The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1892-01-13


the Jamaica government has spent
large sums of money in educating the
negro, and this, as an auxiliary to the
work of the missionaries, has had :
good effect. Most of the negroes are
able to read and write, an accom-,
phshment they are very proud to ex,
ubit. The tropical darkey, as have
found him, is a happy, healthy, Law,
Tree and easy, peace,loving, law>abid
ing individual. He is honest, at least
[ found him 50, lived in Jamaica
eleven year, and the only thing that
know Of thata negro ever stole from
ne was an empty paint can. am
sorry | cannot say as much for the
! American negro, and il the niger
who lives in or near Bronwood who
sto.e my gum coat "A few weeks age
will bring it back | will give him
some good advice gratis. The black
brother in Jamaica, as | have said, i.
happy. His laugh reaches through
/ the mountain, and his CHEEKY shout
can be heard a mile off. He i.
healthy, has strong digestive powers
lean digest anything from chicken
leg to crow bar. He is lazy. Thi,
is perhaps his worst fault. lie works
when he is obliged to, but not under
any other circumstances. | have
been told that the Georgia Niger
loves the cotton field, but the Jamai.
ca niger does not love the sugar
cane fed except to lie down in itald
eat the cane. The tropical niger
wants no better paradise than to lie
down III the shade beneath the spread.
ing branches OF mango tree and eat
manages till he is full, then sleep and
wake up, then fill up again and sleep
again and so on. Most of the ne
groes live on their own little plats OF
land, and with the exercise OF very
SNAIL amount of labor on their part
prodigal nature abundantly supp les
all their needs. Ali darkeys are su,
pcrstitious, aud the tropical darkey is
NJ exception to the rule lie believes
lnat spooks Cor duppeys) live in cot,
TON trees, and he will not, il he can
help it, pass cotton tree aft r dark.
When alone ia a dark place he viii
ways talk to hlmsel. Tor the purpose,
suppose, of keeping the devll at Il
distance.
As Il class the negroes are religious.
aud many OF them, believe, accord
lJg TO their light, truly so. It'll,
imost considered disgrace anon
Them Tor men not to be menl0e,
ii any church The negroes hignes,
tnbIaon is to be preacher, and The
coIor1d brother who breaches "de
Gospel is an object among his fellow
Of profound yeueraLiOn aud respect
lie may not be endowed with the
vivid imagination or glowing descrip
tive powers OF a Talmage or the fn,
ished elocuCion aud snuI.stirriug ora
cory OF a rpur-eon: indeed, the
-praarhtng my be something like
ralstat recruits of the scare crow
order, but it is preaching, and what
is lacking in sense is made up in
sound, and defective grammar is com
penslted Tor by long words which
neither the preacher nor his hearers
understand, 50 that good measure can
be guaranteed,
The following is an extract from
an edityiug discourse | once had the
pleasure Of listening to, and it is a
pretty fair sample OF the average
"egro discourse. the preacher wore
blue specs. and as he didn't have any
nose worth speaking OF upon which
to fix them, they kept slipping down
over the wen>hke protuberance that
stood for nose and rested upon his
upper lip my breddren, some OBJ yo
il like to tricitied mewl, my bred,
dren, am stubbun fe troo, him ladda
was stubbun, him mudda was stub,
bun Him is an unclean animal.
Him hab de debble in him, Yo
hitch him to de sugga wagon an de
mo 20 whip an boiler de mo him will
kick back until de mewl an de
drlbha an de wagon am expostulated
to de bottom ob de gully. My bred
dren dat mawl am no bettern a hog.
Him is an unsanctiticated animal
Him hab no manners. Ny breddren
yO AN like dat mewl. 70 is hitched
| TO de WAGON oh de church an whom dc
preacher GIBBS 20 a few ticks wild de
gospul! whip 20 kick an back like an
unthinkin horse a Iushin in to de
battle"
But | fear shalt exceed the limit;
of space allotted to me, so wishing al
leaders Of The News a happy new
year ! will drop the curtain for this
week. | remain,
Faithfully your friend,
F. w. Tyler. NJ. D.