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THE HESPERIAN STUDENT.
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They, and not us, arc mostly lo blame.
God speed the day when slavoiy may bo
no more. But may it come without war
or bloodshed."
"Tills Mr. Dawson as we can hardly
call him brother," said Mr. Abbott, "has
been an extensive trader with me for the
last lifieen years; but for several months
past he has not entered my establishment.
One would think from his conversation
that he suspects us as knowing something
of his negroes. To return to the subject ;
what do you think, brother Sherwin, is
best to be done. I prcuiuc that you, like
myself, are begining to bu placed in jeo
pardy.
"Yes indeed;" replied Mr. Sherwin.
'During several Sabbaths the church asyou
know has been nearly empty. And it has
been broadly hinted by numerous mem.
bors that my services are no longer need
ed. I have lately received a call from III.
if I should accept the call, 1 will be pleas
ed in aiding you to locate your business
there."
"That will undoubtedly solve the prob
lem," said Mr. Abbott with a lighter heart.
"I would ever remember you for the kind
ness. I believe that through you 1 shall
be able to pass through my calamities. I
think that our only rescue, is to go to the
Noith. Hut we surely cannot sell any of
our real estate. We shall ho compelled
to leave that to the ravages of war."
"We should be thankful if we aie able
to find a quiet retreat for our familie,"said
Mr. Sherwin. "our properly is but chall'
as compared with our families."
At this point Mr. Abbott diove up to Mr.
Sherwin's residence. Mi. Sherwin alight,
ed and soon retired. Mr. Abbott found old
faithful Hen nailing for his master to
take care of the horseos.
A short lime after this conversation, Mr.
Abbott dosed his business. With the
troubles, and nothing to occupy his mind
he seemed to be constantly enveloped in
gloomy foreboding
C'll.MTKlt 11.
.lust across the way from Mr. Abbott's us.
iahlishmcnt stood a large and old-fashioned
hotel It long and broad portico, sup
ported by large columns, and shaded by
stately elms, presented a hospitable greet
ing to Iho wear) traveler Though dead
l. serpents lurked within, on sunny after
noons might always be seen a group of
persons, composed ot ihe villagers and the
neighboring planters, loitering beneath its
shades Mun will not handle an adder,
but they will linger within leach of its
poisonous sting. Their conversation was
such as would little Interest- a northern
person, It was mostly on negroes, mules
cotton and tobacco Hut al the present
lime it seemed to consist o zealous polit
ical exclamation. Of course they had
no one to dill'ci with them, iih it was not
de med prudent al this lime for a person
ol opposite political opinion to esprit
himself In ptihlii
"Man Mi Abbott cloned his ntotY" en
qiiucd a piisnii on entering the poriico,
and who had ui come from Mr Abbott's
istahlUhiut ni
"Yes," aiiswcied one of Ihe group, "1
expect he and hi huliie him gone to
purgatory, whoro all such men ought to
go "
"1 think wo, as law-abiding citi
.ens, should not patronize such poi
sons," said a shrewd looking person. "I
expect Mr. Abbott has been imbibing rath
or freely lately, as T see him make fre
quent vibits to Simm'a distillery."
"By his looks, I should tb.ink so His
nose Is beginning to look like a pickled
beet," exclaimed the landlord who sat in
an immense armchair, and whose eorpu
lence rilled the space of half a do.en coin,
mon persons; forgetting that his own nose
1 1 is demonstrated that the weight of the
earth is ri,ftW,(H)U,OnofOO(lO(m tons. Vol
wns aquiline shape, as long as ihe las1 'some people think they tilt it up when they
dime novel he had read, and the color of i walk about. A'x.
PUB LOCAL AT WOKK AMONG OUR
BXCIUNGHS.
his adulterated whiskey. It was plain
Hint he was only displeased because Mr.
Abbott did not patronize him, because he
had not the opportunity ol robbing him
of his life and property, and hurling his
family headlong into inexpressible misery,
"The best wa. to rid ourselves of these
abolitionists is to pack each in a barrel of
whiskey and ship tlieni to New-England,''
said a tall, crany person.
"They are such vile sinners, dial the
whiskey would need bo changed every
twenty-four hours to keep them from
spoiling," said a person in a broad plant.
er's hat. I
A ueg'o in South Carolina who was
complaining of the hard times, declared
they were the hardest over known. "Why
said ho "I work all day, an' steals all night
an' yet I'm blest ef 1 kin make an honest
liviii'." A'.r.
