Omaha daily bee., 1886-09-15
AMONG THE NEGROES.
Remnants OF Picturesque BarbRrity
Still Visible in the South.

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Still Visible In the South.
Lizzie York Case in Detroit Free Press:
! visited colored church last winter eX-
pecting TO be entertained with some
quaint plantation specimens Of devotion;
but bless you everything was modern
and proper. The preacher, a handsome
young muiarto, was correct in his speech,
and his logic was Just as good and unin-
terestng as / might have heard from any
of his white contemporaries
As a reward of perseverance ] found
my type of oldfashioned worship in a
colorcd IOve-feast, where each one got
happy after manner of his own heart
without regard to the previous condition
of servitude or the restraints of enamel
patton, One old aunty shook herself
from side to side, making a strange noise
bellows. "Aunty.' sald some one to her
on coming out, you We been very happy,
but why did you make that queer noise
with your mouth?n 80, honey, I'se n
suclin' in de breff oh de Lord"
found another plous old uncle who,
though his devotion seemed sufficiently
ardent, assured me hit was nothin' like
hit was TO de wah." said, by way Of
drawing him out: THE innocent seem
to suffer with the guilty; how do YOU ac-
count for it, Yes, miss, said he, but
de bible say de wheat and de tares am
lowed TO grow up together Til de har
vest time come, den de wheat am ged-
dered into de barn aud de tares am
trowed into de unquenshable fire"
Captain Price Williams, of the cele-
brated Mobile rifles, who led them in
tna'r victorious drills, in his Office as
judge of the probate court, often meets
with amusing incidents from both the
going and coming race. A cOlored man
taking out a marriage license wGs asked
the usual questions: How old is the
woman you are TO marrY?'
Well, boss. ! s'pose she's bout
fifteen"
Then she is under age, and you viii
have TO get the consent of her parents. -
80, boss, you knows de gals always
tries 10 make dar selves young, but ] kin
sWar she's 90.
''Do you swear to that" Up went the
hand.
How old are you?"
'Weli, Use IS, but ! kin be older if
necessary"
walked INTO my room one day and
found espectable-looling Young col
orcd man had been employed TO wash the
windows. j thought if il were IN lis line
he might do some other work for me; so
| ] said in a patrouiZng way: Uncle, what
is YOUR businessY' He raised himself to
his full hight on the ladder, and, flour
lshlng ms mop over ms hean, ne an
swered with q proad smile, "Politi-
cian.n
Ye gods fell down-metaphorieallY
in a dead faint.
All the exposition in New Orleans ] saw
an old black man, a friend OF former
DAYS, trying 10 set in motion a patent
swing. ] said # ncle Steve, you haven I
studied science"
No, miss, " said ne, Il has others to do
dat for me-"
Notwithstanding the advantage Of edu
cation. the negro dialect dies hard A
Solored modisle, who was fitting dress
for me, stood off admirngly, and IN a
burst of enthusiasm eXclaImed' III do III
beautiful" ] looked nj her and said
lyon are Il graduate OF Emerson lnsu-
tute, ] believe She took the rebuke N
once, but answered: "Ihat's the way they
talk nj home" but what was the Rse
of your going 10 schools" asked she
said Yes, they We're proud to send M,