Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-06-09

cavalcade now moved on. Leaving
the travelled roads they coursed
along parallel with the river and
went into camp on high ground
overlooking the beautiful valley.
High hills n mountains are the
right kind O. bedrooms in summer
weather" said Hunter John.
There's plenty O. winders in out O.
doors"
Ha, hal" said he, as his quick
ear caught faint sound in the dis
lance below. The sweetest music in
all natur' is the laughin' of passel
O. girls out pickin' flowers in the
woods" Soon the listeners heard
the merry trill of laughter, and all
agreed that the woodsman's ear
was faultless on the musical.
You are cheerful SOUL" said
hardwood.
I ort to be" said Hunter John,
/ hain't got no troubles. Pm as
healthy as young birch tree; don't
know what an ache or pain is
hardly
What is your ambition in life? "
asked hardwood.
"Wa-al, fust to get the debt off
the land, get the farm cleared and
more good stock on it, n to get
forehanded soft ma won't have to
work"
Then you do not wish to be
rich?' queried the judge.
No, a man that jest lives to get
rich alters feels poor, coz he sees SO
much land round that hain't his'n."
And you enjoy your work."
"Ya.as, if l can lay off n hunt
once in awhile"
And you believe in helping your.
self" said the judge.
"O' course. Some folks is like
the last born baby in a large fam
bly,; they're babied from the start
n get the notion the world wa:
made fer them, and they get al
proud O. their own selfshness al
them kings in the old country wht
think they're born jest to have theil
own way"
, That evening the colored man
who, under the influence of tn,
] good fare, the kindness of the gen
, tlemen and the freedom from anX
iety as to his fate, became more jo
cund, entertained them by the song
of his people. Among many, h
sang one in a voice of such Patio
that it seemed to be the most plain
tive expression of Christian resigna
ton in adversely they had eve
heard:
, "Dis darkey's SOL f'om de OIL planta
ton,
: Blu, den dis darby doan care.
-, Dis darby S life is all trib 'lation
Il But den dis darky doan care;
r Oh! Use gwine, gwine, gwine,
9 pse gwine way up dar.
:, "Dis darky's bones is berry weary,
But den dis darby doan care;
4 Dis darky's life is berry dreary,
= But den dis darby doan care;
Oh! Use gwine, gwine, gwine,
= Use gwine way up dar.
"Dis darky's SOL from de Of plants
O ton,
{ But den dis darby doan care;
n Dis darky's sho' O. sho' salvation,
f OATS why dis darby doan care;
Oh! Use gWlne, gWlne, gWlne,
Use gwine way up dar.
IS The poor slave" said the judge
J. sold from his home and the con
u panionship and associations he loved
/ perhaps from wife and children,
{ be sent to the rice swamps of tn
i south to be worked to death, locke
o out of the depths of his misery t
II the consolation of religion and i
e. promises in the life beyond, 1t a
u ways seemed strange to me tn;
'e people believing in Christianity ar
: deem the slave mere chattel to /
= sold like a horse or mule, and at Il
n same time teach a religion that re
'e ognized him a soul to be saved /
the same Redeemer and enjoy 4
So bliss of the same Heaven in the Ii
NJ to come" The colored man strut
~ up another hymn in the same stra
DIS of pious resignation: