The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-08-03
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RecitCs the Inside History OF n Georgia
Caucus In which Drer Rabbit Plays it
ON BFeFD'AF.
AtaaLG COHElHtiQt.
"Hit seems lax dat in dem days Brer
Rabbit en- Brer Tarrypin don gone in kerr
boots fer ter Guido de ter cresturS One
time Brer Rabbit tuCk'n made a call on
Brer Tarrypin, but wen he git ter Bsef
Tarrypin house, he year talk fun Mias
Tarrypin dat de ole man done gone ter
spen' de day wild AR. Mud rurkle, witch
day waz blood kin. Brer Rabbit he put
out after Brer Tsrrypin, en- wen he got ter
Mr.. Mud-Turkls house, dey all sot up, dey
did, en- .tole tales, en- den wen twelt,e r.
clock come dey had crawish fer dinner, en-
dey Joys deyse'f right erlong. Alter din
ner dey went down ter Mr.. Mud. Turkle
mill.pon', en- wen dey git dar, Mr.. Mud
Turkle en- Brer TarrYpin dey muse deysa't,
dey did, wild slidin' fum de top Nv q big
slantin rock down interd dc water.
81 speck you moughter seen rocks in de
water, 10, now, whar dsy git green en- slip
py." said Uncle Ramus. .Ita sos ,
The little boy had not only seen them,
but had found them to be very dangerous
to walk upon, and the old'man continued:
"Well. den dish yer rock wuz mighty
slick en- mighty sluntin.. Mr.. Mud-Turkle,
he'd crawl 10 de top, en- tn'n loose, en- go
Sailia' down inter de Watef-kersplash .
Ole Brer Tarrypin, he'd ioller Atter, en- slide
down inter de Watrr-kersplash! Ole Brer
Rabbit, he sot cfI, he did, en- praise um
up.
t'W'iles dey wuz a gwine on dis way, a
havin' der fun, en- JOIN deysei, yer come
Ole Brer Bar. He year un. latin en-
holrfn', en- lie hailum.
".Heyo,i olksl W'atalld is?1 Etmy eye
amt 'ceiye me, dish yer's Brer Rabbit, en-
Brer Tarrypin, en- old INK Tommy Mud
Tufkle, seq Bier Bar, sez9e.
"De same" stz Brer Rabbit, sezee, en-
yer we is 'joyin' de day dat passes des lax
dey want no hard times"
swell, well, well! sez ole Brer Bar, sezse,
a slipin' en- a,slidin' en- maxim free! Ed
wat de marter wild Rabbit dat he amt
i'inin' int" sezee.
"Ole Brer Rabbit, he wunk at Brer Tar
rypin, en- Brer Tarrypin he bunch Mr..
Mud.Turkle, en- den Brer Rabbit he up'H
low, he did:
"'My goodness, Brei. you can't spec a
man Ter ter slip en- slide de hole bles3id day,
kin your Idons had my fun, en- now Pin
a.settin' ont yer lettin' my cloze dry. Hits
tu'n about wild me en- dezs gets wen dey's
any fun gwine on sezse.
MAYBE Brer Bar mought jine in wild
u.s. SEE Brer Tarrypin, sezse.
"Brer Rabbit he des heller an laT."
"Shoo!" sezee, "Brer Bar foot too big en-
he tail too long ierter slide down dat rocS,"
sezee.
eds kinder put Brer Bar on he mettle,
en- he up'n 'spon, lie did:
"'Maybe dey lie, en- maybe dey amt, yitI
amt aieard to try
"Wid dat, de yuthers tuck'n make way
fer i'm en- ole Brer Bar he git up on de
rock, he did, en- squat down on he hunk
era, and guile he tail und' i'm, en- start
down. Fus' he go sorter slow, en- he
grin lax he feel goou; den he go sorter peart,
he grin lax lie feel bad; den he 60 mo-
pearter, en- he grin lax he skeerd; den lie
slrack de slick part, en-, gentermeDsi he
swaller de grin en- fetcha howl dat mought-
er bin yeard 9 mile, en- he bit de water lax
q chimbly o fallin'.
%You kin gimme DENIAL" Uncle Remus
continued, alter a little pause, but DIES e.
sho' ez you er settin' dar, wen Brer Bar
slick up en- flew down dat rock, he break
off de tail right NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., en-
mon'n dat, wen he make he disappear nee
up de big road, Brer Rabbit holler out:
"Brer B'a!-0h, Brer Bal! l year tell
dat tiaxseed poultices is mighty good fer SO
plaoes!".