The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-11-27
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Pleasant Recouections Of Old
Maum Jincy Ann.
The Aged Negress Tells Of the Coco
Times Before the War and Com
plains OF Her Condition ass
Free Woman.

her taiiness is chiefly noticea Die in hex
length Of arm, while her slim. ness is
most conspicuous ia those por tions OF
the female form usually full and
rounded. Her feet have an uncomfort-
able way of seeming to hit each other
when she walks Maum Jincy Ann is
fond of talking about herself One
morning while chopping out the cotton
in the newly-cleared patch near her
cabin door, middle Georgia, she de-
1ivered herself to me in this fashion.
writes correspondent of the Philadel-
phia Times: Yes, | was born in Geor-
gle. Cindy and 'Nerva der ant no true
huff sisters to me, lSase Cindy. she
born when my n,anmie had she happy
up here on de True Blue plantation;
den 'Nerva she cum long, arter de
colonel done fotch my mammie back
into Souf Car'lina. You see. Ny daddie
he done b'long cross de Georgia line,
and he livin' dar right now if he amt
done dead, please God. Ny old nnistis
yere on de ole state road she TEX tack
became attached to me when | was a
leetle gal an TEX me away from nv
Inammie and l always staid right BY
her-a fannin' of her, when she'd tex
her rest in de hot AFTERNOON, a gittin'
her cool drink an SIGH like She
never could eat nuthin' tall lest | stan
right behind her chair; an she larn
me TO piece de guilt patch. Look here,
but dat was stirrin' oman. an she
larn dem gals TO work too; she not like
some oh de udder buckra.
When dem two girls o hern gwine
marry, low dey had as much as TWEEN
ty quilt apiece, an some on EN- real
fine, same like bought quilt right de
sto'. | tell you dem was no half-cut
people; dey know what was what,
When | wuz done growed / tok de keys,
same like mistis, when she's go of to
two an three days meetin'. An de
crowd o people what would set round
dat big table Sundays an big meetin'
days. Look here! Sometimes mos de
whole settlement would come home
long O. my mistis, 'kase der knowed she
had sech a good hand wild cherry ting.
She and Miss Shooter, dey could mex
de best bread on dat road up an down,
en- when dare was comp'ny l tell you
dere was moviu' round an fixin' things
cherry which-a-way, sho's as you born.
any OBJ de colored people bout here.
Dey say de folks on de mex place to us
usen to be sent to der peach tree for
der brealffas', but dat man what owned
dem people was one oh desc regular old
(misers). he didn't bleeve in
spendin' no money tall, and when de
Yankees come he put all de money un-
derneath the ole woman cause she
was sick der save it cherry bit.
I'm de Christmas times we all had
'nouf, an more dan 'nouf to eat an
trow way. We war all lowed to raise
our own turkeys an tings, an cen de
time what fine to do we
had wild de cracklins an de chittlins
an all de trimmins! I tell you dem
was times. An we raise dem big Gala
bash gourd an sto' way de sausage
jist as sweet, wild de lard a-coolin' on
De top. Young mauser he always usen
TO come TO my house to eat de 'possum
serve up with de sweet later all round,
a-swimmin' in de gravy so rich like;
nouf to make your mouf water right
now. Den a'ter all was done he usen
TO drap quarter cen my han an say:
Tank you. manner SO periite an gen
.leman like. De slave time was good
nouf for NE; but now hab for Jump
"a de cotton patch an hoe an chop
rom 70 day till de sun clean gone
iown; and de flour bread cum scarce
IN high. an my leg ache till | fair fit
o fall down, jes' a-stirrin' an a-stirrin'
i'll bout to git de spring halt. T'se a
ool1in' for the aord to call ne any
lay, an Use glad Use born to die, an /,
Sc jet goin' to keep on a-watchin' /
IN a-prayin', for deres no KNOWN /
vher de Savior Will repair | low /
lot to be a-nappin' when He come,
cusin' He come in de night time.
Here, limbo. Ito her youngest I
lopefun cum mind de guinea an keep |
lem young turkey from trsilin' off, /
INIT you know dem young ting mighty !
Iuick To ketch der def? Dat boy is /
mart chile" she continued. ''scusin' he /
o love to play an fool. Dey low be
one lick out every boy what goes to
nill. He done beat Uncle Jalse's boy,
ioston; an dat Boston kin butt same !
Ike a ram. All o dat Johnson family
in butt more'n any niggers | cher see
is side o kingdom come.
Well. de sun mus be mos git to
welve. Time TO knock off and fix de
tira bout for dem chilluns dinner"