Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1877-01-09
From the Baltimore Weekly Sum-
Dat Sentenyul.
BY JENNIE woODyILLE.

Oh, go long! Don't talk to me bout
no sentenyul! Eff dey was ter hav de
mex wun hex week nobody need'n ak
| me ter go no mo ter see passel o. peo-
pie a pCshin, an crowdin, an treddin
on wun nudders feets, an diggin NV
der elboze in oder folkses sides; an a
squirmin, an sqeezin, an ter-rin Nv
de cloze off O. ennybody backs. jes ter
look at passel O. pickchurs an ole wall
eyed folks made outen white rock; an
some on EN- did'n eben hav no arms an
legs; an dem what did did'n hav no
cloze on en-; which it takes sassy ma
ton o. critters to go an look at EN-,
pears to me. But my lor! dem Filly-
devils don't lack for sass! Fus thing I
string O. men wild gret long " hips in der
hands, stannin on de side O. de street a
jabberin an a hollerin like COWS in de
corn; an wun Nv EN- shuk his whip in
my face an he say: "Gwine down for
wonnuts? ?" turn right roun, an sez,
sez 1, "You lemme lone. you po white
houn', what dat to you whar I gwine?"
Yes, my lor! I sassed him back, gooo
Den dem street kyars. Lor, chile!-
Kuntry folks dunno nothin'! Street
y
busses with little teenchy wheels, an
two little horses wild bells on EN- like de
rode wagons you kuntry niggers is usen
to. But good lord You jes ort ter see
how many kin git in! AM arter it's les
as full as it kin hole, an folks is jammed as
tite as dey kin squeeze, an is holdin' to
dem strops in the jice, an rollin bout lik e
dey was drunk, an rakin fOlkses heels
nuf to drive EN- 'stracted, de kyar stops
an mo folks runs across de street, an
de man at de do hollers, AMove up in
front planty o. room!" am sho nuf, de
mo comes de mo gets in; an de man
slams de do like he were tryin' ter brake
it, much as ter say: "Ef. you don't
move up in dar, you betterv' Den de
kyar stopped an some o. de folks jumped
| up like dey jes heern de mex man had
smorl pox, an locke,, quick at wun
nudder like dey was fred o. wun nudder
an showed up gin wun nudder like dey
wus mad an did'n keer who knowad it ::
an pushed on out % de kyar. AM some
on EN- sot still an looked like dey did n
keer who got de wus on it so it warnt
dem! Once, de man at de DO hollered
out, "Seben chesnuts," an folks was
gittin out, and thort I nights we'll git
my sheer while dey was gwine, SO gifts
out 100; b my lori L got ter see de fus
chesnut! 'Twarn't nothin' but a trick
to make somebody git off; an dar was l
stannin in de street, an no chesnuts no.
whar, an de kyar out ali gone! Good
Lord! out at de grouns gittin loss were
as easy as ketchin fly wild lasses, ]
seen white CONAN drep down on one
O. de benches, jss lumbrin. P'leesrnan
cum up an ak her what she cryin for:
"Cos | loss!" says she.." II got shet o.
my frens, an done walked an walked
till I can't walk no mo. an bleeve Use
aAed q numbered people eff dey has seed
cuzzin 'Riar an Mr.. Brown, Mr.. Elex-
ander Brown; an one NV EN- axed me
ware he doctor Nv loonisy, an most O.
EN- didn't say northin, but jes starred al
me like dey was idjuts or was deef,
dunno which, an don't keer. One NV
EN- ak me whinte I go home and lei
cuzzin 'Riar take keer NV husef, like
wise Mr.. Brown, and I tole him dun
no whar ! live; peer' to me 'twere sum
KIND o tree; den he ca i all sort o. trees
but | couldn't pick out mine, so he lei
laffed and say to nudder man, ''Uome t
&c galry ta sse de gals, ! spose. I dom
see nobody here from my county, Mos
o de people peers to me to be strangers. ,
| "fes, "sez de pleesman, kind o. latin