The Russellville Democrat., 1892-08-04
By gs.l caanai.r Harris.


 see too much um it. Oar was ole man Dickerson, he save morey and save money; he pinehed here and he pinched dar, en he So stlngy he won't buy him Q dram sea eeiy. En de gracious en de goodness What good do it do i'm. He sat dar in oe house too stlngy ter scratch hissef right hard, en swivel up en die, en now dem are ehillen CT his n is Aingin' t fur en wide. Shoo When ii come ter stingy folks, take um way from me Don't let nun come nigh me l dene see toe much un um.
 Well, Uncle Remus, H began the little boy, but the old man in- terrupted
 "Heyo, dar. Dat youi Whyn't | you stay out dar en fret dat ar baby some morf"
 "WeI, Uncle Remus, I had a piece of cake for you, and the baby saw t and cried for 1t, and 1 didn [ want him to have 1t. He gets every thing anyhow. :"
 What dar in your pooketf'' asked the old man.
 Well, that's my piece of cake. 7
 "Den whyn't you gi' de baby my piece. and fetch me younef"
 linen l wouldn't have had any.
 ssI speek dat's so, said Uncle Remus. May be de cake moughter flung de baby in a spasm, en den I'd be had ter go on 8 hoss en gallop alter de docter, en den de hoss might CT stumbled en broke my neck, en den deze yer triAin' good fer nothin' niggers 'roun' de house would CT had big publication.
 sEn yit, the old man went on, slowly eating the cake, II spizes ter see stinginess. Hit put me in min CT ole Brer Bar en de honey or chard. If I ain't done top you dat tale I'd like to know de reason why, kaze it all de time a-poppin' in my head "
 The little boy was very, very sure he had never heard of the honey or chard before.
 Well" said Uncle Remus, ''dey wuz one time when mos all de creeturs, horn and claw, live in de same settlement. Day'd have some fusseg, but dey ain't had no fallin out, en dey wuz twin just des ez satisfaetual ez what folks does. Times wuz mighty hard, en twuz in about all dey kin do fer scuffie Tong en make buckle en tongue meet. Rake en scrape ez dey would some un 'um d natter go to bed hungry. Tit de took notice CT one thing, dat while all un um wuz gittin' po'e- and po'er, ole Brer Bar wuz gittin' latter en fatter. While de ter creatures ribs wuz standin out like bar hoops Brer B ar wuz slick en 'roun' ez a butter ball. He deg waller'd in fat; he wuz too fat fer keep de flies of hisse'f
 "Dey all study en study how Brer Bar kin keep so fat when times is so hard. Brer Rabbit make up his min dat he gwine ter git at do bottom CT de matter, en so he keep his eye on Brer Bar. He watch m, he did, en 'twant long 'fo be seed dat Brer Bar wuz doin' mighty quare. Stidder settin up late en talkin' politics, he'd go ter bed wid de chickens, en by good daylight he'd be up and gone. Dis bodder Brer Rabbit migbt' ly. He got so pester'd en fretted dat many's de time when he'd be gwine long de road he'd squat right fiat on de groun' en scratch his head en study.
 ''Brer Rabbit had done go. de track CT setten' up sll night en sieepin' late in de day, but bimeby, one night he tuck n pay Brer Bar a visit fer to see what he kin fin out He got ter de door, he did, en scrape his foot on de step en sorter 1 ele'r up his throat. Ole Miss Bar ] she come out on de porch fer to see gho lis, en she wuz monstrus per 1 ite. She howdied with Brer Rab- l bit, en ax i'm eff he wont come in sn take of his things en set awhile Tid um. Brer Rabbit say he don't zeer ef be do, been's how he ain't .eed um all in 50 long, en den ole Miss Bar she nestle roun' en fotch !. chair, CD ax Brer Rabbit fer to make hisse'f at home
 "Brer Rabbit crossed his legs, he Id, en low dat he ain't seed Brer } ar in a coon's age, en Miss Bar, be fan herself wid 8 turkey tail ! an en low dat times SO hard, her le man natter work socn en late fer