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before, but what was good enough for George 
was good enough for them. When Mrs. Blow 
got through, George told her that Sam was 
cleanly and well behaved, that there were thou¬ 
sands of white men who were inferior to him; 
and then risingfrom his chair and standing close 
to her, he said she ought to be ashamed of her¬ 
self, and never to say a word about, negro equal¬ 
ity, and such stuff again, when she made such 
an uproar about sitting down to the table with 
the son of her own father and her own half 
brother. How could she expect that the Lord 
of heaven and earth would receive her with 
mercy when she was so lost to all feelings of 
kindred and the closest family ties? And he 
added, he knew nothing about her family, but 
it was evident that her father did not dislike to 
be intimate with negroes very much. 
Of course she had something to reply, till 
George got excited, when she retired to bed and 
cried. She staid away from the table a few 
meals, but finding that all she gained was cold 
ridicule, she surrendered and the trouble ended. 
Still no further word came from her husband, 
and Mr. Flagg had patience. Onee in a while 
he would bint to Mrs. Blow that he was having 
a hard bargain, but she said she guessed her old 
man was responsible. At last he began to doubt 
whether she was not as well as he was, and to 
urged her to take exercise; a horse and saddle 
were at her command; she could ride out any 
day. She said she could not sit on a horse a 
minute. 
The summer was very dry, the grass failed, 
the cows gave little milk and there was scarcely 
enough butter for the family. They had always 
sold much every week, in the metropolis. This 
made no difference with Mrs. Blow; and she 
could not take a hint when Mrs. Flagg told the 
children they must eat less because the cows 
gave so little milk; and she would pile it on her 
biscuit as if it was of no more value than wagon 
grease. She wouid open one end of a baked po¬ 
tato, till it with butter, and when melted, empty 
it on her plate, when she buttered it again. She 
always put butter on her sweet cake and pie. 
More than this she fed her child in the same 
way. 
At last, the great frost came, which killed all 
that the heat had not dried up. The forest 
trees lost their leaves, and the grass was as dead 
as in winter. It was a heavy blow to many 
families besides this one, and it was a new thing 
in this region to commence feeding hay and 
messes to cows in September. The best grass 
after spring, with those wise enough to sow it, 
is in October and November. Mrs. Flagg did 
not know how she would get along for butter. 
One day at dinner she had used the last and 
had to churn for -upper. There was very little 
of it, but they had cheese, for during the spring 
a Yankee lady had taught her how to make It, 
and they had six or eight set away, intending to 
save them for winter, or when they had com¬ 
pany. One was cut. it was creamy and rich, 
and the whole family came to look at it. They 
really felt proud of it. At the table Mrs. Blow 
took a piece of tills cheese and placed a piece of 
butter on one sine of it for a mouthful and In 
this way ent It. Mr. Flagg happened to be 
looking at her; he had been talking quite chip¬ 
per, but. he stopped and said not a word more. 
His wife afterwards said he looked as if lie had 
lost all his friends, or as if lie were about to 
faint away. 
After supper there was an uproar. Mr. Flagg 
told ill’s. Blow that he would keep her no 
longer, and that he would take her to Metropo¬ 
lis in the morning. He said he would not board 
her for a hundred dollars a week. She talked 
high and so did he, but it was of no use, and she 
said she would go. She had friends in l’aducah; 
they would not let her suffer. But she com¬ 
plained of one thing. Mr. Flagg had sworn at 
her, and as he and she belonged to the same 
church she thought she ought to reprove him, 
lie lacked patience or had forgotten himself. 
Mr. Flagg felt rebuked a little, but replied that 
there might possibly be such a thing as a holy 
swearing. 
She went to Paducah. She found some of her 
friends; the rest were seeking their rights, way 
down in Dixie. No one was able to assist her; 
it was as much as they could do to take care of 
themselves. The happy days of the slave aris¬ 
tocrats of Western Kentucky had been succeed¬ 
ed by days of lamentation. She almost begged 
to get places to stay till she could look around. 
She was most happy to be invited to sit at tables 
scantily spread. She was convinced that her 
husband had deserted her. She could not stay 
long in a place. She tried her best, to form new 
acquaintances. The only chance for a living 
was to engage in some industry. But to do so 
in a place where she had been known us a rich 
planter’s daughter, she would not do. In her 
rambles some soldiers pursued Lev; she was for¬ 
tunate in escaping. She was at an extremity. 
In about a mouth she found her way back to 
Mr. Flagg’s house. She came up the lane at 
dusk, carrying her child, for it was tired out. 
