The weekly Louisianian., 1872-09-28
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Mr.. NAsBY HES HIM TO TIE CROSS ROADS
TO SAVE HIS PEOPLE FROM WANDER
!ss ING INTO FORBIDDEN PATHS.

] CoNFHDERrr X ROADS,
(Wich is in the State nv KentucGy.) 7
September z, 1872. }
I felt fearful that the louisville
Convention wood play smash with
our people at the Corners, and it
wuz deemed the best thing to do
wood be to go there immejit, and
stop watever might be goin wrong.
The great and good Greeley wuz
anxious I shood go. '1twood break
my heart" sed the good old man,
|''ef Kentucky shood go agin me,
through my mistake. I love Ken
tucky. In a long and buzy life Nv
fifty years, I wuz born in Kentucky,
and on returning to my native
State"
Here r stopped him. sencc his
trip up in Moo Hampsheer, tho
good old man has fallen into the
habit Nv bein born in every State he
happens to be talkin about.
Things wuz q little pekoolyer at
the Corners. The niggers and the
Northern settlers all took the Tri-
boon, and the nominashen Nv Gree
ley he'd unsettled EN-. They wantiel
to vote for the old man, and 7 took
mighty good pains to fix things fol-
EN-. I ashoorod EN- that we he'd
cxperimcnced a change nv heart
that the era nv good feeling wuz
now about to be isnorated, and that
the nominashen Nv Greeley wuz a
borrying nv the hatchit. Joe Big
Ter protest to be satisfied, and I felt
that I he'd EN-. Hentz my anxiety
tor fear tho Looisyille Convenshun
mite onsettle our people and lead
ON to do suthin wich would dcs-
troy my arrangements.
I packt my valise and started. !
arrived in Louisville in doc time
and on the cars for Secessionville
! (wich is tho nearest station 10 the
| Corners) I met Kernal McPeltcr. !
wuz glad to SEQ the Kernal. He
wuz from my home, and his face
brought to my mind q thousand
pleasant rccollecshuns, and beside
my flask he'd been empty four hours,
and hizzen he'd been freshly filed.
The Kernal confirmed oil I he'd
feared. The Democrisy Nv the
Corners he'd taken tho Louisville
Convenshun to be the actual genu-
inc simonpure Democratic Conven-
shun, he'd repudiated Greeley, and
wuz to hev a mass convenshun to
ratify OConnor and Adams thai
afternoon. Ez he conclooded his
Fstatement the cars glode into Sc
cessionville and we got off.
swat is the hour Nv tho mcctir
Wv the convenshun? askt I.
*.Two," sed he.
"Good Heaven" sed I, looking a1
my watch, wich I borrerred Nv or
enthusiastic man, who persisted il
1goin to sleep on our grounds il
Chappaqua-l G borrcred it Nv hin
without saying anything to hin
about it-s'it's 1 o'clock now, ant
there's but one mule to ride"
There was no help for it. I het
to be there to stop this looaacy; ant
SO the Kernel and me both mounted
the mule, and put out for the Cor
ners. It wuz seven miles and q ho
day. We both he'd clubs, and VI
persuaded the mule to trot. On,
lmile was accomplished in eigh
minutes and the gallant anima
showed no signs Of fatigue. Eff sh'
at any time turned aside to crol
the herbage, by the wayside, a bel
over the head with our clubs warn
ed her that life wuz not a mer
lettering by the wayside, but some
thing in earnest. Eight minute
more and we wuz but five mile
layay. ] Good hear the roar Nv th
kuultitood at the Corners. Eigh
aninutes moro, and from the top Q
PBoregard's Hin, four miles away;
Il Good distinctly SEQ the masses o.
the squace. Eight minnits and "
j laere within three miles,, and th
fmu1e wuz fresh, but We we're exaust
I'D with. poundin her. The onl
tquestion wuz Good we hold out
Fly. classic features were hathed i
fpersperashen, aud every mussel i
Emy body aked with exertion.
Ecood hear tic howls Nv the multi
TODD distinctly huzatin for o'cone