The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-03-12
A CoNGARRE WATER COLOR.
Adventures Of Three Colored Colum
bians on @ Rabbit Hunt

oians on Rabbit Hunt.
A. e. Gonzales in Columbia Is c. Stdts.
During the last freshet In the Congaree
river, three negroes living on the Childs
plantation. FIVE miles below Columbia, took
advantage OF the high water to 90 rabbit
hunting in boat. Padding about between
the trunks they scanned the knobs and tus-
| SOCKS that, rising above the food, afforded
sanctuary to the cotton-tailed refugees.
SO intent were they uyon the chase. that
the carelessly managed skiff struck a cypress
knee" and was Instantly swamped. Fort
unately the trees were thick and the
wrecked crew climbed into tall gum,
where, far above the swelling flood, they
spent the entire day, sending out from time
to time across the waste of waters piteous
cry for help, until, late in the evening, their
voices were heard from the highlands and
boat was sent TO their rescue by Mr..
Childs.
Mingo Sing letery one Of the freed nim-
rods, was In the city yesterday and gave
the following account of the adventure:
YES, sub, me en- Silus Smitt en- Hack
lus* Rabenel, witch Hacklus is my neece
cause him gren' en- my gran alltwo is de
same man, en- him farra en- my farra Is two
twin; so berrywellden, me en- desc two
mans gone out cen de batto fun hunt rabbit
cause wen de ribba high rabbit is a berry
easy Ank Aun AobCu Chub6 QSN DbTGY IIalu
fun git dem foot wet 'en dey does climb
high Duntop de tussock. So, we paddle long
en- quizzit all de tussock, en- de same time
wen me en- Silus blnna peep ondaneet wun
briar bush wey rabbit does hide, wen, fuss
ting we know, we amt know nuttin', cause
my neece HackIus, witch dat niggah
nebber did hab gawd piece
o. sense, him paddle de boat
puntop de snag en- de boat bottom couldn't
anaNifv mn do hpot hOffCvY1 huo IoeF
cen de waiter. Now, Silus bad fight wild
he lady las week en- he lady strong mo- den
Silus en- Silus lady lick 'um en- mos bruck e
back. 80 Wen Silus try fuh swim, he back
couldn't specify, en- jus as e Begin to
drowned, my neece Hacklus ketchum by e
britchis, but de britchis couldn't specify en-
de brItchis buss. en- Silus gone down
ondaneet de waiter fun de two time, en-
wen e rise gen, graf 'um by e left ham
foot en- hice 'um up close to wun big
gum tree en- all tree OBJ we climb
be tree tell we git pun top de limb
en- den please Gawd, we seddown,
en- seddown, en- seddown, an we al
tree berry well satisfy to seddown tell
hongry biggin fun Eetch we. en- ween him
cum. den we staat fun boiler en- boiler en-
boiler. But de mo- we holler, de mo- we
hongry, en- bim'bye we see Silus lady walk
| in by de ribber edge wild dat yaller boy
Sam, witch lib to Mistuh Hamptum place,
en- Silus boiler at he lady en- scole 'um, but
you know berry well sub, 'ooman is de deb
bill, en- dat CONAN nebber had Silus een de
back OBJ he head. So. we still yet seddown
tell we mot ready to drop off de tree limb,
en- Silus is a class leader en- bigRin to praise
de Lawd, en- bimeby him tell we bout
how de rab'en feed 'Lijah, en- we look
high cen de element en- we see huff buzzut
| flynn high ober de tree top, en- Hacklus call
| to de buzzut TO fetch de bittle but de buszut
keep on flew high cen de element en- nebber
bodder he head bout Hacklus. Den bimeby
gen, Sllus resplain de scriptuh bout how
Noah dove fetch tree branch en- all kinder
ting cen e mout' wien de waiter high, en-
fus' ting we know we see wun dove fly t'ru
de swamp en- de sun shine or e bres' en-
mekkum look like COLE, en- likewise also,
we call to him, but e didn't hab
nuttin' cen . lmout' en- him fly
way en- gone please Gawdl Den,
wen de sun biggin to lean cross de
tree top ZEN staat to walk down de sky fun
go to e res, we git mos skaytodet, en- we
staat to sing sperritual en- praise de Lawd,
en- Silus ketch e tex FUN de to'teen chaptuh
cen Nickuhdeemus en- him tell we bout how
de Lawd t'un Nickuhdeemus eento cow wen
him hongry so % could git grass fun eat
but telrum dat tex couldn't specify cause
how de debbil-een de fuss place man can't
eat grass wen him dey high cen de tree top.
En- den de sun gone down en- wun leetle cat
squerrel cum out e tail ober e back en- say
'paak, paak. paak,' en- wun big
owl fly close TO we en-
seddown close to we en- say 'whaak, whaak,
whaak, whaak, WHO'D. WHO'D, WHO'D, WHO'D,
en- den know de Lawd TEX pity on we en-
sem we cump'ny, en- we git mo fate cen de
Lawd en- we biggin to boiler gen en- dis
time sub, Mistuh Childs yeddy we voice en-
SEN q boat en- TEX we Off en- wen we git
back Co the niger house yaad, ebrybody on
de plantesshun sing praise en- glad we cum
back-ebrybod scusin' Silus wife, en- you
b'leeb subj SiIus lady him bex cause e
busban' britchis buss, en- O. lick Silus cause
@ didn't drownded."
*Hercules.