St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-12-18

priSing vendors have established re
tieshmcnt tables. These are found on
''nig"rI day" situated in different parts
OF the court -houS" square. They are
plcntitu!ll supplied with fried fresh fish, |
boiled bacon. and corn bread. and for
twenty cents Il hungry black man i> /
with all he can eat. When /
they have satisfied their apprtit"> they /
z" first to the dry goods stores. Here. |
as In the other shops. they are met hN .
ohSequIouS white men. who conduct
them at once to Il back or side room.
with which most of th. stores ;Ic sup
piled. At first / could not t;Ith"m the
my >trry of this ceremony. After dill
gent inquiry. hnWcNrr. | discovered
that, since the war. unplinciplcd store
keepers. SOME "f them northern men.
have established the custom of giving
the country nrgiorS. who come to huN
;S much whisky as ih,N wish To dunk.
This Is done in the back rooms ! have
mentioned, and when the unfortunate
black men and women .jir drpri> we'd of
half thcm wits hy the lie stuff which j.
served ont To them. they aie induced t"
pan, h"-o all -,rt~ OF useless G"ods.
rIiE EXTHAVAG OF NEGRO WOMEN.
In their Sohcrr>r moments average
negro women have passion fnr bright
cnlorcd dresses ~ hirh amounts almost
to madness. and. ON such nrca>inuS ~
have mentioned. they never stop buy
ing until their moncl is exhausted.
Ihrir husbands have little OF NO control
over them. and are obliged. whether
they viii or not. to see most of their
hard earnings ~puandcrrd upon an uu-
>cINircailc Jacket. OF tlin>N huruct. uI
many N-c"lur,.d shawl. On Saturd.,
last, | SIM one black NomaI >pcud up
ward of thiIty dollars on milliucl>
goods. ~ she received her bundle
from the rIn%iu" clerk she said. with
half drunkr;i lrrr: Il clare /" tIIr
Lord i>c done gone busted my old man.
sure" "NrNcr mind" ~.rid the rlcik.
he can work for more 70 b,.>tIr".
answered the Woman. aud then tl"uur.
ed out of the Store. Most of the hl:. h
men aIe quite ~ careless al money a>
are the women. No matter who ~uitt =.
an Alaharua negro viii hccomc the
owner of double harIclcd shot gun.
and. though his children hr Starving. he
will ride on horseback /" town. lh.A
20 about the country in r!-~. hut ave
seldom without 1t supply ol powder and
shot. and al all hnul> ut the DIS. III
Huntsville they can hc >ccH riding
through the streets hLlchcidrd aud
>hoclt>>, but with a .iH@ of Nhi~kN hu:,g
to their saddles. They never seem Ia
know VIII hc,"n,.s, "t their m"ncN.
and. like chlldl,n. are greatly surprised
when they find that it i all gone. The
other day Il good locking black
man came into u banking h"u>r here
and said he wanted t" dcp"-ir >"ruy
money. "IloA much have \ "u ;" asked
the clerk. Bout forty dollars. sab.
said the negro. and he commenced
searching tor the money. Aticr Il ION"
hunt i'll all his pockets. he only succeed
eel in iindin" two five and three nu"
dollar bills "IIow much i dar > he
asked. "Thirtcrm dollars" vas the Ir-
ply. "WcN. L"ld. what a '>lraNa%ami
Niger | i - exclaimed the poor fellow.
- had fifty duilu>. dis m"inin. amd
l'>c done gone and spout all tut TIN
teen. How money do 20 :. and he l"u
the bank mutrclim% about the g >rlINy-
gaurc "f m~gcr.,.
NEGRO EAR MD EILLINI;p SALOON.
In all the cities of the South low
white men have fitted mp drinking ->;t-
looms for the Use "t uc@Ioc~. bu SAT
urdav night | visited Il den "f tli> char
acrcI kept ht Il German uu tie mann
street uf Huntsville Entering u luA
d"nr-way found myself IN It good >il-
rd room "ccupird 10y >our twenty
black men and huN>. Some of them
were sitting at Il round tahi" win, ii
stood in one corner. and Il trN were Is
ing on the tiOnr near M open fire place.
| asked one oi the mcu at The table Il
they were asleep. ''DIimk. r'rholi~.
MAS his cunt reply. Al the bar tive ne
/ .To,.> WcIc standing. soon ait"i came
in. they cnmnr need To throw dice frr
drinks FuuI of the men WCT" evident
/ " at home in the civ. the fifth Was tii"
most ignorant al ticld-hau'l>. The,
each threw onc time. and il was under
stood that he man throwing the lowest
number "t spots WIS 1" l'Il t"l whisky
| tn thr five. The city mru threw first,
/ the Last Of them maxim. "ulN >,NCl.
/ spots. uI four more than hI> opp"ncHt
| No >.rucr hld the dice l,tl tie. box.
| however. than Tia" tour city men c\-
claimed. al once. ~ "u'~ lost. Jim.
No. ! ha~u't >aId .ilIn. ih" poor
| fellow Wa> unable to couui. and Ipp,.'l
/ eel Ia 1hc hai-trudrr. u NliiJInou- loo,
| iug German. Who promptly dc"Id"
against him. This Wa~ lrpcIj'd Iht''
times the unfortunate. country man Ia
/ in. cheated ont OF = - PL~~m" iutr
Il room hchiud the hIr. li~ro\ t.rc't
three ncgluc> attempting +" play hill
iarl> on Il worn aud hi"kcm table
4, Al limo
the game. Oii;' of tine players. a great
awkward field hand. lG,I evident, J.,
taken up i cue tl the iiI>t irur M In
lit,. and " hrn he acridcmtll succeeded
in scuiimg Il shot his :slcc knew m'
hounds lie danced ahuur like Il child
and. clappin. his hands. cried on!
..Nig"ar>. what does NcI think nt dai
Irckom> I'll 90 in dr business. lu'
demonstration WAS cut short hl Il la>hi
IL dressed Young mulatto. VIII" ~.tld. !.
an authoritative voice. ~ ou fool uiy
ger. hold >our mouf." The Young M.
lattO Wl> an cN-mcmbrr Dt t., lr@i~t.t
turr. After this left lh, saloon. .lu~
before - u'clnrk passed it agaim
Other negroes were throWiu% dI-" :I.'
plaNi ing billiards three III inuI WomcI
stood among the men at the bar: Tie
number OF drunken Wrrtrhc> on TIA,
tlour had hccu INCREASED. and one un
fortunate crcatnlc was lying asleep al
the wet anI diriN d""I step.
SquIbs.
Lady Teacher ''lnu must rcrnll"c
that all am telling lnu !rIpprurd "u,