The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-07-17
UNK'L IsAMrs STORY.
How Good Bruddsr Gabr Divorced an III
Matched Couple.

"Hit wuz dish yer way" said UnkI
Isam, 81 bring ter 'membunce, dar wus
Tidy an Bob wuz dat luvin' an fool
tel nuthin' wad do but they mus git
may'd.
"NOw, ole Miss wuz nifty ticklar
bout her niggers; she lowed dey mus
be quality niggers, DIES lax she wu3
quality white foxes, an she couldn't
bide desc low-down ways Nv doin. So
ole Miss built US leetle frame church,
an had us for-trew ginnywine preach
err. Yes, ole Brudder Gab'l wuz sar-
tinly good ole Methydis' preacher.
When st he tok a nOshun ter hold a
'vival, he d wake up dat whole planta-
shun wuss'n de 'hoopn' coff. An singh
He could sing yo' po' soul plum ober de
Ribber Jordan.
well, ole Miss SEE, SEE she: 'Ef
Tidy an Bob boun' ter get may'd, let
Gab'l may 'em by de book, an I'll glib
'em a supper.
DAT de way ole Miss wud do, fer
she fought is as much n her niggers'
/ bOulo tA uCJ cllO SCI gCl lho
of'n, SEE she
,"Isam, you's proud 'cayse you cos
yo' master three thousand dollars, when
sum of de mans lax Peter fer instun8,
only cos two thousand dollars.
49, OATS nachul, ole Miss; OATS mach
III, SEE l.
But you mus member dat Peters
soul is wutf ies' ez much as yone, ter de
Lawd.
"'Cose l couldn't argify wild ole Miss,
but l low ter myself dat 'twuz lucky
de Lawd know'd boss niger when he
seed i'm, an ole Miss went on
90 Member, eff yo' bodies is wallybla
yo' souls is much mo- so-dey is WHITE
she SEE, ''ez white ez mine;' an she
had us as sassy an pompered up bout
our white souls ez struttn' peafowl
Oh, she wuz wun blessed oman. j
81 amt got time to tell bout de we'd
din'-dat amt de pint. De pint am
dis, )" said Unk'l Isam solemnly:
dat ar say-a-mony wuz spoke by
book ODER Tidy and Bob by Bruddet
Gab'l, an day wuz Pronounced man an
wife.
eur awhiles Tidy an Bob live like
bars what dun foun' honey tree wild
no bees in it an lots er comb.
carter whites dey gun ter growl an
spat 'casionally, an after six mont dey
waz scanned ter de whole plantashun,
an dey cabin wuz lax dish yer one mos
, times you pass dat err way. Ram-a-ty-
blang-Tildy screechin', Bob cussin, de
| wool a-Ayin'-'twus awful in de sight
OBJ de Lawd.
sole miss talk ter um-Brudder Gab'l
'spute wild um-hit nebber faze UNI.
lone Sat'day mite Brudder Gab'l's
pashunz wuz clean tuckered out, an
he tux holt on 'em in arrest.
"Cum up yer, We fool niggers,' seq
[ | he, I'll stop dish yer yowlin'.'
"Tildy an Bob wuz skeered, an cum.
, "'Stan' up yerr and Tidy an Bob
stun up, and I'm blest ter grashus ef
| Brudder Gabl didn't whip out de book
an read dat ar say-a-mony back ards
ODER dem fool nigga's an tun 'em plum
aloose ag'in, ter go shet Nv wun mud
der fer ebber an ebber, amen.
"Now, SEE Brudder Gab'l, you is no
longer man an wife, an amt got no
! shown ter hack an lum away on wun
a nudder lax may'd foxes duz! Eff yer
eber goes anigh dat gal ag'n, Bob, may
de fry charyyit cum down an tax yer
I ter de lake bun'in wild fire an brimstun.
Tidy, l specs yerll let Bob erlone,
least wise tel dat wool grows out az in,
what he dun nachally grabble of'n 20
skullp
$50, after dat, dere wuz peese on dat
, plantashun an eff de luther niggers feel
bleezed to claw wun a nudder some-
8 times cayse dey wuz nuthin' but human
. creeters after all, dey take keer not tef
G sturb de whole settlemint, ner let old
; Miss, ner Brudder Gab'l ketch onto hit
Fer Brudder Gab'l wuz dat rambunc-
q tious an dan gus ter fool long wild da(
I, he mout er had de whole endurin' LOT
T.. ov em stannin 'em two rows on each
4 side ov de plantashun, lax de sheep an
de goats in de good book; an you
q know, honey, dat would jis everlast-
in'ly er wo' EN- out"
- "Well, " said the small darkey, why
cayn't Uunk'l Ike an his old oman b
read back ards, too, an turn't aloose,
q fo' dey inmates one 'nutherP"
"Oh, ~ said Uunk'l Isam, "dese time
g ez changed fer niggers now-dey'
kin beat on dey wives same ez white
"a folks, and dere amt no ole mister pu
# in fer 'em now "-Detroa Free Press.