Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1879-06-20

a sight moro sense dan him anyway, fur
when he got his fo' dollars laid up to glib to
dc flag man, she pestercd him till he CUB il
to her, an she bought a acordium an pair
ob blue glass year rings wild it, No, Sab.
Ef I'd had my ole mssus to wise me at dat
minute, she'd said, You born fool, Mingo,
sabe yo' fo' dollars to buy yo' tcrbacker an
whittle yo'scG some light-wood stakes like
dem as de man got an buy yo' little flags for
n nickel apiece obor Mt de corners Den yo
can stan EN- up in yo' shnuty, an swell roun
like all dc udder fool niggnhs. 'Twont be
choatin' gubment nuddcr cause ii amt goin
to glib you no udder mule head dan dat you
done got on yo' shoulder dis minute OATS
de kline oh vice my old missus would "A CUB
me, dough she wouldn't a said il les dat way,
for she was mighty pertickelcr in her way ob
talkin' but didn't b'long to her den, mos
de pity"
"Mingo, l said, if you have such high
opinion of woman's eagacity, why is it you
have never married Z"
"Well, Miss Friendly, lie fac am dat my
ole missus spilled me fur carin' very much fur
any uddcr woman"
lad never thought Mingo possessed Of an
elevation Of character sufficient for devotion
to an ideal and wondered if any of us, with
our boosted civilization and culture, could do
more than remain heart. loyal through long
life to the highest embodiment of human ex-
cellence we had known, though far beyond
our highest hopes. Ethically nothing could
be finer. How could l reconcile such delica-
cy Of sentiment with his lard hearted ndif-
ference for the suGerings Of the eInigrants at
Wyandotte? Only by the reflection that
sentiment and charity are not related.
"Good-by, Miss Friendly" said Mingo,
rising slowly from his seat beside the kitchen
stove. I'm bring you in dem eggs to-mor-
row. Is 'joycd conversin' bout my ole mis-
sus berry much. don't talk bout her TO eb-
berry body-'poars like She was alters Il little
higher up dan common folks | tink of her
alters when l sings dat song:
"'Oh. what kind oh slippers does de angels wear
when dcy walks ubout on de upper air?'"
had conversation the afternoon of the
same day, which interested me even more
than this with Alingo. / had driven into Wy
andotte with few provisions for the duped
and starving creatures lurod to Kansas by
false hopes. | went to the -- Church where
most Of the sick were gathered, lying in the
pews or squatting on the altar steps.
All the diseases of poverty were represent
ed, and kindly and charitable people were
busily coming and going, greeted and follow
ed with fervent Lord brcss yous." They
were rather noisy set, groaning, sobbing,
praying, chattering, while now and then a
NhliiuB tuhul rose utIullN hDONe inc tuluult.
like the wind over rough waters.
''when ! lbbed down in Egyp1and
heard some talk oh de promised land
don wan to stay here no longer"
Moaned one group. A vigorous old woman,
seated in one of the Gothic arm chairs on the
platform, replied in a shril voice of reproof
"Now, brudder, he k,efrul how you stomp On de
cross,
Or you may slip mp, your soul be lost,
10 hold ont m q mltr little lDuupr
Each new song of complaint she silenced
in the same vigorous way. Sometimes her
reproofs were even more stinging. as when
she sang down one noisy chorus Of mourn,rs.
who were regretting their "Ole Kerm,ky
Home" with
"Some goes to churc to boiler an to shout,
But befo' six months dey is all turned out"
And another, in which she enlisted the SYM
pathies of the audience, who joined with her
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