Smyrna times., 1876-05-10
A f" Feasible 4" Darkey.

The boot black at the corner-stand on q
C-street was looking for a customer He I
was as black as the ace of spades, and as a
he carelessly busted off his stand with the Y
stump of a corn brush, he occasionally |
paused and rolled his eyes hungrily up and
down the street. Presently tall, raw
boned, middleaged man, with a considera-
BILE length of goatee and not a little breadth
of hat rim, stopped and glanced at the
stand with some show of interests. "Have
shine, boss ~ said the owner of the stand,
giving his chair a partirg slap with his
brush. "Shine 'em up in half mint, sab.
You'll jist have time to glance over de
morning papers" Without deigning an
answer, the lank chap climbed into the
seat before him. De people of the Souf," |
said the boot-black, cooking a cunning eye
upon his customer, "de people of the Souf
(another look of the eye) most allus gives
: us pore cullud boys any little feasible jobs
dey's got" "You think I'm from the
; South ~ rs from de Souf, saffron old
| Kaintuck, sah." "Indeed" "Sartin,
boss. rs from Lexin'ton KaintucE, sah,"
scraping away with an old case knife at the
mud on the soles of his customers boots.
I'm from Kentucky myself, and from
i Lexington" said the man, beginning to
n look interested. $50 you're from Lexing-
s. ton, eh ?" "Jes' so. Practically, was born
: thar" "Like you, l was born there"
o " Nice old town, boss" "Very." golly,
If boss, ef | didn't think from de fust dat
s. saw in you de rale old Kentucky gentle
es man. You've got good deal of the cut of
IN some O dem law and medicine student dat
ID used to be about de ole Transylvany
es varsity but you's aged little, boss-aged
la leetle more dan was the boys in dem
IA days" " I've often seen the old univer-
r; sity." at was fine ole town, too. De
so main street was more dan mile long; dan
1t, war beautiful trees long de streets, and dc
in orphan sylum, an de baggin factcrys, dC
to wire works, an de" "Tho lunati,
lie asylum" Yes, boss, shore 'nuff dar wa
IN. de lunatic 'sylum." "And the river.
in "An' de ribbcr; golly, dat fust big BEN
be. in Town Fork of de Elkhorn, up 'bove tn
vim city-practically dat was mighty feasibl
Ir. proposition for catfish "Amazin'."
or say, boss, practically you never happene
he to know a cullud boy named Columbr
lar1 Parsons, as lived out on the road to'art
Mr.. Ashlands-did yer, sab ?" 81 knowed
10. coloured boy named Columbus Parsons tht
rode old Woodpecker against PlOughbC
ter down at the Blue Grass course and won Il
ool puss." De Lord luve US! Was you da
in De great hockey! Practically, l am d
of same Columbus Parsons what rode c
uty Woodpecl1er and won de puss down dar
lful Blue Grass" I" "The Columbus Parsons
the knowed used to be a great fiddler; play
t in for all the balls and parties for mil
,ch- around" "Dat was me, sab, l was de be
ract Now you's a-beginnin' to know me!'
1try Columbus Parsons l used to know was
oels great singer-was lightin' at all the nigs
that camp meetin's." "Dat was me, boss.
Irce, identically and practically dat same Colu
e in bus Parsons Yous got the most feast
the mem'ry dat I ever saw, sah.' "The {
State umbus Parsons l knowed went down
ould Frankfort and ran on the river as stewi
king of the Bell Wagner" YAH yah;
the knows me-you knows me, boss!
more knows me like brudder, sab In
lools days didn't 1 put on de apparel? Was
ess." 1 attired? Practically, sab, you's got
most feasible memry dat I ever sa
the "The Columbus Parsons that 1 know
nnati the Columbus Parsons that rode ole VIZ
him, pecker the Columbus Parsons that useC
girl, sing at camp.meetin's, the Columbus
item sons that was steward on the Bell Wdg
hef that Columbus Parsons busted open
go 10 trunk of a passenger, stole thous
Hoh- dollars, and was sent to the State prison
hyF Frankfort for five years" "Practica
Il me boss, you's got powerful feasible mem
tai of bnt dar was another Colnmbus Pars
not down dar bout Lexinton and Frankfol
'pltal particularly South Frankfort, cross de cf
VINO bridge-dat was hoss-rider, a fiddle
Pope singer and n steamboater. an he was a
flung, harem-scarem, no-acconnt fellow
,oI guess he mout bin de Columbus ParS
D.; what you knowed, sah." "You think
o;uod "Sartin sure, boss; but don't say nu
VOW, bout de feller heah, sab. You see, pr'
stow cally, it mout injure my good name, 81
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used MS NE" DULL Ho A'"i iiiis W.. y, 1-''''
Ii, says: John Osborn, farmer, living l
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