Smyrna times., 1885-04-15
AUNTMILLY AT THE SHOW.
HOW SHE WENT WITH THE OLD MAN To
SEE THE EXERPOSITION.

Hush dat rackit dar, chilun amt |
1 dun bin tell yer afore to hole yer
tongues while yer betters is talking? |
Clar out en- de house de las one ObVOu |
and don't you en- no wise poke yer /
heads in dis door till pintedly calls |
ye. clar to de goodness when oman
is got house full OF cnillun it mighty !
nigh runs her 'stracttd.
well, Brudder jeff, as / was a tell
ing you, me and de ole man thought as
how we would go to de ExerpOsitiOn
and take our Judy along wild us. When
fus' mention de sudjcc to Bob he JUS
scratch his head and say as how it
pears like foOlishness to spen' nigh
unto twenty dollars jus acase de white
folks dun bin dun it, but | tells him as
how we is dun sot up for quality folks
and can't in no wise leave dis hopper
tunity pass widOut seeing all dem big
sights which our Judy dun bin read
about"
" Dar yOu'se right, Sister Milly," said
jeff. 81 knows dat ting from sperience
You can't in no wise go back on yer
principles and if you carries a high
head you is bOun' to tote stiff neck,
too"
" Jes so, Brudder, and when l brings
de ole man to dat 'pinion we starts out
according to de Exerpostion, but when
gets dar bres God, de people am jam
so thick and dey buz, buz like 50 many
bees till mighty nigh dun broke my
head. Brudder jeff, dat big camp
meeting what we dun bin had last yeah
whar de people was so thick you
couldn't hardly stick a pin atween 'em
wasn't nOthiug pared to de folks at dat
ExerpositiOn."
You amt tell me 50, sister ? 1t
pears like to me as how de people
would sutiocate if dey wus packed in
any cluser den dey was at dat meeting"
"Brudder JEFF, you uin't seed nothing.
De folks at dat EXerpOsition wus
sight to behole. Well, de ole man he
AK de ticket man if as how we could go
in dar and do jus like dc white folks,
and dat sOrter riles me and says /,
Bob, don't make fool outen yerselE
| lays ole Milly knows how to act
alongside de quality folks De young
| gemman JUS latf and says he, Walk
in, ole lady, and have II all your own
way Brudder jeff, when | gifts in dat
house l looks and looks, and lore dc
Lord l could a looked till dis blessed day
and not seed all dere was to see. Ddr
amt nothing what you can call for
what ain,t right dar, and you sees right
dar things what you aint ncbcr seed
atOre and what you ncbber will see
agen, 'spect stands dar.till looks
! right foolish, case / hear Il red haired,
| ill-mannered white boy say to anuddel
chap; / say, Harry, do look at that
old culled oman she's dun got hel
jaws prOpped open and | clar to good
ness her eyes are gwine to pop Uuteu
her head Den says /, Young men
you think you is mighty wise, but Ole
Milly is dun bin used TO all desc sights
afore you was born Judy She says as
how de perlicemen don't low no fussing
and we move along. Right afOre me
sees a pretty red man, a-holding out 4
siggar to me den makes him curtsS
and SAYS / tank you masSa dom
smoke, but my old man is more'n APP
to take it. Den Bob he takes often hi!
hat and says thanky sir, but he cOtcheC
hold of the siggar de red man hold i
right tight and the folks laif like dey
was 'stracted Den says |, dem is poo
manners, but Judy says as how da
amt no sure enuff man and she wished
we would not make the people laii a
US. Den as ! was going along | pickle,
up an apple jes' for to see how big
was, but law sakes alive dat white MA
, wild the star on his coal cutched hold u
my arm and says he Hold on, hone
not so fast. White man, says /, a n
in no more trying to steal your app,
and ifI is culled don't low no 2. n
, min to call me honesty but my ole ma
Bob.
"'Dar you got him, Sister Milly
says jeff. In course he couldn't arg
that pint
60 Move on, ole lady, said he and
hearn him tell lady as how we Guile
: people couldn't help from stealing
r sabe our libes. De idear Arter dis
/ feels sOrter tired and I claps myse
, down in de fus cheer | seed but, breS
God, afOre dun sOt down de cheer du
bus and down cum cabash on de foo
and den de folks cum running like de
3 is wild. And one man he mighty mig
= dun shake the life out of me, and whe
; l tells him as howl thought the chez
a was put dar to set in he jus rar arouI
and saws | dun owe him twenty fiN
dollars, and when | say twenty-fN
8 fiddle sticks de folks just hOller al
r laff, and dey crowd arOun' so thick d.
It I Jus slipped ahind de people, and did'l
t care to set down no more that day.
a Den after while | seed de pretIe
Z white 'Oman right afure me, and 81
~ 4. I
= and say how do you do, nam. 81
amt speak, and, says |, Mistis, can
y you let the old nigger pass d? but 81
n still STAN dar in the way, and gin h
a a push, and, fore de Lord, she tumble
: down cabash on de floor and de peOp
e dey hOller and dey laff like dey is gOil
= to bust open. Den one man he says
p how l dun knocked his wife down al
killed her, but my Judy tells him
how it aint no sure 'nutf 'Oman and
outer hab more manners dan to 'pO
Ia on her mar. tells de ole man as nc
don got enuff of the Exerpositiun al
D wanted to go hone. When | gets OF
B en- dat house / breathes sOrter tree-lil
g and the ole man gifts me a spanking
- good dinner and says we mus by
81 means take ride in the 'lectriCt ci
re Well, gifts in dar, l looks arOun' ant
\ seed dere amt no horses and derc aiI
u no engin and says l, Mister what d
IS movin dis car along ?" And den
OF laffs and says he Dis here car is ca
n jured and JUS goes along by itsel
80 and bress de Lord, Brudder jeff, d
ct was fact. Dar vast nothing in I
. Lords wurl to make dat car go. d
:. l gets skeert and says l !: Mister
IL don't in no way deal in the debbi
at work and / mus got outcn dis tin
Id and den de folks sOt up such laf q
OF Judy said as how hadn't dun nOthi
a all day but make folks laff at my igr
:. rants and she would be glad when
y got to hum. And l tell you l amt
y no wise sorry, case my head "
r. mighty nigh in a whirl wild all d'
IN sights and ole Milly aint apt to go
Id no more ExerpOsitiOns soOn."
Mt Oar, you is right agin, Sister Mil
va YOu'se dun seed enough to lass yOI
- lifetime and you dun bin tell it all
y good dat ole jeff fell like he dun be
I'M to de big ExerpositiOn widout payi
re nary a cent. When calls agin I'll fOt
he Lily Ann wild me and it'll do her sig
ar of good to dip snuff and hear you I
ed all dem big things, case l feel as how
jus dun ben right dar in New OrleG
my own self, and l dun bin proI
81 Lily Ann for to take her to that sa
Id | FxernOsitiOn but when crODs run ont