Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1872-10-12

ed Greeley, wich in their ignoranc,
they wuz about to hang, and there WI,
/, who alone Good stop EN-, stranded
two miles away on baulky mule.
What kin we do r' 1 askt McPel
ter, in agony II must be there
within ten minnits."
Then the greatnis NV McPelter's
mach or shone forth. Then the man
nv resource appeared and the patriot
likewise.
I" Eff the mule kicks, Pm goner y
sed he, " but 700 must go. Tell my
wife how l died. and he slipped off
behind.
The devoted mans purpose wuz ap-
parent.
"Hold stiddy to your seat p sed he.
"There's only one way to move herr
Then seexin the tale NV the mule he
gave it one vishus twist.
There wuz flash nv heels. and /
saw ez the mule started off on a run
poor McPelter lit on his head a dis
tanee Nv at least a rod from where he
stood. | held my seat, and in ten
minits wuz in the square, in front of
Basc0m's.
Wat a site met my eyesl There waz
Dcekin Pogram bearin an efflgy NV
Greeley, Bascom, Isaaker Gavitt, and
young Pennibacker he'd all the Gree
ey campane banners and sich, and
he entire Corners wuz marchin in
,ercession to a bonfire in wich they
to burn all this parapher-
IaiIa amid wild shouts uT "Rah for
)Conor~ They sposed the old and
ncient Democracy he'd riz and assert
d herself and their Democratic in
tlnks rise likewise. The percession
appenln to notis a niger or two,
'lch curiosity he'd attracted to the /,
low, it went for EN-, and the work
' weeks wuz undun in mint.
lstld Nv meatin them niggers ez men
ld bretherin, they knoekt down two
EN- and he'd one strung up to a
ee. l rushed into the throng ez a
rong ship bufets the waves. / :
eayed my way through the excited L
OVID and cut that niger down. !
:" Go back!" L yelled in voice ny .
thority. Deekin Pogram hist
Iigy Nv the good and great Greeley v
and saloot it. Bascom unfurl them y
nners with the sainted name of y
'eeley ahd Brown, and chuck in that "
Q the O'Connor banner wich now :"
suits the free air nv Kentucky. al
u hev been misled. O'Connor is w
t the Democratic candidate, but
eeley is. Now every man nv VOC. ~ ~
rec cheers for Horris Greeley!7 -
For the furst time in my life my y
rds availed me nothin at the Cor ~
S. Bascom remarked that he he'd ~
Tahed for Fl. Greeley jist ez long y
ne proposed to, and Deekin Pog- - :
swore hedn't he'd a mites sleep ~
ce he acted at the Greeley ratifca- lol M
n meetin, and he he'd he'd jest ez '.i
'h nv it ez hewanted in hizeh, and -
shin me one side they reformed in =, :
,ession, and wuz agoin on to con. a. ~
late their purpose. -. ~
Men an bretheren,r shriekt ave dut
W not wat 700 doc. Horris Gree mo,
is- -
Is watW askt Bascom, "Is he a frie
ocrat will he pay the Confearit am
Nv wich I hold three bushels 7 fath
he pay for the horses the Fed me
stolef will he pay for the niggers me
in robbed us nv? will he-n and
determined to play my trump, hoo,
wuz to ashoor EN- that Horris each
all that they wantid him to be the
wood do all they wantid hin to M
hen JUST ez he'd got out the to to
s." Horris Greeley. is-S that cuss Iment
'igler and Pollock hove in site ward
every n!gger in the Corners, in Of hr
in all nv them wich he'd bin =.
n with before went to Chap saws
!, to convince EN- that Horris meet
he same old Abolishnist he alluz lluci
md that it wus the Dimocrisy distu
he'd changed. Tv
at is Horis Greeley p askt Joe mann
nel'lsn ieer on bis face. Me publ
> friands here want to know.
, Parson, go on.' hoai, a
odent so on and he knowd il. news,