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, 1876-02-11
Sra nfreib d.

2pnbon, 10. SEQ. ueber Die Wb=
banfung oes Barrier YoliSei-Yrdfeften
&enuult erfdbrt mon6Ol9enoes: &iirSli9
i6rieb Der &epublifaner 8olentin einen
Sriei in mel1em er Genault's Griuab=
lung gum Seputirten empfabI; Der 0tI=
niitcr Buffet befobl barauf Dem pOliSei=
Yrdfeften, oieie unterfasung 81 oesa-
boniren, wcsbalb OerIelbe abOaufte.
Gnuber last in elmer @ublaorehe,
Dap Sreuc se9en Die faiierliAe SamilIe
Die 9rDBte Gbre lei unb er lei iiberseu9t,
bab, ipenn man bas 8olt abltimmen
lalie, oos &alierrci6 wieoer ein9efiibrt
merbe.
Scr frans. S@riftfteler Yierrs Se-
boltion 2aurentie 1T seitorben. ST mar
i'm Sabre 1898 seborcn.
, 1876-02-11

cieies Selieiit y. porat ais Ger Mar,sl Ia
amtrifaniiden N"e 10 u W httrirt, III eih auon
hNines eistlinesossrantt Ger W;rrthnsr cSs Gstirs
ees non qer,:, Merito unS fielidDsm Saliirrr,lh
no es Nfdn,e nGi)e snS oeeeibt. Tie ecrti9en
hcr;te Recommendation baltlbe b~eitinei9 ols eH
istimutdnt unb Siuretic IN alien Srants
feittn, irelde feltbs Miittsl srhtifbe,. Girer Zee
siaentbimcr Ssrislbsn, m6hrsnO elmer Gtinortiie
hurd, Mcrifc uno &aliiernil got einiysn SdDrst
frhislt pon sinsm fpauiSben Slater mtsr etm Gle.
eel Der @Seritriesenheit sos Orioihol=Rtwpt Oct
%subercinno. Tie GiacnthGmer rcGtlten rfttrcn
ss Gem aIee.ncintn 4>ublitIm IN Der S>rTrnns, Cal
kin antrfanntcr M9srtb an oer Stiff. Ssa filth
Oceans, rurI Gctraub an Ger atlantifd,en &iiit
Sit,iaert mtec, IA fs ibsr,0iat ine, ea6 hitiss
oeilnIittc. ais Gin N9oblth1tcr Ger Msnfbhtit our
iritt Srius mfchlbartn @iaenitaftin errsiien
ab ms..l u@rapel, Sei., dhrrnitder &hcuniutisnlass
heipisnte M%saierutt, Slantenb 8clit, Shiirats
Gouen Ger @llit, Ger sticren ur0 urirIrs SrsoneS
asaen Tnsxpfa uno arlasmeim Gd,r6ds uno ii
soasn. no Gle peben6trlhs IL, einfsn ~peorinsrs
If fsin Gsbraud, me Grcle teNelttn Tab'"aS
Miratulrs mo uniibvrtrciti.
Nie Merifansr baltcn es fir Gin ~GsiclutrS
tiff 7S'ilalittsi rcn Surtutie.
Gebraua)s .Slrpeiinng.
-, Gin Gluretie sintn eflSHst pol In s',,n
S%einollis rell aadsriraftr orsiinll Res Sads, pct
ser Mdhiwit. ais elm G%timulant, BON cinsM
N1lbcn his III sinem aanun IEtinglais pca nit sl
tptnta GbaiIcr 10 off ais ncthia.-
Glrminire Cen Cieact alf Gem e ;Fu,i icrdeNl
III .wO t~eer}yues Sid, go eaielbe pSroer nitA
ttpr>dhcn4
Scic ,'rtiS miro rcn o.. SieaEe;asrcra fife es
'ssteu y .a'dcn uno aiihh bsJatlt, 9es,s oe;etbus
GHldaebre1+ mtrosn>
, 1876-02-11
GnalanO.

