The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-04-27
CULLUD s'CIETY.
COLE CAT GIVES THE LATEST GOSSIP
or THE COLORED ARIsTOCRACY.
NEW ORLEANS, April "a, 1879.

New ORLEANS, April "a, 1879.
Dear Dimocrat
When wrote 10 YOU las time tole you dat
| dat Hoss Fly had LET me sorter sudden like
thinking dat he'd seed do Bee oh do Pioap,.ns
AsIdnot heerd anything bout him since den
sorter began 10 feel q skeered dat he had met
do bee" for shuah, an us he had no sting,
he'd probubly got the wuss oh 1t. Howsum-
nder, az war lying on my bed las night
iess about gwine to sleep, heerd him a
buEzin' ronn' dc room LII dc dark, sayin',
"Eiggah, nigga, whar ID you2 Ruzz, Buzzah"
aettin' up an lightin' de can'le, saw dat
sonaefln had bin dc mattah wild dat fly. Him
look mighty pale, an sumtin like dose people
dat you'd see on dc streets las summer
When Il AK him what was do mattah. and beg
him to take q seat on de iioor him tole me,
you get back In bed niggah, an Tse Rwine
70 perch up hyar on dis bed pos: an lissen,
eos Use got lots oh tings to tole YOU"
"All right" SEE ], iunpin' In ted, fire
away: Tse q lis'nin'.''
/ well" SEE be, ITO tell you what's been dc
mattah wild me fust, you know Use been dom
lots oh serious wuk dis week. Fus Use bin to
| de Cullud Folks Convention, den to dc State
Gonvention, an den TO de meetings oh de SAM
itary S'ciety, m ell heah dar war 90 heavy
dat feels like niggah OATS bin feedin' on
eowcumbers an persimmons. / swar, Use
not gwine to follow up any more % dose
hebby consarn6. No, sab. Jess LUX how Ise
been failn' OIL. Why, my hritches war too
small for me ten days ago an now deys got
10 big Use got to keep EN- up by tyin' strings
roun' my shoulders
WELL SEE /. "dat's bad, shure enough,
m hope IT. Il teach you dat ciety bug got
no business meddlin' wild politics Or disfec-
ton. You should recommember dat white
folks says: De new shoemaker mustn't 20
after dss,las' one
1Wen, dats true sed de fly; ''but what
| yuu wants i did know oh muffin berry in
terestin' In s'ciety dis week, an thought dat
J perhaps In some Oh desc places might heah
some news"
well. did you heah anything oh interest I"
axed /.
Muffin berry great 'cept understan' dat
! de price OF boss whips an cowhides gwins
ap.'
Us dat so?"
"Why, yes; because de people down town q
bin buyin' dem up like hot cakes. You can't
hne q gentleman down town dat amt got d
| whip OBJ some kind In him back pants pocket
What gemmuns YOU talkin' 'bout7" SEE I.
why. cullud Remmnns, oh course, an
sud de fly. You see, de Picdass,ee an Times
/ has been given free 'vertisements to de gem
iernens dom business who's got wives an
sistahs belongin' to de Goldfish sciety, on de
| principle Oh gibbin an egg TO get q beef-dat
y, dey print S'ciety Notes, an say dat
Nissus Mess Pork. 90 ristocratic, Missls
Hide-and- Taller, 80 beautiful an lighted,
Nlssus Did-de- Junk Business-O nct, 90 grace
! ful m intelligent; so dat desc ladies, who'd
nebber get dere names In de paper udderwise,
feels fatturd, an gets dere husbands whose
eoles nebber rise 'bove de floor Oh deere office
( % think dat It's sumfin immense to hab dere
names in de paper, whar it am read by ebry
gambler on st. Charles street and am In de
mouf oh ebry loafer dat makes his libbin by
holdin lamp pos on Canal streets DEFY den
feel 50 full % thanks for de kind notice OF
katherine Cole or de Busy Bee dat dey sends
roun' to subscribe for de Picauatne an de
Times. Now, de cullud BARRIERS an white
washers, thinkin' dat de Pic. an de Times
may try dat trick on dem, is prepared fur
dc occasion, as dey say dey's not gwine to al
How de port les an actions OF dere wives an
daughA,lng TO become public property. OATS
Why dey's peen buyin' hosswhips and COW
hides. Use tole, also, dat seb'ral white n en-
b'iongin' to de ole times families been inspect
In leather stores, too. Darl be fun yet, you
mine what tole YOU
rs deere anything gwine on In s'ciety circles
dat mout be interestin'?" sell.
.sOh, yes" SEE be- slidin' down de pos like
higgah cumlnin down a gum tree dat Fill
pp-wid-H ominy s'ciety done changed its !
quarters. Dey's gone up into de hay lof'
bow. foun' dem arter huntin' roun' Deys
PEAL mad coz sed dey seritehed like tom
pats, an talked too much. But can't help
dat: Ise boun' to toIe de trufe. heard .dere
eumfin dat surprise me lots. DeyAole me dat
70 dat s'ciety deres two white gals. I foun'
Pat somewhat strange, dat do desc
gals Is q Ittei dark completed dat dey should
loud dem to become members Oh s'ciety
composed Oh de bes' musicianers 'naong de
nllud folks. DEFY tole me dat one oh desc |
Rhite gals Is de faborite ob de Director, POM |
PeY Grower, de master Oh ceremonies, an |
lat she's gWine to sing solo at dere mex
ibition. II she'd take my advice, she'd sing |
atsolo Sc. low at no one could heah 1t. In
oder words, dat she'd not sing it at all; COS
culiud populations gettin mad to see
Fnlie folks comm into cullud clubs In dat
~, en- takin' de bes' places. Yves not
wine to stan IT."
ls dere anything new about de 4tS'ciety
nix. ser II"
1ee, doze people dat Fills-up-wid- Hominy
PIC me dat Missus - rot d new Get Of
W tee5n, a. dat she's not paid for dem.