The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-16

and year out, till it's plum threadbare and
all run down. you gle it two or tree dose
of COW peas, and in couple of seasons 1t
will be tone up 10 de old standin'.
"How you does gle it de dose? Well, dis
fashion. You ploughs it up crossways and
cherry which way 'cept in de regular way
de old cotton rows usen to run, ana den
you puts down your pea seed wild heavy
hand an kiverS it over, an you leaves dc
patch alone til way along in de fall, when
dc crop is ripe. You kin pun de pods on
en- de vine den all YOU want to, but you
must plough under de vines an kiver en-
up deep, an leave 'em in de ground. Dat
de medicine what gwine do de Ian good
an mex it come up to where it was fore
il run down.
IF you want to raise cotton, you got to
buy your siana at de start to put under
it, an you must tend to it steady lessen 1t
trick you Same ting wild corn. Lessen
YOU notice corn close an keep way de
grass your corn years goin' to be all nub-
bins elder all cob. Peas is a friend to you
from de jump, CROWN off pretty Widout
no bother an wild SIGH rich blossom.
Den when dey is finally stow way in your
back shed room. dere ains no storekeeper
or landowner a eyein 'em an pouncn'
down on EN- for debt, like dey does do wild
de cotton an corn. If all de udder crop
hab to be pay out for rent an farmn
tools an mule hire, an one ting an
anudder, niger still got he peas TO fall
back on for to buy him flour an tobacco
an git he wife de Christmas f1ummery an
a little something for log rollin de chillun,
an a sure 'nough cake walk cen de Christ
mas time.
you ever did cook COW peas?" he in
quires, with twinkle in his eyes "Dey's
| mighty bumptious things to cook, an That
desistin'! Look here! If a man lay out
to have peas for his 70 o'clock ration, he
o11f 40 a
| mornin', or dey won't git done. An never
you let 'em takes de chill, dey never is to
git done, even if you sets a whole log of
lightwood blazin' under 'em. Dey's dat
tough! 1 was young saplin' boy de first
time I had undertek to cook a mess of
peas. 1 hadn't rightly understand bout
| EN- fore dat time.
:" Put plenty of water on en- my man,
mic. had say, when she start off wisitin',
| an after 1 had s arch over a good measure
| oh de peas l puts EN- on an l fills the pot
| jam up wild water, lackin' finger Ob de
top. / ka'cilate dat would certain sure low
| room a-plenty for the bilin, an I fits down
de pot kver careful an steps outside.
| Please master, when I looks in on dem
| peas ag'in dey had riz up an bust de xiv
| er often de pot an was jist a sZZlin' all
| over the hearth place. / reckon you could
| a-scoop up enough for two dinner rations
| an to spare from what was bile over. Dey
l
| what you year bout cen de Bible book
| AS for de gallon of water what ! had
| 'loWanCed 'em, dem peas had drink it all
| Gen. an look like all l could gle 'em, it
wasn't nough. Dey had swell up so an
was dat 'tortionate! 1 had larn dat cole
water would backen a bilin' pot so
| throw cen all de hot water dat was to
| hand, an den had to turn to an put on
| more, so as to keep 'em gOin'. Dey was all
| dat day cookin an now when / measures
out a ration of peas to put on the fire
| lows only a handful to each pusson an
| bout quart of water to 'em. Peas, COW
peas, is de out-swellingest things what dey
| is goin', an you have to be spry an on
| wary to get ahead of them.
| 1T TEX a oman to manage wild peas. My
| mammie could make de bestest hoppin'
John in de country. I don't reckon people
| what ain used to desc parts does know
| bout hoppin' John, but if anybody tases
| 1t once an it fix right an season right dey
| gwine member it jist as well as the later
pone an de hoe cake. You hab fer cook de
rice, an you hab fer cook de peas, an you
! cooks all both of 'em togedder, but each
| one must be stand apart when you git
| trough, an not mush up. Den de strips OBJ
| bacon an de seasonin' had for jine wild
| dem to make de hoppin' part. Rainy days
| cen winter when dere amt nothin much
| for de hands to git at de boss does put
! EN- to drubbin' out peas on de storehouse
! floor. Dat day de hoppin' John is serve up
! for dinner for all hands, an de sight of it.
| so rich an brown, is 'nough TO do you
good De cotton Is jist bein give way now;
| look like de 'spences is eat up all de profit
at such finikin price, but long as de COW
| pea stay cen de land an gree wild de soil,
| our Christmas Gift is safe, same as if twas
| buy already"