The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1897-01-13
TIL + BANTER FAMILY.

ever quite reconeiled himself TO his Ell
yironment, and there is the tone of af-
fiction and admiration III his voice
when he speaks of those Baxters who
had been his masters. All tho Baxter
women were angelic, all the Baxter men
were brave. Reuben was himself n
Baxter if you asked him for his lineage.
Uncle Reubcn's restaurant was al
most deserted the other evening at the
late hour when dropped in for a baked
bass and u bottle of his 'madeery" The
old negro came shutting forward ut my
entrance and, with How d'ye do?"
began to spread the snowy cloth.
Whit kin | sarve yuh Auhnight,
suh?"
"One of those fish, Uncle Reuben the
way | like it. "
YES. sub, " and the order went into
the Kitchen, Unelo Reuben returning ny
soon as lac had given his directions for
the cooking
Been outen thu city, SUM-
Yes, uncle "
Yves Ton see. maybc?"
NJ North Carolina g"
Moth Ga Lima? Wu2 yuh meetin any
folks down thah by TIM name nv Bon
well p
81 hadn I that pleasure, Uncle Reu-
ben. DO you know anybody in Caro-
lina?"
Yes. tub Least | know some folks
whit cum fun than. Thu Bonwells
wuz Ca lima folks TO they come tub
ives Ten see. They is mixed up wiz
thu Bnxtahs-kindah married amongst
en-, yuh know, AN thu Baxtahs bein
my folks. NV co'se, | mus know thu
Bonwells. Yuh see, thu Bonwells cum
ovah fun Moth Ca'lina long time age
an settle in wes' Ten see. an wantiu
tub be thought well nv in thu county,
they nachully git tub know thu Baxtahs.
Thu two families boon mo- less togethah
evah aence Pow full nice folks II thu
Bonwells; only kindah hasty. "
"Hasty?"
Yes, sub, yuh knows; hasty bout
sayin things bout people TN hasty bout
reachin TO they pockets. Mos evan
have Bonwell in it. Gwiue tub take
long time TO tina bass. sub" (apologet-
ically).
Then tell me about the Bonwells. u
Yes, sub. Yuh sec, sub, thoy wuz
these kin NV folks whut wuz allus
roun ut thu wrong time, allus gittin
intuh trouble whut they couldn't keep
outen Wv co'se they didn't mean no
harm, but yuh know how it is. A gem
man, he gifts insultod by somebody. an
he dies got tub fight Tha's thu way thu
Bonwells. They had so much trouble
tina aftah while they des kindah got IN
thu habit NV it, an when one NV 'em
got shot r shot somebody, nothin wuz
said fam ly roun. 50 they all say it
mus be 'cept between thu mediate
frien's an relatives But they wuz allus
nice folks. =
Some of them in Jail. 1 reckon, I'm
Gle Reuben:'
mo, sub, no, sub, not as | knows
Some NV 'em in Texas AN some i'll New
Yawk, but mono i'll Jail. Jail is built
TO niggahs an po' whites. "
"Some Of the family in New York.
you say"
lone NV en-. He do me thu honah
NV dinin wiv me onct in while Than
ain many Nv 'em left anywhah now "
Zone Of the old families passing
away, eht"
Eyes, sub; passin way. Than neyah
wuz great numbah nv thu Bonwells,
an thu habits NV which spoke sho ain
fittin fo' long Twin. They commence
tub thin out bout thu timo thu Bene-
diets moved intuh 0bion. Them Bene-
diets want thu bcs' people, but they
wuz pow full many. They had thu same
habit as thu Bonwells, an, bein mo- NV
'em. they had it mo-.
'Twan't long aftah thu Benedicta
moved in that thu B0nwells found it
out Thu two fam lies had some diffunce
bout IA hog mark, an both sides got
hasty Tha wuz thu beginnin, an II
went on an OH Ontil than want many
NV thu Bonwells lef' in ives Ten see.
thought yuh might have met some NV
| 'em in Ca lima.
Guy co'se In thu affaiahs I'm tellip
yuh bout lots Nv Benedicts stopped
talkin. but than mus have been big
! HpfluS NV Sli up III thu lliiuic cDuniIon
whah they come fun. 'kase evan time
Benedict had fun raj, two mo-
new Benedicts come tub thu sarvices
Tha's mighty disheartenin tub fam
ly like thu Bonwells, who IL powful
nice folks wiz fault r two. Thu
Benedicts KEEP gittin mo an mo plenty.
till by an by they got tub 'lectin sheriffs
an judges an othahs Then thu Bonwells
sho wuz disenoouraged,
| ''Scuse me. sub, | reckon yuh bass
mus be bout sweeteniD." Uncle Reu-
ben hurried away to the kitchen and re-
turned with the dish. He split the sides
away from the spines Of the fish, ar
ranged the condiments at my elbow with
that show Of kindliness which he always
took on when he had served friend
with masterpiece, and began the
feast. The bass was excellent and the
''madeery" good. Possessed with peace,
listened while tho reminiscent old
| darky talked Of war.
lis he DIES as yuh like i'm, subj
"All right, uncle. Go ON with the
Bonwells. "
Bout thu las one Nv thu BonWells