The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1891-12-09
crap en- lat Nn's mine not zone,

sah" sss
"But didn't you make it on my land,
and with my horse?"
Made it, sab. precisely whar is
allus been maxim craps, en- plowed de
same critter rs plowed fer twenty
year. Allus what we made we ct 'ccp'
whut Ill moufful you en- missis wanted.
En- eff ar one er yer gifts hawngry now,
des let Cephus know it,
"Whut's dat marster, bout yo' Ian?
Thought 't'us Gods lam Pears lex to
me de good book sey He make it, Ell I
al nebber hyeern un His ginin' any
efway or sellin' none.
"'Sides, after dat ar III diffkilty in
de Gyarden OBJ Eatum (Eden), didn' Ole
Marster (God) say sump'ner bout
ev'body mus root-hawg-er-die? En- dat
whit err man tus:el en- sweat ober wus
his'n? En- dat de wuss he sweat de mo-
he had to hab? En- furdemo', dat less
he did git up en- git he warn to hab er
theng? Now, marster. who cher seed
you weat err drap-whilst allus wus
calleQ wuss erbout sweatn' dan any
body Wise in de whole Nuited States?
Yes, sab, eff sweat'n' gins err man de
right to be rich, I oughter be err n'er
Keng Sollermun.
Nov, dars dat lii pile er nubbins,
dat punkin er two, en- dat han'ful err
taters. Whar did dey grow? AVN Gods
yearth. Who made UNI? God and Cep-
hus ertwix' UNI.
"Who sent de fraws en- de cole, en-
frez up de groun' en- kilt out de cut
worms? God. Who driv all de cole
wedder way back up hyonder under de
norf stair (star), en- shev ie sun down
err mile err mebbe e. mile-en-er-half
closeter, so dat it might git de groun'
warm enough to sprout Gavin? GOD.
Who skilled err roun en- swubbed en-
dug mongst de briers en- pizen oak, en-
pitched dat crap? Cephus. Who made
de sun draw up water out'n de sea en-
sproutin' en- CROWN? God. Who hilt
back de April fraws, en- KEEP under de
wuss err de cut-worms twel de liz puny
stalk got err good holt? God. Who
sided en- wed {weeded:, en- dirtied,
en- flung out de middle, en- hilled up en-
laid by dat Gavin? Who lit en- foute
| (fought) crab-grass up en- down, up en-
down dem lawng rocky rows half er
mile FUN de shade, wild de hot sun
brilin down en- swivlin (shriveling) up
de whole err creatium, when put nigh
| ev'body else was hangin' back in de
cool ober er water-milun? Cephus3
Who sent mo- sun en- rain en- jew, en-
fotch dat Gavin up err bulgin', en- made
it fleng out its silks en- tassels twel mar
picter avn yearth couldn' hop er light
to it? God Den who hilt up de fresh.
cts en- de hail en- de fraws twel dat
Gavin wus all ripe en- hard, en- ready to
be geddered? God. Who done all de
res? Cephus. In udder words, God
he ten to all de bussniss up dar: Cep-
! hus he ten to all de bussniss down
hyerc ..-...
Now, marster, don't see whar yo'
part err dat job comes in sab. Cephus
neber got no hep, and God He neber
want no hep. So hit pear to me lex
dat crap 'lawngs to God en- Cephus err.
| twix UNI. But bene how Ole Marster
He al got no use fer sump'm t eat, He
good es sey, Cephus, you TEX dem nub.
bins, ole fel, en- you git yer er good
! sbelln' rock en- shell dem nubbins, en-
den feng de she'll Gavin in err bag en-
step down to Mr.. Billy Knuckles's mill
en- hab it termed into meal; en- den git
Phleby, yer ole dooman, to turn dat
meal, err It'll at de time, into ash-cakes,
ell den you eat dem ash-cakes 'lawng
wild er Ii I fat-dat is, eff yer kin git holt
er de fat-en den turn bofe ash-cakes
en- fat into pra'rs en- savings en- praise
| to glorify Me wild; en- dat'll be My
sheer.
$50 yer see marster, dey ca mar
/ grain er dat Gavin having to you. Hit
rally 'langs to God, Gaze He gin me
muscle to make it, but He sells it to
be paid en-, savings and en- halleloos,
de onliest sort er money dat passes in
/ Heaben."
/ The humor of the situation was too
much for Mr.. Speed, and the last grain
of that corn, saving what the dogs and
rats got, was duly converted into celes-
tai currency. David Dodge, in Kato
Fields Washington.
Land Values in Morristown.
| For country town without indus
tries other than the commercial ones OF
a secondary market for smaller neigh
boring towns, land values in Morris
town, N. j., are very high. The ar
sessed value of real estate is about
S6,O00,0 900, but the market value is not
less than Sis. 900. The real estate
value is divisible as follows:
improvement values ......... ..... s. 900 900
Land values OF improved land, :. $500 COO
Land values osunimproyed land. 100000
"EE Sl3 100000
This is an average of about $1,000 OF
improved land value, and 81, 500 total
land value, for each family of five per.
sons, 3 v
A tax of 5 per cent on the improved
land values alone would yield sufficient
revenue to meet all the present local
and state taxes, together with tho
town proportion OF national taxes, be.
sides leaving $40, 900 surplus for addi.
tional local Improvements. AS nnim.
proved land would, under the single
tax, be required to pay as much in pro-
portion to its value as improved land,
the revenue from that source would
very materially reduce the rate of taxa
tion. 1t should be considered, how.
ever, that high tax on land values
would at first lower the value of land;
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