The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1873-09-09
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aESome of the Eastern Maryland pa
pers find it necessary, in lengthy ed.
itorials, to defend one of their prominent
citizens from the charge of entertaining
negroes at his house." by explanations
that the Colonel and his family, were not
at home and that the entertainment was
given by the servants. This We suppose,
may be taken as an Illustration Of the
Prejudice OF race and color which is still
left over from the slavery epoch. In its
application to social circles, whether
to be deplored or not, VIC can have moth
ing to say about it except perhaps to
point TO it as straw indicating which
way the wind blows. But when the
prejudice and hatred Of race crops out in
acts of injustice and oppression, and dis
regard Of the ordinary civilities Of life,
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II is gratifying that so little of this in
justice is manifested in the South. There
is less OF it than VIC had reason to fear,
considering the fact that the negroes
themselves in their ignorant arrogance,
often times provoke it, by acts of lawless.
ness and offensive bearing. The first
great need, for the improvement of these
relations, is the education and elevation
Of the ignorant and vicious Of both class.
es. We are glad so much is being done
to effect this good result, through the in
fuence Of the Missionary Association and
other benevolent institutions, and still
more by private enterprise.
1@The Troy Times tells the way in
which passengers on tho Hudson River
Railroad were swindled out CT considera-
bic money by combination OF blacklegs,
few days ago. In about the center Of
the car sat a well.dressed gentleman, who
appeared to be retired merchant resid-
ing short distance, possibly, outside of
New York city. Just in front of him
was a respectfully dressed man, whose
speech would lead one to infer that he
was western man in fact, he claimed
to be- and as soon as the cars left the
New York depot he engaged in conversa-
tion with the retired merchant, informing
him that he was a resident of a western
state, that he was in the cattle business
and that he had been East with a lot of
cattle, some of which he had disposed of
at Buffalo, aud others he had taken on
to New York. He told how he had been
inveigled into playing cards with some
New York gamblers and lost $500 by
the operation and then he took three
cards from his pocket, and began to show
how the thing was done, in the usual
monte style. Just then third gentle
man came along with lamp in his hand
looking for ticket that he pretended to
have lost, and it was very convenient for
the western man to stop him and borrow
the light moment in order to show the
retired merchant how the thing was work.
ed. Retired merchant became excited
and bet that he could tell the right card.
He won. The third man bet and lost,
and soon others sitting in that vi.
cinity became interested and risked few
dollars, invariably losing, until the three
persons whom we have attempted to de-
scribe, and who were nothing more than
gamblers or swinders, had wen consider.
able money from the too easily gulled
spectators The two left the train at
Peekskill, apparently pleased with their
earnings. All Of which ought to have a
salutary effect upon the green ones who
desire 10 swindle some one else and so get
bitten themselves.