The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1894-05-04
KITCHEN lMPS,
coming! yes, tits coming.

Sunny South.
was on my first visit to my old
school friend, Inez Watkins, who lived
on remote plantation in southern
Mississippi. There had been no in
vasion of railroads, with their rcvOlu-
tionary influences, to disturb the SOM
nolent content of the negroes in the
neighborhood, and very much the
same patriarchal system continued as
before the war. Everything was new
and strange to my northern eyes and
ears. The second morning after my
arrival | overheard the following con-
versation between my friend and her
plump, brown cook, Hannah, who
stood dropping courtseys in the back
hall door.
Mrs. Watkins, looking up from her
book-"What do you want, Aunt Han
nah 2"
Aunt Hannah-"I'se come to aXyou,
mistress, if you will please ma'am,
lemme SEN Jake an Jerry ter de trash
gang, fur dey's plenty big ter hoe cot
ton now, an git me two gals fun de
quarters in dey place"
Mrs. Watkins-"I should think the
boys would be of so much more use to
you since you have trained Them"
Aunt Hannah (deprecatingly)-
Claws, mistress. you jest ez well talk
bout trainin er mink, or any udder
sort OBJ viii varmint, ez dem boys. l
'clar fo' Cord dey tarrities me so dat
half de time / amt sho whether | is
putin salt or soda in de vlttlcs."
Mrs. .Watkins(smiling)-"W What have
they been doing to-day worse than
usual ?"
Aunt Hannah (vindictively(-"Tsc
jest dis minute lef' 'em In de poultry
yard wld Harri't guardin' 'em while
James gone fur de switches. King
Solomon say spare de whup an spile
de chile, but l reckon he didn't mean
niggers, fur Cord knows l amt spard
it. l done mos trimmed up de peach
orchard gittin' switches, an dey grows
wus an wus all de time"
Mrs. Watkins-"But you haven't
told me what they have done to-day"
Aunt Hannah-'Ise comm ter it
no, ma'am. Er minute er 60 IIarri't
tuck off dat big brown turkey hen
whut wuz sot on eighteen eggs, an
she Matched 'em ev'ry one. She called
to me ter come out an see whut cur
Gus critters two oh 'em wuz. When |
got thar dey wuz all standin' roun'-
Harri't an Jane an Rose an dem two
boys-lookin' jest ez inherent ez
lambs, an maxim no 'miratiOn an all
dc res at de two little comical loOkin
yaller turkeys hoppin' bout. Denim
ute laid my eyes on EN- l knowet
dey wuz young buzzards, cause l done
seed some befo' an l tole Harri't so
She sholy wuz upset, an us couldn't
imagine how dey got thar. But den
boys 'clar'd right off dat dey seed e.
big ole buzzard in de poultry yar(
mos ev'y day, an low dey spec sh'
done drap her aigs in de brown turke.
nes'. When Harri't heard dis sh,
tuck to tremblin' an clar'd dat sh
'blieyed de 'lennium wuz mos heah
fur she say 1t didn't STAN ter reasol
dat de lion an de lambs wuz eve
gwinter lay down togedder, beingst e
us didn't hab no lions, but dat de buz
} zard an de turkey layin' togeddcr Il
dc same nes' wuz jest ez good er sigr
Whilst we wuz all standin' thar argy
: fyln' bout 1t, l happen ter fling m
eye roun' an ketched dat Jake hidir
berhine Jane, wid his shut tail stufle
In lll6 t1Ouf ter keep fun Dustin on
laughin', an I membered dat minut
how one day I hearn EN- say dey don
/ fin' or buzzard nes' in er ole h0ll0'
. lorg In de pahsture, an l know rlgf
0 of 'twuz dem ez had done changed d
aigs."