The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1888-10-30

graves This is the dark side of our humanity.
But there is a brighter one, thank the good
Lord for his mercies. BILL ARP.
OLD-TIME CORN-SHUCKlNGS.
ibid you ever haul up corn with a yoke OF
oxen|' asked Plnnkett rs he lit his pipe and
took his seat in the corner.
Gathering corn with oxen haint no easy
job continued the old man, as he settled back
in his rocker "You have to jerk and haw and
gee to keep em from pulling their necks off
stretching out for eating on each side and the
man that can drive EN- under such circum
stances and not cuss is a deserving man for
sure, I've been driving for the boys today
and my old bones ache and my throat Is sore
from jerking and whooping and then, be-
sides, corn gathering time Is not what il use
to be and ii don't bring the frolic and ggn 81
the shocking like II used to, but / don't say
q, word, for ! know If l. did some
Of these yogngst6rs would say the old mans
liver haint Topped. so / just grin and bear
it and comfort myself by thinking OF the days
when was young and of the good times we
had then.
Corn gathering then was frolic, for we
knowed that good time was coming. The
corn wasn't throwed in the cribs in them days
but big pile was made in the lot and then
the night was set for shncking and the
settlement gathered Invite and blacg-and
tho corn was shucked. put in the crib aud the
shucks penned all IN one night. I've seed u
pile Of three thousand bushels shucked and
put up in one night. and there wasn't a tiard
person IN the crowd, FOR there WAS fun and
frolic and songs and dances, and there was
looking for the last car before anybody
knowed il.
"Them old shuckngs are things Of the past,
but the generations to come VIII never least on
melodies sweeter than the Niger songs Of the
old corn shucking days, I've sat ut night and
listened tc the crowds as they were on their
way to tho corn pile. They always went in
crowds and had their leaders and tho young
masters would go along to protect them and
they felt as free and as grand as they have
ever felt sneS tho war aud there has never
near so happy as u5cs7 crowds as shey went
across the fields singing:
Old massa give me holiday.
lie sagH hs'll give me more;
thanked him very Kindly,
ASH showed my toat rom shore.
uh, my Heafest May
Naa'rs lovely rs ne day.
GoUr eyes 30 bright
They shine az night,
When The moon has gonezaway.
And then over on the liver you'd hoar the big
chain lumber on tho bottom Of the ferry-boat
and as the ferrylnRn pulled ont from shore
you'd hear fifty voices Of another crowd Join in
chorus. and sing
Then row away. row.
@ or The waters 20 bite
Lake feather we Il Goat
In our gam-lrce canoe
"Bnt the climax was Mt the corn pile. With
two or three hundred niggerS at tho foot OF a
com pile as big as a house, a leader would
mount ON top and start off with I will start
the holler,' and tho rest would come ~ 9ith
'Buglelo.' 1t ran thus
WIN steIt The hoHerp
i VII start the hoaerp
RuglcloF
'Oh. don't you hear me hollof y
'Bnslclop
MasS5's got a buglep
'BugeloN
a ten eeut bagler
Bug lcioG
"And on and on that leader would cali and
the crowd would answer tai they would want
a change, which WAS indicated by throwing
corn at the caller aud il never failec to bring
him down, and then another leader would
mount tho pilo and he'd have something on
the same stlle bnt mover the same tune And
thus the night wOuld wear along and tho pile
OF unshucked corn diminish. The lively time
would be when the pile begin TO grow small
and they'd begin 20 yell:
looking for The last eaep
NangHmalapgpH
looking for the last ear ?
BaugRmalangoF
Round up the corn boysp
Blncam0langot
koend up the corn pile
'Bng0moNngog
"Thcn there was ScrambGngi for the work
would gather around tho owner Of the corn
and he was lifted on the shoulders OF strong
nlggers and all would follow behind singing in
their own way as the march was continued TO
and around the big house and then 20 where
b0untlful feast was ia waiting on tables pre-
pared In she yard
eThe tables were fau, and the niggers would
4 eat awhile aud sing awhile and return to eat
[ again. Here would be crowd patting and
I dancing other crowds would wrestle and box
7 while others would gather ON seats in the
background and sing the songs they loved 90
I sing. | love them Old songs and loved them
+ old time niggers for | mover seed q singing
I Niger that was mean.
"Iho seasons are the same, The cotton
/ patches grow white rs they used 70; but the
] old time nigger as he runs across belatcd
I watermelon in The grass around some stump
and grabs Il and breaks il open ON his knee
and scoops out the meat with his hand and
I thrusts il into a mouth that is always ready to
[ smile Is not here, Corn gathering time gives
no hope OF a good time 70 como and its
/ work--sure enough work.-and business, busi-
ness, all the time" SARGE.
Carter's LATHE Liver Pills are free from ali
7 crude and irritating matter. Concentrated
medicine only very small very easy 10 take
pmoaini no griplne NO rotgiog
a Coiored Man Made Rich Down south,
Amos Marsh. an old cclored man, living on
rcl street who does odd Jobs aruuud tho city
has just drawn $1,000 Ia the Louisiana State
Lottery, Ia July he aud a friend invested ii
each la tickets Tor tue monthly drawing
which took place Aug z, Last week Marsl
learned that his ticket, which Was H,Sli la,
drawn ouc-twcnteth 81 the capital prize 81
SS00NQ0, making his share $4,000, lie place,
the ticket in the hands Of Adams ENpros
Company Cor collection Marsh has larg,
fawilys snd is poor,--Orauge q. ~ Chronicle
August IS.
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