Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-08-07

them wa ter 60. If dey doan go at once
write another letter and dey sure will 60. "
'But, Ben, the reason they go is because
you are closing the holes, and they must
starve or go somewhere else"
"Chile, jes' keep quiet sure know
moh' about it than yo'. When the house is
hantej, an de liant dress in white, yo'
yo' meet an put it over de front door. Eff
yo' chile be afraid of hants, sit it over hot
lard and say: DE Lawd He put de debbil
in de swine an done send de debbil in de
lard, fo' swine and lard mus evil spirits
keep, but de Lawd He save de chile"
"But, Ben"
"When yo' dream of a coffin yo' will
heah yo' friend is married to yo' lover, but
if yo' see de corpse vo' will marry him
yo'self When yo' scour fo' always turn
yo' bucket to de right; it save you many
shiver. When de debbil come in de sick
room, burn de bed and yo'l have live
man ter keep"
"When de white lady ask too many ques-
tions and 'rupt pore Ben he won't say any
mo-" and with this quaint bit of wisdom he
ended his seeming soliloquy.
A Daughter OF tho Revolution.
How sorry was that I had interrupted
not to be coaxed. That evening we were
all sitting on the veranda when Ben said:
"Who is de daughters of Revolution yo'
talk so much about?" and we each gave our
view of the question and explained it
simply, SO that he would understand.
can must yo' prove that yo' ancestors
Fought I sure believe my old woman is
one of de daughters Her gran father,
Massa s., wa General in de wah. He
sure fought in de Rebolution; he sure wa
killed at de Bunker Hill"
care you very sure about it, Ben; very,
very sure? How did she come to be SO tar
South?"
sSomeone carried her mother heah. Yo'
COM ter de cabin an ask de ole woman
yo'self; she knows"
Again Ben had innocently raised a per-
picking question. His wife, the quadroon
and ex-slave, could boast of aristocratic
blood. This woman, this negress, was the
grandehild of man whom the colonists
loved and admired-a daughter of the Revo-
luton ! No, No! Her black blood, the
negro blood, forbids that, and yet what
irony of fate brands this woman a negress
and counts her three-fourths of white blood
as nothing? Is it not strange? What in
are declared free and equal What black
and clouded skies for some, what brilliancy
and sunshine for others Martyrdom and
freedom 90 hand in hand. Time must solve
this problem.
A Visit to q Black Belt School
Ben has taken us all to the village school.
What humble boys and girls we see. As
we 90 into the room the pupils lay down
their well-thumbed spelling books and look
at us in amazement The professor" tells
us to be seated and continues the lesson.
Sydney C-give q sentence containing
. conjunctive adverb."
Sydney RISES and with quivering lips re-
plies: 30, the sun is running around the
globe and I'm so cold
"Give another" says Ben. (The professor
has tod us to question his pupils).
''The heavens declare the glory of God
and Birmingham is great city," replies
Sydney, now thoroughly frightened.
I look around the barroom and copy the
| questions and answers that are upon the
| blackboard:
bones or articulation ore those Joint at
| wich tow (9) borns play on each other, come
| in contact muscle are commonly cold flesh
or meat moses or red mas.
Blood is u read liQuainJ called vertebro,
Digestion goes through a canal call aspa-
rayus into pouch call stomach.
| Name two kinds OF blood.
Thick and thin, warm and cold, red and
How is the air received into the bodyf
Tho air is received first by the throat
enters the boldly to spungY bulk in oul
| boddies call lites.
The organ Of circulation is the nose.
Circulation is caused by the circulation oi
the ear.
While an musing upon the possibilitie,
and the future of these urchins before me
hear the teacher say:'"We will now heal
| some remarks from our visitora"
How the changes ring in the gamut of
| fear. Even while think am called u DOE
to speak. Don't ask me what said, some
thing about Cinderella and being good chill
dren. They must pardon my abruptnesa
pared Then ! got to talking about JOSEPH