Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1897-04-30
"An' de Drownin' Creek bahs dew

AN uo DrOWnln Oreek Dams uey
smack dey chops an say: sUm-m-m-
UNI! Sweet as honey, subj
"Den de Cape Fare kentry bahs dey
say; 'Po' man, he rise pow'ful fat sheep
in the mountain grass kentry. don'the?'
"An' de mountain grass kentry bahs
dey say; 'Des'priS fat!'
"Den de Cape Fare kentry bahs dey
say: Look-a hyuh. Yo' Drownin'
Creek bahs yo' jes' gevvuh in de polk
crap in yo' kentry, an we Cape Fare ken
try bahs we jes' reap de con crap down
var. Den we swap yo' con TO- polk,
an yo' swopyo' polk TO con, an we bofe
us swop con an polk to de mountain
grass kentry bahs TO- sheep, an dey
swop us sheep TO- con an polk, an, by
jicketty! we all live highuh dan mig.
guhs chawin' 'simmon-fed possum!
Um-m-m-um!'
AN de Drownin' Creek bahs an de
mountain grass kentry bahs dey smack
dcy chops an holluh:
"'Wow! OATS de palatinest ting we
evuh did hare! We done do dat, shu's
yo' bo'nl'
"An' dey done done it evuh since,
subj Moth Ca'lina bahs dey pow'ful
bad beases! Dey de devils own!
"Now listen, sub! Wat gwan tell
yo' nevuh did see myself, but hare
boot it, an Squiah Blue he done see
it, an he say so. So nobody dey CANT
say: 'Sho! Dat jes' lie piece out'n
de story books, dat's all! No, sub!
Dey CANT do dat, kase Squiah Blue he
done see it, an he say so. Dis hyuh
de way it bean. Squiah Blue he rise
mighty fine hogs in de Drownin' Creek
kentry, an dem bahs dey hep deyseffs
to he hogs desp'ritest kyine. Dey
mighty smaht, dem bahs, an Squiah
Blue he jes' couldn't set he eyes on 'em,
nohow, TO longest time he evuh see.
Den bimeby he kotch big Of bah totin'
off one O. he shoats, an he push de bah
so pow'ful hahd de bah drap de shoat
an done scoot.
"'Yi, yi!' Squiah Blue he say; Bime'
by gwan to let yo have dis hyah shoat,
Mahs' Bah, but vain yo' git him git
yo' sub! done top yo'!'
"Den Squiah Blue he sem way up in
de mountain grass kentry an get big
bah trap. Den he 20 way out in de
wudes, whah he mighty shu' dat oil
bah lives, an he takes de shoat wiz him.
Den he beel pen wiz logs, an he set
de trap in de pen, an he tie de po' shoat
SO he lay nigh de trap, and nobody evuh
tink dat OIL bah kin git dat shoat wivout
de trap git de oil bah.
"'Dah! Squiah Blue he say. 'Dah's
nice fat shoat TO- yo', Mahs' Bah! Yo'
ies' come git him, den / come git yo',
en- stretch yo' ole hide on my fence!
OATS wat done do, subj
"Den he go home, chucklin' pow'fuli
est kyine, he feel so good 'kase he done
gwan cotch de oil bah. Two, free day.
he go out in de wudes to git de bah
He snickin' up to dc pen vain he see a
big bah snicldn' up too, DE bah have
heap O. con in he aims, an he go in de
open side de pen. Den Squiah Blue he
snick up close an peek froo de chink,
an sees suffin' he nevvuh did fo'git, sub.
Dab de OIL bah wat he sot de trap TO.
Dab de trap, tight shet like it never did
be sot. Dab de po' shoat, tied jes' like
de Squiah done tie him. Dab big
heap con on de groun', an dar de uddah
bah chuckin' he ahmful on de heap.
De OF bah wat de squiah done sot de
trap TO-, he look de heap O. de con all
ovuh, an den he nod he haid to uddah
bah, an uddah bah he pick up de trap
an shoat an way he go, p'intin' TO de
Cape Fare kentry. Squlah Blue he jest
natch'ly pick heself up an scoot way
from deh, he so pow'ful skeert, an he
nevah say ting, sub, till he git safe
home in he hoace, den he holluh:
"Mighty Gabrul!' he holluh. Dem
ain bahs! Dem devils!'
swat yo' fink O. dat, sub? Ain dat
desp'rit? But dat ain de all of it. Joe
Yandle he po' man down yon in de
Cape Fare kentry. He rise con on he
plantation, an dey bahs dey keep a
reapin' he crap so pow'ful much, he jes'
git him an OF gun, an he load it, an he
tromp, tromp up an down he planta-
ton, an peppah de bahs vain dey come
snickin' roun' attuh he con. De bahs
dey try to skeer him way, but dey cain
do 1t, an one day pow'ful big bah he
jes' come squah at Joe an pitch in to
tab him all to pieces, but Joe he peppul
a hole clean froo de bah, an attuh dat
de bahs dey done fight shy O. Joe's con
fell. Joe he chuckle, 'kase he fink he
skeer the bahs so dey done got 'nougt
O. him, but he tramp he plantation wiz
he OF gun jes' de same. One day ne
trompin' froo he con fieP an he sees O
pile O. shucks on de groun' an he haul
off an kick it. Snap! suffin' go in de
shucks, an Joe he JUS stan still an hol'
luh like bull at beefin'. Waffo' Joe
he holluh? He done been cotch in O
bah trap, dat's waffo' he holluh! Der
two big bahs dey resi- out'n de high cor
an jes' gwan to tab Joe all to pieces
'kase he done fas' in de trap, but Joe
he peppuh hole froo one dem bah's
mighty quick, sub, an scrunch uddaf
bah's haid wiz he gun, an clash he froa'
wiz he knife TO de bah know wat done
drap on him! Joe he holluh so lout
dey hare 'em way to de hoace, an come
an pry him oat'n de bah trap. Squial
, Blue he hare bout dis hyuh bimeby, an
I den he know. Dat bah wiz de con, wa
: he see de day he snick to de bah tral
; in de pen, dat bean a Cape Fare kentr,
) bah came up to de Drownin' Creek ken
try to swop con FIR polk. He FUN Jo'
Yandle's plantation. He done see d.
bah tran. an, les, natch'lY want IL q,