YANKEE PREJUDICE AGAINST "NIGGERS".

Dunstan Times, Issue 629, 8 May 1874, Page 2

YANKEE PREJUDICE AGAINST "NIGGERS".

—o— The Southern people have been aecustoineil to have negroes about theta from their infancy j most of them were nursed by negro women, and they seem, therefore, to Imre less pngnancc to personal contact witbO th.' black people than is felt bv great J masses ( 1 people in the north,"especi- ' ally the Irish element One of Lee’s generals, now a professor in a Southern University, told me that every time Ids old black nurse came to si-o his family, she put her aims round his neck also, and kissed him as she used to do when lie was a child. “It i„ our way here/' ] lO added, “ but you will go far enough to find ;l Yankee who could endure that’ it woi U seem, however, on the authority’ ot a Now York paper, that “ Yankee projiidice on this point is not absolutely insurmountable. A colored man troin abroad, visiting New York, was received by a merchant who had been in business connection with him for yeais, had realised a handsome for tune in consequence, and felt that, ia spite of his color, he must treat him courteously. On Sunday he invited him to church, a very fashionable one 111 . to °k h Mn his own pew. A pro-' lament member of the church, seated in a pnv behind, discovered -Utb amaz n.e it and horror, seated at the merchant's side, an nmiiistaheablc nigger.” Tim minister made the same discovery almost as soon as he began his sermon, and was so put out tli it lie lost his place and nearly broke down. After service the prominent member plucked the merchant a.-ile, and si. d indignantly— •• Brother ■smith, what does this mean V Bringing a nigger to this church 1” “The pew is my own y„nr own 1 is that any reason why you should insult the whole congregation T —Rut lie is intelligent and well educated. “Who cares for that ? lie is a nigger.”— Euthe is a friend of mine!’ \\ hat of that 1 “ Must von therefore insult the whole congregation ?” “Rut hois a Christian, and belongs to the same denomination.’’—“ What do I care for that ? Let him g 0 and worship with Ids feller-niggers.”— “ But he is worth five million dollars,” said the merchant.—“ Worth what ? “ Five million dollars ! “Jerusalem! Worth five million ! Brother Smith, introduce mo.”— “ Home and abroad,” by Macrae. A petition praying the Government to purchase the Kawarau Bridge, and throw i« open free to the public, lias been must numerously signed throughout the Bannockburn district, and is to be presented to the Provincial Council during the present Session. Dr, Bright’s Biiostiodyne- Multitudes of people are hopelessly suffering from Debility', Nervous and Liver Complaints, Depression of Spirits,- Delusions, Unfitness for Business or Study, Failuie of Hearing, Sight) and Memory, Lassitude, V ant of Power, Ac., whose cases admit of a permanent cure by the now remedy— Phosphr.dyne (Ozonic Oxygen)— which at once allays all irritation and.cxcitemont, imparts now energy and life to the enfeebled constitution, and rapidly cures every stage of these hitherto incurable and distressing maladies. Sold by all chemists and storekeepers throughout the Colonies from whom Pamphlets, containing testimonials, may bo obtained. Caution.—Be particular to ask for Dr. Bright’s Phnsphotlyne, as imitations are (thread ; and avoid purchasing single bottles the genuine article being sold in eases only. In such a deranged state of health the food is decomposed instead of being digested, and proves poisonous rather than nutritious. This derangement can be at once set right by a course of these purifying and digestive Pills, which have acquired for themselves an imperishable fame for the mastery' they have constantly exercised oyer the digestive organs. Holloway’s Pills increase the appetite, regulate the Uvcr, repress biliousness, healthily stimulate the kidneys and move the bowels in a more wholesome and natural manner bat any other medicine.