The Coconino weekly sun., 1892-09-01
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"possuM AND WATERMlLIN."
The Mixture That Caused Jim Jenkins
 Untimely Death.

The Mixture That Caused Jim Jenkins'
 Untimeiy Death.
 ''Brudder Johnson, hezn't seen Jim Jenkins bout hyar fur sum time"
 "An yo' ain't gwine to see him bout hyar for sum time longer yit, Uncle Rastus."
 "Yo' don't tell me. Nuthin wrong, hope, Brudder Johnson?'
 ''No, sah. Jim's jus dead, dat's all, sah."
 "Ump, I is sartinly sorry to hear dat. What war 'chashun of Jim's removal, Brudder Johnson?'
 "Well, de doctur gib it out ez confu- shun of de stummick, sah."
 "Confushun uf the stummick, Brudder Johnsong'
 "Yas, sah. Oats what de doctur say. An wuz berry partickler to cognize jus what he say"
 "Confushun uf de stummick, eh2 We'll, dat beats me, Brudder Johnson What wuz de 'cashun uf dis confushun"
 "'Possum an watermilin, sahi"
 "Whst's dat yo' say, Brudder Johnson' 'Possum and watermiling"
 "Dat's what de doctur 'cided, Uncle Rastus. It seems like he wuz uf do pin ion dat 'possum and watermilin, tuken tugedder, wuz tu much fur Jim's stun. mick, sab."
 "Uf course dey wuz, Brudder John son. Oar aint no mistake about dat 'clushun, sah. An it dug seem like folks nowadays is a-gittin so dat dey rushes right in de face uf Providence. Pos sum an watermilin,"
 "Yo' isn't a-runnin down 'possum an watermilin, is yo', Uncle Rastusy
 'Luk hyar, Brudder Johnson, is cullud or is white?'
 "Cullud, sah."
 "Well, den, did yo' ebber heah tell uf any cuilud pusson runnin down 'possum an watermilini'
 "No, sah. Nebber, sah."
 "An yo' ain't likely tn, sah, ez long ez cullud folks doan't lose dere sci respect, sah."
 T doan't know dat I understans yo den, Uncle Rastus."
 "Den I'll try tu splain, Brudder John son. Oar ain't no doubt in the wurl but dat 'possum an watermilin wuz made 'clusively fur dc cullud folks, is dar;"
 "No, sah; no, sah. Dat dar ain't."
 "Uf course 'cognizes de fac dat de white folks eats bofe uf 'em, but dat is jus annudder 'cashun uf dere tramplin on de purrogatives uf de cullud race. But, to pursume de subjec, dar's time fur dis, and dar's Q time fur dat; an dat's jus whar Jim Jenkins los his 'membrance."
 "How's dat, Uncle Rastus!"
 "Why, sah, pursumin to tempt do wrath of de Lawd de way he did. When de good Lawd gib de cullud peoples 'possum an watermilin he neber mag ind dat dey'd be eatin tugedder. No, sah, he nebber tended dat dey shud be-"
 "Why, Uncle Rastusl'
 "Brudder Johnson, tell me dis, Is yo' los all yur reasonin"
 "No, sah, dat I isn't"
 "Well, den, yo' talks mighty like it, Brudder Johnson. When do Lawd made de 'possum an sot it aside fur de cullud man, an when he made de watermilin and sot dat aside fur de cullud man he specially fit de cullud mans stummick fur dem blessins of his. But he fit 'em so dat one wuz tu be eaten dis time uf do var an de udder wuz tu be eaten dat time uf de var. An so it is, Brudder Johnson, dat when de cullud man fur gifts tu joy desc blessins uf dc Lawd one at time an in dere partickler sea- son, den it is dat he rushes, ez I say, intu de bery face uf Providence an calls down on him de righteous wrath uf Gawd."
 "Yo' is a-talkin now, Uncle Rastus." "Yes, sah, dat is. An glory be tu Gawd, sah, l is got de good book fur my foundashun. Understan me, Brud- der Johnson, I duzn't say dat yoIl find desc berry words dar, but dug say dis dat de Lawd said unto de cullud man, In de time uf 'possum eat 'possum, an in dc time of watermilin eat watermilin, and fear dc Lawd dy Gawd.' So, sah, when de cullud man furgits dat an rushes do blessins uf de Lawd out uf dere season den yo' kin lux fur confu- sion uf de stummick ebery time, Brud. der Johnson. Washington Star.