Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-01-25

on a-libin an every night a prayin de J.awd
her soul to take.
Il foun out dat Kunnel .Mahshall he
felt so mighty pore dat he had to sell some
oh his sOhvants. De kunnel no one oh dc
real Kentucky gemcn--grcat man to be
a-bcttin an boss rucin. He'd loss a heap
OBJ money on his fas boss, kaso it wasn't
SO fas as some oh dc rest, an he an Miss
Betty a-gwinc to be mahiod, so oh course he
must hab money, an he sold CPsah
Den Rosy died, an when l look ut her
in dc little coffin I'zo dat glad couldn't
cry l'zc glad, honey, kaso she nebber
had no trouble
well, de time 20 on, an diff'rcnt men
dcy AK me to marry, but l tole dem to 90
OH bout der business. But laws, a man
CANT b'live woman don't kccr muffin
fer himl So dcy KEEP hangin roun till
mists she say mus marry. Mistis she
hab Il thrifty turn an wanted all her peU
pie to marry an raise chillCn, kase chillen
proputty in dom days Bless dc Lawd,
didn't hah no mo- chillcn fer her to count
as do dc pigs
AT las / married Big Tom to git shct
OBJ him, but | done miss it, fer shore as
20 lib dat crittuh tuck dc kinsumption.
He war &c mos misablc, no count nipgah
l member to hab kuuwcd. | waited on
dat man night an day an like to run my
laigs off; tried to be as good to him as Of
he were dc light oh my eyes, but muffin
pleased him no ways. one day he SHE'D
iati on at me an cut cash obcr my lcf
year De sears dar yit I'ze pow full mad
den. an says l. Ole man, We kin cough ser
hvah an lights up for all me, an dc suonah
&c hcttah
Bout dat time mastah dono send him
down dc rihah On some business. Tom he
were mn-tah' right han, an mastah
didn't pay no ttntiun to dc kinsumptiuu
dat lie say allied him. We'll, dc steam boat
blowcd uu, an | s'pose Tom done get
bowed up, to1 for I'zo nCbCr seen HIM
SINCE.
'Art' Cat Dsooll mailed Joe. kasc he
was lively ain lcp' a., all a-lauabin with
Lis Jokes. Hc lluy,d dc fiddle like an
anal. tao. .n when ! SOFT am listened
seemed .5tf could see bgvuud de stnbs
cl'ar into &c New Jerusalem. But Joe
didn't have good Judgment bout some
mattahs De Nguh was a -Ninc OH by dis
time, an nufin would DO but Joe he mus
90 with Kuuncl Muhshnll down into
Jawey fer To- line dc Tolerate ahmy. De
Kuuucl WAS his rnastab. but hedidn't h.,h
to pu. He WA, ji...,,inn to be a drummah
an was dat needless he ncvah Elected dat
noyah s'puscd dar'd be anything else but
pluyin On dc file an drum. In de berry
fust sklinmuoc dcv had Joe was killed.
Mhght "a knol,l he'd hab bad luck. an
tolc him 80 fore ho went. Joe had q good
heart, dough. an | don't spcct dc Lawd
will be hard ON him for habin been baNn
50 giddy.
-. Aft while when do nrocl,clmotiou
set de chilled pcoule free. de fgmily bruck
I'm nm I went nm to T,nuisvillo for tn Got
wa.bin an i'onin. Oar | mct NIistnb
Smith at pra'r mcctin. lie were uow'ful
in pra'r. an he seem struck with my near
ancc I had ON INV violent dress for do
fust time AT do second uru'r mcctin he
tole me he'd had a hcbcnly vision which
saved | was to he his second unhtnnh.
Cnurso I couldn't stan ont 'goinst de will
OBJ de Lawd. an dat's why i'ze now Mrs.
Smith. His name was Obadiah. but he
'uuestcd me fer to call him Mistah Smith;
sawed it, 'cordcd hcttoh wild de condition
oh dc woman to be 'spectful to de husban.