Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-06-08

scenes Upon the streets -EraWlS Growing
from Fiery Liquor.-The Typical
"Cracker'-A Sativ" "FIuddyan's'
Residence Going Home
| Saturday comes and the close observer
can detect an air of expectancy floating
around the marts of trade. II Il an eager
and a nippng air. Almost IA If by mage
I the town becomes alive The streets ar.
crowded with negroes, i'll dressed, we'll
dressed and ragged all Jolly and good ma
| tured. all bent ON having IL good Time. Tie
I female portion are radiant with ribbons
and impossible flowers. Trade aud pleas
/ ure join hand in hand. The peanut veudrrs
! ply their trade and the wooden sidewalks
are covered with sheds Red lemonade, Ell
tirely innocent of lemon, spurklas on the
! lips of dusky bellies and beauX The stores
are full, the bar rooms are full and many
/ of the negroes are full. Strings of mrlan-
/ choly mullet change ownership. Some of
! the negroes here brought chickens and eggs
to sell Others hides of Hll kinds, and their
I diCkering is shrewd and Il u!NHntageOUS-tO
/ the merchant buyer sometimes they
gather around the banjo PLAYER and have
a song and dance, for "UnCIe kemuS'
/ Harris to the contrary, the banjo is the IA
vorite instrument of thr negro
! In the ha, room after the seductive
| iuid has taken possession OF its devOtecS,
/ the principal amusement consists Of gro
tesQue and iucUheTent conversation. In
the stores the trading Is brisk and sensl-
BILE The wiser. StcadieI negroes avoid the
bar rooms. Liquid insanity has no charms
for them Their money goes for clothing
for wife and little One~ and the ncCessa-
ries and lu> - O.! al The negro Is n
good liver :..t ]. 'ii"! instances sits
down to better furnished table than his
white brother. The palefaCc is satisfied
with hOminy and bacon SambO delights
in sugar cured ham. juicy beef, canned
stufTs and the fish that swim in the great
waters He will have them, too, 50 long
as he has the necessary duCats He takes
no heed to the morrow, being only sure OF
, to day. Is he not wise in his geueTauon'
CuURTING DAY.
Saturday is COurting day also TO
Sambo Here he meets the wtnsOme,
fascinating Dinah, redOlent Of hair oil
and opulent OF lip and foot. He can treat
her To the limonade that stinceth and the
peanut that consttpateth. He can speak
love 20 eyes that speak again in unmls-
taxable Language. He can give and re
ceive gentle presSures of the hand He
can stride by the side of his darling away
from the dusty streets to partial Obscurlty
which permits him doing the waist en-
circling act, and sometimes the meeting
Of eager lips Many match has been
made ON this jubilant day. As the white,
so the black marry and are given In mar
riage Though the bride is given away,
the groom is not 50 often sold as the eau
casian, witness the records Of the divorce
courts.
Early In the morning, also, does the
white man from the country make his ap-
pearance The cracker, as he delights
to be called. is the sui generis race of the
soil-short men, tall men, gaunt men.
fat CRACKER is an anomaly. Hard work.
spare, unhealthy diet, miasmatic condi-
tions of residency. all have left their trace
Little struggling beard, like corn silk, in
nocent of razor, nearly So of comb, com
plexion like beef tallow, heightened with
tobacco Juice for most of them are lusty
chewers OF the weed. Some OF them are
diamonds in the rough, with hearts of
gold, hospitable As Arabs. Delighting i'll
| horsefiesh and unrlvaled as hOrsemen,
they keep their CRITTERS swift, fat and
strong. and can ride better when drunk
One can hardly blame them for drinking,
their life is so hard and forlOrn.
HIS IpIoSYNCRAsIkS
Let us enter this bar-rOOm II is full Of
crackers, all trying TO talk at the same
time They are all about half drunk, but
Jolly and full of wild, rough fun, banter
ing one or the other for a ~hOss trade, or
boasting of their pOwess in field or fOray,
or the value of the coming crop. Now,
one little inflamed by repeated potations,
lifts his hand high above his head and de
clares that he is a native Floridian and
amt ~skeered" of anything topside the
earth. To him, an exile of Georgia, wink
ing at the crowd, addresses himself: IN
tell you how you can alters tell native
Fluridyan." How" says the eager crowd
drawing near Wal, you uns may be
agoin' through old Fayette OF Taylor
counties some day Now, ef YOU runs
across a cabin with sslab chimhly, broken
off erbout two feet below the roof, the
front yard full of gourd vines Std of flow
ers, the woman plowing the little patch of
land with a steer, the ole man goin' out
huntin' with a dozen houn' dogs an the
front door full of children why you kin
roxh Iii thak hA s whAr a native FIur
Cyan lives lntIt Is upTOdItOuS laughter
at this and ali hands take another drink
WANTS TO FIGHT
Sometimes the whisky is unusually fiery
and then the devil comes to the front
There is a tumult OF wild and blasphemous
language, elimination and recrimination
expostulation on the part of the bar
keeper and surging out of the barr
into the street Here the quarrel is re
newed and q crowd assemblies Friends
plead with them, but to no purpose. The
crowd separates and two ferce-looking
men stand facing each other. Each has a
long, sharp knife in his hand. They get
at one another like wild beasts, their faces
red with evil passions and worse whisky
But hesitation steps in, and the man whu
hesitates is lost. Friends again intervene
perhaps the town marshal, stalwart
man. well known to be "On the shoot" il
seen approaching. A truce is hastily
patched up and ratified with fresh
drsughts of the poison Sometimes the
parties are unarmed, and then a rough
and-tumble fight is the result, ending in
VOWS of friendship. and huge swallows OF
-old red Generally, however, peace
reigrs and the wild and staggering talk