Her feet were blistered, her clothes soiled. All 
that was left of the two trunks lull of things she 
took away, was In a bundle on her arm. She 
slopped on the porch, but did not go in. Mr, 
Flagg saw her and told the girls she was there; 
they did not go out. The dogs walked around 
her. Mr. Flagg came by, and a*ked if it was 
Mrs. Blow. She rapidly repeated the little 
speech .-he had composed as she was walking in 
the road. She told how she had been treated; 
she confessed she had not considered, and she 
cried. Mr. Flagg took her in; he would keep 
her that night. She did not speak uuless spoken 
to. She hud supper and a good bed. Her child 
was lifted from the lloor asleep, she felt as if 
her feet were upon a rook, for a little time. 
When she retired, the family held a council, 
and in the morning Mr. Flagg took her into the 
parlor, and told her what they concluded. 
She could stay with them, on conditions. She 
was to go to work. So far as they were con¬ 
cerned, she must work or die! If she did not 
know how, they would be patient with her and 
treat her like a sister. They would consider 
how she had been brought up, and not exact too 
much. None were more competent or feeling 
thnu Mi’s. Flagg and her daughters. Mrs. Flagg 
would see her child was fed properly. He felt 
delicate in speaking of ono tiling. He must do 
it. Mrs. Blow must adopt the habits of the 
family. At the table, and through the bouse, 
she must not act as though he and his family 
were made to work and slave for her. In short, 
she must remember that in his house she could 
not revive the scenes of her father’s plantation. 
Slavery was a play, pretty enough in its day, 
but it is out now. She had sense enough to un¬ 
derstand. What did she say? 
She would do all he wanted her to. She 
would, she would, she wouhll She wanted to 
bury everything; she would commence anew 
life. If they would only have patience with 
her she was certain she would do well. If her 
dear husband ever should come back he would 
find her changed. 
She did go to work. When the blisters on her 
feet got well she stepped lively. She was up 
early, was attentive in learning, and learned 
fast, and in a short time was of real service in 
the family. She would drink neither tea or 
Coffee, and she abandoned snuff and tobacco. 
Her child so improved that its face began to 
dawn with intelligence. 
Once in her work she stopped and bit her lips. 
She and two of the girls were washing, and in a 
hurry, that they might get through, uecording 
to custom, by 10 o’clock. The three were sing¬ 
ing. Suddenly she noticed that she was wash¬ 
ing Sam’s crimson flannel shirt. That she 
should wash the shirt of her father’s slave was 
almost too much. But she thought of this pass¬ 
age of scripture:—" And whosoever shall give 
to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of 
cold water only, in the name of a disciple, verily 
l say unto you he shall in no wise lose his re¬ 
ward.” A sweet smile beamed on her face, and 
she joined again in Lbe singing. 
This spring, when the 17th army corps came 
up to Cairo from Vicksburg, Mr. Blow, as one 
of the soldiers, came also. He made inquiry as 
to what had become of his wife, and was sur¬ 
prised to learn still she was at Mr. Flagg's, and 
hearty and doing well. He got a furlough to go 
and see her. 
He eamc into the house and surprised her 
mixing bread. He hardly knew her. She did 
not weigh by a quarter as much as when be left. 
Her face was as rosy as if she was a girl, and 
shu was dressed as neatly. 
She sprung towards him, and embraced him, 
and she gave him such a good kiss that he felt 
he bud never had such a one from her before. 
The flour from her arms was sprinkled on his 
shouldors; after a little, on observing it, he said 
it was as honorable as a Major-General's stars. 
Before bo left, be paid Mr. Flagg, in full. But 
he said be never could pay lilm for learning lus 
wife to be useful, and for making a true lady 
of her. 
said she had not seen anything so much like 
home since she left Tennessee. Mr. Flagg lived 
well; they bad fruit, milk, honey,butter,chick¬ 
ens, eggs —there were ever so many cows, and 
such long high cribs of corn, and big boxes filled 
with wheat and oats, and nobody had a nicer 
garden of lettuce, onions, beets, peas, beans, 
cucumbers, and the like. Every one spoke of 
their garden, and besides, they had a large 
smoke-house, with bacon hanging on wooden 
hooks, nearly as full as it could hold. 
Mrs. Flagg and her girls are great bands to 
spin and weave, for they have sheep and they 
raise flax and cotton, and they make almost all 
the cloth they require, or more justly so, of 
their towels aud table-cloths, woven in cheeks, 
birds’ eyes, aud the like; still, they have sights 
of flowers — almost swamps of them — aud the 
girls are not ignorant, for they have been to 
school to the Normal, at Bloomington; they can 
sing, too, and not through the nose either — 
why, they will sing you songs in four parts as 
well as any concert singers, and often better, to 
my taste, making the bouse ring; and the result 
is, that on Sunday afternoon there are as many 
as hall a dozen fat horses, saddled and bridled, 
bitched to the fenee, while the young men who 
ride them are in the house. The truth is, the 
girls have more beaux than they know how to 
manage. 
