Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1882-01-03
How Brother Bear and Brother Fox
Fooled Brother Rabbit.
AFTER "UNCLE REMUs."

AFTER "UNCLE REMUS."
Set down dar, honey. on dat ar box, said tne
old man, an hole one cen o. dis yer strap
while tells you de way ole Brer Bar an ole
Brer Fox got busted up a-foolin' wild ole brer
Rabbit.
You see Brer Bar he was q lawyer-one o
desc heah turnovers-at-law what roosts up
'roun de cotehouse like turkeys on brian
fence; an Brer Fox he was runnin' 1amboree
newspaper, ha'f Publikin an haf Readjuster,
an whole Brer-Fox-y. Dey thunk dey was
two mighty smart foxes; an so dey 'termlne
dey gwi' have some fun out m ole Brer RaDoit
Brer Bar he sez ter Brer Fox:
"Brer Fox, ~ sezse, '1ets wes US an company,
put up Job on ole Brer Rabbit. He's gittin'
too sassy an stuck-up. AMI we must take him
down a bnttonhele lower, = sezee; an ole Brer
Bar he chuckle an shake he fat sides sthinktn'
bout de way he gwr fool Brer Rabbit.
"Dat,s a fac, Brer Bar" sex Brer Fox sezee.
'.but how is we ter do it?' sezee.
"rl tell you how" sez ole Bre Bar. sezee. an
he chuckle agin; "dat ar Brer Rabbit. he's
orfuI kerredulous creetur. an he don't never
expec' ypu's lynn ter him twel you len him
opera glass fer ter see de lie."s
"Dats So" SEE Brer Fox. sexae. "case ne
swollers my newspaper an ef he believes da'
paper, i 'spec'we kin stun him wild mos emmy
thing"
"wsll," SEE Brer Bar. sexse. "we'l make him
think dat postal card prevention what rs been
a-sweatin' over an thinkin' bout for six
mont's an thought was gwine ter git mil
Hon dollars rom de NewEited States for, an
what aiHt mo- account, is done panned out big.
pll perten ter sell 1t ter you, an wen get ole
ar n
go an spread it all 'roun' town. an, de foke.
Ill all believe it. an yQn an me wen set back
an l.f'. an lar. and laf, twel we leetv motv
bus','
Soole Brer Bar he put out an he fine Brer
Rabbit settin' up in Brer VOLTS iaw-of1ce.,
| chawin' rabbit-terbaker an readtn' de~'icn-
mqnd Whi0. An he asst Brer Rabbit Ter step
up ter his Office at e]eben O'Clock Ter ter
| tansack some bizness an dror pp some Pc
pers. Bre9Rabbit be gin ter spzeii Zee. an
he leety mbty ez keen arter q fee ez ole brer Il
Bar hissss. So he up an ne say dat he gwine T.
ter be d.. Il
Wbenie clock slapped eleben dar was Brer Il
Bar.Brt Fox an Brer Rabbit all settin' 'roun' ez
solemrez three Readjuster jedges in Brer Bars
law.oice, ready fer bixnsss. But Brer Fox an
BreI Jar dey done ranged defo' ham ter have q /
'spu1 bout de sale O. de postal card lnterven-
ton an when Brer Rabbit done been in dar
'boi two minlts dey gin ter 'sputtn like two
drtk niggers on a Christmas day. So dey lei
It F Brer Rabbit. When he done hear bofdty
sits. an all de argyfyin' an sputefyin'. htR
gi in his jedgmsn' /; an den Brer Bar he say
IBrer Fox" sezee. 81 sell it ter you for thiTk
tflve hundred dollars" sexee. II
III takes you" sez Brer Fox, sezee; an Brtt
abbitt's eyes blink an he mouf fyahly watif
|br think O. dat fat greasy ole Brer Bar makil
Cn dat money in three shakes of dead shee6f
Jail. 3
"Dror up de bon. Brer Rabbit" sez '
Fox, sezee-an' he sorter wink at Brer Bar lfT r
lar low ter hisse'f Brer Rabbit he set doif '
an he arored up de BON an he drored upJe
contrsek an he sot dar an chawed his raplt
terbaCker an spit on de stove twel it sizzld. r
"BrF Rabbit" sez Brer Bar. sezee. fS.i b
shell (ave for dat piece O. work de fines fah
o. kitbn britches in dis yer town.
"AI Iu dooplicate um. - sez Brer Fox, tzee
Der tBrer Rabbit he feel good all ovef an
he las back his ears an run out On de freet
an ID tell Brer Catfish, an Brer Mud 1fKle,
an Her Buzzard, an all de fokes dat r Bar 1
he d,he made thirty,five hundred doArs In !
redminits. An Brer Catfish. an Bro Mud !
Turtle, an Brer Buzzard, an all de Annals
dey prn In an swar dat dey had all beefhink-
in but dat very same postal card an'len dey
all 5nked off an got 'roun' de corder an
kicfsd deyselves case dey didn' git d patten
fus
oh Brer Fox an Brer Bar dey gn ter go
'rorn' an grin, SO dat Brer Rabbi smell
mid. But he dom say nothin'; y jes lay
lows an he go off ter Lawyer Jay BID an' ne
Le.sbrer Jay Bird dey conclude dey gwiS rsr 6
fl < dem two gennulmen. So dey sem v'rd TO
Brer Fox an Brer Bar ter give Brer Raoit MS T
two kitten britches.
\ Brer Bar he say he don't owe nd1ittten r
britches-dat it was jes all joke; buh face
git long an he eyes gin to roll roun' onsy like
An all de tother animals what got fled dey
try to hide dey confusion by laughinat Brer
Rabbit. But Brer Rabbit he got de Il on his
side an he don't keer. y
Brer Fox he gifts skeered up an heakes an =
sens down ter Brer Rabbit de fine pyah O. :
kitten britches in town. Den Brer ir he re- t
mains objurit; an SO Brer Jay Bf he goes y
an takes an sues Brer Bar at at deluck's OF v
fee, and when de trihl come, de jete tp say. Il
sezee: y
"You certainly owes dem britcha Brr Bar, II
an you has got ter pay 'em." 81
An Brer Bar an Brer Fox dey CT tsgether
an lafs, and lafs twel dsy leety m0f bT. But
ole Brer Wolf he say dey dey COULD fd him
dat he knewed it all de time. He 6wfs specs b
ole Brer Bar is putin up q job on jim!
Brer Rabbit he done got two pyih kitten {;
brltches what didn' cos him nutlins an he c,
laf, an laf, an laf twel he ieety md y ts'. o
Let 60 de strop, honey. Deys mo- pays dan Z,
one O. curin' dogs O. suckin' aiggs; D. don't b
you forgeti 1t. Z