--A young lady in the freshman class was
heard to say die other day, "We must be
polite until! men give us die ballot, then
won't we part our hair on the side and
wear bloomeis! i'.c
At Ihe marriage ol an Alabama wid
ower, one of die servants was asked if his
master would take a bridal tour. "Duiiuo-
sali : when old missus's alive he took a mid-
At this the fat landlord laughed and '(1U, ,() ,,,,,.. UmiU) J( ,l(.tke a bridle to the
shook his Meshy sides like the eruption of j Mt,w nm, ,. not," jx
a volcano-
"It is true," said squire Lawson, "that
Mr. Abbott has erred in his political views,
but this is no reason that we should exult
over his downfall. This is not a godlike
spirit. Mr. Abbott has been one of our
most highly esteemed citizens. Oi'r io
sped for his family has been second lo
none. Because Mr Abbott will not concur
with Us, shall we set him and his family
alloat on the turbulent stream of destruc
tion I'" Alas! so ever is the world. "This"
continued the squire, "is persecution for
conscience' "like. In former times they
persecuted religious views; but now they
are persecuting political views. If Ihe
A doctor was discovered holding a
young lady In bis lap the other evening,
but he stated that he was examining her
for an affection of the heart, and she re
marked that there was nothing wrong in
laying her head on her piller. A'.c
Prof. B e. Suppose, Mr. B n,
you with feelings pimtifeli excited, were
to attempt to kiss a girl, nernticelj charg
ed by her mother, would she lie likely to
take the spark, or would there be a sudden
repulsion V" Mr.B u pleads inexperi
ence but is perfectly willing to try the ex.
periinent. AV.
The lir.st letter sent by a gushing
Freshman home to his sire encouraged
whole nconlc. both North and South, wei
liberal minded and free from malignity, .n, )U1 mun' w,l ,l,inks a " wlUlii-n
this strife could be settled oeaceablv with. "" M),,u' '''J'- ,It''(, U is: ,,,,,' '"
out bloodshed If we are right, slavery
will continue, if wrong, it will fall For
the right will prevail."
"These men are villainous thieves; they
IOgo
havesoino more stnntpsent tome.
spentthe lastconl. Tuns studio usus lieres
.lohannes." hr
A slight tribute to the memory of the
would rob us of our negroes our poison- groat Father of his Country concludes thus:
al property," exclaimed an irritated per
son. "I know one thing; they'll not git my
niggers," interspeised the tat landlord.
Then he tried to lean over on his cane, to
"A horo, warrior, President,
lie subsequently died ;
To be his like 1 never meant,
Nor could be if I tried."--A'x.
The impromptu poetic flight whore-
ponder Ihe matter in his thick and cloudy "id- one of our Seniors secured company
brain
! "But," eonlln ed die squire, "it is not
tlieii general desiic to rob us of our ne.
groes. They wish to show us where slav-
I cry is w rong."
j "How can it bo wrong when it is a di.
vine right. Did not God curse Hum, and
I say thai his children should ho servants
and shelter through the rain:
" You've got an umbrella
And I've got a cane;
I'll keep oil' the dogs,
And you keep oil' the rain."
.lack did'nt bother them. lhn Imti Vol.
lay inn.
-Sugar wedding: mnrryingu candid man
of servants?" inquired Deacon HoiR-on, ,' Wooden wedding: marryinga purled stick
Hero tho irood suuiro saw thai it win use-;T1" redding: one-thai pan out well. Sll-
less to talk more with those biased mind V(M' wwUllnjf : marryinga grey beard. Cry.
