The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1892-10-01
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"'POSSUM AND WATERMIClN."
The Mixture That Caused Jim enkins
Untimely Death.

The Mixture That Caused Jim jenkins
Untimely Death.
s'Brudder Johnson, l hezn't seen Jim
Jenkins bout hyar fur sum time"
IAN yo' amt gwine to see him bout
hyar for sum time longer yit, Uncle
Rastus."
"Yo' don't tell me. Nuthin wrong, |
hope, Brudder Johnson
mo, sab. Jim's JUS dead. OATS all.
sah."
lump, l is sartinly sorry to hear dat.
What war 'chashun of Jim's removal,
Brudder JOhnson:'
"Well, de doctur glib it out ez confu-
shun of de stummick, sah."
'.Confushun uf the stummick, Brudder
Johnson
"Yas, sab. OATS what de doctur say.
An l wuz berry partickler to cognize
JUS what he say
''Confushun uf de stummick, eh?
Well, dat beats me. Brudder Johnson.
What wuz de itashun uf dis confushun:"
"'Possum an watermilin, sah:'
"What's dat yo' say, Brudder Johnson?
'POssum and watermilin:'
Oats what de doctur 'cided, Uncle
Rastus. 1t seems like he wuz uf de pin
tugedder, u tn much fur Jim's stum-
mick, sah."
s.Uf course dey wuz, Brudder John
son. Oar amt no mistake about dat
'clushun, sab. An it duz seem like folks
nowadays is a-gittin S 70 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 Rastus:"
LUX hyar, Brudder johnson, is l
cullud or is white"
"Cullud, sah."
well, den, did yo' ebber heah tell uf
any cullud pusson runnin down 'possum
an watermilin1"
mo, sab. Nebber, sah."
IAN yo' amt likely tn, sab, ez long ez
cullud folks doan't lose dere SET respect,
sah."
Il doan't know dat | understans yo'
den, Uncle Rastus."
Den III 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 dar:"
mo, sab; no, sab. Dat dar amt"
"Uf course | 'cognizes de fac dat de
white folks eats bofe uf 'em, but dat is
JUS annudder 'cashun uf dere a tramplin
on de purrogatives uf de cullud race.
But, to pursume de subjec, dar's q time
fur dis, and dar's a time fur dat; an
OATS JUS wnar Jim Jenkins los his
'membrance."
..How's dat, Uncle Rastus!"
why, sab, a pursumin to tempt de
wrath of de Lawd de way he did. When
de good Lawd glib de cullud peoples
'possum an watermilin he neber mag
ind dat dey'd be eatin tugedder.
No, sab, lie nebber tended dat dey
shud be-"
why, Uncle Rastus!"
"Brudder Johnson, tell me dis, Is 20
los all yur reasonin:"
mo, sab, dat | isn't"
We'll, den, yo' talks mighty lihe it,
Brudder johnson. When de Lawd made
de 'pOssum ali 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 tit '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 fur
gifts tn Joy desc blessins uf de Lawd
one at a time an in dere partickler sea
son, den it is dat he rushes, eZ | say,
intu de berry face uf Providence al calls
down on him de righteous wrath uf
Gawd."
'Yo' is a-talkin now, Uncle Rastus."
Yes, sab, dat | is. An glory be tn
Gawd, sab, | is got de good book fur
my foundashun. Understan me, Brud-
der Johnson, | duzn't say dat yo1l 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 N
rushes de blessins uf de Lawd out uf
dere season den yO' kin LUX fur confu-
sion uf de stummick cherry time, Brud-
der Observation-Disclosures Star.