The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-05-14
Standard Time in Savannah.


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Bredren, I pint to de Rebren' Abrnm
Jinkins, who cum frum Wadmelaw, cen
Souse Calina, fer tel bout him 'sperence
wild watch him by.
BREDREN-I hatta cum fer see ona cause
| very ona day in a crate tangulation
bout de time, an l 'fraid say none o. ona
onderstan' de mistify O de ting | tel ona
bout dis ting cause | very de Mare an de
Albumin no kno' wa fer do One time g
do one ting den q undo UNI an do sumting
else: den . undo dat an e do sumting wa
nobody no bout, an ona or nobody no wa
g gwine do mex. Dat reason mex " l cum
by de invite o Brudder Cipyo fer 'splain de
matter to ona so ona KIM no way ona
STAN
Wen de good Laud mex de wuI e mex de
sun fer lite um cen de day an de moon in
de mite, sepen' wen e dom shine. De sun
do e wuk so good an strait dat eberybody
recklniu' wuk on him, an nigga befo' de wah
wuk frum sun til sun. Zen de ole scripcha
time dey bin a man name Josya an him
had nottin' fer do sepen' g Gus de sun an
mex um STAN still ia de hole day. Alta dat
de sun git moralize an e recknin' all bus
up, an o ain kin keep no kline de time gis
lika bad watch-sumtime e go fas an sum
time e go slo', an 3 git ting all mix up,
but nobody mine UNI long as e git up time
nuf fer nigga to git e blttle, but fus' ting
yu no ting git so mix up dat 'CrismuS come
on Fote-u-July, an rice hatta noe cen de
time % use to cut um, an bud miner hatta
mine bud in winter do de winter same lika-
summer cepin' summer lika befo' de wah
Den eberybody bex an Mosis git up an
dres' de people lika me do talk to ona, an
e say dis ting don do. Den . call pun
Cola an tel um fer fix up slmtlng fer reg
late de sun fer since Josya ded nobody kin
mex UNI mine. Den Cola mex a ting an
call UNI clok an put UNI up cen Sint
Micul steeple, III Charleston, an @ tel de
people fer look pun top UNI an de clok go
long sepin' wen de win bio e han roul'
an ting golong tel Fote-o-July neber cum
on 'Crismus an fros' nebber cum cen sum-
mer. Eberyting golong rite tel dem rail
road people raise 'jectium an 70 say dc
clok nebber tel de tru time. Me nebber
blebe sischating, howsumnebber, mex sho
gwine to try UNI. Fer do dat | by watch
an wine UNI up an put UNI cen my bres
pockit ain had no chain, but long as de
watch stay dey das rite, an tex dat watch
wen | gone to ten de Publican convention
fer vote ter President Clebelan' an git I'D
close to de big clok in de cote house au' fix
my watch to gree-wld-um an l stat UNI.
Wen tun fer cum home an ct to Cincin-
atus an look at de town clok | tel vi de
trut de clok ain sa nosiScnating, but | tink
say may Lt ub NduCu NlOiiS, SO L llA uill an
wen / git to Washingtown | look at de big
clok in de 'Servatory an | tell yu de trut
dat clok needer say no sischating, but |
tink say eff dat clok wrong an my watch
gree wild um an anybody say my watch
wrong, l got good backing fer 'spute e
wud. Wen | git home to Wadmelaw look
at de ole 'oman clok ober dc chimbly an
dat clols stan two hours fas'. De ole oman
'spute an say dat de clok rite an de watch
wrong. | tel de ole oman dat watch mex
at WATERFORD cote house an sot to de clok
cen Washingtown, q neber 'spute no mo-.
But fer mex slo | write to my brudder who
lib cen WashiGg town an ak um fer to look
at dat clok cen de 'Servatory au' lemeno
wa e say, an Estida git de letter hole
cen my han. der brudder Abrum, git
yur letter an look at de clok an e sa tree
minnit pas , Your lovin' brudd r Sam
uel Jinkins Sen sister Mary Rudy an
went tree minnit pas come de watch ham
pint TO de same ting. Den wen | cum TO
Savannah to preech TO ona two months las
Satida' tree week | very say some want
standin' time au' turra one sun time, an
turra am nowahewan. / mex say gwine
by WATERFORD time tel de Aldermums an,
de Mare nowohewan eself Tel dat time
come ona kin go by ona own time. eat ona
bittle, drink ona drink, an wuk frum de
rlsin ob de sun tel de mite come, no matter
eff one Aldermum change o vote an de
odder stick TO % side, but wen ona want TO
ketch do train mark disya, TEX standin'
time