Mrs. Blow bad lived in the family over a 
month, enjoying herself and letting them all 
know how well off she once was, when Mr. 
Flagg began to wonder ' by her husband did 
not Come back. >he supposed, he was detained 
by busiuess. Shortly, a h tier came from him, 
inclosing live dollars, Stating he had joined the 
army and did not know when he would come 
back, that lie would send more money when be 
got it. This did not suit Mr. Flagg, lie had a 
suspicion, and he faintly remembered that his 
wife had told him that it cost a good deal to keep 
Mrs. Blow and her child. Then Mrs. Blow got 
worse. It was true that she was fatter ami her 
child bad a belly like a bucket, but she lay a bed 
every hour during the day, and sat by the fire 
with a most doleful face, frequently sighing like 
one troubled with religious matters, while the 
stick was in her mouth. 
One morning in June, Mr. Flagg said to his 
wife that he believed somebody had been steal¬ 
ing meat out of the smoke-house, locked though 
it was, for he was certain they had not used so 
much. She told him if he could see how much 
the girls cooked he would know what had be¬ 
come of it, and she explained that Mrs. Blow 
and her child eat more than all the rest of the 
family. After that lie took notice and saw that 
tills was true. He felt as if he had got into a 
scrape, and he wished to get rid of her, but he 
did not know how. He had many disagreeable 
hours. 
No one could hire me to write this part of the 
account, if I did not know it to be true, and if I 
did not, also, know that such cases are not un¬ 
common. I know of very many small families 
who lay down from twelve to twenty-live hun¬ 
dred pounds of pork, and are out by .Time. A 
ttonner told me of a boy from Alabama, he bad 
to work for him, who cat so much meat that 
once they cooked his by itself, and he positively 
asserts that the boy eat three good sized hams 
in two days, and other food in proportion. 
About this time Mrs. Blow had a sore trial. 
Mrs. Flagg’s oldest son, George, came up from 
down the Mississippi, on a furlough, and brought 
with him a colored man, who had been wounded 
on the gunboat; he was discharged and was go¬ 
ing to live with George's father. Mrs. Blow 
knew the man as soon as she set her eyes on 
him, for he had been one of her father’s slaves, 
and he used to play with her when she was a 
little girl, both being about the same age. With 
surprise she asked Bam if it was he. lie said it 
was. She wanted to know if he was not 
ashamed to desert his master, after all that had 
been done for him. Sam said he bad forgotten 
all that had been done for him except several 
good eowhidings. Moreover, if there was any 
shame in running away, it was old master who 
was to be ashamed. Mrs. Blow said that when 
the war was over he would have to go back. 
Sam thought things were not going back quite so 
much as they used to. They talked much, and 
Sam told her things she had never heard before. 
Now Sam, naturally, was a gentleman—he 
was not wholly black; to tell the gospel truth, 
he was related to Mrs. Blow; lie could read and 
write. George had made much of him, and he 
knew how to behave as well us? anybody. 
George had got in his bead a thing they called 
“ a crotchet,” and it was locked in so light that 
you couldn’t get it out, unless you tore his head 
to pieces, ’['in'- crotchet came from a passage of 
scripture, which speaks of the making of all na¬ 
tions of one blood. 
George w as out looking over the farm when 
supper was ready. They called him, and he was 
coming, but he had to stop in the orchard and 
climb up several trees to see bow some grafts 
were growing Which lie had set before lie went 
away. He told his little sister, who wanted Him 
to come right away, that they shouldn’t wait 
for him. Sam had kept with him, and when 
they came to the house they were all eating. 
George sat down and he made Sam sit down by 
him. Mrs. Blow was taking up a mouthful; she 
stopped, her eyes opened, and slie wanted to 
know if she had to eat with that negro. George 
told her it was just as she chose. She started 
up in a rage and left the room, dragging her 
child after her. But when supper was over she 
attacked George without mercy. He was sib 
ting in the porch with bis bright boots on the 
rail, smoking a cigar. He smiled a little, and 
kept on smoking, while his sister wondered how 
she dared talk so to their brother wearing such 
long, silky moustaches, and such lino blue 
clothes, trimmed with gold lace and the curious 
silver quirls in the center of bis shoulder straps. 
To be sure they had never eaten with a negro 
WORK OR DIE 
CIRCUMSTANCES ALTER CASES 
The following quaintly written story, with¬ 
out any Action in it, was written by N. C. 
Meeker, correspondent of the Chicago Tribune, 
We are positive it will interest our readers: 
One of the. most prophetic of men is Mr. Flagg. 
