Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1874-11-03
"NilQer- HMntin0."

"Nigger- HuntM0."
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| (Which is in The State uv kcntucky,)
August p, 1874. y
The Corners hev. up 10 very recent
date. enjoyed the most profound peace
bein the only one Of tho stock which Kin
read. our people have never bin vexed
with tho Beecher. Tillon scandal. and
thank Heaven. Bascom hcZ recovered
from the effect ur the Croosadc, and his
grocery Is runnin ez yoozuaI. Pollok and
Big Ter was tendin TO their biznes toller-
ably decent. and not bolherin w US very
much the niggcrs come 10 town only ez
often ez they Good help. and. 10 short. the
corners hcz been cz serene oz An average
JUon mornin The crops wuz looking
lollcraby well. mol wIlhslanding the di.
lkulty Nv getlin labor. (for nisgers wuz
all workin for themselves. aud our pco
pie will never do meonyal servij ill
they arc compelled toy and Dasom wuz
RELY cheerful with the certainty oi gellin
sulhin on account ez soon ez The harvest
wuZ over.
Things wuz = running his way I'LL one
mornin tho nooze rcacht US nv the nigger
oulrages In Owen Comfy. oz well ez
similar ones in Texas and Mississippi
No matter what uooze don't reach US,
them Nv niger ouIrages nluz comes
direct art promptly.
Inniedilly Deekin Porgan began 10
get oneasy. Issaker GayiIt began to eileen
his double barrel shot gun. and Capt. Nc
Potter appeared at Bascom's with two
navy revolyeIs slung to him.
"Why this warllke array ?" | asked.
"Why this armin Of yourselves ez ii n
deadly and imminent tray wuz pending ?"
Capt. McPelter replied that there wuz
fiery and wicked devil abroad. The mig
gers wuz In iniurrcckshun 10 Owen
County and everywhere else, and 1t wuz
his unbiased opinyun that the niggers NV
the Corners and vicinity wuz meditatin
and uprisin. and for one he proposed 10
be prepared lol it,. The white lace he'd
suffered cnuG from bein ground into the
yearlh by the yoosurpers, and his blood
billed when hO lhOl Nv 1t. Shood niggers
An inferior race-lord II over the proud
Caucashin ? Shood their hee5 Oe Tor.
ever on our necks? Il WIZ The dooly
Nv every white man TO protest agin bein
thus enslaved.
Aud Capt. McPelter askt us all TO take
sulhin, which we did with The alacrily wlch
hez ever distinguished the Cross Roads.
About this time Deekin Pogram came
in. II Is n singular thing, and q provi
denshul one. that the Decken alluz does
come in jesI ez somebody invites all
present 10 take sulhn. He is forehnit In
that respect. And one by one all the
regers dropped in. To these McPelter
expressed leerS Nv Niger uprisin. and
after ten or dozen drinks all round the
danger seemed so imminent that il wuz
deemed wise and prudent to arm and
wait Tor the Dustin nv OF the comm storm
Accordingly messengers wuz sent out 10
ge, sech arms eL wuz handy at their re
speclive houses. The rifles, shot guns
and revolvers wuz cleened up and loaded
and we waited calmly for the comm NV
the black hosts.
But they didn't come, and after waiting
awhile Capt. McPeller, who had histed
in ten or dozen drinks, seiested that the
best thing to do under the circumstances.
would lie 10 90 AMI look tor the invaders
This thing" sed the Captain. "shood
be nipt in the bud. In such matters ez
this the heroic treatment is the best
Look TO the caps on your guns, and lei US
hence"
And takin another dlink or two. we
sailed out 10 find the gathering host that
he'd determined upon our destrukshun.-
We wuz n gallant force. BY the time we
got fairly under way there wuz hundred
NV us, armed to the teeth, with weapons
offensive and defensive.
We diskivered no niger till we got
outside the village. The first one we
saw wuz q bloodthirsty wretch who wuz
a hoein corn. He looked at US and glared
defiance, leanin in sn offensive manner
on his hoe.
One look Nv hzzen wuz suflishent 10
inflame Capt. MePelter with rage.
That double.dyed villin voted the
eileen republican ticket last iall-ef he
lives he will do it agen this fall"
And putting his faithful gun to his
shoulder he civ one look at the hidjus
beis, and shoutin, "Deih TO our perse.
cooters!" drawed the trigger.
There wuz one leendish persecooler
less, for the top NV that nigger's head
wuz blowed into an adjining field.