-20

confess ! went the Post OlRA; Ia
saker Gavitt feels that the country
uends HE servioes cx Asscsssor. and
Captain McPclter wood accept the po-
sishau Nv Collector nc the nov DO
parturc is tho way to them posisnuss
Why not walk therein Snccess 70
wat we want. and wat &c must hcv
Besides when we've got the power.
cf tho idea jou't SCOT us j spcse there
is sich thior tz goiu back On The at
.''7r'-''-'ru's- '. ''a''r -'''
That litile orashun fetched en-.
Issaker scd no wuz willio. Captain
McPcltcr immejiily expressed his.elI
Jeiited with IL, aud cz we all owe
Bsscon,, he ipsitcd on II Beckiu 70
gram and tho rect Nv en- still hung
out obstinit, but they WE easily set
tied, Bascom merely remarst, New
departure gcptlcmen, or no hkkrr,'
,nd they succomed Wha, a wonder
I fol power thot man wieks What 40
cnviablc posishoo he holds--the only
grosery for four milca
never do things by halves. I'm
mcjitly told our people that this
thing wood hev TO I've done in good
faith. Tho uirccrs and people from
the North resident 10 tho Co oers,
must bo met in the sperit NV fr,endIi.
uis, and the rite hand Nv fellowship
must be cxtcncd 60 EN-. They must
be copSinst that we are in earnest. To
/. tha; end | arranged u quiet reunion
the next eveuin at Bascom s--a surt
Nv a soshel meetin TO wich all nv en-
classes wuz TO be invited.
1t work; we'll The niggcrs wuz oil
there. and half dozen Nv Northern
whites also. II wuz o chceriu site &c
SEQ Dcek,p Pogram aud Eldcr Penni.
backer mingliu with en- freely shakir
|. hands with en-, and pattin EN- on tho
| shoulder and couversin with en- casil,
! and without aoy reserve whatever
. They played it beautiful and the mig
gers took it in dead earnest.
, Joe Biglcr aud Pollock wus ihero
Nv course, and they appeared c:
pleased cz The rest Nv cm. Pollocl
lay back on q chair with oue eye shut
oxclnimin Glory amt il beautiful,
p while Joe Biglcr swcarin that thing
wuz now jest ez they should be an,
that unier this arrangement he COO,
I act with the Democracy once more. in
n vitcd us al 20 take q drink Iustan,l,
= every man Nv u rushed TO the bar
I aud we all drank 10 the uoa depar
o ture' and immeji,ly resumed ou
d. talk with the uigsers.
= In perhaps ten minutes Joe sci ths
this wuz the prOudest moment Nv h
p life The people Of the Cross Roads
:, his native place, WIZ at las, li,n il
harmony, aud wuz all broihcrs Tn
: white. the black, the Northern ma
d and The Southern mao wuz al stanii
c on the same platform, in peace.
i "Troo troo Josef" scd |, gras
a pin particularly black uigce. by tn
hand, " it is " i, shood be Than
b Heaven for this blessed day :"
!. Il jine you in your thank'nlnrss,
9 sed Josef. Fl | he'd IA. woo
e wave it, but ca | hevnt a fag-let
take a drink -
i There WIZ another rush, and aft,
q the drink we resumed our convers:
y shen with the niegers.
d Bascom, 4" sed Joe, "to save tim
n- sposc YOU put gallon on the bar ar
I'd let our reconclled iriends help then
'r selves
ID This proposishen wuz reserved vii
alacrity and there wuz one..mors rus
p. The pigcers didut git n drop NV th
10 for We Of the Corners give cm |
4, room. The gallon was consumed
tfs perhaps four minits and a half.
o. There is suthiu in wbiskey ih
- let's nut whatever there is mean an u
\, ly IN u man. A man ina state I
of sobr,eiy may control hi,self, but VII,
. he heI whiakey down him, wat the
be is in him is certain 10 come out.
Y, wuz so 10 this case
Issaker Guvitt after the ffth dril
he'd the ugl:est glare in his eyes
IT. ever saw; MepeIter. Penniback
and Pogram beeome suddenly I,
Ia served, A, tbis .juuciure Bislsr SUI
III out
all Another gallon Das,om !" a
,f- that gallon went quickly ez the o,b'
ne There wnz q sudden change. 7
" moo departure was forgotten. isSul
ne aud the rest Nv em found there W
&C. niggers and Ncr,herns iu the roo
re- snd that wuz aG they saw. I
ro' whisksy had revived the doimaut
III. mocrisy. aud bro, " the surface VI
nc aciooal selves They wuz Dimicrl
OF a2in, Nv the old stripe.
OF Wat the merry hell are you d,
ss here with white men, you bIn
ng scopndrel 7" sed Issaker to the ~
~ spectacle nigger VIC he'd been able
ny sekoor
'ne "Why-why Use here beeoz
lssaker haerd DO more. bu, strucI
well-directed blow thar niger spr,
l.issen onto the hoor. ! bed too mu
dowo me TO hev prudsoce. ard ir
as sheer force Nv habit Knocked snoI
ple ler one endways The entire Corn
,,at followed SCOT. and with cries Kill
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