When Lincoln was elected be sold his farm in 
East Tennessee and came to Massac county, Illi¬ 
nois, where he bought another and is now living 
on it free from the troubles which he saw ap¬ 
proaching. He was poor when a boy, he got 
little schooling, but by improving bis chances 
he has become well informed; he takes agricul¬ 
tural and daily papers, he has a plenty of grass 
and cut hay, he has good though rustic build¬ 
ings, in short is a wealthy and respectable far¬ 
mer. He is a strong Uuion man and has two 
sons, oflicers in our Western Navy. He has 
been opposed to slavery sinee he was a boy, for 
on one occasion he overheard a conversation of 
some rich slaveholders in Knoxville who agreed 
that they thought more of their slaves than they 
did of the poor whites. He could not help 
thinking that if there were no slaves the poor 
whites would have a chance. There is no tell¬ 
ing how the hearts of such men in the South for 
years have been fiercely boiling. The slave¬ 
holders kept them under because they had intel¬ 
ligence and wealth, which consisted not only of 
lands and negroes, but also of a large number of 
Northern Democrats. The rebellion would 
have been successful but for one thing, there 
was a vast number of intelligent, sharp and 
wealthy men whom they could not buy. They 
tried to scare them. They could neither buy nor 
scare. 
After the fall of Fort Donelson a few refugees 
came North and among them was Mr. Blow. 
He had been a school teacher, was born in the 
South, and dressing well he had succeeded in 
marrying the daughter of a rich planter living 
near Nashville. Mr. Blow found himself out of 
business, his father-in-law could do nothing for 
him, nor for himself, for he had left his negroes; 
a military post of the Union army had its head¬ 
quarters on his plantation. He w T ent South and 
Blow came North. 
His wife disliked to live in a free State, the 
women worked too much; before, she always 
had a negro to work for her; she could not i elp 
herself. She commenced doing her cooking and 
washing, and would have succeeded had she not 
been taken sick with a disorder 1 know not how 
to name. It is quite common in the South, aud 
some have it in the North. It is preceded by u 
dull feeling in the bead and body, the limbs arc 
heavy, the eyes are without lustre, and what 
might be called atrophy supervenes. So weak 
did she become with this disease that she could 
not get out of bed before 10 o’clock in the morn¬ 
ing. It was some consolation that in her afflic¬ 
tion snuff-dipping did not disagree with her. 
She kept her snuff in a box similar to a mustard 
box: the end of a little slick is chewed into a 
brush; it is wet with spit, dabbed in the snuff, 
and then placed in the mouth, where it stays. 
It will last ten times longer than a chew of 
tobacco. 
Mr. Blow, not finding a school near by, rented 
a piece of ground and put in cotton, which was 
the best thing he could do, but he was forced to 
spend so much time in cooking and washing, and 
in taking care of his poor wife, that in the fall 
he had a small yield. After the hot weather 
was over she improved a little, 6 o that she could 
walk over to some neighbor’s, taking her little 
box along, and she seemed to enjoy herself in 
telling how well off she used to be, nor did she 
neglect to speak of the negroes. When the war 
should end they would have them back, and they 
would catch it. However, when the cold 
weather came she got worse. She seldom went 
out of doors, and when not in bed she sat by the 
fire, with the stick in her mouth, or, as a change, 
she would smoke. 
Mr. Blow saw hard times. He owed debts, bis 
cotton scarcely paid them, and that there might 
be enough to eat he was forced to leave his wife 
and child all day, while he made rails for the 
farmers. She was lonesome and complained 
sadly of her condition. The neighbors used to 
give them things, and go to see her, but after a 
while stopped it, for they wondered how she 
could be so sick and yet eat so much. It. was 
known that Mr. Blow had bought over a thou¬ 
sand pounds of bacon between spring and 
Christmas, and yet there were not ten pounds 
left. They noticed, too, that she had become so 
fleshy as to be the fattest woman in the settle¬ 
ment, aud, besides, her child was as fat as she. 
At last, she got so much -worse that he had to 
stay with her almost all of his time, and this 
continued till spring, when she improved a lit¬ 
tle, aud he was able to work again. People 
liked to have him work for them, for he talked 
well on many subjects; he told pleasant stories 
to children, he was peaceable, aud a very little 
eater. 
About a year ago he went, to Mr. Flagg, for 
whom he had worked, though he lived several 
miles away, and said he would like to have him 
keep his wife aud child till he came back from 
Tennessee. Mr. Flagg had a large family and 
did not want any boarders, still he would take 
her a few days, particularly as he had never 
heard anything against her, and as Mr. Blow 
offered him a ten dollar bill, which had been 
saved for an emergency. Accordingly, Mr. 
Blow brought her over one afternoon, and left 
her without staying all night, for he wanted to 
reach Metropolis in time for the Cairo and Pa¬ 
ducah packet. He did read) Metropolis in time, 
and he felt happy when abroad. 
Mrs. Blow bad come to a good place, and she 
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