9ioerpool, 10. 6eb. Ga@ elmer
9=tdsi9en llnteriu6uus bot Der nSooro
Of Srahe" Oen Sampfer mMoriatie" BON
oller S6ulo freiselpro6m uno Dem
Captain lein Gertifitat suriidseseben.
0os @cri6t RENT, baB Der @apitdn
uno feline Nfii5icre, lowobl Dor ols nod
Dem 3mfammenltob am 80. 0e5ember,
nit 9eD0riser Gorli9t sebanbclt baben'
, 1876-02-11

@cr 1000 tpidtise Selebrunscn iibcr ben
.neaidliAen &5rper fennen lernetr min, boz.
benea ct friber feline abning sebabt, Der
lae ~Offene So1tsiprade urb &c.
funber Menfdems8erfanb," ein
"erniinftiscs Sud- fir uerifdnbise 2eute unb
ein gntes gid fir Sebermann. gls benz.
ielben f0tle1 e9rpicIe Sadem selernt merben,
tuelde bic nleiiten Qeute iid seniren bonn
Sonsarste sa crira9eu. SM1aits=@er.
3etbntB ocs @erfeS franco per Toit aa
tebe ~beliebi9e Ibrciie. Dtal wcloe lid) ou:
2I,trrap SiG 23crrags-@anornug,
129 Gait 2s. ct, Ne.p Yort.
, 1876-02-11
China.

SHANGHAI 10. Seb. Sic nsuli@
den 9epel6en, ooB flint ensl. &rieQs-
i9iie pun Bombay na@ 4iaslii4en Sc
, 1876-02-11
Gpauien.

Mabrib, 10. 0eb. Sic &arli1tsn
baben seitern bel Orarsun Die OHenliue
lpieoer erSriffen.
, 1876-02-11
HR[EpNsy!IAfI1lg
l UHV
EBb' MsAssSSG 0AVH@

DIR. 6. 3. SSoote, l2o ecri1gton ape.
Cor. 6. este Ctr, SEEN gort, ais unab.
bdtgiger ar;t, beboutcIt afe artcn 6 bron II.
ifder 3runfbcitcn iluo er,piangt
Sriefe ans alen S9cilen Der cipiliiirten
&elt.
0urd bic urig;nc(e gSciie in Scr ans.
iibung i%citer mcbisiniiden Yraris
bebarbelt CT Sablrcidbe Eaticnten III 6 Europe
@ef.Snbien, Canada unb in ieScm
. Staatc Der Gcrctnigtcn Staatcu.
Sriefide Guuinltatipueu mucntacltlid.
Webcr Mineralien nod id)dblidbe Ynan;e,s
gebralldt. Srinabc 10000 Eatienten tpur.
ben lit ocn lettcn 20 Sa5ren bebaroelt.
Sober Gal( miro ein;clu iOrsfdltis rcsiarirt,
Oh brieflid ober pcri0ulid, Oh BON bent Doctor
ielblt ober ieineu SiilfSdr3tcn. 2cttere finb
ale tpiiieniGaftlid 9ebiloetc MeSi3iner,
ate yatiemfen, perdje emtfernf tuo9nem,
erbaltcn cine alSiiibrlide 6ragcliite franco
per Foft pocr in, oarlie. Gin p%olltdnoiges
Ipitcnlatiihcs Giutragen lit ben 9iifern,
perlinocrt Tebler ober Srrt1aincr. Die
Shdcr wcrcen MIR Don ben auselenteu
GerStcn 9c6iinet.
Me9en Trageltte ober anbcrtpeitige Con.
lnltatlcnen a~breiiire Nor tpie folst:
DIR. e. Is. FOOTE,
0or 1850 Nen Mo-p
, 1876-02-11
Die Tohkur


