The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-11-01
a BIG SPEOERLASHUN."
BY HOMER MAGEE.

Yes, brudder Simon, gin'rully de Bibles strate a
tru,
But dere's sum tinss betwixt hits leds dat puzzl,
me few
= An dough wudnt tell de pahsen fur er key q
{ gin,
| tink some OBJ hits yarns am mighty, mighty thin
Fur instans, deres dere story about ole joiner ar
de whale
Now how kin any man OBJ sence beleab dat mus
truS tale?
An menny mo- jest like hit, but de ting wat make
me laf
Am dat ermusin' lttul yarn bout ole Aron an
hlz caf.'
l nebber heers dat ittulpece but wat wants te
grin,
An Wen de pahson talks OBJ hit hardly kin
hole in;
Tel tink dat all de worl' beleabs dat hunbug tale
When dat its false am jest plane ez roosers on ell
rale
Dere amt no mo- trufe in 1t dan dere's in de New
| York Sun,
Yer bet ole Moses an ole Aaron looked ou fur num-
Der one
In dat caf' bizness an dey thought dat dey wuz
mighty cute,
But dere's one ole black Niger dat kin see de way
dey shute.
Yer members, don't yer, Wen de Isruliters wuz in
camp,
An Moses legged hit up de mount upon hiz lone
some tramp
Ter git dem stones? Well, jest afore he sot out on
his walk,
Him am ole Aaron he'd long an confdenshe talk
stones an laws,
But it was sunlthin better'n dat what made 'em
work der jaws;
Yer see dey made it up betwixt I'm dat while Nose
was away
Aaron would start spekelashun dat should surely
pay.
Dey greed on dis dat while ole Nose was up to de
mountain track
Aaron would go round an swar he nebber wud
cum back
An den de folks wud murmur an would rip about
de sod,
Bekase dat Nose had lef EN-, an dey dtdnt hab no
God.
in:
When all de folks am grulnblin' like 4 storm oh rain
an win,
An' cussin an swcarin' by ole Noses yaller face,
Dat ii dey don't receib God dey'll pack and leab
de place,
Why Aaron den he'll jest step up an tell eLn all to
bring
iHWIFV ytI- I,al ,f,l,
n promise 'en dat when dey's threw, he'll gather
up de pile,
N fix 'em up golden god in jest de lates' style.
en all de folks'll fly about agstherin' up der gold,
N pack it all in Aaron's tent, as tte as it would
hold;
en- Aaron'H vide it into two piles-on for Noses
hat
n take a little outen both an make dey ole oafI !
er see how cute dey was; dat was de little plan
~ both agreed upon afore Moses struck for higher
lam;
'r bet yer socks, dose men dey know'd de wuth
oh yaller chink- +
imagine now see ole Aaron a-glbben' Nose de s
wink n
+ sho enuf when Moses had been gone for forty q
days, +
people grewld aroun an sed dey didn't like his e
ways; e,
went an told ole Aaron dat If a God he didn't st
make W
= d mash his big moui aatter dan Il greasy bat W
tercake 81
1 Aaron he purtenled dat he was troubled mos IL
TO def, z(
begged de folks to let him tink AN kinder sc
kech his bref cC
all ter wunce he popped mis- heels an capped D,
his hans an sed- I'll
has it nOw-go get your money-every cussed al
red, m
n foch it here to me- an also cbery golden -
ring, -,
bracelets, cups an buttons: don't yer leab ", VI
blasted ting WI ",
looks or smells like gold, an yer kin stake yer
noze, CO
make yer de mos stylish God dat cher walked an
on toes 7" on
de men dcy hustled 'roun' like nevis broke tbi
outen der gears, 81
knocked de women down an jerked de jewery 4h,
outen der ears, oa
gathered up der golden spoons, an cups AN Al,
ebery ting, on'
East, West, Norf an souf, until dere warn't Ne
no mo- ter bring. IO
pal
rolled in wheelbarrows, an hauled it in carts the
an drays, cul
great gosh such Il pile oh gold eE met ole the
Aaron's gaze; res
~ I'll bet ole Zandor Stewart in his mos occ
hushy times, m
nebber owned de ha'f Oh hit in dollars cents ssS
an dimes. CI,
IN not sly as Aaron wud aided upon de spot | WoI
e knowed how as hal was his an KEEP his glOl
ole mouf shot; wae
ly ting dat pestered him while hesrin' Oh it bee
drup, TAKE
at dis brudisr mite bust him, an capture de grei
whole trap. clos
st to tink dat outen all dat gold witch near raw
bout techcd de sky, was
,r,p made c,,f i,t r.r,,t ~, ma, Ian g.. and
feet high! he
at lan's, What fools WIS all don, IsyDli,i.b was
olks, son,
y didn't ketch up wild dOze men and swing dep
EN- bof ter rores vain
ey all took lie cat an set it up an called it
Cod" scIl
wed an sorared aroun' an knOrked upon de liiee
Cd; aSO,
,Ios.. con,. down from, 4. ,,,,,,u, -, dali
,os, orrnI ,nsd '''''' "' ''''-'si MED
all oh hi. meme da,,.ta ni. .,yI ,.. ,,,-.,r man
lad, ing,
a co
be had jawed de people bout der mos aassz- men
D. sin, ef,:,i
u an knnck'd at Asrou's ten4, an A,ran It, IA G
im in =,
VA he looked an seed de gold all Isil' tex D;Y,
Ne side, SlAA
: his wicket brnddsr larfci until jey aIlDa-, was
ned han,
,el each od-rs Tibs, an danrci aroun' au' Iis'
a, of
'eis ies, Israiiters is-Iey'd jus' a. we'll II. brot
"a T- -
brudder Simon, don't yer blow oh good WIS
ess iu dsss men,
iene a, j, de blaekest tiei dat eter stole a =.
famt
nd me but dey tr'as sly, an wen I hears are {
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