The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-04-20
COLOREDSOCIETY NOTES.
A LETTER FKOM COLE CAT ON THE
EVENTS or THE WEEK.
what the H0rsrfly Has to Say Upon So
cial TOplcs-The Observation-Disclosures
to-N0bOdy" society 60 entertainment
for the BENEFIT Of Brother Johns
Church-Thc sleeping Beauty.
NEW ORLEANS. Anril

ChurCh-The sleeping heauty.
NEW ORLEANS, April is, 1879
ar. DimocrG- was settin on de do step
o talkin'. TO Liza Jane, when dat hosstly came
buzzin' by an tlewed right down her neck.
tell you dat niggah gal squealed wuss nor a
littah oh pigs In markin' time. She look SO
brack LIN de face dat | got q thinkin' she war
gwne to 60 an faint. She KEEP q hollerin
an a hollerin so dat all de nayberhood come
runnn In de yard to see what was dc mat
ter. Bimeby when she done got quiet took
a par OBJ tongs, an after fishin' an a kerfum-
bin grab hole oh dat ay's wing an pull
him out Lor' Dress me- dc fuss ting he say
war, "My! now 1t smell In DART!
What YOU mean SEE /, Ito come in in dat
wayP Has you been hangn' 'roun de corner
grocery till you was drunk2'
"No Use not been to any grocery, needar
seq he. but you SEQ dat gal smell so much
like pony dat de smell obercome me, an
forgot myself altogether, an tinkin dat she
war q boss, went for her.
"WelI," sell. don't you do so no more"
"No, | won't" sez he. You may bet on dat.
But by-de-by," seq he, pullin' out piece OBJ
yaller paper from under his tail, Il receibed
a letter since seed you last time
you don't say So
Yes, chile, listen an Use gwine to read 1t to
you:
"'Deah Horseay- Sc got a question to Ak
you. What YOU thinks bout q gal dat acts
like de one Use gWine to tole you bout? Las
Monday | come up on de Maria from Wool
and plantation whar Use been wnkkin since
Crismas. While / was comm down Canal
street met Betsey Jones dat used to be on
Gle plantation wit her dad, till de boss sent
de ole man away. As soon as | seed her Use
SO glad | runs up to speak to her, an seq 7,
"Howdy. Betsy" She look me square in dc
eye, den she look through me, den she look
round me- den she rise on tiptoe an look
down my back, den she squat down an look
under my chin, den she open my mouf an
look done my froat, an den she scratch her
ear with her fan an walk off without sayin'
even Use so glad to see you, Cuff" AT fust
! wer 50 riled dat felt like knockin' dat gal
latter nor a pancake. But arter while /
recommemburd dat somebody on de bote had
said dar war q sickness of de ears in town
ehrywhar, SO dat people could not heah ]
heard dat man wild bill tryin' to collect
money had been known TO ring bell all day
long Widout an answer; dat even de gobern-
ment was 50 'iiicted dat the people was hol
lerin' like de debbil bout ebryting. but elo-
body heard dem; dat de policemen might be
standtn longside Oh a man shooting off his
pistol, an de policeman don't hear him. AS
soon as thought ob dat feel sorry for de
gal.
Dat same ebening put on my new 'spen-
ders and greasin my Shoes went to pay dat
young lady visit. When | kick the doah
open she war sitten patchin' pair ob her
dads pantaloons. Soon as she sawd me she
tatar rina a. az saz my h e pug salm on
how's yer been since | seed yer last?,
Why, Miss Betsy, says I, didn't yer
aea. the ten yer hoWdy On Canal street TO-
Ayes Cuffv did
".Weil, gal. how come II so yo,, nebber an
sWerY
;nohas et !. you Sc, WI, seq sne, CROWN SIX
wese done GOT m clnh ca1ted nss.dnnt'sauo
howdy- to nobody club, an Use de pwesiden-
tess; Our rules y dat We'se not to say how
fo ehrv one ananiaI ~ ,b b.ieu ~ say noWag
many peoples as we does We don't want to
be IKE doze Chineemen dat SEE Alamah' to
W II t pJ,s da Wy ~ lll det
arguefv de question hnt I, Var M ,,sn. sh 20
said she war right an didn't care what say.
afnr me uo,e -. mao an 40 we war good frens
what YOU thinks 'hnt d,t p aI ieGe eoe ne
CUT from WOODLAND PLANTeTftoN.
well, what you thinks Oh dat?" seq de boss
fly, Citing sorter mad-lIke.
Oh seq 1, I thinks dat niggah from
Woodland am fool to pay no tention tall to-
DAT gal. II dc heller am too proud to say
hoWdy TO people Jess as good as she, WHY de
bess ting to do am to CUB her up
Yes, sed de fly, IAN frow brick at her.
jess So!
Arter Gus de hosstly began scratchin' him
head as II an ldeah war bitin him, den he
eiose MN eye an began to think Not wshin'
20 sturo hlm' | began whistlin' "Oh, susy
tina "neii ali AZ once ne Jumped up.
. ~ pu41s Duzz-ah!