Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1882-03-29
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AEEsTER EDiDon:

va" hNe dollars puyin' garden seed
a"a oefdater. Corina, dot is my old wo-
man she gets VERY mad, und say: '.Frirz.
you no more phys sheed-I shaves dem my
sell Very vell,' says /, IF you shaves
dem blants dem." Veil she shaved fine
lot. We had fine lot Of Irish beraa,,rs
IN lie fall. She dakes dem ub stairs und
spreads dem, mud after dcy shriuks ub she
Outs 'em in an old parrel und dcr Ceep
hnely all winter. Apout mondth ago I
uakes my blow und breaks ub my berdater
g"un', gets it all ready for blantin', hitch
rs my mule, goes ub stairs und pripps
down de parrel, empties dem in dc tub.
nud dakes sbeat on der stump TO cut nv
berdaters. cuts dree or four, ven hears
nelghbor HAMS wagon coming pack from
town. schcnd py him for a schug Of Wis
Ky, So ! goes for him. DE gate is proken
down unds bropt mid n rail. so | climbs
ober the fence. Veil, We stob to dake n
trink und TO dell d. news, uud after Hauz
Is gone, | goes to hide de sehag Of visky.
Corona loves visky, too, und dimes ish SO
hard 1t costs too much, so pcrrys dot Wis
ky in de field where | blows. | combs
pack, und my jolly! der gate il fat. ttnd
my ncighbors' hogs have planted NV bcr-
daters for ne, md shaved ME de drouhlc.
vas purdy md at de hogs; but see Co
rina knows il not. 30 | drives dem ont
scblow, butts ub de gate, dakes dot tub und
goes to de brrdater batch. Corona. she
combs out md / sets down ny de tub.
wipes my face mud looks pnrdy tired. She
say, "Vat, Fritz, you get, done sho shoon.
| combs 10 help yon. DE gronn' looks
strange. Incver shaw ynn hlant bcr,laters
sho petnre-sho many fuyrows~ shay,
"ShnNt like a woman, tnd fault peforv you
knows vat YOU shays Good blauters
blows for de shcason-dcm burrows lets de
rain off" She schay. Dots good dnks
not of dot pefore. lon duks you planted
dem deep enough. md the groun warm
enough helr schay, "Corena, 90 in de
house, Use had drouhlc enough blanting
dem heirlaters to let EN- alone now" She
shaved npout beck Of onion sets, but de
rats backed dem of. | but. my pea und
bean schrcd 10 SOAK, und de schcLens
brrkrd dem nil out
Use had VERY pad iurk. | had hlenty
of cotton seheed. bnts dem in pen;
but sho much rain laked On dem dot has
To puy schced To hlaut, nud dey schay |
have 10 pay as much a. tifly schents for
dot IA pushed. Last week de docdor stobt
at my gate, und schay, "Docdor, a few
weeks ago | had drrc schows und apout
dwcudy-fvc schoats. You schcc dot lccile
Teller lying d.rrf Dots what's left. Vat
you drinks Kills EN-. hey." He schay, Col
era ! schay, 20 Corcnn, schtcp to de
door one minute" | schay, "CUrrna, dot
d"cdor srhay II vas colrra vot Hills our
hogs" She schwrlls mp, turns red ia de-
face, butts her hands on her hips und stands
kimbo, drinks yon calls him. She schay,
" Docdor, yon srhnst look pehind dc short
ribs f dot >ehoat ind see if il don sbrah
hollcra heap hlaiuel dan colera" scl.ay
"Corcua, YOU 90 pack i'll de house, |
,chnIelis yonr pr"ad purnng, inu knows
u heap more apont dot dan yon do apout
hcgs.' She schay, "les, yon has known
more apont de hog dan you will know if
mate schtays at rishtanc cents a poua'l,
md male nine tollars q parcel iou nud
de rest Of de- family will he down mid lie
same COMPLAINT soon. Dot same hnllers
dakcs apout tifly of mine lp'ns dis winter,
md de half dozen have left dakrs dc
prrad from de schildrens und de whites of
of de dable, dill knows schcken raising
dond bay Mt all Scho docs midont schic-
krps. onr old COW died mid IL too. Fritz
her horus for de holler horu. Strange you
men ncber dinks der is such ding as hol-
Ter stomach und docdor dot. No. dells
ycn vots de Misunderstanding cral-grnss is
mighty hard work. It's heap easier for
half n dozen men to gather round an ole
COW, look wise. schmoke, und dalk uud
dalk, md bore horns, md splid dails, dan
to work
Mr.. Nelson -chnys farming bays. hlants
all cotton dis year; if it hits, dnrns jack
on him. den glib him dwo in de game und
peats HIM. starts me one iectie grocery
in do rntt,,r tf my var,i dents IN IL ven
it rains mud after supper, nnd ven ] blows
Corona dends TO il. Isells visky for cotton
by de pound or by de setback full, lpuys
vat schoat, vat heus, hlenty of aiss uud
somc moneys effry day, Scho yod secs dot
way planting bays, buys we'll.
Dell de poys in DE office if dey schct mp
dis letter vor me, | schends dem schug
of vi~ky vot / gceps for myself mud de