New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-07-20

pardon after you've done H.
LII. "Whenever you've got good meal, you
never meet your st,p mother.
IlV. Don't take medicine AT MSrdlgris.
w. Looking does not burn the eyes"
LVI. Put the short foot IN 'front.'
LVIT. As long ss your head is not cnt of, don,
say you'll never wear hat.
LVJII The negro Of the North says IA teeth
NAV b. outside but his heart IL 10 MS belly.
LIZ "Wh-t does De,th ask but white clothes =
(Tts Haytisn women, Il funerals, always dress IN
whi'e.)
TX. The sore mouth seeks cold soup
LXI "Tbe donkey has young ones, that Il may
pass from under its own lo,d.'
IXiI. When the good child dies. good by IN
the GOOD mother
IXIII. III rbe l,ile bird did no. ,hiuk that he
had strength 70 digest and eject il, ne could never
swallow the BIG graio."
XIV. The musketo has no ms and there
fore be carries sword (In his mouth y
LXV. Tie needle makes clothes for everybody
aud yet goes naked itself" (Ihis proyerb, l be-
Iisyr, was oton used by the slaves 10 the days OF
French douioaticD.)
LXVI 1.-The COW Lat is ahead alwsys drinks
the bes' water"
LXvI'. b, tier that your belly should burs.
than anything belonging to the good God should
perish"
LXVIH. Doni go into fight withouts stick. "
Ink. A pimpe IA the road Z, Sickness
Xxx. "lhe green lime fails and leaves the ripe
one remaining
Xxi / asked girl if sn old woman near
her was her grandmother. "Ah nom she sald,
my gIaudmuthers bones wouldn't do to mske
buttons OF BOW That is, she Lad been long dead.
LXXlI. II You ak II Haytlan question which
he w,hes 10 eyade, or deems lmpertinent, he Will
say:
ASK your srandn O;her-if she il still a viz
LXXIII. "Wise men make war without fight
Ing
LXXIV. Blanc: cest diabe.' white: it
il the devil"
LXXy. The English parable :" All is not gold
that CUTTERS the Isytlans render in these words,
uDtrsDsafable:
% Gros r,htre pas crosse" and sgan-
LXXVl. "CocGjt pas ianettc '-hnuor IN the
eyes i. not spectacles
LXXVIl. The white is the little brother OF
God: tDe muistto is his cousin" cannot imagne
ho. thi- pfuyerb originated unless it be negro -ar-
casm. Certainly no black would utter 1t IN earn
est nor s nulaito ei,ter-for he would not place
himself below the white man.
LAXVllI. An old negro woman related this
fable 70 Mr. Graft (to whose kindness let me here
say vns greatly indebted during my residence at
Port.au. Priuce) which, although i think have
seen it Ia print somewhere, may possibly interest
your more juvenile readers, from its quaint and
simple bunor:
occasion called three men before hiGi-a white,
mulatio, apd black
He first asked tie white man what he moss
desired
"He replied, TO make money-money-
always money
"God then turned to the mula.to and asked what
be most coveted
"All that want, said the mulatto, lis sufi-
cent TO enjoy myself
a. Ard you, said the Deity, addressing the black,
what is 1t that you are bere iorF
al come with massr, ,ald The black man.
LINK. "Panier couvre panere.'
LINK. d" A man was imprisoned by President
Boyer, more than fifteen years sgo, for having en-
tered and participated i'll the proceedings OF Con-
spirscy Club. friend of mine 10 Port au- Irlnce,
heard that he was already engaged IN similar Sc
cret movement against the present Ruler OF Hayti.
lie visited him one dag for the purpose OF advising
him 10 refrain from any such attempt. But hrst he
asked if it was true:
Est ce que vous avez janais entendre gu IN
chsrire M chen deux fos ~
The conversation terminated
IXXXI. "The tiger sleeps but his tai shakes.
LNNXlI. In opposition To the proverb (LAAlN.)
uncomphmertsIy To the whites, ! heard another,
" hich is equally worthy Of note. Mr.. Wilton (of
Whitonsyille, Mas-schusetts) was displaying a
number Of drawings of engines for picking and
manufacturing Gotten, which his father bad IN
vented. A native Haytan lady looked on, aud,
after listening for some time, exclaimed IN aston
ishmeht:
Blanc, cest waDga White men are mssi
clans.
LXXXIII. The Haytisns call the Bible, "Le
bou predcteur Iui nj tOivs nj mango the good
preacher Wbo neither drinks nor eats. 1t is rather
significant that the word drinks is put first for
plut,ony is rare vice in the tropics ana II is not
al oil unusual TO hear OF the priests being drunk.
The priests are all white men.
LXXXlV. My comraces pot won't boil my
peas"
LXXXv. Don't count on your neighbours
shirt to catch mslady."
LXXXNI Where the wind blows feathers
cant remain"
IXXXVIl. You can't eat occro broth with
one finger"
LXXXVl1. :" The eyes of the white man burn
up the negro
LXXXIX. Fools should stay a. home"
(Gcns sote rttt Ia case papa yo")
&c. " The knife that you find on the highway,
you'll lose on the highway (Gamoette Gus trouye
nen gan chmip, nen gan chiml Gus vas pede 1t. )
Fortune speedily acquired, that is speedily de-
appears.
XCI. The beetle is never reasonable before
tie hem (Rayete pas jsmais tai rai.on dolyant
poule")
XClI. :" The tongue Of the toad betrays him."
(Langue cspaud trahit capsud.') BY a@aAiDg Ae
shows where he is. This proyerb is caution
against impudent speech
XCIlI. THE stupid hid eats at the foot Of
uouDtsn." (Cabrite qul pas malin mango Den PIE
more } That is, not having sense enough 10
cl NIB where the green pastures De, 1t eats the
grass which has been trodden and lain upon by
travellers a! d their beasts OF burden.
XClV. " The garden never a miser 20 It's
master" Jaoln pas jamsis chiche pOu matte Ii.
NCV. The reason why the crab has not head