Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1896-03-05
BEG CE VAN.
How they Carried On
~Camp-Meetings.
The ouslify Tented and Carried
Their slaves With Them,
and Every cody Enjoys cd
Themselves.


and Every cody Enioye Cd
Themselves.
Oar now Oar now, / knoged
you'se gwine ter git arter yo'
OF NANNY fur slaS IN way 50
long. Bat T<e been poly,
honeywell er misry m de head
an er symptioH oh de rheumt-
ties. | never furgits yer do,
an ! jis' toll Liza Ann tOther
day | WIZ boUu ter gil tel town
ter SEE NY Write FOLKS, 50 J tuk
an croDc out dis mornin spite
oh all desc ailments. HOws
Liza Ann gittin' on wid her
new Of man. Jcs s0rter 50.
chile. Dat Niger powerful
triiIu aH %hieh-i0Iutin. He been
er carryIn on er distracted.
meetin' dis mont, but shew,
dar amt been no sign oh
s%Eoutiu, al er sprinksin' CT
mourners Tain't muffin lax
dc good oF times we use ter
had. honey. when me an yer
nav wuz gals.
Iawdy, I.meHsberss is e. well
ez # t~az yistiidy when yer
nav cent ter DE- Mount Zion
camp-meetin an tux ne long.
her flr her maid. Yer.
zran'pa tented, an sich cookin'
an e.iIin' ob JAMS an shoats an
tgrke s an cakes never will be
gin. DE quality IN dem times
aiias camped. an tux er haf er.
dozen niggers long ter wait GU
EN-. Den IN lie ebenin' We
JurHed to er arbor IN de grobe
an had our meetin'. too. De
white preachers tax it time
boat preach.H 10 u, an daF
wuz ms brought iru Ia CT day
den daF is IN ar whole wear.
uOW.
One Sunday hit wuz gin 0at
dat some oh de white dea-
comes Wild deg wives an dar-
tiers Nuz er comm down ter De
arbor an talk Wid de ones wha'
had come fra an Stulci dem in
de way J-y needed. / seed EN-
er comm do~u der path E ca
er whole bench iall er seekers
come forerd ter Glib der spe-
Renee Ner gran paw and yer
uAN. Hiss Belle. wuz wId 'em
m - SfruttiH long side ob my
viz o. Curnel
E- wGxnt er meaner
IL Il cegaIy den oil man
Gordon. bus he WGz er widerer
an rich ez cream. dey said. an
lie wuz er cOtia' Miss Belle.
lie blehed he eculd git airy gal
IN De State kaze OF his big plan.
;atioa an niggeS. but he sho
dId spread hisseI ter gil nly
miStis. DE eamp-gr0aa' WIZ.
Oh lie Gordon plantation, an
Oar WIZ de Cnrnel's ragged,
ashy lookin' niggers er goin' up
fer moners. kRoyed oil man
Gordon VIZ mean ter bis mig
gers. and starved en- mos ter
DEF. but never said muffin bout
II ter little missy. case Id
rutheF she'd I'm il out fer he--
sci. Oar sot lie GordoA car
riage dTiber, Ben. on De from;
seat. ter gib his 'speFieEce- My
oil Hsarse wax up ter him az
say: ben. how does Yer know
yer been verted. And Bea.
lows- i knows Is cot 1iEion.
mars. ease irum CT dream / had
las might | drempt | wRz dead
an ~ ~ an went right inter.
hebbin, an dey didn't take dis
chile ter de niger qus'teS
nuther. Dey sho did tux ne
whar u white folks lib. fur dey
waz shef after sheL. shef arter
she'f, meat an cabbage ready
DONE Ben smack his mauf
lax he eatIR pOL4eker an clap
his hans an holler glory ter
de Lordr.
Oar stood Mss Belle an Mr..
Gordon or lisnia' ter II all. an
| knOved BY Dc way Miss Belle
dash her eyes dat o. nan Cor
don's cake WIZ DO. I'm dat OF
widerer didn't lis'en ter no mo-
his niegers' sperienees. bat
'ScuSed hiSSe'f an Hoped off
home, an when Mss Belle writ
him er note 'fusin' oh him dey
say he wo' out his buggy whip
on dat hOngry Ben's back fur
lettin' folks know he didn't lab
'nuf ter eat.
But we dom hab no sieh good
OF times now, honey, er gwine
ter eamp-meetin' an or eatin'
de bes' oh de Ian fur weeks
tergedder. Say, honey, amt
yer mos fru wild dat coat yer