The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1871-07-06

once at least to be squarely up with
the times. They kicked viciOusly
whenever I menshund it.
"WatT" sed Deekin Pogram, sam
I, in my old age, after a lifetime Of
strugglin with Ablishnism, to con-
fess the niger my ekaI-tO assOshi-
ate with him, vote with him ),
Neverg"
"Hell!" ejakilated Issaker Gavitt
sam I to sink all my DimOcrisy and
make my pOlitikle bed with the
niger! Neverw
And Captin McPelter, and Elder
Pennibacker, and all Nv em remark
ed similar,
reasoned with these men. 1 told
EN- that the nigger wuz a citizen now
that he did vote anyhow, and wOt
wuz wus there wuz a lively pros
peck that he wood continyOo vOtin
ad infayt,tng. The Dimocrisy Good
never get into power Okkepyin its
present posishun, and ez the princi-
pie principles Nv the Dimocrisy wuz
to git into power, why not shift to
accomplish that pint? "For instance,
! I confess I want the Post Offs Is
saker Gavitt feels that the country
needs his services ez Assessor, and
| Captain McPelter wood accept the
posishun Nv Collector. Eff the Moo
Departure is the way to them posi-
shuns, why not walk therein? Sue
cess is wat we want, and wat we
must hev. Besides, when we've got
the power3 eff the idee don't SCOT US
I spose there is sich a thing ez gOin
back on the arrangement"
That little orashun fetched EN-.
Issaker sed he wuz willin, Captin
| NIcPelter immejitly expressed him
self delited with it, and as we all
owe Bascom, he insisted on it
Deekin Pogram and the rest Nv EN-
still hung out obstinit, but they wuz
easily settled. BascOm merely re
markt, "Noo Departure, gentlemen
or no Iikker," and they succumbed
What a wonderful power that mar
wields! Wat an enviable pOsisher
he holds-the only gro8ery for foul
= miles!
I never do things by halves. I'm
meiitly I told our people that thi
, thing wood hev to be done in gOot
faith. The nigger5 and people from
D the North resident in the Corners
2 must be met in the sperit Of friendli
S mis-. and the rite hand Nv fellowship
D must be extendid to EN-. They mus
! be convinst that we are in earnest
@ To that end I arranged for quie
= reunion the next evenin at Bas
II com's-a sort Nv a sOshel meetin, t
P wich all Nv EN- classes Wus to be in
q vited.
e 1t workt well. The niggers WI
b all there, and a half dozen Nv North
d ern whites also. 1t was eheeri
e site to see Deekin Pogram and E
@ der Pennibacker mingling with er
t freely, shakin hands with em, an
<, Dattin EN- on the shoulder, and col
ID versin with EN- easily and withOJ
st anv reserve whatever. They play
l. ed it beautiful and the niggers too
J" it in dead earnest.
r. Joe BigIer and Pollock wuz ther
to Nv course, and they appeared
pleased ez the rest NV EN-. POllOC
Law back on a cheer with one e!
shet, exelaimin "GlOry, aint it bea
10 tifuI l'' while Joe Bigler, swear
:. that things wuz now jest ez the
re should be, and that under this a
10 rangement he Good act with the I
7 mocrisy once more, invited US all
70 take a drink. Instantly every mi
Nv US rushed to the bar and we
Ia drank to the "Noo Departure al
in immejitly resumed our pleasant ia
with the niggers.
be In about ten minutes Joe sed th
he this wuz the prOudest moment
his life. The people of the Gro
Roads, his native place, wuz at Ii
livin in harmony and wuz all brot
ice ers. The white, the black, t
IN Northern man and the Southe
ng man wuz all standin on the sal
er- platform, in peace.
,ar "Troo! troo! josef" sed ], graz
3ry in a pcrtikerly black nigger by
k, hand, sit is ez it should be. Tha
7x- Heven for this blessed day"
81 jine 700 in yoOr thankfulnes
sed Josef. OFF I he'd a flag I w
ne wave it, but ez I hewitt a fla
tly let's take a drink ~
in There wuz another rush, and
vas ter the drink we resoomed our C
ion versashun with the niggers.
be- "Bascom," sed Joe, "to save I'll
ent spose you put a gallon out on
les bar and let our reconciled frie
one help themselves"
d This propOsishen wuz resee
ON with aIacrity and there wuz
'od, more rush. The niggers did MT
nen a drop of this, for we Nv the c,
elal ers give EN- no room. The ga
'ted wuz consOomed in perhaps four L
Her its and half.
There is suthin in whisky