Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-08-16
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The mixture That Caused Jim jenkins
Untimeiy Death.
"Brudder johnson, hezn't seen jim
Jenkins bout hyar fur sum time.
"Anyo' amt gwine to see him bout
hyar for sum time longer yit. Uncle
Rastus."
"Yo don't tell me. Nuthin wrong,
hope, Brudder Johnson"
"No, sab. Jim's jus dead. dat's all.
sah."
lump, | is sartinly sorry to hear dat.
What war 'chashun Of Jm's removal,
Bruddcr JohnsonY'
"Well, de doctur glib it out ez confu-
shun of de stummick, sah."
"Confushun uf the stuminick, Brudder
Johnson?"
"Yas, sab. OATS what de doctur say.
An wuz berry partickler to cognize
JUS what he say"
"Confushun uf de stummick, eli?
Well, dat beats me, Brudder johnson.
What wuz de 'cashun uf dis confushun?''
"Possum an watermilin, sahY'
whats dat yo' say, Brudder johnson?
Possum and watermilinT
"Dat's what de doctur 'cided, Uncle
Rastus. 1t seems like he Huz uf de pin
ion dat 'possum and wat rlnilin, tuken
tugedder, wuz tn much fur Jim's stum-
mick, sah."
"Uf course dey wuz, Rruddcr John
son. Oar amt no mista .ie about dat
'clushun, sab. An it duz tcem like folks
nowadays is a-gittin so dat dey rusbes
right in de face uf Prov idence. Pos
sum an watermilin"
"Yo' isn't a-runnin down 'possum an
watermilin, is yo', Uncle Rastiis?'
LUX hyar, Brudder johnson, is
cullud or is winter
"Cullud, sah."
"Well, den, did yo' ebbcr heah tell uf
any cullud pusson runnin down 'possum
an watermilin"
mo, sab. Nebber, sah."
IAN yo' amt likely tu, sab, ez long ez
cullud folks doan't lose derc sef respect.
sah."
IL doan't know dat understans yo'
den, Uncle Rastus."
"Den I'll try tn splain, Brudder John
son. Oar amt no doubt in the wurl but
dat 'possum an watermilin wuz made
clusively fur de cullud folks, is darY'
"No, sab; no, sab. Dat tlar amt"
"Uf course | 'cognizes dc fac dat de |
white folks eats bofe uf e,n, but dat is |
JUS annuddor 'cashun uf dere a tramplin |
IN de pniTogatives uf dc cullud race.
But, to pursume dc subjec, dar's time
FUR dis, and dar's q time fur dat; an
lat's JUS whar Jim Jenkins los his
"How's dat, Uncle Rastus?"
"Why, sab, a pursumin to tempt de
wrath of dc Lawd de way he did. When
le good Lawd glib de cullud peoples
possum an watermilin he neber mag
nd dat dey'd be eatin tugedder.
10, sab, he nebber tended dat dey
hud be-"
"Why, Uncle Rastusl
"Brudder johnson, tell ME dis, Is yo'
os' all yur reasoninY
"No, sab, dat isn't"
"Well, den, yo' talks mighty like it,
'rudder johnson. When de Lawd made
o 'possum an sot 1t aside fur de cullud
IAN, an when ne made dc watermilin
nd sot dat aside fur de cullud man he
pecially fit do cullud mans stumnick
ur dem blessins of his. But he fit 'em
!, dat one wuz tn be eaten dis time uf
o var an de udder wuz tn be eaten dat
me uf de var. An 80 it is, Brudder
ohnson, dat when de cullud man fur
its tn Joy desc blessins uf de Lawd :,
ne at time an in dere partickler sea-
On, den it is dat he rushes, ez | say,
ltu dc berry face uf Providence an calls
own on him dc righteous wrath uf
avid"
"Yo' is a-talkin now, Uncle Rastus."
Eyes, sab, dat is. An glory be tn
AVID, sab, ! is got de good book fur
~ foundashun. Understan me, Brud-
sr Johnson, duzn't say dat yo'll find .
ese berry words dar, but duz say dis [
dat do Lawd said unto dc cullud man,
n dc time uf 'possum eat 'possum, an |
de time Of watermilin eat watermilin,
Id fear dc Lawd dy Gawd.' SO, sab, :
hen do cullud man furgits dat an |
lshes de blessins uf do Lawd out uf /.
're season den yo' kin LUX fur confu.
on uf do stummick ebery time, Brud- ,,
" Johnson. Washington Star.
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