The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1880-04-20
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Several 'iays ago old Randsom, a
colored man who has always lived on
cotton plantation, came TO the city
as delegate to q meeting Of the Sons
OF Ham. At night after bis arrival,
a, banquet was given BY the lodge,
This was something almost isnpsrI
natural to the old man. ,Hchad often
heard of people sitting around "a table
and drinking, smidn.music' dand
speeches., but did d2not believe such
glories belonged to any other than
the before.tte war aristocfacv. 'tfhe
tables were spread ina church, odd
Randsom was mystiped,a The heals
Of oranges started him He had not
believed, that there. were so many
oranges in the world, The, sdaysof
his, iboyhood swan in a retrospective
sea before him, His masters birth
day, came,up. sndihe could zee. himself
a"shirttailed" boy, with curious sem
sations, ascending, thesteps Of the tbig
houss" to receive half orange from
the hand Of his reverenoed master
The white washed cabins came up and
grew whittier beneath the sun Of his
imagination OldoAunt Silvey, with
her ctutth anil rheumatism, hobblsd
BY, and young Dan. with d squall, told
the sad story that Eph had stolen the
orange and crammed it into his mouth,
AL this passed before Randson, and
70 osit at the head Of altablc laden
with oranges. chicken, baked shoat
and funny looking bottlesp caused him
to liwonder,a scratch his wo6lly head
and wonder again. When the wine
eanie on old Randsom drank heartily.
Extra dry flowed. down, his throat in
on almost nnbroken stream, He had
never seen any; before, and alter he
[had drunk about a.quart, he laughed
lto, think. how much . man could drink.
rand wondered ifthere were enough in
the world far one man.sissa Tno 81 I
b. -Look "a heah,', he said to one Of
1.-THE lawaiters, 7"ain.t yer got no ole
fashion plantation whiskey? Dis stnfl
Itloan nkitch holt. 81 likes de whiskeys
what lays dholt' OBJ q man like dog
ke,chin' "a SOW by de year.'"D The
! waiter, Informed him that whisky
Vas, not accessible. '"Ginmy. some
Epain killer or snthin ter make ms
feel hit. Icquld drink dis beah stuff
all night. AM be suffeln. fora drink
fore sun up in sde rmorhin. 5Tht
waiter told, him that IT, he would pay
attention to the extra dry he woult
feel satisfied. The old man KEEP
drinking until the affair ended, aht
when some one proposed to take hin
to his boarding house he struck a
him with his hat. laughed loudly
tried to put his arm around tn
daughter of Ham, and tried to prov
| by her that he was'a "man," an
could take care of,himselfs About d.
O'Clock next morning. al policeman
found old Randsom living in the street
| He was taken to the station house anC
locked up When he was brought in
to court his head was as much swol
len as though he was poisoned
When the Judge informed him tha
he was fined FIVE dollars, he arose an
said:
",Iedge., disc. is my ifust visit te
! Little Rock, !, AM ef ole marster wi
pardon me, hits de,las' one.'ijI doa
care how much yer fines me, but fc
de Lords sake tell me what sort {
, dinged sweetnin' was dat de ole ma
drunk. Hit went down jes' as mil
ez sweet milk, but I'll be dinged II hi
3 ldidn't come up like hat full OBJ tet
: penny nails, an de wost OBJ all. Jedg'
! hti KEEP Ter cemip.,doi aaisa d emi.
Here de old man heaved, threw u
!. a handful Of nails and was led dow
: stairs. He still belongs to'tho sol
/ I Of Ham, but is firm in his objection
!. sweetened mildness. 80 3''
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