Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-12-10
An Intelligent CoIored Voter,
GEORGE WASHINGTON S TESTIMONY IN 4 VIZ
GINA ELECTION CONTEXT

GEORGE WASHINGTON TESTIMONY IN 4 VIZ
GINA ELECTION CONTEST
From the Richmond Evening Journal
George Washington, color d, takes the
stand, while four anxious limbs of the law
in eager anxiety await his testimony
Q.-HOw old are you? Abs cum
close to fifty. Yes, less fifty.
Q-W hen. where. and for Shom did you
vote? A.-Yes, sar. was
Odd you or did you not vote ior
knight and Srarke? Al was guyin
down the street lection day. white gem
men says, says he, Is you procured wid d
ticket. included thar were some kind er
interrupted and told to answer the ques-
ton.
Odd You or did you not vote lor
knight and Starke? Al was Civ two
tickets, one of EN- had those name and the
other didn't. but voted de right ticket.
kase Mr. Capt. Knights name were writ
on it ID big printing.
Q--Can you read or spell ? Akin
spell.
Q.-Can you spell horse? Washington
at this juncture seemed somewhat dumb
founded A-Horse horse Lemme
see We'll, now, you sc crowdin me most
too lite but come to me wild CO so. or any
them words, right thar
W hashlngton's getting 80 terribly mixed
excited some suspicion Oi the counsel on the
other side as to his veracity, and suggested
the idea of a further examination, which
commenced with the following questions
Q.-HOw long have YOU resided here, ana
what Is your vocation ? A-Weli, >ar
when | were 40 year old. my master (tha;
II sod N A rh
| ness. as also horse-shoelng. which | were
worked at ten year. Den | tux to carpen-
tring and making shoes, and 50 on like.
| and KEEP pegging away for SUN eighteen
year more. Sudintly de war broked cut.
which den went to Carolina on a farm.
| which stayed on farm till freedom
Q.-Ilow long was that? A.-Well. |
spect averaging close on to 9 year and II
month. Times getting hard concluded TO
work on steamboat. and followed the
river sum l. Years more. And since that
tlme-:aet iur de las IL or l5 years. follow
ed mostly 'ligiOn and politics, and were
use in the Legislature and twice in the
penitentiary, Nv which quit jes for de
election.
Washington was interrupted here and
told that was enough. The examining COM
mittee were so lost in the fog of events that
but one OF them remembered any of the
evidence. lie. however. being OF mathe-
matical turn. had kept account OF the time
Wash had given TO trades. &c, and by ac-
tual count Wash WAS l29 years old, allow
ing one day in the Legislature and two
days in the penitentiary.
Fun AMoNG THE NEw YORK BROKERS'
There is more fun among the New York
h-alo-- tho ba or her
class. The heavy operators, who bull and
bear the market, have little to do. They
seldom get down before IL O'Clock. Their
chief operation is to watch the stock dial ;
give orders to their brokers to bay or sell D.,
smoke and tell stories. At O'Clock these
men start for the road They take turn Or
two. and then enter one of the hotels, In
which the sitting room Is small and the bar
room very large take one or two drinks :
drive home, and spend their evenings at the
Fifth Avenue Hotel, laying plans for the
next days campaign. They are a very fun
ny set Of fellows when they get together,
and take great delight in lampOOning their
mates and turning into ridicule their as4o-
ciates One day Daniel Drew was on the
carpet 1t is well known that Mr.. Drew i
better versed in - them Wabash shears
than he is i'll literature. So it was told how
Old Uncle Daniel invited some country
friends TO come down and see the sights in
New York, among other things to visit
Trinity Church, where the |" Old Virgins
will show them the Monument The com
pany had hearty laugh over the great rail-
road king, who can write his name very
effectually. but who Is not much posted IN
history who had something to say the 9th
er day about the - autograph of all the Rus
sias.' A well known banker, whose letter
OF credit goes round the world, said he
wanted to go to Europe for one special thing.
lie wanted - to see the Vacuem where the
Roman POntif kept his bulls. Cor Bos-
ton Journal.