The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1880-11-20

loot broken, however for the lack
of LWent, five cents. Just take
those io2r sticks tome with you,"
said The Yahs see select your forty
Iacres be careIG to have it meas
ured; then set ons of these sticks
in the ground at each corner, and
| it is death by The law for any one
to Interfere with yOnr land then"
The old darkey was little suspi-
ciOus and refused TO hand over his
money unless the stick peddler
would give him a written receipt
to shdw that he had paid his money.
The stick peddler tore a scrap OF
paper from lItS memorandum took
and hastily wrote few lines on if
banded it to the old negro, received
h1s money, and FASTENED ON, TO look
tor other game Gt HE same sort"
| The old dark went home, and with
la heart luil OF pleasing anticipa-
PGonS OF coming events. called on
MIR. Wallace, his former owner.
"Wliat's thai you nave got, Un-
Gle Tong "Ah, boss; rs got de
landn0N hui | S not g'wine to take
Rahy Oh your'n. lis g'wine to hab
EHlin4lh dalf ar bottom field what
longs TO Abe j ones " ...s .
l. J"What on earth are you talking
abont, UneleaIOm!' ... e.I
''I'o got de stakes to hod de Ian.
Here deipaber aud here de sticks.
Read de paper, boss dat paper
I'spIaln all" aarr 4.
Mr. Wallace took the paper, and
as sOOn as he looked over 1t, burst
] into laugh. a...., ...
'rHow.much money did you give
pioT those sticks. Uncle TomP 4..
!, 'Three dollars and six bits, boss"
"DN.ydu1 wishlo have your deed
: read, Gncle Tom?" t
:, "Yes,|boss please read de deed"
. D. well, &sten altentlvely, Uncle
TOm. becauAe this is an important
document. The fact ls, all your
Y claim TO The iorly acres of land
: must stand or tall by the paper. 1t
is therefore very important that
d you should not only hear i. read,
+, but 1t is necessary that you should
l. be able to comprehend its meaning.
II Have y0n ever heard how Moses
j. ilIed up The serpent in the wilder
5 ness, before he led the children of
I Israel out Of the land of Egypt?'
: 10, yes, boss | knows all about
dat"
$ very good, then; you will more
0 readily understand what is written
on lhis, paper"
i Yes, boss, read de paper; rs
j, dyin' to hear"
Very well, then, listen; 'As Mo
seS lifted up the serpent out of the
e wilderness, SO have lifted this
+; d-7d old negro out Of three dollars
h and sevenly-fve cents"
9 Poor old Tom lei ms sticks fall
to the ground, as he groaned with
n great agony. The last cent was
}. gone; yes, gone, as were all his
o bright hopes. Uncle Tom has not
/. hqGit curslog he stick peddlers yet,
. and he has got Ia be quite suspi-
), clous of all itinerant traders. He
1. seems 10 nave lost his respect for
If American flags, as he thinks that
[ the government ought not to allow
o. it to be used by men to enable
l. them TO swindle poor n ,groes. The
IF sick peddIer was necessarily com.
jtl pelIed TO lravel rapidly, else he
I'd would have found himself swinging
Dfdo Amb; because the thirst for
Dr. revenge among The negroes whom
e he had swludled was very great,
is The colored people are more TO be
,e piled than blamed for The course
ia they pdrsued after the war! They
N are, by nature, kind aud confiding,
n, but easily led, by bad men, to the
a commission Of crime, while good
!. men can influence them TO do
eI9 right, AS soon as the colofed peo-
NJ pie fully understood the stupen.
rei dousl frauds that had been prac-
n s.tlced upon them by.their pretended
n. friends, the cry for revenge was SO
n loud as 10 cause a panic TO seize
oolf hold of the perpetrators Of the
IBifrahds,a and they soon disappeared
Basfrotn the State. The State Govern
.. 4heht was again put under the con
Is troll Of the white people presper.
III ity once more appeared ia the land
d-and both races are happy aud al
ne "See here. Capt, Burk, do, ,yoi
n expect me to believe this rigma
I5l rofe - e 2tssi' egg
Il AsAud why Dot, may | asE'F' Y
5ili ssAFe you willing to swear tia