Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-02-24
BIG BEN WASN0 COUNT.
HE MADE HIS OLD MASTER =
HEAP or TROUBLE
which Rroa<hf sOrrsw On More rhan
oae Fezsan Beside Himself-fIos oid
Master FinAlIy secured Hin WEsa abs
Winter And Fross Cane

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Zen dur wuz dat no count Niger.
( big Ben observed old Nathan.
/ polishing the boEi Of the silver spoon
Z he was cleaning until his own visage.
: black. scanned and wrinkled, vas re-
mars mighty heap er trouble in be
time. OF mars he Wurn'1 shat se
all call ..nigger driver" kase he
never druy he niggers. but be gElEe
mex EN- work il Gawd spars i'm
Dat Ben he was triain' sho nnE,
an when OF mars brung i'm frum e
swamp ia cotton pickin' time an so;
Z him a-W Orkin' in de field. Zen he 'low
he not gwine sweat hese1 fer no
/ white buckra' 'ceptin he slip 40
.-Ol' mars he kept he eye 81 an.
but he ant say nOthin yit When
/ Ben he got ter de kitchen be see
+ jimmy, de dinin' room gal. and be
/ sorter come rouu' jimmy an los be
/ gwine marry her. an Jlnny tote him
E vittles frum de kitchen tWei one day
/ misses she kotch dat CONAN
DE cook she bile . ham like OF
! misses tOle her an sot hit out ter
Z cool an jimmy see dat ham an iow
Z she gwine tote hit ter Ben sho she
f bawn
when jimmy was a-gaine thoo De
( passage wid De ham she hear OF
miss a-comin'. an she hid de ham
underneath her coat, but OF miss
done seed 'er an give hcr fifty lashes-
Den jimmy she got no mo use
I for Ben an wouldn't fool long wild
him any mo. an Ben be done tote1
all he coald find he slipped Of ter de
swamp. an oil mars never did kaoW
when he went
When mars find oat Ben doae
gone he Ak jimmy whar aboafs he
gone, bus jimmy low she dou't know
nothin' tail bout De nigger Mars
he Ehop 'er. but she low she don't
know whar he done gone. 'ceptin be
war wild de ratiOns he hid il de
swamp Den jimmy she tell boat
Ben an de rations dat he steal az
tote Of ter de swamp.
Nobody done tole Ben dat Jinry
tell Oh him. bat he hear hi; sartin.
kase he come an steal Jinny's boy
what she done had fore she come ter
de plantation He was a purity little
yaller boy 'Dout SO high. an young
miss she mex i'm fotch an tote fer
her. an he lay round de big house
tweli he git as fat ana sassy a. 3
coon in 'simmon time.
when jimmy miss her boy she
took ter rampin round rageously
an young miss she took on most as
bad q jimmy sheself
but Ben he lay low tEel de crap
was Laid by an de miilyons was done
ripe in the fell Den We all knowed
Brer Ben warnt far. ka-e the hands
done seed his tracks in de patch. but
none er dem uiggers told ole mars
a tier while when de fodder was
done pulled an de cone shucked. an
all the millyon done eat up oil mars
done turn out de horgs ia d. Eel.
Dat Ar wuz zactly what Brer Bea vas
a cOuntin' on. kase in de night he
slip inter dc cone patch an ko;ch
him a fat shoat and eat barbecue
iwel he didn't want no mo-
''Bimeby Of mars took ter countin
he horgs an find EN- missing. and
Oh mars he low. he did. Hts dat
rascal Ben. ! done seed HIS tracks
in de field. an ] gwine kotch i'm ef
II takes every hound in dis sher
county
..Ol' mars he sent down Ter Clumby
county, and he seat ter Lincoln
county fer de hounds. an dey was
brung down ter de plantation. an
such a ki-yiun nv hounds you never
heered in yoar bawn days
But Laud bless go soul. twant no
Tnanner or use. All de Duckra men
an all de hounds never did kotch
Brer Ben. He jess lay low an say
nothin'
after while Of mars brung ia Dc
horgs and dig de taters. an fix all
dem tings. when hit jess sot in an
freeze an freeze. an weuns had &c
biggest horg KILN dat ever was in
dat county or de state err Georgy
'.Ol' mars he couldn't kotch Brer
Ben. ar dc hounds warnt no manner
err use, but, people. dc frost an dc
snow hit took him.
''One mawnin fore day Of Jocko.
he dat druy Of miss, yeared a
knOckin an a knockin at he do. an
Jocko he never say nothin kase he
skeered nit was Ku.Kluz Dey knock
an dey knock, an finely dey call.
an JockO low to heself:
'Datar's Brer Ben, shor's Ise
bawn.
"Jocko he crack de do an be low
Dat yo' Brer Ben" an Brer Ben he
low, .Dissher's Ben. Jocko. an when
Jocko crack de do he slip in an
low TO Jocko: II pow'ful hongry.
Brer Jocko. ant Bothin' much
since hit fritz. Kant 30 gib my some
bradep
"Joclso he unkiver he ash cake an
give hit ter Brer Ben, den he low
.Brer Ben. how come de hounds didn't
kotch you" BFer Ben he low: 'Kase
dey never come whaT ] was. an dey
never come whar / was. kase dos