II %bettnamt. has sdas. bisbertss SetIp.rfstr.H inns
%thitoben. Vie fur rntrb burd bas Ioaenannte
Sobbab nno bur5 Ginnebmet pon 0nbruIper
Leptrtt Gie soledosr ,eissn an, no bic a~rontbeit
psit seietn fe bic qeoenafrait' hes Wennidsn an.
Sauienbe. fno In ben testen spei Sabreh IN Der
SaeesAnitatt, "a Stahton Ctr, Rem gcrf, aebeilt
ppreen. untsr ben p"stsilten beiinbst li5 piele
gerste nnb Npotbtfet STE 2obbaber unttrjdelren
t9 pon atoeren Ddb. N ~baburdb, bab ie bireft aut
bic 9rantbeit etnmirteu. a.b ben sranfen Stoif ehts
iernsn, n 'ps!Ser Sorm er au4 sum @oridsin
ennSss 9roeeB Der 2ranfbeitstoiie. Sebcr 8ronte
mtro bst Der anirenbuns biefer RHr f~osu5asen lsin
ei9ener Irjtt, Ienn SScrnaub bnrd bteie Sdberaes
ssitt ", 10 IT e. pirt!ib unb rasitat se4eilt. wab.
gtmotnlt9 9eiabrli9er iiub offs bic 8ranfbett ielbit,
mp t9 offers e aan,ts Seer fe:unoaser .srants
leiten eihiteut.
pnb daBerli4. furiren, 10 iinb bod bic gSirtunset
bet tolsenecn 8raufbeiten, beionoers penn fe It'd
nod tn aeatern 3%uitanoe eeiitber, gang aubcroroents
ltd: Vieber, felbit 0erpsns nno 9ppbasiieber,
peroe5 tebr i9neu, aepobHltd nit Ia Bdbera,
turir. Saiss nnb Observation-Disclosures wtrS.
Defenders bet lunaen 9euteil II, i'm eriten Staotum,
sspognli@ ls'9t turirt. gSaieriadt Rben.
ebenfo Nuse.- unb Standardization, foSie ode
fbpbititifd)c &rantbetten In iesen Srase. Yci
di.bc-'u Jtrantbeitet, Srattotpnnocn, @es
pISeli6t 1t. I'D bare. Mnt en Dab III biEreiSsnS,
i'm Seben poa ser @ir.ins gu iiberSen9en. Wta,
aenfrebS nab $ foStnannte &arn. obcr
ISMcferrmbr (etr. siebt unbeitbare Rrantbeit)
nuroen gebsitk Oct testerst 8raufbeit seben rs
9ro;ent OcS 2.ad 'rltoiies nit iebem Babe 6ura ben
urn ab.
Gie Bar nnb Winnsbn,eeT utper ,ueroen mad
tebsm Piob TN 2anoe ps% enbt, Der Nreis bed
9aoes Dulpers tit 81, Der bcs Ginnebme : Buffers
n. Wan laHe iia ttne Sroidare lber bic 9o5fs
U tr9Hi9ts ebss Atnti9er Spea9e fdiden.
Fl. Rauchfuss,
d Skoutcn Str. (Box 1924
'~h. Rem gorE
, 1876-02-11
Sbr @erf9ernnssplan if ssgenieitis.

3n Oieier Gompuanie iinb piele ser BE-
fannteiten bieii9en Geutlden .perfidjcrt.
eeroD g. Gotuarns, @sneraIsg ssnt.
ito erina"n &nppse, reutiper @sfnt.
, 1876-02-11
pieonlpnt \ arlin9tpn
ssbens pertlbsrungs- WeEa(Aali
BON aid mnnD, gu.

Glfie @eltAihaft bat turS 10y ibr ncu.e,
eieg rites tequernes 0ebauee, @ete Der Nial,
anp Ste Ctr, bsspser..
, 1876-02-11

Der Grfpls tieIer 9pnpasuie lit in Der N,e.
lGtbte rer yebensSerfiderunss @tleufhafte
no9 ME oa9ripelen, plr ~fpIscnbe Nifte tire.
Grfo!9fS er,ablt:
, 1876-02-11

wurben tn Sen lesten 8 S,bren an @ittpeu
anb Waiien BON blelcr Welenlbaft ousos,abIt.
, 1876-02-11
Sabres Ginfumn1ett iibcr 81, 900.

