Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1889-05-15
LOWLANI FOLKS.
BY NJ. QUAD.


be misnomer. TWAS cabin erected In
clearing of about three acres in extent,
and the weeds were fairly choking the
life out of the corn, which had struggled
up to the height OF two feet Everything
had a shiitless, dilapidated look, and to
complete the picture an old mule stood
at the west end OF the house nibbllng
away at a piece Of cotton clothes-line,
while five or six dogs were sleeping
around the doorsteps In the sun. l was
going slowly past when man came to
the door and called:
you, thar'i uain't you gwine TO stop
to chitter" Rest and talk.)
eyes, l might"
"Sartin you will. Walk right in. Pow
orful glad to see ye. The ole woman's
across the woods to Jin's cabin, but
she'll be back In a jiff or two. Hev
drink OF spring water to wash the dust
Gut o. yer throat"
He got out his pipe and we sat down
on the shady side of the house for talk,
and after few general questions and re-
plies he led off with:
"stranger, Pm glad ye've cum. I've
bin wanting TO have a chitter with some
body all the spring. Things hain't gwine
to suit me, and want some advice. Does
things look run down around yere to
yon3"
Every much So"
"shake, strangersl It's evident that
we see alike, and that we are gwiue to
agree. That's JIst my opinyun-things ia
powerfully run down on this yere farmP'
| "What's the cause?"
THAT dun lays with the principles Of
this government"
"HoWi"
'In turnin' the niger loose. l hain'i
had no courage since that ERE 'mancipa-
ehun foolery."
"My friend, how much land did yor
own before the wari" asked.
"Well, didn't own any,"
"How many niggersP
II was gwine to own one, but he dun
run off,"
"Then how has emancipation affected
your
GLOW, sah-how, sah? How ar af-
fected, Aahl Why, sah, 1t dun took al
my pluck away and left me discour
aged wreck. When a Niger is as good
as a white man thar's nuthln' mo- to live
fur"
He had Just concluded his speech when
his wife arrived. She was a slim, bony
woman OF 90, with sun1ower complexion
and the expression of mental sufferer on
her face. She produced her snuti-stick
used it In a vigorous manner, and as the
husband introduced us she said:
ape dun right glad to see he 'un in
these parts. He'll 'scuse me hevin' my
shoes on, but Pve bin through the brush
aud had to: I'll take 'em off,"
Aud she kicked 'em off aud tossed Fem
into the house and sat down on a stump
to gay:
ais us?"
~ hev Polly, I've told he 'un that II
was the niger" =.
"Then you 'un fool, and he knows IT
The piggeri What has the Niger got To
do with u.s. Stranger, my old Joe is a
born fool He dun walked right into the
branch tother day with bis eyes wide
open"
II was thinkin'," he replied.
"Yes, you've thunk and thunk fur the
last twenty years, and what good has 4
done2 We've Jist gone right down MI
every blessed day. Talk OF niggers, but
we hain't shucks to niggersP
"What seems to be the trouble"
asked, as she worked the snuti-sticE
again.
| llb uh WIN So
ing her finger across at her husband.
"Now, PollyP
cts go, and you dun know 1t That's
the trouble, stranger. II he was glitter
do you reckon we'd be yere? Wouldn'
he bundle up our buds an sot out witt
me, an keep walkin' till lie struck city
and when he got thar wouldn't he buy
steamboat or sunthin' an git rich lt0
all a OWN to he'un."
mo, IL haiu't! Didn't this yere gov,
eminent sot the Niger ireeP
"What of itl'
"Didn't that upset us and take our am
bishun away I"
1--WE never had any. All we've eve
had is poverty"
"Look. a.yere, stranger" said the mai
as lie turued to me. kin a purson Pi
up and throw h!sself when he knows TN
: government lie aeln him r.
was saved a reply by the appearance
, of d third Individual, who turned OUT U
be son in-law, aud was called Tom. Iii
was a man of 80, ragged, unwashed, un
kempt aud lazy. He came sloshlnl
across the clearing at an easy gait, ioale'
up to us, and alter brlei "Howdy' sa
down with a great sigh.
"Thar's another OF 'emW said tn
woman as she gave him look oil con
tempt.
WHATS tic matterin drawled Tom.
"Heaps! Next TO Joe you are tn
pizenest varmint in this yeie country
You wouldn't git il a landslide was ate
vel You wouldn't work ii ye had to liV
on skunk weed"
iMi to blsme?" asked the son-in-lAT
: in tones of sadness.
al you beant, then who ISL
"The durLed 'ristocrats, and you know
It, They've got all the lands and horse
and money, and what's pore man gwin'
ter do. Tuis yere United States la
SIa,,,ad tbnm 'risto rats to gobble up al