Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-05-15
TNe NEGRO DIALECTS.


FIr"in'n, Err'uc'ty, "tornn-il," Congo,
l,o,,'anD, - y.,." and ",luiatto."
e. = Hj..rl. Dor 8 roe Press
1Dcc arc on few dialect VIZ tiers Of
lIID can 90 IL i"e ted STE -
.'..' 81 n, q acct wrte,s are &c gardcd
10 tAv hrgl,cs as car Caturiog the Al.
,u,b s,y alc ,hu ,uIckcSt 10 per Give and
line Irauic,t 10 curse most bitterly. \
h,ern pcrceptINc ora 5 are extremely
urk. IA Il trs Ia y they are The proud
,uUwL 70 diaiccl writers that there are
seven distinct dia Gets among tue negroes.
~ IN It the master Of the sub Get can tell II
.r'Eios origin b hoarng his speech
iney are rs follows;
/. ic ular TO the Virginia negroes
very one OF these old white headed ones
has seen and waited on ineral Wash
ingion They look upon the rest of the
word q divided into thr, e classes. white
gCmm II, and ladies, ""pore white t-ash, "
com on ngge.s They are rs q class
he mort honorable and Trustworthy men
ana wo uen have ever known. If you
use their lingo to convey the idea of any.
thing low, cunning or mean, if they could
get hold of you they would hate you
With most bitter hatred 1t would
argue "A lack of skill as ilguist
= The kentucky dialect, peculiar to
ientucky and Te neSsce.
3 Thc cornield dia' ect peculiar to the
commonest and mcancSt negroes who
nave never been be- ond the limits Of the
farm.
4. The Congo dialect, peculiar to the
pure blood African and MS immediate de
,cendants. The negro clown always cX.
GELS in this da' cot,
.. The ! ousana dialect, peculiar to the
negroes who have been in the possession
II the french. 1t is OF difficult accent
q. The river dialect. peculiar to negro
boatmtn, fishermen etc Il d which can
not be written to any advantage, but
which, learned for the stage, would &C
Iuire great celebrity.
!. I he nulatto, peculiar to the carriage
drivers, waiting maids, negro BARRIERS,
fiddlers. dancing masters body servants,
preachers AMI other distinguished per
sons among item. To express any "po
lite" ,dea in any other language woul
i've these negroes a. .rCat a Cuntcmlt ioi
the writer AS the hirh toned high church
man has for the ord nary eXhorter
Startled James Gordon Bennett, Jr.
New York Cor. c. ictco Heraldl
II don't remember that l ever saw
young Jim Lennett startled out of hi
habitual self possession but once, said Il
old hera d man, land then it was by Mrs
Elizabeth Cady Stanton. The paper hat
that morning reported a woman sullrag,
convention AID in 50 doing characterize,
Mrs, Stanton a thieving advocate o
the movement Bennett had ust re
| turned from one If his long sta s il
Europe, and had started in to stir NJ
and reorganile the stall. accordin!
10 his dreaded custom. Mrs. stan
ton S card came in. He sent out word o
her to enter. Perhaps lie meant t. give
| for the benefit of his editors, an expos. tiol
of how to crush sanctum bore. Blu
Mrs. Stanton's port quite over anne him
and when she impressively asked why Tn
| llera d had called her thief he was tn
! shattered one of the two don't know
what vengeance she would have wreake
upon him had not an employe explained
that typographical error had been made
1t was a thriving advocate, not 'thieving,
that the reporter had written her down.