The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1873-07-02

ksse fhe spiri; 1s8es On ne, ard
, ! gets hsPpy faxe ! knoHs Il : den !
gone, kant 'JFot mvself dea | kBews
: sEstn- IssBt Rzssa's rIse
And do yea suppose vogr mas
ter viii really sel you for that -
on. YES: 10 heIr for ne now
! kzse whsr Nzssz Wilium saws one
: ting be no dc snoGerT
" hai Is vouT name ,"
Moses sab
" hat i Your masters Rzme p
~Mas-a's name Col william C
W here does be i've -
Down or the Easin Shoah--
IS be 3 good mss;er, and treats yea
xeIi =
Oh yes. 20 5stGer massa IN TIE
wuld-
Stand uD and le1 nse iook II voG
And Moses seed Up snd presented
: robust frame Nr. 3. stripped up
his sieeEes- as arm gave evidence OF
unusual muscular streayth
Where i vour master p
-Yaader he /. jes' eomin' 10 &c
Esrfr
As Nr B. started for the shore lie
beard Moses give beaFv sigh, fol-
lowed By a deep grOAa- Moses was
not al sll pleased with the present
phase Of affairs he was strongly
impressed With idea that Mr. Z. was 3
trader. and Intended 20 bGy him. and
i xas Ihis thai made him 20 unEl-
Ing 70 communicate 70 Mr. B. the de-
sired iaSsrmAti0a. Mr.. T. reached
The Warf ja=i s. Gel {. did He IL
irodRoe,i himself. and said
i understand that v0u want %
sell that negro man wonder. On board
that schooner"
Col c. replied that he did
What DO VOC zsk for hin >
L expect 70 get seven hundred
5ollars-
How old Do yoa reckon him 70
Be =
cGE1eN here ais5Gt fEf--T-
L ke he4lthy -
Very; be never bad a1v Sickness
IN his life exeeY- one or two spells Of
the ague
Is be be4rtF -
Yes. sir be vii "a; a. much a.
man ought and i viii CO bin a.
mzeh good
Is te good hand -
Yes sir be : the best band OF
nv place He : steady, b08ess,
and iEdBssTioas- He has been nv
fo-emza fo- tie last ten wears, and 3
naore trGStE negro / nerer knew
Why DO voa wish % sell hin -
Because te disobeyed NJ orders
As ! said. he L mv foreman and that
he might be svaf4zh1e Z. aav moment
I might wA1. hin, 7 buIlt hin 3 Ia.
within hundred yards Of nv o~n
b3lse-zad ! hare never rE1g the
BEL :; any tine u The night q NOM
ins. that his horz did lot answer IN
I've minutes zf.er- But txo yea-s
AZg ke -0t religion and commenced
shat be terms fzEaIiy PE4yer-thas (,
PRAYING u his hut every night ARd
morning; and when he begun bis
P-syer. L E&s impossible 70 tel when
ks would stoP. especially L (2s he
termed IL he gos happy Then be
would slay and pray sao hAll0O for
- h0Gr OF TAO together, that yea
might hear hIm nearly 4 Dile oz
And he would pray ior ne and nv
wife and CUP children. and car whole .
family eonuec-ioos 70 The third -sa-
er41ioa and soue tines when se
would have visitors. Moses p-aye-s
would Interrupt lie conversation and
destroy he eai0ymeat Of tie whole
company The E0EaeR would ery
and tie children would err, and i
would gel ne zInost frantic and
eTea after | had retired i would
be aInest daylight befSre ! could
81 10 sleep io- i appeared 70 ne
TIA. I eoEI6 hear Moses p-zy for
lhzee hours AFTER he had finished |
bore il - long g / could, and then
forbid his PRAYING any more-and
Moses V-ollse6 ohz5ieaee bzt be
seen ua8sgresseG aud nv rRle L
never 20 whip but whenever 3 negro
proves T1corrigibie | sci hia- This
keeBs them 4 better sabjecsion- and
L ( les trouble than whipping. And
I psrd7nod Moses twice for GisobeGi-
ence II PRAYING 20 loud. bu. TIE third
tiuae / knew must sell niul. o. every
negro on the farm would sooa he per
fectlv regardless q al nv orders
You spoke Of Noses hut I sup
Pose from thai be has family -
Yes: be has 3 woman ard three
children, or riff, 7 suppose ke calls
her loE-f5- Sooa after be gof re-
iyioa be asked Ne i they might be
ms--ie3- and I presume ikey were
What vii yog take fo- ber szd
tAechIIirea =
II v0u want them Tor y0ur own
pse. ! VIII take seven hundred dol
lars b1t shah not sci Moses nor
them 70 20 0ut Of the State
4 wish them IL for nv own u-e.
and VII give yoa the fourteen hun
5red dollars Fl
NJ 3. and Col c. then geat 70
B. sore, drew up ihe writings and
closed the sale. after which thew re-
turned 70 the vessel: and Ar- B. ap-
preached the negro, who "a: Ei,h Z
eyes kxeG upon the deck, wrapped IN
Hesii12Eion= OF the most 2xfnl fcreho-
Hia-s and said:
Wei Moss, / have bought yoa--
Mo5es made low bow, and every
muscle n his lace worked with eE10-
ton a. be replied:
l. you m2ssz Where i I gwiHe'
masss . / I gwine 10 Georgia y
Ne. said NJ B L an mer-
chant here IA this city yoa3er is nv /
store, and | wsnt Yea 20 attend On |
The stsre. and I have purchased vou-