The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-02
NEGRO LIFE.
WORD OF IT'S DELIGHTS
AND observation-disclosures.
The Corn Shocking at Uncle Moses
and Its Interesting Features
scenes of HiIarity Among the
Dusky Participants.

Uncle Moses and his wife, Aunt Dilsy,
both icing very old and afflicted, were
alloWed to occups a little old cabin and
use what land they could tend. rent free.
Uncle Moses requested that he be per-
mitted 10 cut de trees offer dat III
branch, what runs from my bac yard,
Permission granted Uncle Moses didn't
look as if he could Tell d saplIng. He was
so afflicted that he couldn't pillow. 1t was
Aunt Disy that plowed. But he dis
played an ability TO cut down trees that
was truly astonishing. Soon he had q
long, narrow strip OF rich, low ground,
and Aunt Dilsy plcWed ii with the cow.
She plowed with the cow because she
was OF a imid nature besides being at
hicted- She Woul a Y been afraid Of
any other beast, even il she had had one,
which She hadn't. And now, behold the
cornl Such a pile OF corn had been raised
or DAT ar iii branch bottom" that its
fame had spread abroad over the planta-
ton.
Very proud and boastful was Uncle Mos
IS and great was the crowd at his corn
shucking. Old and young, renters and
hired hands, and even Uncle Bristol Hunt,
who owned seven acres OF land, were all
there. AS it was not a ticker corn
shocking but a supper corn shocking"
the ladies were out in full force
Conspicuous among them were the
Conitchee girls, in red skirts and new
shirt waists, the bellies of the evening
Running them pretty close, though, were
the turner girls, WHO wore Ouly SllSIdIn
dresses but had side combs in their
hangs and their back hair arranged in
Psyches. The boys were numerous ana
Jolly. several from lover the crick" being
present. Jimmie Goo1e. the crack DanJo
player. was also there.
you, Jimmie, dar!'' cried Uncle Moses.
Don't you shuck none o my corn You
pick dat banjo so desc nlgSers can ShucK
fast. Dis amt no one-horse corn pile!'
Al right, Uncle Nose" assented Jim
ME. readily. Jesse I don't hat ter pick
strains of George Buck filed the air
The shuekiug went on briskly with in
creasing hilarity.
Hi. dar. You niggers! lntefruptea
Uncle Moses. Don't you dassent- play
baseball wild my years o corn, and you
stop dat r~asslin', you Sam Jones en- kiah
Hawkinsi Miss Pattie Belle Conitchee
amt lookin' at yer en- yer amt got her
The task Of preserving order kent Uncle
nToees busy and gave him little time for
telling any of his stories OF de goou ola
When he huge pile of corn was getting
low. the magic announcement OF onp+
perr' was made-and such a supper! tat
roasted MIG. luscious chicken pie, spicy
pumpkin pies. golden notato custarus anu
the most wonderful axes
AUNT DiIsv was a cook shore nuff."
The compliments she received from the
snInsrrocfsfive consumers were fairly over
vyhelminc. The browning feature was the
C,1t+5np of the olive bird cake" 1t was a
xa-itahlo cake. Drown anu utllN.pu@' -,
s5e center Of which was a bird, alive and
fnttering. A vote was take sho to de ba&e
The honor of cutting the cake ann hberat-
ing the bird. 49,
,pergetic efforts Of Kiah Hawkins MISS
pattiA ReUe Conitchee came very near ne
ING elected TO that honor. Bur MISS
Gi1kv Turner received the most votes IN
the end. greatly to the ela+Ion OF me LIT Tn5
,er fsction. Miss GinlSv Turner was lea
, ,n9r 10 he cake table ~ Jimmie Goode,
%is banjo swinging. japnflly 1HeF Hn
-boul5er and she sliced the CAKE Wil1
7o@oh grace and de Etsg gI,n The sb oDf o tbe
non1etI p1eeT-;laernent. perrhed itself upnn
, = Taftey, among sage s. and rf TO T gePPf fHe
lruHI E7f.og zr;+l7 = ouizzical eve. The
i>anio being again called ap iTT0 re ca@e,
Irr-Ia'" an singing with him. This was
followed BY Dat Va EsT Mr;S Gal f Enfr5 Ml then
,,eyag his inimitable 'Johnn'e,. Can't Yer
}Cnm?' brt st was TO the d1lcet strain aI % fd5
GREASY Rread'' that Uncle noses wenl u
stesn ,1nder the table.-New York sun