% 9. ear,iuetOn, ,grdi., 5. e. Ge@arss. giespraf
: S'Pa''s grsf e. &. 3. Mis- Il 8 j 3Gst'n'' Sf'-ss'r'
, 1876-02-11

anhscriptipre Nretfe.
, 1876-02-11

Seine Geiellidoft bietet sr0Bere gor.
tbelle Deren an. 'peld)e ibr 2cocn pcrli.
dlern, alS OieIe.
Dtelelbe bat General Wsenten in Is @taa.
ten bss Slnpes unb 1T bic e%insialte iiioltbe
Sompagnte, tpelfe int Staate Stem 9Jp.f,
Sbte uno pennlplSanta autDrIfrt 1T, 9,pliSsn
Tur ACKNOWLEDGMENT aus3usebeu. uebey
0, 900
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COLFAX GRANT PARISH, La, SATURDAY, JULY Is, 1876.

a great deal of money for men,
Der of the English bar, but it must
be borne in mind that even the
greatest lawyers here do not re-
ceive such fees as are frequent in
America. Mr.. Sergeant Parry
told me recently that the feesshe
heard of in America were such as
almost took an English barfister's
5rcssh away. ! The Eng nsh Nit,
giant has to pay two firms in each
case-the solicitors who prepare
and the barristers who conduct
his case-and the payments are,
therefore, divided. There is not a
barrister in England who gets
more than seventy-fve thousand
dollars year-which is about Mr..
Hawkins incorne-and there are
only two, or almost three, that
make over fifty thousand dollars
a year. A thousand dollars for
one case is considered a fancy fee.
Probably the low average of fees
paid for the everyday legal work
done here is due in a large part to
the survival of the old theory that
the lawyer is a learned friend of
humanity in its difficulties whose
advice is given solely for the re-
ward of virtue. theoretically
they are supported by honoraria,
as the Pope receives Peters pence.
They are not supposed to receive
fees, that being too gross a form
In which to reward learning and
benevolence.
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Nv All advertisements sent to this
Office, when not otherwise specified, will
be inserted till forbid, and charged &C
cordingly.
~ Obituary and Marriage notices of
over one square i'll length charged as
advertisements.
g5- Transient advertisements paya-
bic in advance quarterly ads. monthly
in advance; yearly ads. quarterly in adj
vance except by special contract.
If advertisements are not paid for
when the tims expires for which they
have been ordered to be published, they
shall be continued, and payment exacted
for the full time they appeared in the
paper.
JOB WORK must be paid for on de-
livery.
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oaula, u Senlal, Wafm-hearted Old
hgeAtlevruu sJtyu-s---ftel
known throughout the State as
well for his distinguished ability
as his marked generosity and con-
geniality. Among his chattel pos
sessions-for the time we are
speaking of was long before the
war-was an old negro named
Jake, or as he was more Familiarity
called, Uncle Jake, and there
never lived a more provoking old
darkey; for Uncle Jake. although
a favorite, had many weaknesses,
and amongst others be was par
ticularly regardless of truth, to
ouch an extent in fact that occa-
sionally the good old Judge found
it necessary to punish him. 1t was
customary in those days for the
town constable to administer q
fogging for q consideration when
ever the mater was disiuclined to
oficiate, and the constable of this
particular town had O severe re-
putation for proficiency amongst
the darkies who had now and then
been so unfortunate as to come
under his hands. Jake, although
he had never been there, was we'll
posted and had agreat repugnance
to Massa g., who was the incum-
bent at that time. On one occa-
sion, during the Christmas holi-
days, while the old gentleman was
severely indisposed, Uncle Jake
had been guilty of a misdemeanor,
and punishment was deemed me-
cessary, so the Judge wrote a note
to the constable about as follows {:
MIR. G.-Please give the bearer
thirty-nine lashes, and charge to
me. JUDGE H.
Calling up Uncle Jake the Judge
ordered him to carry the note to
g., who would give him grub
bling hoe.
Jake started off up town, but
his suspicious were aroused. He
couldn't understand what the
Judge wanted with a grubbing hoe
ut Christmas time, and as his CON,
science was not as clear as Is
should have been, the result
his suspicion was that the, tru
suddenly flashed upon hlml
was to be whipped. Seid
school boy approaching -
out the note and SAIL
The Colfax chronicle. (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1876-1877, 1876-07-15
7 RMS:
ADVERTISING RATES:

