The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1895-05-06

body else but me to make the shroui y
say L notch the edges so pretty. 4 R
that's enough ashes, Sister Greenl Nj
druther notch the edges as TO lea "
plain. Wen put her feet in now, IN
her her yarb tea while 1t 5 hot' an
horse reddish leaf on the back OF II "
and see if she can't get a little sleel
I've. hope cut and make many s
set down Sister Baker. / know III \
that YOU air tired-many shroud, az
dress the corpse, too. Better cool lhf
don't have it too hot. Yes. Iof
all Mandy Jane and them would -"
here. to close her eyes-l says
needn't look for me home tonight
Greer don't you think the bottoms
feet ought to be blistered to drai
mizry from the top of her head
don't? Well, mebbe we better hoI
her feet, nor nothing; better let ne
awhile. l expect too many az,
is a-settin' on the bed. 1 never hks
nobody to set on my bed, and shake ~
I'm sick, and L can't bar fer 'em to Nj
per round me. Yes, 1 says to
| says, you let the men-folks p
that gyarden-what'd you say, 81 =,
Gooden?'' y
They all left the bed, and moved J
towards the fireplace, old Mis- Stro,
loud whisperin' hushed awhile, ana TOY
women all taxed in low whining tones
Il was a-telln' Sister flasher" says
Mis- Gooden, that ef ! waited and pend
on the men folks to work my garden
wouldn't have no garden-hOw's your ga
den. Sister Baker,
mine hain't much" says old Mis- Bakei
II hain't got nothin' but few ing-ons
an a little mustard" An / ham go
that much" says old Mis- Freshours.
never had no luck at all in my gyardel
I in,
bekase my truck wasn't planted right, 70
| walked back'ards ever bean / drapt
and it was in the light of the moon, too
when the sign was in the arm; ana
never seed a bean after l drapt 'em, an
my red pepper never come up nuther. an
twasnt bckase l wasn't mad when plant
cd it. for | was mad as fire all that week
'pearcd like ever time I'd turn my bacl
Johnson's ole houn' dorg would suck
aig, and break up a settin hen-I wor
the sagegrass broom bardaciously out Of
him, and went right straight and plante
my pepper while I was mad-pass m
your snuff, Sister GCOden-so hahn
planted no more pepper now, nothin' senc
but ] hain't got no sorter seed to piaf
I'll haddcr beg my later slips and cabbat
plants too this year"
"Talllin about cabbages," says Mis-
Gooden. "the way to git your seed is L
take your cabbaSes in the winter and rut
off the roots and fling 'em away, and thel
set your cabbage in a trench, and kiver il
with pine tops. and when you unkivcr il
in the spring it sprouts and makes cab
bage seed. but if you leave the roots On
it makes kollard seed
yes" says old Mis- flasher. that's s.
and the way to plant ing-ons-yOu plal
ing-ons to make the buttons. and plant til
buttons to make the ing-ons, ana it's III
ing-on and not the button that makes IL
seed"
Good Friday" says old Mis- Green. 81
the time TO plant beans-bUt 1 alters plant
mine any time. so it's the light of tn
moon
''NIe too" says Sister Gooden. 'T bi
a-gwine by the moon all my life, me an
my ole man too, we plants ever thin
that bars its fruit under the ground i'm tn
beets. in9-ons. and COOLERS ana SIGH like
and the things that bar on top Of III
sIoundA we plants in the light of tn
moon-ag Except cOrn-hit ought to d
planted \ the dark of the moon. so
viii havy more roots. and fur
and the } Ye7rs grows closter f. Ger veg
if you PAT it in nth - the grou.
moon" 4 about
Green. .Yoa %. 99i 1ef b".ss saws old S,
.Pinkney 'pearsNo he a-a,,5 an awhile.
THANK the \ pdness s |lhe off 10
easy says old FSistt. s., 20 Pc
ever. Now ef she takes a turn
better long about midnight and don
no backset tomorrow, she'll more'n
pull thoo." BETSY HA1IILTC
Auburn. Ala, May Sd.