The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-01-24
r. r he Farmer and Mechanic
4 Southern Kitchen Chat, april
1902

Caline-the house-maid.
Jonas-Aunt Lottys husband and .
trusted servant
Rsm-The dining room servant.
Sllas and Acknowledgements.
Jane, Joe, Frank and lobe, other
slaves.
Aunt Lofty, you niggers git out o
here you know mistis don't low dis set
tin roun' de kitchen"
Joe, 'Lordy Aunt Lofty. misti. is eat
ing supper and she amt gwine TO come
out here dis time o night
Aunt Lofty, Il know dat, but you all
posters me anyhow; you fuses me aud
make me burn the white folks batter
cakes. Oar Angy dar's a burnt cake for
you.
Enter Rom with a plate on a waiter for
warm cakes.
Aunt Lofty filling the platel Rom
why didn't you bring a chIny plate and
mistis got company too '(Lor | forgot dey
was all berryed); who is dat man in de
pret-hou.e any how. he coined here yis-
tiddy, and l amt seed him yit. Is he a
genelmanY
Rom, Dat he is a genelman: he gin me
money las night an dis morning too.
Aunt Lofty, ::Well dat don't make him
no genelman. How much do he eat ,
and do he have a clean hankercher an
do he talk proper? or do he tilt his cheer
back an pick his teef. an den lean his
arms on de table? OATS how to know il
he's a genelman,'
Rom, Dat bells ringing; lem me Kit out
- bora wid desc cakes
Aunt Lofty frying cakes Joe you
made de FIRE in dat mans room an tended
70 him. Who is he, did't he talk to you
none?
Joe. lie asked if | was a poet.
Aunt Lofty. And what you tell him ?
Joe, L told him yes sir.'
Aunt Lofty, AN you knowd you was
living den. Oar Angy, dar's a burnt cake
for you. don't hleeye you know what a
port is
Joe, 4 don't
Aunt Lofty, You ignant fool, you dun
no nothiu. A port is a man de Gubncr
'ploys to port to him whats gwine on IN
de country.
Joe. Well | spec dat mars a port he
self. He is got a big police right full o
papers, i.
Aunt Lofty. "What else he say Jpe?
Joe, He ask me if | ever say ny pray
ers.'
Aunt Lofty, 'Umphl How he think
the Diggers is hathens and he gwine to
teach I'm son ethin? Oar Augy; dar's a
burnt cake for you. He thiuA-.
lobe, Aunt Lofty you burns a heap O
cakes
Aunt Lofty, 'Shet up Tobe, | knows
my business. Da, man, he's no genel
man he think a niger dun no his cata
chism.'
Dinah. Wonder how come mistis didn't
hear all de folhssay de catachism yistiddy,
like she ali ways do o Sundays
Aunt Lofty, 'Lor Dinnah you got no
sense. You reckon mistis gwine 20 keep
teachin and teachin de ~niggers, when
ebry body .pects de Yankees ebryday, an
da' gwine,set de niggers free and da' gwine
hang de white folks. Oar Angy, dars a
burnt cake for you"
Frank, AN de mo reason for mistis to
keep teachin 'em, dat is agin de law O.
God to kill
Enter Rom for hot cakes
Aunt Lofty filling the plate. Tell mis-
It's dar is no mo cakes and don't you come
Tor no mo 'dout you got somethin to tell.
Rom, Dat genelman say de Yankees
amt left a d~reiling standing down de road,
'cept its a barn, an deyn be here to NOR
row.
Aunt-Lotty, Lord, Lord, l knowed
somethin wus gwine happen soon, kase
de dog he wled all las night, and de screech
owl sot right close to my house an hollcr-
ed, an | greamt a heap too. Oar Angy,
dar's a burnt cake for you.
Jane, is de Yankees white or black
folks?'
Aunt Lofty, 'Lor knows chile. Yank-
Yank-Yankeel de word sorter sound
like da orter be yaller. What else de gen
Gilman say, Rom?'
Rom, He say dey don't leave nothiu
behind 'em, dey even grains de fish
pond
Aunt Lofty, Gets all de fish in de
pond?'
Rom, 'Ye.'em dey do, dey don't leave
no fowl cept de cats and dogs
Aunt Lofty, | wonder will dey krubhle
my pig mistis gin me, kase | cured him
eff de stemper las week.
lobe, % course eff dey take as little a
fowl as a fish, dey Amt gwine to leave as
big a fowl as a pig is
Aunt Lofty, Jonas shall kill dat pig
an I'll cook him dis night. Sot me free
or, no sot me free, dey aint gwine have
what blongs to me. Missis better had
KEEP dat twenty pounds o meat, she giu
you niggers all round an hid it long wild
bern dat Jonas put in de we'll wild de
hams an peas an taters. Niggers aint got
sense nuf to hide nothin.'
Frank, Yes dey is. | gwine hang
mine in de highest tree in de woods
Aunt Lofty, SO the buzzards II eat
Nicely, -'Tobe puts his under de.mattas
Bill done tack his to dat pc white
mans store, an kraded it for a plug O.
bacco and a krort O liquor an a finger
ring dat shine like gold, but it don't smell
good
Aunt Lofty, 1t must a tuck a mi lion
pounds TO give all desc folks twenty
pounds around Of meat, an taters an
things. Oars fifty ofde folks, | wonder.
Oar Angy, dars a burnt cake for you. Ii
de Yankees do hang folks sho nuf.'
Dinah, III die 10 d y shall hang Lilly
| muses.
Aunt Lofty, Dinah dat'll do for me to say
who is blonged t., de stockacy and all my
parents for Eve don't soshate wild pc white
folks ~niggers), but for you to talk all dat
is no sense at all.
, Calline, Well / amt gwine to hang no.
body an | amt CINE to die for nobody an
| don't blecve the Yankees is nuther.
dey was grander folks dan ever
seed, an dey wouldn't have nothin
in dis country. Some folks say dey
gwine give de niggers p~enanners an
and silk dresses and fine things.
Enter Silas and Abram just from town.
Aunt Lofty, 'Silas what is gwine on in
Silas, 'Lor Aunt Lofty. de folks ober