The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1874-06-26
NUMBER %.
4 var of Races 4",ong Ee,cs Boys.

4 ia" az Races A,n,ny .ye,cs BOYS.
The Atlantic Georgia. Herald. in much
distress of mind, ti.Hs presents the situa-
tiun forced upon an important class Of that
community: The manager OF the Her
aid Office, who from behind the tranquil
counter studies the moods Of the Herald
customers, has been alarmed for some
days past at uumis;aia5,y signs of disap-
proval OF either his course or the course II
the great PagsF whose finances no man
ages.
These shrewd, hot-headcd young Arabs
baye transacted their bu7i .Css of late in =
scoutui and !1rb,ddiug way that, 10 his
calm eye, frrehojiyd "a storm.
They used To come bursting into the Of
flee in jolly. harum scsrum way, their
faces bright with the fresh air of dawn,
and their eyes kiadIsd IN the morning.
first flush, and EuEiuE down their shin
paste!s with some such cheerful remark
as:
skin ne out twenty OF your best, old
man ?'
Or some such afsctionate inquiry as
How does the old thing wiggie to-day,
boss ?"
Or a tender piece Of advice like:
Colonel, il Id be good for yer TO make
them locals slap III a little more o. the red
hot
For the past week though it : all changed.
In stately and sUiiyu way they march
up 10 the counter. Nith the air Of ragged
Princes they slap the money down, and,
with cOudesoeusiOu beaming from every
feature
Gimme ten -
On Sunday the storm burst.
In the calm and hush of the Sabbath
morning rwo intrepid little Iascals-a com
mittee from a back alley communicable
ed up to the counter:
Mr. Smith, you We got to quit selling
papers to niggers -
The declaration OF war was made-an
ultlmatum promptly spit out.
Quit selling papers to negroes Whv?''
''W ell we've all settled taat we VOL > run
with niggers. The Constitution don sc Ii
to niggers, and their boys laugh at us " hen
we have 10 holler the Herald 'lonrsids
o black felers. Them uiggers don't know
nOthiu' bout the business lieu kin cheat
'sm and scare 'eIn out, and git their pa
pers for nOthiu' almost. You never see a
ngger boy hardly ever that kin tell wheJh-
er he's made anything or not when he's
sold out. 4 Il, e p Of nien won't buy from
us they wait for uigger boys cause they
know they kIn cheat them out and gi. the
news for nothing We won't run with
EN-. You must quit selliu' II en-"
But viii 1t be right 20 refuse the little
darkeys q chance to make THEN living p
said the mellow hearted manager.
"Oh. yes sir! You see they run the
street-cavts. They have this job, aud .hey
won't let white boys in. You never see .
white fellow pushing a street-cart, cause
the uiggers won't let 'em. One or two
white ones has tried it, aud they drive EN-
out. They break his cart, and catch him
of, and whip him, till he has To quit
Now. our boys es had talk about 1t, and
is determined, as the niggers keep US out
Of the street Cal. business, that We Will
keep them out of the paper business. 1t
amt no use to whip 'em. They dOn'5
mind it, less You nearly Kill 'em and thea
the police viii catch you. So we fixed a.,
to come and tell you, you mustn't let 'euI
have any papers when they call for EN-
and you mustn't. We WON'T run with 'em
at all
The n,anager promised to take the mat
ter under the serious consideration it mer-
iteG, and the advocates of the Arabs retir-
ed. As they passed out Of the door, one
of them threw in a parting shout, to wit
Il say, some o these uiLger feIlers ia
running the buot-Jlack business, too
There amt white boy in it. Remember
that -