, 1880-01-24

il IS fairly begun. No one ever know ono Ut
them % iight. Wien he could run
on vent tlo nctghbor to Arkansas, ana
indication, Of his s!lrcwd business sense; ~,
n'In'stcL "tn less than month a!ter TINS
transact3on, anil II I called dozcn times no
Twenty 'tIo tjoo,:and dollars i, elsan caah yas
Konc tn one. fell swpop., But. an, giatt Of
this. am happy that tho nig9cr Is freed.
!ie II not by nny means 40 well oR as lio was
Is Is 1if "sf wesf s as IS s ia vs @ s . o;ksd
appreciate as S ffts Ill., 8 bussl % would not &c y willy
to return to the old way Of living. con
9fE Al tls sFok9 of a. Pymn y e 'e
better for, the Whites, Our women wrro
they rely unon thennselyMes M., me bot stoTiss .S
ters were something boil, humorous and RI.
diculous. In the first place, every Instinct Of
human nature made It for tho se1flsl, interest
OF tho master on tho border to treat hts slaves
q sjaves wore ss d! iaise 80 far IS NY kno~i,
ci1ge OF tho subject went. Every stripe on o
nigger's back reduced his marketable valuo
ut lcnst $50. It was an indication 10 any man
TdS Mp t1omSllt OF purchasing that here was
TIE ONLY PuN1HH3fENT THAT EVER KNEW
or HE1N1 INFLICTED
was on account Of crime Of soma kind. These
stories about tho lartlships of the nigBers
wcre on q par with the one. which know
wns told ,y Kentucky alHysowHff, ;n,f ~ t2 9ha
old tlnys. Tho subject Of sfnyery WINS under
consideration, when Mt length the Northern
,, "' WHIT ~ Do y9n do WITH T. /, your slaves when
!" Nhy,' said the Kcntucklan, we simply
tlnEe thom Into soap.'
"Thc MortllerHer took the whole story IN,
ed a ive2ISSf IL psSsea i Thsf hs sn saSsS SeREs Rss@Ss @
Into soap. Other storles Of the way III Which
tho dnrkics wcre fed were equally rldlcn-,
eteaed 9%s fnoM ~ Of New sHo tnt hean G t2ld FL fa a
old days, and created real sen
there to settle an estnte and get Qult-claim
,eed from ~ old lady llviuE II an an obscure @ n,'
bcen settled up, the old lady asked: 'Will
~ which the snycs are trented. I l,ayo
ee1sd a grsat s esl abtt hMo II sut nsyfp So
yo9 y!s want to ASa fnow% askeq our friend.
Wal, r! like to know, first how, yon, keep
'cm.,. Oh. that's ensy enough told,' said the
sontllerner.. I'VE have either managers Or
stanchions for them at night, and tic them
oy VIII esas 5 around hc av nssKs % 'S e,s s
because soiile Of them have good teeth, and
would g,lRw off rope II they were tied with
you hayo told me NIL nbo1t
the way they are kept, SHOULD like so much
to hear how they atc fctl.' THAT matter,
said our wnggfsh friend, 'nns been subject
rive 1t tho kid Of fodder that would mako
tile niRger thrive, and which he would Mt the
same lime relish. Aftera great deal OF study,
| and much experimenting OIL the subject, tho
| conclusion has bceMt arrived at. tlnt cut
| straw md moasses Is the ntggCr's natnral
diet oh, LORI aaid the, Old lndy, II have
hcerd Of all these terrible things, bHt mover
| nforc.' And SO she told the story. over and
| an, told, to tlils dny.h
"You think the darkies were better otf
during slayery than they nov NreP'
Actually, do. but at tho same TING you
conltln't get my Of them to admit i: They
aeo sth tey wcio So much ussd Il 10 v Seis
looked after BY some one clso In every par
ticular that tlley don't know how TO lool
| after themselves. If something don't set In
| TO help them out they will become extinct
In due time. 1t was the masters interest to
get the very best physician to look after Ills
them !lic: They wero too valuable. They
looked at tho matter just as nlan does wllo
has n very valuable horse. Ile finds It fol
conttion. con Tffo darky. III ~ T. fMbfovsaf III
! fellnw, and never looks, after himself. lie
now Is unable to get any medical care when
| Sick, anu worry fast becomes Mscased:n