i I Square, q iHoi space fir insertion,
n .i.lsi a sl-h-.s.sfss,.'st.i'.-. -tists 1,st-s
An fractions of n square charged as "A
full square, unless otherwise agreed
upon. Cards of Personal nature, when
admissible, charged al double rates.
Professional and Business Cards,
Of one squire, $40 per year; two
squares, $500.
Il CANDIDATES ANNOUNCEMENTS -$5.
The cash must in every instance ac-
company the order
The Colfax chronicle. (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1876-1877, 1876-07-15

in question Mr.. Benjamin, is;chie
counsel of the notorious Alder
Grant, and the ominous remarl
made by the judge can hardly have
any other reference than to tricl
and dodge by which Grant has
been saved from heavy loss by
lrsonsonting to \ sarios of:eompara.
lively small ones. There are
eighty suits for various amounts
some very large, on file against
Grant and other directors of the
Lisbon fraud, and the whole eighty
depend on the same principle as
the one now on trial before a spe-
clal jury. MIR. Benjamin, seeing
that the cases could not be defend
ed, hit upon the clever trick OF
refusing to defend it, so that the
Judgment could be applied to the
other cases. So Grants counsel
leave thescourt, saying as they go:
I'VE reserve our defense for the
next case" They know full well
that it will take twelve months to
get up another specimen case, and
heavy expense; and when that
next case is got up Mr.. Benjamin
need only get up with his fellow
counsel, walk out of court, reserv-
ing his defense for the third case,
which may come up in 1879, and
so on indefinitely. 1t being against
English usage that a judgment on
an undefendqd case shall cut off
the right of aefense in any similar
case, it is obvious that the inven-
ton of Mr.. Benjamin enables his
client to pay 1000 year only
instead OF, the amount of all the.
cas6 a6noe. Atrkis rate il will
require eighty years for the suffer-
ers of Grants Lisbon swindle to
recover from him and his heirs
their losses, and their.ex in
getting up annual cases would
swallow up all they can wiring out
of Gottheimir, alias Grant. The
procedure is very smart, and the
only question is whether it may
not prove to be trife too smart.
Judges and lawyers generally
agree that it amounts to a defeat
of justice, and the opinion of Lord
Coleridge. at the conclusion of the
present case, is looked to with an
excited interest. It has been
postponed by theillness of a juror,
so that q verdict cannot be reached
until the middle of June. From
time immemoriaNit has been the
necessary custom N English courts
to cooperate with counsel in max
ing up test cases, otherwise it
would hardly be possible for the
enormous legal business of Eng
land to be accomplished. Mr..
Benjamin has found Wv to set
aside this usage for the tin being,
and it remains to be deter mined
whether the bench can fnJ any
way out of the dilemma. The
'geneFal belief is that the two
astute Israelites will be defeated.
At any rate the three lawyers are
playing very dangerous game so
far as their professional position
is concerned, and if / am not mis-
taken there was a portent of this
in the tone with which Mr.. Benia-
min was received by the judges in
the Paraguay case, that being his
first appearance before them after
the last sitting in the Grant case.
The incidents to which I have re-
ferred cannot yet be remarked
upon by the press or public, as
such course is here contempt
OF court until a case is decided,
but the excitement is great in
The Colfax chronicle. (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1876-1877, 1876-07-15
Judah P. BENJAMIN.

