Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1902-08-27
THEN AND NOW
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seated on q box, was white headed
darby smoking a pipe.
rs there much prejudice against
northern people hereabOut, uncleT" |
asked
mo, ma'am," replied the darby,
taking his pipe out of his mouth. "Dis
place neber been berry hot 'ginst moth
ern people sence few yeahs befo' de
wah. 1t was hot befo' dat, dough-"
"NVhat caused the changer
"Mr. Archibald caused de change. 1t
war In de autumn OBJ 1860. Mr.. Lincum
war runnin' TO- president in de MORT,
an Mr. Breckenridge war runnin' TO
de same offs in de sOuf. Times war
mighty hot. Young Mr.. Archibald
come down hyar frum one OBJ de big
no'thern colleges fo' to tutor. He war
fine young fellah, mighty fond OBJ
rowin' an runnin' an all sots oh
sportin'. At first all de gentlemen an
ladies TUX a desp'ate 1ikin' to him.
Dere wasn't nothin' at all de matter
wild him 'cept one ting He didn't
hab no mo- sense dan to tex a little
schulehOuse an gin to teach de mig
gahs, free.
"F'um dat time all de people change
right rOun. Eff de niggahs know as
much as dere marsters, how yO' gwine
keep 'em slabes, lax to know? A
committee went to Mr.. Archibald an
reasoned wild him, but he war de OBJ
stlnatest man yO' eber see an pre-
sisted in reasOnin' back wild de fust
gentlemen in de souf. YO' see, some
OBJ de fust gentlemen didn't know any
too much demselves, an it wasn't to
be 'spected dat dey gwine to let dere
own niggahs know n heap. Dey jls'
stop reasonin wild dat young fellah an
went away.
dat night | war settin' with Lie
Oize war my wife; she daid now
whar | could see de schulehouse, an |
says: Lie, yo' see dat light ODER dar?
Is dat de moon rising
"Huhl Moon rIsin' in de vest
OATS fab in de schulehOuse roof
at fust it war no biggern a candle;
den it growed an growed till de whole
schulehouse war Albumin By de light
| could see de fust citizens standin
rOun'. Dey war instergrated by Owen
Wetherbee, who libed near de schulz
house. He war a-talkin' to 'em, a-shak-
in he finger an argufyln'. | got up
an went whar could hear, an
hearn him tell 'em to go an burn de
little house whar de teacher lbed by
hisself eber sencc he got unpopular
Dey started off an burned de house,
but Mr. Archibald didn't happen to
be dar. Lucky TO him, TO tink dey
put him in an burn him too When
de fab war low. dey went to de tavern
an set roun' drinkn'.
"Marse Wetherbee's house war right
I'm de track oh de win BLOWN fiah
FUN de schulehouse, an while de gen
tlemen war burnin' Mr.. Archibalds
house Marse Wetherbee's war a-ketch-
ell fiah its own self. seen it. an
goes to de tave'n. an | says. 'Marse
Wetherebee, yo house is burnin.'
Gle jis' turned white as my ha'r, 70
he war widOwer wild one leetle chile
wot hadn't no mudder to TEX keer oh
it. an he done it hisself 'cept when he
war burnin' other peoples houses an
celebratin' He ruined out oh de tave'n.
de udders benin him, an goes to he
II Eol i'm MT al Al A.
roof an smoke out oh some oh de win
ders. Marse Wetherbee jiS' stood an
wrung he hands. cryin', My leetle boy.
"Dere wasn't none oh dem fuSt citi-
Zens oh de souf wot war young an
strong huff TO to git up on de outside
oh de house to de room whar de chile
slep'. TO de fiah an smoke KEEP 'em
FUN de stairs, an dey glib i'm up TO
lost. All oh a sudden Mr.. Archibald
come runnin' up, an jis' den curly
head 'peared at de winder, an we
could heah de little boy cryln'. Mr.
Archibald max rush TO de stairs,
but de flames druv him back. Den lie
come out, an, SEEM tree wild de
branches CROWN near de winder, he
shins up lax monkey an walks out
on a branch. When he git far as he
kin, he begin to teeter den jump n
long way an catch on de winder sill
an pull hisself up by he arms an in
nudder minute was in de room. He
tex up de boy, an, tossin' a blanket
often de bed to de men below, dey held
1t between em, an Mr.. Archibald
lis pitched de little boy right into 1t.
Soon as dey set him on de groun' he
say mighty mad:
"'Pop, wot yo' leabe me all lone TO
to burn up for
"Mr. Archibald was jis' climbin' out
en- de winder when sumpln-de coal
oil tank, reckon-sploded an de room
he was in bust into flames. He
Jumped into de blanket, but he war
burned orful.
"By de time Mr.. Archibald git well
dere war a new house ready TO him
to lib in an de money, too, wot de
schulehouse had cost him. De spring
oh 1861 war comm on, an de wah war
a-comin' on too. Dere wasn't gwine
TO be any teachin' OBJ de niggahs till
ii war all Obah, an den dere was
gwine to be a heap. Mr.. Archibald
didn't hab to skulk away an go norf
lax other no'thern men. When he
went away, all de fust citizens OBJ de
place glib him a recepshun an tell him
IF he stay an fight TO de souf dey
raise rigemint TO him. But he tell
'em he gwine to fight TO de Union an
de freedom oh de blacks.
zone day dis place war susprised by
Vo,Ioa opiffop nnmnonv no FIST