The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1879-06-26

gether in droves, you would have felt
some pity for them: Mingo, you ought
to 90 down and adopt some homeless
child, who would repay your kindness
for caring for you in your old age"
"Bress yo' heart, Miss Friendly, what
could L do wild chile? A bachelor
amt got no business wild chillen. I'd be
bringin' disrespec' on de Dsep-water
Baptises; dey's done took me fur a
member. Specs folks I'D say I'd better
'dopt an ole woman TO I took in any
chillen."
every well, Mingo; 60 down. then,
and pick out q wife,
claw, Miss Friendly, ef you'd had
de speerence Is had you'd be under de
same depression bout women-folks dat
lis"
Chow did you come to have such a
poor opinion of us, Mingo?"
"Bress yo' sweet face, l didn't say
had pom opinion of 'em Dey's all an
gels, course dey is-present company
excepted"
"There, Mingo, I'm not provoked,
for know you intended to be especially
polite. But when you use the phrase
present company excepted, it ought to
follow something in a general way I'M
pleasant, for it means except the person
you are talking to. Don't you see, if
you had said, women are ali disagree
able,' and then added, Except you, Miss
Friendly I should have felt much Hat
tered"
"Much 'blee9ed to you fur splainin
dat ar; nehher could zactly understan
1t befo'. was a-gwine fur to say dat
made up my opinion bout women from
my ole miss, an she war de NOSE I'M.
pleasantsome pusson ebber libbed in dis
yere worl'-present comp'ny excepted.
Oar, l done got it right dis yere time,
reckon"
| "You need not try to improve it, but
1t seems to me that your statements are
a little contradictory. In what way
was she unpleasant"
swell, Miss Friendly, Is gwine to
tole you sumfin. De only unpleasant
some ting dat lady done to me was
when she sold me. l shouldn't a ask
ed no better hebben dan jes to hab lib
ed on her slave to de close of dis we're
immortal lfe."
eff you cared SO much for your mis-
tress, why did she sell youp''
"Oh! jes cause l was q mizzable,
good-for-nuffir', lazy, no-accpunt, lyin',
stealin', sassy niggah, dat's all. She
nebber could get de wuif OBJ her money
out OBJ me no udder way. She want
no fool OF she war lady. l CUB her a
sight OBJ trouble, an she war mighty
good to me. amt noffin agin her but
her sellin' me, an reckon her patience
sorter took to rarin', and Cleared it
Wouldn' work in de harness wild SIGH a
lazy critter as me no longer. AS l tole
you befo', Miss Friendly, don't ask for
no better hebben when gets to de New
Jerusalem dan for her to buy me back
agin. You wouldn' "a cotch NV missus
bein' cheated by any land CUB to dose
Dat was anime to tramp arter it.
She was de smartest woman de
Lord ebber made, an women is
mostly smarter an better'n men.
rs hcerd dat splained 'cordin' to de
law OF condensation. De Lord He
made um women, SO He done CUB 'em
more smartness an goodness an good
lookln'ness dan de men folks to make
up fur DER noh bein' able to vote. If
you Jes 'qwire into dis yere exodus
swindle, yo'll fine dat de men folks was
de NOSE centrally took in, an dat de
women didn' take no pride in it. We
had dis same ting in Souf Carlinv les
arter de wah. A man come aroun' wild
little flags an long stakes, am he done
tole US dat de gubment lowed to Glib
ebbery niggah forty acres OBJ lam an a
mule, and dat pooty soon a agent would
ne roun' wild de mules, an show us
Whar to stake out de lam. But de man
said we mus be perwided wild desc
stakes of his, wild de flags on de END oh
'em, to stick at de o. corners oh our
lam. He sole de stakes to us fur dol
lar apiece, an den we sot down an
waited TO- de udder man wild de mules,
but he nebber come. Wish 1 had dem
TO- dollars now. De married men dey
didn' get cotched in no sich fool trap.
DER wives wouldn' let 'em hab de mon
ey. Oar war Marin Phyllis dat armed
SIGH sight a-washin' to- de white folks
an totin' de cloze home fibe mile en-
her head, she warn't a-gwine to let her
husband, Lazy Pete, desquander her
arnins dat way-no, sab. She put her
TO- dollars in ole stockin' toe, an hid
it up de chimley. An dat trifin' Rose
Cinnamon, dat had de hard workin'
plarsterer an Whitewater fur a hus-
band, had sight more sense dan him
anyway, fur when he got his TO- dollars
laid up to glib to de flag-man, she pes
tered him till he CUB it to her, an
she bought a acordium an pair Oh
blue glass year-rings wild it. No, sab.
Eff I'd had my ole missus to wise me at
dat minute, she'd a said, you born
fool, Mingo, sabe yo' TO- dollars to buy
yo' terbacker, an white yo'seff some
light-wood stakes like dem as de man
got, an buy yo' little flags for nickel
apiece ODER al de corners. Den yo' can
stan 'em up in yo' shanty, am swell
roun' like all de udder fool niggahs.
'Twon't be cheatin' gubment nudder,
cause it amt goin' to glib yo' no udder
mule head dan dat you done got on yo'
shoulder dis minute OATS de kline OBJ
vice my ole missus would e CUB me,
dough she wouldn't a said it ies dat
Way, for she was mighty nerticE olor in