New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-05-11

syerlastngly skedsdde."
And here Lady Jane at tho recollection Of IL rocked to
and fro and laughed till the mud In the chnks Of the
cabin fairly ratified .
-. Ior ve hearn mo- bout IT, But couldn't make II
ON, M vav swot does dey all mean say'n ives freef
axed ole Hannah one day. 'Lor'. chile says Aunt
Hannah-shc was mighty KNOWN Aunt Hannah was
dom you knows nuni wesjestfree ter go or JUS A'
we likes an I'm gwine an she Lighted right Out 'ur
nessee where she come from Well day Isays Mas'a
Hamilton stan IT ezzacky but re ,resp Nd Ah ~
An says voter yer go me g stays H esr y az
cOoksr Well says he us mighty nars On nj p yer ra
lions An me close. and de cheT!s ocse, an 10
shoesr says oh cant DO nnih1 w eHu stsyd yur;
den said 'Massa Hamilton dere's Odder people gos
cOrncTbs an Se a. you IN an das cot
cose-press too! An be says. Jane ef yer does ye al
de- But. jus streaked 1t mex mornin; Tor &c 10"
country an I haint been sorry nebber sense
wish could reproduce more of the conversations na
with Lady Jane cher language let me OBJ ahonf
Heaven she was not exactly certain She thinks II tnere e
Heaven the white people will object 10 ths pI. t
bebbes.: IL nd he ali right dem But don't you think
you'll be white up in Heaven r. asked Wnat Gls ole
Dis World nor dat" and she lay back in the chimney
and roared at this idea even hsn a1 sue @
the way that Masss Hamilton win hls gin n"'' 'N'
Sudden Niger" to " sverlastlnsiy sAedadule'
CAIN AND ABEI's REVISED VERSION.
But don't you believe that your race will ever be
equal with the white g. asked
"Ekali no sahw said Lady Jane positively II
knows my race too weil-Ps bruns up via eh'
We nebber come I'D to de white people no how Wesc
n mean race OATS lust what we a. Wese mean ebbery
way. Why member story dat an ole gemman az use"
TO come to Marin Hamiltons befo de war told me outh
book way long befO' do surrender 1t wac but Sc
membered 1t Pears to me IL spiainS oe ca
ezzacky bleve the storys true, massa yes 10 so
Cain an Abel you see two sons OBJ de Lor Ou de
dina
or sumAn an be war gone seben years, an wen h'
c,me home nc had wife an chilleus Now Cain neODer
did Tub Abel eos he wur Jealous but dis time wheh
Abel coined home dc fader he killed Dig la
hog-no, twasnt hog, it was big fat goose, o9t Ssy
had hog KILN time anyhow an-de idoTI "a! Wiz an
cblens. Now dis made Cain awiul mad AZ a. s,te e
he us would SO when got Abe! dar he ius' took
an mummOcked him wild big knife Den when Cam
goes home like nodlng had happen de L9r come out
am he saw Whars Abel But Cain jus let on Ike ne
didden har. Den do LOr say agn, CAIN wnars Anelf
Den ain look roun kinder sulky and he says, Is yer
Abe keeperl But de Lor he say agiR aSsin AK a.S
you whar L AOeIr zen ah an ~ v,9 woods
What is a cowbeast of the wild woods, Aunt Jane a.
Ion Idst's a cow-jls' a cow yunno. WAL de Lor' be
see de blood on Gains shirt buzzuu-it sorter spirited
wncn he stuck him wild the knife, yunno-an ne kno"ea
aII the while dat Cain led cone gone kilt Abel 80 ne
saws Cain II a cusS an your cAllen 10 cu91 ~
YOU an your ohen must serve Abeps chillen tousans
was a mighty mean man. wash ne. sab r.
"Certanly he WAS. Aunt Jane" we assented 49,.
"Wei now thinks OATS how ais mean race an
how ives black; dat SPANS IT, zacky Ill 10 g giSn re
me an blleve il like de Bible" And Aunt Jane mere
tapped her under lip and folded 1t over Ike sea- Oh hei
conviction.
THE JAY-BIRDs' DAY OUT
They have very curious supersttions smongthem
these negroes and though possibly they deny 1t on H.
terrogaton yet the belief in wchcraft and spirits Is al
most universal rabbits foot rightly carried even
rudey drawn. is most potent charm One drol idea Is
that the aybirds Friday afternoon are compelled py
soe inscrutaoe power to repair TO the bottomess pit
CARRYING lighted pine IN their prehensle claws
When Aunt Mary-they auns and uucles at any age
but only the old Aunties "-came in to kindie my
fire last Friday morning, carryin in her hands the usual
piece OF blazing ght-wOOd. asked her II she was s0t
starting in her afternoon lob rather cary enc puz
zled a moment to know what was meant ana then went
on one OF peals of laughter that only TINS people
Dis Amt de place." she said.
DO Won really believe that the tay-brds go down he
low every Friday afternoonr asked. She became seri
Jus Don know. sah but hits mighty curious whar dey ali
But what 90 they carry lighted pune Knots fOrf
"Spose hits ter burn the wicked >,
This legend OF the birds. though ma ss'So o
peced instead OF the torch 10 carry gram OF sino IN
bis oT @ 0ps 20 here ' can
sand than all Phegethon can take
THE DARKEY DIALECT
The phrases of these people are generally most note
worthy You perhaps noticed that Lady June bad IL that
Cain "munlmocked" Abel. The sound OF the word so
well m the sense that there is need OF explaining
that to mummock Is to slash or hash up with
knife To swallow your food hastily is to kangaroo
ir Derhaps because of that animals pouchng IT'S young
bodily Ask how large farm Is and they will tell yon
not the number Of but that runs 40 many poughs
lTb. vhites by the way reckon BY mule power. and
sneak OF tvO-mue, four-nule, or tenmule tarm)
have heard one darkey instruct another go naphaz
ardly and bring him on" Come roun ternisht an Wen
bab rae hog KILN time does not that pork Is to
be made simply that the height OF enjoyment may be
xnected For when hogs are led then do and
gatherings and sparribs end other decacies abound
and 40 the occasion has to be synonym for the
highest harty. "You ought to be ashamed or beating
vour wife" said lady TO a cOOred man who had been
pducing IN that little relaxation "LoT love yer miss,
couldn't get on wild de at all II didnt jes bresh
her little now an aglnv
''Dis is road dan toder needs no eNpanatoh'
So too brief in comm" can be understood with.
ont n foot note ''Up to yet 1t ANT happened agin"
STATES fact fsrcibly Fat arded wood" could only be
construed referring the rich pine or this country
. I'm married by matrmouy an not by law, so Jasper
won't get o. my arnns seems to indicate union
in which there may be deensiyeness II not strength
rraa contained ions1- :san expected" DE fish bit
heyon' prodgion," puzzled me 20 know whether pro-
diS1ously or beyond precedent was meant But my
memory fails income cannot wen carry hoe-o.SS N
space which will be the occasion Of my being mum
Knocked before getting into print 49,. -,,,...
However, word must De salu apout tnT si .;
Well we didn't him again, though we Sought 10 tempt
him from his lair with what remained OF dinner anu as
Uncle Peyton said ''paerotea tue banks Oh Tue oyou
vigorously. JUN iAoi"
HORRIBLE RELIGIOUS RITES.