The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-05-17
A PhilOsOphic Negro.

sluggish water known as bayou St.
John, the hot sun blazing into his
face.
Why don't you get up and go to
work."
My friend" said the aged Eth
eppian, Il am, proberbly, the on'y man
eob sense dab is in de State. Some OBJ
my chillen opportunities, but dey hez
dab mudder'S foolishneSs in 'em and
aiey don't quite cum up to de stan ard
Ny oldest boy, Sam, hez an idee NV
bein' q sport, and he actooally wuks to
git fine cloze. Wat duz he want OBJ fine
.cloze? Wat does he want oh any cloze
at all in dis yeah climit, 'ceptin' lis
cnulr to kibber him? Why, he wants
to swell among de gahls. Wat does
he want to swell among the gahls fur?
So't one OBJ EN- will marry him. Wat
does he want to marry one oh 'em fur?
Coz he wants to be happy wild her. Yo'
see eberyting wat Sam wants and eX-
peX is ahed OBJ him. 1t amt de present
dat Sam is after-de eniyments OBJ to-
day amt good enuf TO him, but he
goes TO sullin' dat he cahn't put his
hand onto.
~'When he hez got de good cloze de
gahls will run after him. VIII he be
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,iat Nv Wben bn " w or mG, iono nrne
and bez GOT a house. will dat satisfy
him? Not any, honey. IF he gifts
house he won't be happy till he hez cot
Il pianner forty in it, and when he hez
de pianner forty he will want furnitoor
and when hez de furnitoor he will want
a mule and cart to ride in SUNDAYS,
and when he hez dat, sutlin' else, allus
Il little ahead of him, will be wanted to
finish dat off, and so he will 90 on and
on, like donkey wild bunch oh car
rotS list afore his nose, which he alluz
sees but nebber gets u toof into. and
50 he will 90 on wOrryin' and worrvin'
till he dies, and what's it all about?
"Happinis is alluz list ahed OBJ vo'
and it keeps dab. Dab nebber wuz q
Quatah boss fas' enuff to ketch up wild
tits bird dat yo' nebber kin cit
salt onto his tail. When vo' cit wat
yo' want den yo' mus hab suf1in else.
and dat keeps up forebber and ebber.
IL dOn allow no Such fOOllShnlS to
bodder me. ldon't want no clOze for |
hez no use TO EN-. l don't want no
house TO | kin sleep Outen dOahs. |
want pipe alluz full OF tObaccy, and |
want q soft place to sleep when rze
sleepy, and sut1in to eat when Tze hun
CRY. L hez a pow'ful appetit for
whisky, witch L Git when l kin, and
witch l 60 widout when | cahn't.
'Me! Wy, boss, | woOdent 90 to
sukkus on free tikkit, onleSs Yo'd
kerry me dab, and gib me a cushioned
sect Sukkus Wat does it mount to-
Two houahs and it's ODER. Fl life Good
be a perpetool sukkus, with ham sang
witches brot in at de rite time, and dey
left yo' smoke yo' pipe on de benches,
it mite do, but not ez dey run EN-. 1t
goes too quick.
Il won't wuk, COZ | don't like to
wuk. Wot's de good oh money to me?
won't wuk chen TO- whisky, for de
whisky don't glib me ez much pleasure
'ez de Wuk wood bodder me. L don
keer TO wat money buys, so watts de
yoose of money to me? No, sab! l
despiSe money.
"Ambishn! IF q man he'd de hull