Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-07-09
"'POsSUM AND wATEEMILLEN."
The Mixture That Caused Jim jenkins On
timely Death.

The Mixture That Caused Jim jenkins On.
timely Death.
ssRRUDDER JOHNSON, HRz'NT SEEN
~ Jim jenkins bout hyar fur sum time u
"An' yo' amt gwine to zee him bout hyar fur
sum time longer yit," Uncle Rastus."
"Yo' doan't tell me. Nuthin' wrong, hopes,
Brudder Johnson
mo, sab. Jims jus dead, OATS all, sah."
"Ump. is sartinly sorry tn heah dat What
wuz de 'cashun Of Jims removal, Brudder
Johnson"
"wen, de doctur glib it out ez confushun uf
de stummick, sah."
''Confushun uf the stummick, Brudder John
son?"
"Yas, sab. OATS what do doctur say An i
wuz berry partickler tn 'cognize JUS what be
say"
"Confushun uf de stummick, Ell. Well, dat
beats me, Brudder johnson. What wuz de
'cashun uf dis confushun?''
"'Possum an watermilin, sah."
whats dat yo say, Brudder johnson. Pos
sum and watermilin?"
'Dat's what de doctor 'cided, Uncle Rastus.
1t seeL,> like he wuz uf de 'pinion dat 'possum
an watermilin. tuken tugedder, wuz tn much
fur Jims stummick, sab"
'Uf course dey wuz, Brudder johnson Oar
amt no mistake bout dat 'clushun. san. An
it duz 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 postum an water
milin, is yo', Uncle Rastus?'
LUX hyar, Brudder johnson, is 1 cullud III
is 1 white?"
"Cullud. sah.'
swell, den, did yo' ebber heah tell uf any
Ind ty,'A
milin?"
mo. sab. Nebber, sah"
An yo amt likely tn, sab, ez long ez cullud
folks doant lose dere sef-respec', sab"
Il doan't kno' dat 1 understands yo, den,
Uncle Rastus."
Oar ain no doubt in de wurl but dat 'possum
an watermlin wuz made 'clusively fur de
cullud folks, is dar?''
mo, sab; no. sab. Dat dar amt
"Cf course, 'cognizes de fac dat de white
folks eats bofe uf EN- but dat is JUS annudder
cashun uf dere tramplin' on de purrogatives
uf de cullud race. But, to pursume de subjec.
dar's a time fur dis, an dar's time fur dat;
an dat's jus whar jim Jenkins los his mem
brance."
"How's dat, Uncle RastusY'
why. sab, a pursumin' to tempt de wrath Of
de Lawd de way he did. When de good Lawd
glib de culled peoples 'possum an watermilin
he nebber magin'd dat dey'd be eatin' tuged-
der. No, sub, He nebber tended dat dey shud
be-"
why, Uucle Rastus?"
"Brudder johnson, tell me dis: Is yo' los all
yur reasOnin'?
''No sab, dat isn't"
"Well, den, yo' Ia Ks mighty like it, Brudder
johnson. When de Lawd made de 'possum an
sot it aside fur de cullud man, an when He
made de watermilin an sot dat aside fur de
cullud man. He specially fit de cuilud man $
stummick fur dem blessins uf His But He fit
'em SO dat one wuz tn be eaten dis time uf de
var an de udder wuz tn be eaten dat time uf
de var. An SO it is, Brudder johnson, dat
when de cullud man furgits tn Joy desc bles-
sins uf de Lawd one at time an i'll dere par
ticker season, den 1t is dat He rushes, ez say,
intu de berry face uf Providence, an calls
down on him de righteous wrath uf Gawd.''
''YO is a-talkin' now, Uncle Rastus'
Eyes. sah dat is. An, glory be tn Gawd,
sab, l is got de Good Book fur my foundashun.
Cnderstan' me, Brudder johnson, l duzn't say
dat yo II find desc berry words dar but duz
say dis-dat de Lawd said unto de cullud man,
In de time uf 'possum, eat 'possum, an in de
time OF watermilin, eat watermilin, and fear de
Lawd dy Gawd.' So. sab. when de cullud man
furgits dat, an rushes de blessins uf de Lawd
out uf dere season, den yo' kin LUX fur con-
fushun uf de stummick cherry time, Brudder
Johnson"