The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-06
sLMsoN CoTLIP,s PoLITENEss.
The Black Homer OF Jimtown Tells About II.
and Challenges Its Equal.

and Challenges Its Equal.
SOUTHERN PINES. n. c., June AZ doan'
spec yo' nevuh did heah bout OIL Mahs' Simson
Cowlip, wat live down long de Cape Fair Rivuh
70 dc wah. an wuz so monst'ous pullite = said
the Black Homer Of Unknown. "Co'se yo' didn't
1 des' natch'ly mowt know'd yo' nevuh did heah
boat him, sub. Desp'rit pullite, he wuzI I'm.
m-m-ump! How pulliii-te dat man wuz!
"Pow'ful nice man. dough. Mahs' Simson he
bean. Powful nice man. Yo' often heah boat
folks bein' so very kyine dey won't hahn a fly.
but Mahs' Simson Cowlip he go ovuhwhemmin'
kyine he jes' natchly won't even shoe a ny!
Yes, sub! OATS a fac. subj Why. one time at
dinnuh he wife say to him:
"'Yo' Simson!' she say. 'Wafo' 20 doan'
eat yo' pie Ain dat pie goodf
"'Nev' wuz bettuh pie on top dis hyah erf!'
Mahs' Simson he say. But duh's q hy on it,
honeyI'
"Den he wife she say: Fly on it, Dat doan'
hut de pie! Shoe do fly away! Shoe de fly
away, an eat 20 pier
"'Cain't do II, honeyv Mahs' Simson he say.
Dis hyuh fy's wife can't meek pie TO him. an
he les natchily inj'yin' yo's. l CANT shoe him
away! Blmeby he done 60 way he ownseff. on
den I eat de pie, honey!
Nice mani Sho! I des' lack to heah some
un say Mains Simson Cowlip want a nice man.
dat's all Reckon I wouldn't joggle him no
muffin! Oh. no!
But he bean too monst'ous pullite. Dat
bean de ovuhwhemmin trouble wiz him. Why,
wat you t'inkf l see him mon a heap O. times,
sub. bare he head an bow do geeses into de
balm! Fac. sub! Gerscs dey bean mighty
funny creetuhs. Ev'body know dat. Sometimes
oil day dey try to git froo a knothole in de fence
wat dey CANT even git dey bills froo, an den
dey bob dey heads goin' froo a balm do so high
dat m uinnt hin IalR in II tinttf nfplip'
do top! An many, many time 1 see
Mahs' Simson Cowlip, wen he bean
standin' by de balm do. an a geese it come up
an bob its head to git in. teck off he hat an bow
to 1t, an to mex geese. an to mex geese, till he
done bow de hull flock O. geeses In de balm. he
so monst'ous pullite! Sho! Wat ago tink o.
dat, nowi Ain dat been pow'ful queeuh. sub !
But I done see him do II heap o times! Heap
O. times!
"Plainty bahs down In dc Cape Fair kentry
dem days. Plainly of 'em. sub. 'Fo' de wah.
i RsiRr5!'t f Ugly Gs sSs'i alt TOD De t tino. s sSfl dc? %r Al. a Do
time, Mahs, simson Cowlip he doap' keeuh TO
dem bahs; Poot Wat he keeuh 70 dem bahs :
lie great bah hcntuh; One time. des' wen we
chap Vat II say he kim ali De VA fsm M SSs s%H%s
monst'ous pullite he des' quit he plantin' an
tote dat n.n eh MIP,. .F9 sum w. WHY hi he Ge :, be boss S. days an.
"'How 20 lack to keel a bah. sub 4
Dat shiny chap he say 10 lack dat desp'ritcs'
kyine: 50 Mahs' simson he teck him pat in de
bahmby Mahs' simson he push up a pow'ful big
bah. De bah II back up gin a gum tree an
as Well h Soiiuh to rMnhs' simson dat he Dab him
TO peetch in. Mahs' Simson he could keel dat
y TiS Sa n dab; sub II nv wiz nrs one !, shot st,n but shO' dat
riyuh. an MANS simson he holIuh to him:
hyuh way, sub
,".Datsw,at Mahs' simson he holluh. an de
simson, bean facin' de bah: He doan' see de bah,
but he kim up close to MNhs, simson. Mahs'
emp h rH1i1'S So. sun III INT ut o"n' al say
Den q. shlny rhHp he look m see dc bah;
oat'n hCseff. an 1 done spec scteh a desp'rit
ySll nevnh WIZ hsSph,d, sui, long DO Cape fpII
s SSHH hi p fnm I DAN h lack "kE"SS 90 Or BOY h heseir kick
him IN Non end i Mnh .n, si% Ps S, he hS SySt he hat L 4,
dat da p "ln i bow. He so so p S%sT "S s'pr!s 81" at "d DC
enpulliteness O. de shiny, chap, dat he bear
il back aG'n dat Of bah wuz clnwln' an chNwGIn
an, srrummngin' him all ovnh, sub! Bowlel
dc dcH cape ,"ol FAR all ' an he hrah le Dc S onpie as n I "n 'i Ii
wobhlc oyuh, dab, an he say dat et he didn't I'll
hah do'' do time he DO an, s9uHsh dat bah's heae
Maihss sim.on I;cf To- de cshnuh'sS inqucs' 10 Sc
on. sub! A it bean, dey hat to tote Mahs' Sim
son nome on n strctchuh, an ne done stay III Ia
bed free weeks. Den he ask TO- de shiny chap
an dey tell him To- dc fus' time dot de shin,
chap dono gone away, long ago, In de night time
an tcck one o. Mahs' SimsOn's hosses wiv him
"'WIch h1ss T. Mahs' Simson he say.
"Dcy toll aim DE gray goldin', inahsuh.'
"'oh! he say. Dat bean monstous shame
full! WIN he say. de gray geldin' 1t lame II
bofo its him laigs an lis To- lnigs, desp'rites
kyine, IN dat po' chap he done gono ava,
tinkin' / o~npulite enough TO leave n lame hos
dab a purpose! Oh. dat monst'ous shnmofuln
Seems 10 me, sub, | nevuh see Or hecuh boa
| n mn N dnt hRnn In nnM'Ill nnllttD ma Mlha' Sim
son Cowlip wuz! Ncvuh, subj