"II Is for their spiritual benelil that these i1"1 nodding inarr) ing one addicted to die
niggers should be our sarvniiU as we me Jf1'" Golden wedding when the groom
sarvanls of the Lord," said the fat landlord ' u " ",ilH"' ,m(1 " l"'i(1'' " m" v,,ln- ,)1
with n knowing look, thinking thi would 'ond wedding when die washing are
be taken an sound logic, and liiniNulf dm n 'm'Sv 't"r-
viiliiou man. Turning to the deacon lie 'Hie bnrreiur Colh-yiiin inveigh strong-s-iid
with a grave look, Musi think, Dea- b against "small talk," calls it the "rag
con Hodscon, what 'lid become ol these bab," of society . We i an iiol agree Mi
'ere niggers if lliey didn't have our Chris Ihe Coll, (inn, dial il ve would only give
lian care. They wouldn't any longer be our "bci thought" there would be an end
good and simple Christians but would be- of small talk. One' best thought should
cotiio like thoir brothers in Africa He always be prcKontcri, bill in speaking of
forgot that he lately sold liquor to Deacon 'small subjects evon our best thoughts can
I lodscon's negroes, and that they got beast- not be very grand. Again, conversation
ly intoxicated, and came near oxlorminat- ' would be rather heavy if wo only dwelt
ing each other. At Ibis the deacon seemed "P0I ucli subjects as "the first cause,"
rather bewildered. Has not the reader, in
the walks of life through all circles, often
came across this landlord's prototype?
(tuliocoatlnai'il.)
"our luturo condition," etc. There aro
times when learned disquisitions aro out
of place, and "small talk," full of wit and
humor, eminently in place.
"Only a lock of golden hair"
The lover wrote "Perchance tonight
It forinolh, upon her pillow fair,
A halo bright."
"On'y a lock of golden hair,"
The maiden smiling, sweetly said,
And she laid it over tho back of a chair
And wont to bed
A prominent merchant on Main sheet
stumbled over the chairs into his bed-chum,
bor the other night, hoisted Ids umbrella
and sat down on the bedside. The sharci
of his joys and toils waked up and inqtiir.
ed the cause of his acting thus, a lun Inn)
when he should bo asleop. He looked up
wilh a painful stare as he replied, "ha
waiting for die storm!" J'Jx
The following new scale of postal
rates has boon sent us by a correspondent
"A ono-ceiil stamp for a circulair;
A two-cent stamp for a newspapair,
A llirce-cenl stamp for a sealed leltair,
All licked on in die right cornair
Lick, brothers, lick with care,
On die right hand side, not everywhere,
Unless you waul the postmastair
To make things hot and "cuss and swear "
AV.
A young lady at an evening parly,
some lime ago, found it apropos to use the
expression "Jordan is a hard road to trav
el;" but thinking that too vulgar, submit
ted the following: "Perambulating pro
gression in pedestrian exclusion along the
fai-fained thoroughfare of fortune, cast on
the banks of the sparkling river of Pales
tine, is indeed attended witli a heterogenic
oils conglomeration of iinfor-een diJlicul-
ties." :.
They were silling together, lie and
she, and he was arduously thinking what
to say. Finally ho burst out with- "In
this land of noble achievements and un
dying glory, why is it that women do not
come more to the front; wh) is it tlie do
not climb the ladder of fame?" "I sup
pose," said sin, putting her linger in her
mouth, "il is all on account of their pull
backs." And then she sighed and he
sighed, side by side. 7iV.
The precocity id' American childnu
1 is soinelhing marvelciis. The other even
I ing a Brooklyn gentleman was explaining
the panorama of the heavens to his little
son, and in (lie course of ihe lesson direct
j ed his attention to die two planets lately
, In conjunction "You see that red look
ing one, Sammy? Thai's Mais. He is
' moving further away from Saturn everv
night." "Ah" rejoined Sammy, without
taking his eyes oil' the planet, "but lie
would'ut do so if .Saturn was Venus, would
, he par" j.r
1 Teachei 'lohnn, , how did Knocli go
to heaven V"
i Johnny "Don't know, ma'am."
Teacher. "Why, Knoch was translated:
, God took him up lo heaven without dy
IllK" Johnn.N "By golly' tliini, that's die line
1 I'm going up on." I'm'ktr (Jtntrtn'li,
The following tradition' in regard to
die Creator, obtained among the tribes of
Indians known as the Yules- 'In the be
.ginning the earth was covered with mists
I'iie Gre.it .Spirit took hi bow and nirow
i ami snot iiot so well that he scattered
the mist The earth became visible lo
I him, but there were no men upon it. Then
h took claj, fashioned a man and set him
to bake -man came out while; the lire
had not been strong enough. Tho Great
Spirit began his work again; this time the
man came out black he had remained
too lonj in the oven. It wns necessary to
try a third time. At length the experi
ment succeeded, and man came out, riono
to a turn ho was the redskin, tho most
perfect of human types" JU c.
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