The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-01-13
A Little Wholesome FIOgging Admin.
istered by u sensible Planter.


Wilson IN. % Advanced
II was Tor hog stealing The parties
to the theft were three ncgrocs---two
men and one woman II occurred ON
the farm OF n gentleman who naturally
shrlnks from notoriety and therefore
we conceal his name, and call linn b.,
for short, There are about twenty-five
hands employed on his place, little and
big, old and young When he discoy-
erred the theft of his hogs, and the per-
pctraiors, he did not 60 into negro.
killing rage, and take down his double
barrel gun and % 10 shooting, nor take
his stout hickory club and 90 to sacriIic-
ing and wearing II into shrcds in nm m-
equal contest with II niggers Uranium.
lie held his temper and called n coun.
eli Of the negroes, When assemblrd,
he made them short, sensible and
pointed speech, and then expressed II
willingness and determination to
leave the whole ease to them, II the
council should come to the conclusion
that he should proceed against them in
the courts so it should be done But,
lac reminded the negroes, the evidence
of guilt is positive, and they are sure to
hc convicted. The cost of the trial, he
told them, would have to be paid by
the taxpayers of the county, and this
plantation will be bound for its due
share, all of which is dead loss. Upon
conviction, they will be sentenced say,
three months each. The cost of pun.
ishmcnt will be at least 81 80 II day for
the three which will entail further
cost upon the county of Sl3j, Now,
look over upon that hillside yonder,
and see how white the cotton looks, and
remember how it's wasting for the want
of picking. Lock these three thieves
in Jail now, and the loss of their labor
will bc fully equal to 81 n day for each
and every fair working day, and that :
II dead loss to us who are running this
farm; and its such a pity for the cotton
to be wasted in the field after we have
worked so hard and 80 long to raise it,
and To pay SO high for provisions to
made it ON. We might pass it all over,
and let them 90 unpublished, seeing how
much it costs. But if we do that, we Il
rs we'll give ny trying to raise our own
provisions and expect to continue to
give all the money we get for our cotton
to buy meat with and wen never rise
above " deal level, and will have to live
poor and die poor. There are some OF
YOU raising some hogs for meat for an
other year, in the hope that You won
have To spend the next cotton crop be-
fore You get it made, and that you will
have some money for your next year 5
labor that You can call your own. Turn
these thieves loose and YOU make a bid
for them and all the other hog thieves
to steal your hogs, my hogs, and every
body s hogs, and no use trying to raise
hogs 1t won't do; something must be
donei this everlasting thievery must be
stopped or we are all ruincd-the
whole country's ruined And II we
have To pay the price rs indicated by
the figures above, vt the cost Of punish
ing, we are all ruined still And my
honest opinion is, putting some thieves
in jail, and feeding them better in pris-
ON than they feed themselves out, is no
punishment, and stealing will 20 ON,
and honest men will have to work all
day to see their earnings appropriated
by thieves at night have determined
to submit this case to YOU, to deal with
it a- Nou may determine, washing my
hands of it, Retire, then, and make
up your vcrdics
The council retired to clubhouse,
whore they seemed to be engaged in
earnest delibcation for half an hour.
Mr. B., the proprietor, lighted his pipe,
and seated himself before the fire to
await their decision. They returned to
the farm mansion in shoyt time, very
much like Il jury into the courtroom.
The foreman said:
We've decided de case, Sah.'
Well, what's your verdict -
Well, sab, we 'cided dat de two fell
lahs, Bob an Jack, have fifty lashes on
de bar backs; an Nancy, de owan,
twenty five, You know sab it's onBe-
comm me civilized people to he hard
on de weaker sect, sab, an we all
agreed to let up a little ON de lady We
had EN- all down dar under tie gin
house, and dey all scented to de ar
An dey all wants it done
an over so dey can git out into de cot
ton patch to work Two of dc bows are
tyin an strippin' EN- now, sab an de
days fine, sab. PurcNstination is de
thief o time, sab If it were done
when tbs done, then twere well il were
done quickly, as Mr.. Shakestcer said
when he was pitchin into de merry
wives an der dinners. De Vaughn
whips dHr, sab, an it's all ready, an
We all want to he off into de cotton
patch. We've cided for you to do it to
EN-, sab, so please come along
1t didn take long and in a few min
ties the contemplating gang, the UNI
vhipper and the whipped of justice,
we're marching in row, with baskets
IN heads, singing solo and chocus, in
which the logged joined heartily
When was little niger,
a long time ago,
An arter had gIowed some bigger,
Day don me les so.
stole de egg and de hen dat laid il,
long time ago;
Ole misses cotch me, an she made II
Mighty hot for Joe.
stole de hog and stole de mutton,
An "lay mighty low"
But ole massa lick me for a glutton,
long time ago.
Now all you nigs, you better hear me,
Don't steal any mo-,
An Jesus, II cali you, come up near me,
My precious Sambo.
Detroit Free Press: A portly strang
r was walking up and down in the
Detroit and Milwaukee depot yester-
lay, aud joker pointed him out as
he Rev. Moody, of revival fame. A