1868 Dly Ohio Statesman (OH) 15 Aug. 2/3: The Black and Tan Convention [...] We would advise him to emigrate South [...] and prove his loyalty by hugging nigger wenches and insulting Southern white ladies.at black and tan, adj.
1868 Dly Ohio Statesman 13 June 1/4: Damnation [...] don’t split on me, for heavens sake.at damnation!, excl.
1868 Dly Ohio Statesman 13 June 1/3: If thou wilt only put me on the other side of this stream, dash my buttons if I’ll bother again.at dash my buttons! (excl.) under dash, v.1
1868 Dly Ohio Statesman 16 Oct. 3/2: Elizabeth indulged too freely in benzine and other cordials used by the ladies of the ton, and became inflated, elevated, set up — drunk.at elevated, adj.
1868 Dly Ohio Statesman 13 June 1/4: I got hitched as fast as a little wizen-looking methody could do the job.at Methody, n.
1868 Dly Ohio Statesman 16 Oct. 3/2: Elizabeth indulged too freely in benzine and other cordials used by the ladies of the ton, and became inflated, elevated, set up — drunk.at set-up, adj.