The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-11-08

"They say you can tall snake BY hi
tail. De head beahs witness 10 dc tail
don't It! Now den, Il dis be all true
how was Il dat you al was a.huggin' NJ
Gov. Chamberlain jest little while ago
and was willin, to have him In again z
because was the prompt reply, "WhSr
We see two thieves a.hghting We want tc
help one kill the other" Loud cheer
and laughter.) But in minute the mu'
latto came back with good hit. "NoW
Won say dc Democrats and reform. Amt
| New York Democratic? Tell me dat,
And didn't dat man steal more than all
South CyerlIna's with? Hes a-comin'
home now in ship to go to jail for steal
in fifteen millions" NJ,
n told you," replied the speaker, that
up there It's very different" and imEae'
diateIy changed thesubjec,; but in min.
ute the mulatto was at him again.
ANSWER him, General, answer him;
he's a.doin' good" said the whites, and
the colIoquy continued. Pretty soon the
speaker was stopped in the middle Of a
sentence and said: "NoE please don't in.
terrupt me-" at which a coal.black fellow
shouted, ave want to get you back among
de 'publicans," a sally that was greeted
with roars Of laughter by both races.
And here 1 may remark that ] have
never visited another region where little
wit would sell SO high.
Meanwhile little white man by the
name Of Rivers, one OF the two intoxicat.
ed men above mentioned, had crowded in
and spoke augrily TO the pure black who
had made the last retort. At this lady
rose and motioned with her parsol for the
white men 10 90 back, but the disturbance
was loo great for the speaker to proceed.
There was q brief wrangle, after which
Rivers and the black man were led away.
"Nothin' the matter go on" said the mar.
shall OF the day; the white mans drunk
and the niggeTs q fool 90 on" and tho
speaker proceeded with only occasional
interruptions.
It is agreed at all these meetings that
anybody Is st liberty to ask questions on
any point, and what appeared to me
like rudeness is really part Of the pro-
gramme.
After him came mulatto, John Ler,
Of Columbia, but the colored people re.
ceived him with contemptuous silence,
and be bad no questions 10 answer.
l am especially amused at little
crowd Of five or six negroes, in argu.
ment with one white man, whose twang
is even more african than their own. The
cake and coffee stand, kept by half doz.
en- old wenches, is literally patroniEed
BY both races, and whisky begins to be
more plenty since saloon, chiefly pa.
tronized by blacks, has been re-opened.
"4Take a drink, Mr.. letters, take
drink, TO- de Lords sake, and yo' stom-
ach's sake" says cosl.black humorist,
extending an ugly black bottle toward
white man. And Mr.. LETTERS, without
any hesitation, takes the bottle, which
has already been kissed BY dozen black
lips, and not even wiping the mouth
thereof, imbibes about six swallows OF as
fiery corn whiskey as ever went down
mortal throat. "Take a drink, Josiah,
take drink, TO de Lords sake an 20
stomach's sake" is the salutation to the
next darby, and the whisky goes without
regard to color or previous condition.
The bonfres throw strange light over
the scene, the band (Which cannot leave
till the l o'clock train alternate "Dixie"
with "Hail Columbia" and any Country,
It's Of Thee" and between the tunes the
groves are made vocal by the black wo.
men. First it is:
'SIy sIstah'I got religion!
bah de news, bah de news
Ny sistah's got religion,
Bah de news
O-o-o bah de news TO ChlOey,
Bah dc news, U, bah de news
To Chloey, bI-A.Ah de news"
and so on, with many repetitionS. At
last the band leaves, the saloon is shut up,
the cake and coffee women retire, and the
bon6res burn on.