Cases in Which he Has Appeared
His Success.
We take the following we'll con-
sidered criticism of the legal Ca
reer of our distinguished fellow
citizen, Judah p Benjamin, from
the London correspondence of the
Cincinnati Commercial. The high
character of the emioent stHt~S-
man and jurist needs no comment
at our hands, and the article
will speak for itself; suffice it to
say that no greater mind has APP
peared before a legal forum for
the last half century
Mr.. Judah P. Benjamin, @. c.,
ex-United States Senator and ex-
Confederate minister, must be re-
garded as the most famous advo-
cate at the English bar at the
present moment Having heard
MIR. Benjamin speak in the Senate
in old times, I can bear witness
that, vigorous as he then was, he
has greatly improved since his
residence in this country, in man
ner as well as power. He is very
eagerly sought for in al great
cases, especially those which in
volve questions of foreign and of
international law. Two weeks
ago he made a-speech on the ques-
ton of the liability to the English
criminal law of a foreign seaman
passing through English waters,
having left one alien port and
bound to another, which, whether
the case be ultimately decided in |
his clients favor or not, will have
gained him reputation for power
A%sTen5 areis oSa>Ay snisgaa-l s
no English barrister. Mr.. Ben
jamin MAINTAINED that if his client
could be punished by English law
Tor an offense committed in English
waters while merely passing thro'
them, then English sailors passing
through Spanish waters might be
seized by the government, taken |
ashore and punished for heresy by
Spanish law. The same able |
pleader has been retained in the
most important cases which have !
been heard in the highest courts
this week, and I think I can see |
that he is being selected as the |
best defender of forlorn hopes. 1
do not know his Confederate ex- |
periences have had anything to do |
with this repute, but certainly he |
has been appearing in some des-
perate cases. He will presently
have to consider that question
which so many before him have
had to ponder-whether it be a |
greater advantage to be famous for
defending the indefensible than to |
incur the -;sk of a reaction Inv
losing so many cases of that "a
as must be lost when the iu,lgss |
are as learned and experienced as |
they are in this country Day e.
fore yesterday Mr.. Benjamin aot
three severe falls, metaphoreally
speaking, of which two at east
were such as one would have qup-
posed SO clever gentleman ust |
have forekNown. One was in the |
Court of the House of Lords the |
Others were in the Supreme Court
OF Judicature. Moreover, mere |
were some rather unpleasant fea-
lures N the proceedings in one of
these cases, which may probably
Suggest % NJ. Benjamin that he
may be in danger of suffering
ction in the judicial and
nof the country which
I'm such exceptional
dent that the tone
Anwo1
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by the Republic is in. the hands OF
a Mr.. Currie, who claims a lien oil
several hundred pounds out of the
large amount involved, and says
after that is paid he is willing to
pay the money as the courts may
direct. The Exchequer court,
therefore, ordered Currie to, de.
pueis "a gum Of eight hundred
pounds in court, and thereupon all
proceedings against him should
be stayed pending trial of the main
issue. Subsequently the same
court was asked by Mrs. Lynch to
vary the order SO that Currie
should make discovery of certain
documents in his possession which
would cast light on the issue be-
tween Paraguay and herself. This
order Mr.. Currie resisted on the
ground that the stay of proceed
ings put him out of the case alto
gether, even to the extent of ex-
empting him from making discov-
cry of documents, however mate
rial. When Mr.. Benjamin, as
Mr.. Currie's counsel, made this
plea, the three judges at once
manifested their disgust, and the
master of the rolls said: "Surely,
you must have some other reason
Tor resisting this claim than that
put forward; it is absurd" Ben
amin having urged again that
Currie was dismissed from the
suit, the master of the rolls broke
IN on him sharply, saying: "He
S not dismissed from the suit No
one ever heard of man being
from a suit before he
ri.s made Niscovel 5-DHe Then
said that there seemed to be an
effort to take advantage of a mere
defect in form, it not having been
provided in it. as ought to have
been the case, that discovery
should be made of whatever either
party needed for their case, and
he result would be to leave Mrs.
Lynch without remedy. The lord
chief Justice and Judge Mellish
having agreed with the master.
MIR. Benjamin urged that the ex-
,hequer judge had not meant to
order o discovery, but this excited
he master of the rolls still more,
md he said, with warmth" as the
Times puts it, ooh, really, that is
% impute to Baron Pollock a far
greater absurdity than Mr.. MUIR
ply Mrs. LIS counsel) imputed to
he court of exchequer." Much
aughter followed this, and the
Judge said, "Really, the case is
you" Mr.. Benjamin said,
Your lordships have in mind the
practice of the courts of equity"
now abolished) whereupon the
master cried, "Oh, but hope com
mon sense prevails now in all the
divisions" Having then used
lgain the ugly word "absurdity,'
The master said, "The -tlaiman.t is
clearly entitled to discovery, and
The exchequer judge ought to have
enforced the order as a matter of
common sense and justice"
The scene amounted to almost
Is much of humiliation to Mr..
7enJamin as the compliments he
had received frem the bench in the
Ease of the liability of aliens in
English waters had been honora-
lie. l have already intimated a
'elief that there was something
more than the weakness of his case
which gave to the masters severe
words an undertone of insult, and
suspect they presage a thunder
lap not unlikely to fall upon the
The Colfax chronicle. (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1876-1877, 1876-07-15
mo. q.
"Massa Bob, what is in dis note.

