The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1895-11-25
ARE IGNORANT.
How Little English People Know
About the South.
SOME OF THEIR PLUMBERS
Arp Meets Ohio Man Who Was Afraid
He Would he Killed il lie Ventured
Too Ear south.

people or our country. one OF our Dogs
was over there last summer and was
amazed at the ignorance of some OF Their
educated people His landlady had heard
of our civil war. hut thought u was be
tween North America and South America
That was the only north and south she
knew of. Her son. a lad of fourteen, asked
my If he had any boys at nome
''Ncs," said he. - have four
Are they black" he innoceatly inquired.
His mother apologizcd by saying he mad
heard 50 much about the negroes over mere
that he thought most all the people were
black.
\ very refined and cultured English lady
dined At our home some years ago ana
asked to see our cook. who had prepared
such delightful dishes. SO Aunt Ann WAS
invited to her presence. she asked hef
many questions that were proper enough
and after she had retired the lady in
quIrcd how long Aunt Ann had been from
Africa. My wife was surprised and said:
she never was in Africa. She was born
here and SO We're her parents and grand
parents.
The lady then expressed her surprise.
''Why, ] thought" said she, "that they
gradually changed color from the influence
of climate and in two or three generations
became almost white"
We all smiled of course but she rallied 10
her own defense and said: well, ! saw
some down at the hotel who are turning
white" / told her that there were a fe"
creoles scattered around over the country
and thea / managed to change the subject
This reminds mo OF ncghbor Freeman.
who fused at Weymouth Bob for going
10 meeting so much on work days and Bob
said: 'Wcll. boss, we niggcrs is tTyin' 10
save our souls"
Freeman smiled and said: ''Why, YOU OLD
fool done YOU know that a nisger hasont
got any soul 4 man up iu Tennessee has
-g-fsf ON "a
proved that n nisger hasc0t got amy more
soul than monkey So what are you go
ing 10 meeting for"
Bob showed his pearly teeth and laughed
and then came back at him and said.
Look here, boss. has mellater got any
SOUR
This perploxcd the nabor for moment
and ne said: gwen, ] suppose that a mu-
latto has got about half a soul"
Bob laughed umultuously and said:
''Well. boss. dat all right. but | don't see
how a soul can be split IN Two"
The other day l Travelled i'm the car with
an Ohio farmer who was very talkative and
friendly lie was empha,ically horny
handed son OF toll. for his hands We're
seauy and cracked and mis- stumpy fingers
looked like iron claws. Ila was ou bust,
but not from drink Iia had bought
cigar from the newsboy and from the way
ne managed IL ] knew De was not used 20
the article.
"Goiug o the expo ." said 7.
WAL. yes said he Fl We got some ma
bors along We S9fief "dh'ea ~ see e''
south now chat thln4s are Ei,uns aIohS
peace1ble and There WaSr1t any Danger.
Mighty clover Pe 70. down 00rr. seems iif'-
We haven. seen au. disturbance
"What were son afraid OFF, said 4
ION, nothing much, but You see i- was "a
powerful long stretch from nome anu l"ti1
was So W,uF integers down here and our
folks where J live don't like nlsSe'S
stoppd over day i'm Ch3lt2hoo&a ana So" 8
Iots uf rie-crs and they seemed 20 DE
ueaceablc enough ANA was haviu' more fun
than the w1itc folks. $50 W. concluded 20
come GA further down. We want to get
acquainted with SOU people ana maybe we
VIII like ono another better some OF u-
are r4tt.u' tired cf sis months winter and
would like 10 change climate We have
been taiIin about ID several years. bat
some said The war wu-eut over down mere
and some said Tho climate was too mo, and
some said tha utglors would perish as out
and our preacher said We would have to
turn democrats tho first tuae on leave tine
t.t l,,.,- !, .,,od Farm Of ms acro.s
eo"h'''' Ca, sicao} n
ana can 5'l p. '''s F, 60
pays a good interest," on iH'it. a'i' %t'J
worth OF back wheat last week and 900
i...-t.1,s IN of,,l.. raise cattle and boss
,...4.....' ana l,.,s. and wheat and corn
~"- .-.. t.f,,.. INF r,,. wife
ana TOW a''' ~, ,.,'-'z, -. tl, III
and the doctor says She would live longer
in warmer climate ana so I'm going to
,t. ,-.,,.,I e-, c,rrn !. fora - back
+'9N 1 t,,r.+ .,d yr,s .
rye l"N'' IAN an - -
sample copy OF lH''7''li'' "i 't'-0 P'!'
who have been Tor hali "a century ~ i--
norant about the south as II We lived On
another continent Now that man can buy
,,. t.... r..r,5it,.. land fol. SAD an acre. land
our D'.t lli il,i"7 i'.'4 - d.. -.
that VIII p-"'"'S 'Nois ''--i-7 ''"' "
I'D ONO and cotl'h ana sweet l''''1''S
sid and ne would nave ten months 70
work I'm instead OF SIX and no doubt his
,,-if. ,,-,uId live several years longer
o.. ~ ~ IN ,.,,t,. a.,a la, ma DAMMIT bea,,
iut ~ - 1i' ii~'t .'
blessing lh DISGUISE lhit wv l'"e ol
immigra ton Went west instead OF south.
As Nv LOOMS said. our people have pre-
.r,...l .i,oir Arn,ti,.quisr,
- - - ,,-,,.,+ - DO
~" no - ~ ~"
bu- 90 IKE 70 hih5l1 VII" ".i si'-I' "'i-
OF people what you cail "a homogeneous
people. a people VINO value good principles
a,5 +rii.l and fairnees in trade and re-
49, 80, -. - r.,,-...,,... f,- women
spt1- ~, a." az. -. -. ,,.;.,.
but he was afraid Tie d.deat know any
!..,h,i,. ' IN lsneg. fEat" he SaiJ
But just consider those English. Even