The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1876-11-25
NY WARD.
~ THOMAS ac'MArH.

Written for The HERAED.
am the legal guardian Of small
negro. with very fla: and hard head
No animal above mule can rank him
in stUbbornness, or rather laziness; for
.tubbornness implies malice, and he
has none Of this He considers him
self the worst prosecuted OF his race {
he is not allowed 10 wear his winter
coat al summer, while he viii loss t
in winter, OF leave 1t hanging on the
fence for the cattle He gets through
with the task of washing the dishes by
breaking some aud hiding others und, r
the stove. lie feeds the spoons TO the
cows with the other slop. He is never
so happy as when he j. permitted 10
coil himself on the floor on cold nisi I
with his head in the ashes, and his feet
from the fire lie Is aprodigy in ma.
sc. and can imnreyisc an alto to any
piece of Iausie that be hears. He IS
afraid of ghosts, aud harboFs perfect
bonanza Of saperstitution He regrets
to take castor oil above all thinEs-
earthly, -and the power of the whole
family Is necessary to put him outside
Of spoonful of that domestic indis-
IlttA~AUAEs lAt tthftA RR1SDIi1--atltA IL ~
ward 81 minc--At least he had inhcri +
cd from his ancestors taste that in
eliucd him possomward He had often
longed for the ancestral 'possem, but il
was never until last week that my
ward had an opportunity TO let loose
his appetite on one OF those marsiIpia.
4 neishb0r caught fat possom one
night. aud presented il to my war
He came in with his eyes beaning. hold
ing the possom bY the tail
Now, there was no member of tie
family, except my ward, that appfe-
eiated the luxury and II was agreed
that he should have the lions share IF
the animal. and irasmuch as he was .
free American citizen, that he, without
distinction of race, color or previous con-
dition, should have the right gHira o.
teed to him by the constitutions ard
laws of the United States and be al
lowed TO clean, cook, and eat that pos
sum in peace aud all himself. lie no
eordingly, at the hour OF "a M, set
about dressing the animal. He pro-
cured pan aud placed his possam IN
it. He then poured hot water Oh il
until Ii was covered When the wal az
had cooled he turned it off aud pour I'd
another and still hotter instalnent OF
water on his victim. BY this time the
beast was cooked nearly through. Ii
then attempted to pluck tile hair. Ia,
the skin was so tender that ii came Of
to the flesh After three hours h. I'd
work he had bis possonl ready COR tas
pot. Following the Evolutionary mode
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/ the air that night. Next day was sun
| day, and he had full sway al the stsas,
and pots He pat his beast, tail and Al
into the pot, and after leeitin az
amount Of boiling and baking he Il Oh
! il off, procured himself sonIe bread a ae
sci himself down 10 the feast How
much OF that animal he consumed vii
have to go unreeordeti, bat in due tia,
the report was rife chat my ward va
sick. He had most understandable il.
surrection in his stomach, which J liz
! him kors d.s cemJat Tie was employ Al
/ BIZ time ia trying "a tlgra kiats.,3 Ia
side ous ia ofief 10 dlslatigt tn. ,sos
| apsn, but the animal, true to It's MAJ Isl
| instincts, woaldnt hn dislodgel. II,
wife inquired of him what was the mat
ter dat ole possom make me sick il
de stun,ic
! commanded my ward to appear be
fore me. He came in looking ~ sas
aud bereft as motheriess monkey
Whats the matter, sirY' Dat ar oil
possora-- His sentence was fms ae,
by a pantomipe sitnilar to that used B.
him on being ravished With dose Q
4 castor oil Dat ole possnrn make m