'Massa Bob, what is in dis note,
got SO many dis mornin, I get EN-
mixed" -
The boy readsthe not
planned its contents to
whistled and laughed
brightsidea struck I
negro boy who WI
e. sdBsssasvsyorvlls.l
quarter
"Of course I does"
"Well, take dis note down dar,
to Massa G.. an'Ssget;a grubben
hoe, and I'll wait here till you
comes back, ..an's densI gives you q
quarter"
The boy hurried off toJ accom-
pish his errand, and Undue course
delivered the note to g., who took
him into the yard, locked the gate,
and proceeded, despite the; boys
protestations. of. innocepce,s ITO adj
minister the desired foggine,
while Jake hurried off home,
chuckling over the happy result Of
what NIGH. have been serious bus
mess to him. s.,
That evening the Judge called
him up and enquired
"Jake. did you get that grub
bing hoe?"
mo, masea; I gave q boy q
quarter to take dat note to Massa
g., an l spec he got dat hoe"
The Colfax chronicle. (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1876-1877, 1876-07-15
A W0MAN's ANSWER TO A MANS
QUESTION.

Do you know you have asked for the
richest thing
Ever made by the hand abovef
woman's heart and woman's life,
sga X SaSalss . onderssl lsys' -
Do you know you have asked for this
thing
As child might ask for toyi
Demanding what othors have died to
win,
With the reckless dash of boy
You have written my lesson of duty
out
Manlikc you have questioned me;
Vow stand at the bar of my woman's
VI soul,
NJ Until shall question thee.
ION may require your mutton always
TO be hot,
! Your socks and your shirts be whole;
&lrequire your heart TO be as true as
y, Gods stars,
And pure as His heaven your soul.
require u cook for your mutton
and beef
equire a far greater thing;
emnstre,s yor're wanting for socks
aud shirts
look Tor "a Iud king;
king for the a:Aul realm called
home,
And a ma that lie Maker, God,
Shall look upon as g di n the first,
And say IT is ,ery goct.'
l am fair and yFuug, bui oe roe will
From my soft y-nn- ,a k one iay;
viii you lovn p, n the ding
-seuvcss
AS you di! 'n.oug the h..om Of May (,
Is your hslrt an ocean SO strong and
deep
/ maylauuch my az on i,s tidef
A loving woman ands heaven or hell
On the day Sic ismddo bride.
j require all things tha' grand and
true
All things that man $ ,ud be;
II you give this all, would stake nv
life
To be all sou demand of me.
u you cannot DO this-a laundress and
cook
You can hire, and a little to pay;
ut woman's heart and woman'sj
Are mo- ~
The Colfax chronicle. (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1876-1877, 1876-07-15
Dat Grabbing Hoe.

Many years ago there lived in a
beautiful little town in North Ala
bama, a genial, warm-hearted old