The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-09-29
THE UNWILLING.
SLEEPING WITH HIS EQUAL.

A TENNESSEE NEGRO TESTS THE CIVIL
RIGHTS DoCTRINE-THE RISKY BARGAIN
AND ITS RESULT.
The Fayetteville (Tenn.) Express has the
following chapter of politico-social history
in that State: A certain hotel, not a
thousand miles from Fayetteville, recently
had for its guest sanctimonious looking
Puritan from the butt end of Massachusetts,,
who took great pains to ingratiste himself
with the colored people, and instill
into their minds the odiOus doc
trines of negro equality. The civil rights
bill was his fayorite hobby, and he took oc-
casion, whenever suitable opportunity oc-
Cured, to whisper into the ears Of all ne
groes that came within his reach, that he
considered them his equals in every way.
The porter of the hotel is burly negro
named 10, who is as greasy and odorous an
African as ever impaired high flavor to
the summer breeze, and the sanity scala
wag from Massachusetts has been
using him for some time as whet-
stone to sharpen his abominable theories on,
but 10 is a sensible darkey, albeit he is not
the best fellow in the world to rub ones nose
against, and he has pretty correct idea of
negroes place, which kept him from being
gulled by this would-be white brother. Be
sides 10 is attached 10 the landlord OF the
hotel, and, as he is talkative withal, he I'M
bosomed himself to his employer one even
ing, and related all that the insiduous
Yankee had said on the subject ofSumneris
legacy and negro equality. The landlord
was thoughtful moment, and then ex-
claimed:
$40. I'n give you 81 tomorrow morning
if you will sleep with that fellow tonight
JOS eyes twinkled like stars, and he
quickly responded:
Oats a bargain, NIarse Jim, fore God ~
That night the meek and unsuspecting
white friend of the race of Ham was Just
crawling into bed when 10 slid ipto
the room, humming, John
d brGwns Ia d po9y and am noanoea m lSsa
ding his clothes without further ceremony.
The amazed Puritan started up in his bed,
his eyes standing out from his face like
couple of door knobs, and tremblingly in
quired:
"My colored friend, what are you going to
do?n
Jo pulled his shirt over his head, gave a
tremendous yawn, set few thousand odors
afloat, and made leap for the bed, scream
ing as he went: ..s-.....-
Else gwine to spend de night wild my
ekalin
The Mortified disciple of Sumner gave
veil that would have made Piute Indians
hair curl, tore himself from JOS perspiring,
but fond embrace. leaping from the bed.
broke for the door with the caudal appen-
daoe of his shirt floating like a summer
cloud behind him, and fell into the arms of
the landlord, who, attended by few friends,
was ENJOYING the whole scene as only de-
cent white man could. Next morning 10 re-
ceived his money; but the sanity sneak
from Massachusetts was not there to see.
The drouth in Pennsylvania and New Jer-
sey is unprecedently severe. Vegetation of
all kinds is suffering greatly, and in many
sections is entirely destroyed. In many places,
too, forest fires have broken out and are COM
pleting the destruction caused by the drouth.
All agricultural pursuits have been severely
crippled, and even the manufacturers are