Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1874-10-08

IWSturtus anu We tut lnc ettu Nv Jul
eyerlastin condemnashen on all at.
tempts to bring about anythin that hez
The eslitestappearance Nv war Nv races
Resolved, That We condemn, vehe.
mently and unreservedly all acts w
vi lelce oward our colored brethren;
tnd we pledge the Corners that, loviT.
our colyred brethren eZ we do, nothiD
Nv the kind shel ever occur here, but
aat the colcred Den of this visinity,
Ishel liue under their own vines and ii =
ices, (ef they have em to live under,
With none TO molest nor make EN-
iieered.
| These resOloOshens wuz passed yoo-
unanimously, Bascom insisted that
there. shoed be no discushen, for dis
cushen, he remarkt, took time, and to
him time wnz money. While the Cor
1ers wuz in the meetin-house discussin,
the Corners wan { at his bar a drinkln
aud he despised discushen. The revo-
looshen was all rite, enyhow. And So
they wuz adopted, and the meetin ad-
journed. r
/ wentaway from that meetin house
tollably well pleased. l he'd got the
Corners committed to line NV polisy
"ich wood satisfy the people NV the
North. Them Republicans wich wuz
sOured with Republikinism, bat wich
dassent trust us to take keer NV the
niger, cOodent find no fault with these
resolooshens, and mite safely trust
themselves with us, on platform SO
broad and comprehensive. To me the
prospexI NV the Dimeefisy wuz never
so brite. 80 t
sAut my pleasure wuz NV short dura-
shen. While we wuz at Bascom's ia
kin soshel drink, Issaker Gavitt saw
passfn niger wagon-makerw whoiives
at the lewer end of the village.
81 hat villin," sed Issaker, griffin his
t9eth, "dunned me for ten dollars for
repairs onto my wagon yesterday. and
my father yoozed to own that nipyerip
'lnfamusn shouted they all in korus.
"And only nite afore last had a
ham stolen from my smoke-house. wIcb
am satisfied, that nigger must have
stolen"
/ wuz glad to hev that BAN fastened
onto nigger, for he'd Daid Bascom a
ham on akount the mornin Issaker
missed it. 1t takes good financeerin
for me to live here. = e ? Az Il
By this time, tie nigger he'd got
home. but IsSaker's rage was a-piIip
ieendishIy.
II am goin to hev pay for that ham
out Nv that nigger!' yelled Issaker,
drawn his revolver. -..a-...-.----..---'
but the niger is home and safe, by
TINS time" / sed, hopin to stem the
tiae NV his wrath and Aye ourselves.
"Eet it rest ~ - 4 Y TO-
.' 'Never!" sed Issaker; ''neveri i owe
a dooty to society. That niger NAV
be home and out wv Teach, but thsre are
en- af Others hyin around loose. She
niggers steal my hams and go unpun-
ished?'' s 80 |
And Issaker sailed ont foIlered nv
the entire Corners. They didn't find
the individile nigger that sIssaker be-
leeyed stole his ham, but they found
brOther-in-law Nv hiZzen, Wich Issaker
shot at site, bnt didn't quite kill him.
The wretch he'd no more sense than to
Stagger TO his feet and seeZe a stun and
heeyes it at Issaker. The crowd, NV
coofses coodent stand any sieh signs of
on the part Nv this in
ferior race, and they dubbed him till
his inferior soul left its earthly tene-
ment and winged its wayito wherever
the souls Nv nigs ers go.
The blood NV the corners bein I'D.
there was no yoose attemptin to stop
It, The wrongs inflicted on Issaker
Gavitt demanded prompt reparashen,
and it wuz had. The nigger he had ac-
coosed wuZn't found, but some six 9TH
er,s Wuz, and they suffered in his stead. I
Wot renlorse will haunt that nigger's
mind when he eontemplates the fact
that his keepin out Nv the way NV bein
killed cost six Others their lives, 1t is
Jest like EN-. Ee EzyS
The trouble ran on late into the mite.
The, niggers hev a trick NV keepin out
uv the way when the blood NV the Cor
ners biles, but they can't take their
with err, nor all their
portable property. The school-house
At the. edge Nv the village wuz burned,
and quite number NV wagons and |
and sich belongin to EN-
wich we gathered, wuz consoomed to
make a decent boLfre. Ez this fire oc-
Cured at about five in the 'mornin and |
ez the mail closed at seven, / didn't
stay to see it out. got back to Bas-
CONS and made a fair copy NV my res
that they mite 60 North for
publicashen in good shape. espeshel-
ly desire to reashoor our friends in the
North. PETROLEUM V. Massey,
(Which wuZ POstmaster.)