He is not,
therefore, popular in this region.
Yisterday I attendid a tea party at Deekin Pogram's, to wich the elite
uv the Corners wuz present, incloodin an Illinoy store-keeper uv the
name uv Pollock, wich hed bin invited because the Deekin hed, some three
months ago, bought a bill uv goods uv him on ninety days' time, and
wantid an extension.
While at the table enjoyin the
"Cup wich cheers, but don't intoxicate very much,"
ez Dryden hez it, tho I bleeve, to keep off chills, in this country,
they mix three and a half parts uv whiskey to one uv tea, the name uv
Sumner wuz mentioned.
Mrs. Pogram to-wunst remarked that she didn't want the name uv that ojus
creecher spoken at her table.
"Why?" sed I, gratified at the ebulition.
"I hate him!" sed she, spitefully.
"So do I," replied I; "but what hev yoo agin him, aside from his
obnoxious political opinions?"
"Didn't he marry a nigger?" sed Mrs. P., triumphantly. "Didn't he marry
a nigger--a full-blooded nigger? and hezn't he hed nineteen yaller
children, every one uv wich he compelled, agin their will, to marry
full-blooded niggers? Didn't he--"
"Mrs. P.," sed this Illinoy store-keeper, wich his name it wuz Pollock,
"do yoo object to miscegenation?"
"Missee--what?" replied she, struck all uv a heap at the word.
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