The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-12-26
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snrdnor IeAAs .,..s A.
rshsf Judge Cahoots.
-. the regular SATURDAY nigns meet
When suv onened in due form. Brother
ng hsd ~ ,sated up and down the aisles OF
Gardner Ia. Ian hall and inquired:
WStsrnsio.a d,r ledge Cahoots in de hal
Dis ssen 1.age had just got his left brogan
ia : .sratch chiilblaln OF tne vln.age O
e. e. I INIT be FASTENED to replace IL ana ap-
,seb the platform 49, u.o.;d.n. !
prOs,eaa Cahoots," said the president In
sJeaso u "Pze dun heard dat yo' has
ttberi; - 90 to Baltimore to lib. Am dat
sOr ~
Yes snn furder heard dat yo' was
ont married arter you git dar; am
Dat sos"
~ hall be heap sorry to lose yo',
,.dss Yo' is one OF the original mem
!eOkt AZ ole Limekiln club. an 70 Is one
oes h.H dozen members who follerd me
q oe na To- To New York. hev knowed
cow .'. ,hout ten Vars, an I'ze free to say
70 10 moved yo' to do anything mean. u
49, I,doe bowed his thanks and Broth
-csrdner continues:
asTo, haven't bin regarded as shinin
"a die club. | has nebber knowed
wD. make a speech, second a moshun OF
pa - adjourn. But yo' has de sense to
- MIR mouf shet an not show yo'r igno-
an dat counts heap in yo'r favor.
mems silence is missed mo- dan odder
w. 49, hlab lam sartin dat cherry member
.,S;s club will feel yo'r absence when Sat
.,d,y night Gums round"
Ths Judge bowed again. and was evil
a.utly affected.
sNow. jedge, yo' was gwine among
80. neople. Yo' will be n strange mig
- a strange land. lie fur older man
3, "a, was. an l has urabbled about a
sod bit. darfore want to gin yo' leetle
.Sr;oe. In de fust place, it will be known
..tvo' cum frum New York. You mach
Liz he proud of de fact yo'self. But
dan LET dat puff yo' up too high. OF co'se
v.r York am big town, an it's de me-
.,Onolis of America, but some folks outside
= 4 kin read an write an cipher jist as
All as we kin. Doan't go down dar to
baltimore wild the ideah dat de inhabitants
10 maetin barefut an wash DER hands
sid soft soap.
no sah," humbly replied the judge.
ASA New Yorker an a member Of dis
,suharmed with a certificate. to admit him
,osny circus free of cost, 20 will hev sar-
ri, dignity to maintain. Do it in digni-
81 way. De man who tries to pull up
rvsr,y rods of sidewalk to frow at a
anrkin dawg only one foot long suffers by
.omnarison. Should a Baltimore niger
ii, 70 in de head wild a cabbage as a sort
q welcome doan go fur TO runnin him
crss lots an ober fences to git chen. He's
not only git cl'ar away, but yo'r dignity
vould hev all unraveled au cotched on de
railbeads an splinters. Do 70 follow me,
fdg"
SYes, sab"
aDoan' 20 to inquarin around about
hanks as If 20 had 5000 to deposit some.
shar, an doan' go to de possoffis more'n
once week. Jist be what yo' ana COM
mon sort O. man, wild about fo'teen dollars
/ In yo'r wallet after yo' git dar' Some
4 folks, when dey strike n strange town, am
Allus ready to kick Watch yo'self, jedge.
Ebe1 il . man spits on yo'r butes two or
[Azse shines, doan raise no row till yo' am
al he's a-doin it kase he wants TO pick a
ghk | was in Nashville once, an a man
Nm kicked me three times kase he took
Ae fur Knoxville niger dat tried to
SsAi his dawg. He not only 'pologized,
tst gin me dollar in cash. Do yo' see de
Fnt jedget'
Il does, sah."
-Whar do yo' ginerally walk when away
tDn home.'
In de middle of de road, sah."
OATS good ideah. jedge, but when yo'
q down dar jist keep yo'r eyes open. If
. q rest Of 'em walk dar yo'll be right at
hone; II dey keep on de sidewalk den yo'd
ssiser foller suit. Doan' do muffin TO make
Pseif conspicuous. Yo' is a leetle bow
heyed, ledge, if l remember right"
!lst trife. sah," replied the judge. as
atsH~d down at the opening through
anieh cider barrel could have been rolled
Htnout the ends barking his legs.
ie, see. Well, doan' try to conceal
q ha from de public Muffin calls atten-
nun to bowlegged man quicker dan TO
~ MIN try TO dodge de fact. It doan'
sAppen to hurt yer looks in de least, an l
eoan know but it's an improvement"
looks upon it dat way. sxh," replied
1e judge
An now about gittin married, Brudder
Asoots | reckon yo' has dun thought
very best thing yo' kin dot'
Yes, sab"
Den go right ahead. but prepar' yo'self
sartin things. Everything looks like
s1ches now. but dat state of things can't
De best of wives git leetle off now
= oen- Me an de ole woman git along as
As any couple on airth, but we hev
- On days One mawning she'll git up
: Ouiid de fab as cheerfully as yo' please,
= " dc next she'd see me in Texas fust.
ssenerally go am de boss of de roost, but
: Aferfui how 90 boss. De fact dat yo'
..ppens to be de husband doan' gin yo' de
Er"nege OF walkin' all ober yo' wife y
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