Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-12-17
Y. wHITMORE,
Publisher and Proprietor.
4 coon one 0N non. rom RwING.

A GOOD ONE ON HUN. TOM EWlNd.
V.B. Y, Esq, of Eastern Ken.
lucky, is responsible for what follows:
During The troubles Of bleeding Kan
sas, in the year 1858, moved to Leaven-
worth, taking with me negro boy and
girl the latter sprightly nurse fifteen
years Of age. There i formed the &C.
auaintance Of Colonel Tow Ewing, theH
q young lawyer, like, myself and fred
with a patriotic ardor to make Kansas q
free State, as 1 was bent on accomplish
Ing the contrary result. The line be-
tween the pro-slavery men and aboli-
tionsts was closely drawn as respected
both our social and, political relations,
Tom at that time took a lively and act
i've interest in behalf of the free State
cause he has changed since then, and
may be it is wrong to visit the sins Of his
younger manhood on his maturer years;
but the anecdote is too good to keep.
Colonel Ewing had two or three little
children, one an infant at the breast; his
wife was. in. very delicate health, and the
servant girl question drove him almost
to despair. He approached me one
morning with a wornont, woe-begone
look. ta tfn 0uI
rMr. y" he began 4 am in q
deal of trouble, Ny wife is confined to
her bed, the baby has lungs like young
jackass and can't find a nurse worth a
d-hl I've tried the Yankee, the Dutch
and the Irish girls, and ! wouldn't give
ten cents for every devil OF EN- put
together. / was up all last night, the
night before and the night before that
walking that baby Of mine over the
house, giving ii paregOric, putting cold
cloths 20 it's feet and hot bricks to ita
head and / cant stsnd it any longer.
My dear fellow, tell me where | can get
nurse that will do tootrnst, and 4 II re.
member you to the day Of my DEATH
nIi have the.very giH ydnl want" !
replied. 4 aMy wife is' off on visit to
Kentucky for a month or two, and
meanwhile j win lend you my negro
girl. You win find her the best you
ever SAW, and 4 have no need OF her al
present.
Z He accepted the proposition CRATE
fully, and / went home and ordered
Betty to go at once as nursefo neigh
Dor Tom. Next day he seemed differ
ent man entirely, and his gratitude was
bonndless. ''I wouldn't give that mig
ger" he remarked, for all the white
trash in the world as nurse. Last,
night was the first nights sleep have
had for month.
During this time scarcely met him
without hearing him repeat has praises
of his negro nurse. think he iatlened
ten pounds under the sound sleep her
watchfulness guaranteed him. and even
the baby grew strong, both ia its attaehs
ment to the nnrse and in its physical
pHop6rtions At the appointed time
Mrs. Y. returned to Lesvenworth; my
- bachelorhood ;" was suspended; 30 We
returned to Aonse keepiDgiand sent over
for Betty.
In three days time Ewing was a,
changed man He oswore by all that
was good and bad that hn would go com
pletely mad unless would let him have
my girl again. He Kept her just long
enough to spoil han, he said, aud was
relapsing into hypocbondria and despair.
He thought Il most barbarous treatment
TO take her from him, and proposed to
Day any sum Lmight ask as hire, he
wunldn 1 be put of, but time and again
pleaded and beseeched me to let him
have her for q few weeks longer on any
terms. Finally / 5eekoned him to one
side and laid down my ultimatum;
Tom, said ], am sorry not to be
able To accommodate you, but you caa
have my. girl only on one condition, and
that is, I i0iH SET her TO you as your
slape for Ifef --
The idea of prominent freesoller
dealing in, human Aeshl" rButthe temp
tation was severe one, He dropped
his eyes quickly to. the ground and
blushed 10 the roots of,his hair THAT
is too bad, he at length replied. "You
know. as we'll ss do that / cant buy a
slave; why do you wish TO annoy me 7
For Gods sake let me have her for three
months lonRer and III"
"Tll be Aabbergasted il i do" put
IN. you can get her BY purchase; not
otharEise, if yOn have 10 keep awake the
balance OF The year You are willing
enough. no doubt, for me to own her, and
you get the use Of her, but it it's a sin
n. tSu ii' sin in ne. don't propose
10 lit the burden OF the pro-slaEery
crime od your shoulders and put it on
mins n yoa share her services yOn
must also bearlIhe stigma, And nntll Jon
get ready 20 make the purchase Jon
might g. ven say noihing npIe on the
subject For i've hundred dollars 1
viii give you a clean bill Of sale no
more, no lrss -
: But that failed 70 satisfy him. We
h-ges nsasi,at'ilp came at me again, i'm
plo-ing that skonld either lend or hire
bni .Auy-he eOalint think OF sach =
thing The pro siaverJ men sud free
aollers stye et daEEers poinis, aud for
The ieeder :. ihe laiteF party % surren.
der her Flsilus principles thus early
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