The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-01-24
IN THE BACK YARD.
~ you WANT ME-, HOLLER-

Acting on this advice, the searcher after i've.
cent sox "hollered." Presently . man appeared
from somewh here back Of the store.
"Do you want to git In 2" he asked.
Being told that such was the visitors wish,
the man came forward, unbarred tho gate, I'M
locked the door. and let his customer in.
I'm workin up my garden" said he, and
don't want folks foolin' round unless they want
to git 10 for bargains"
The COX were worth the money.
whs%o through Nos,h s0t Calolns ood.
district, and. not having q clear idea to dis
tances, you naturally stop and ask tho first
tive you come to how far II may be to So and
SOS place. Expecting to hear him reply that II
Is mile. two miles. or whatever the distance 10
in miles. you will undoubtedly be surprised and
puzzled whom he says. after due deli GRAFTON:
Well, sub. IT'S about two looks from hyuh.
sub, reckon. May be two looks an peep,
though, sub. It's right smart ways, anyhow.
You arc obliged. OF course. to ask for solu-
look" as q measure Of distance. is the limit OF
vision ahead OF you from tho SPOT where you arc
At, and Il may be q turn In the road hnudred
You travel to the end OF that look" and from
there take another look to tho furthest object In
II You have been told that your destination 10
two looks ahead. when you get to the end OF tho
peep. YOU peep Of to one side Of the road dor or
the other from the second look and see the
One time a New Yorker went down TO North
Carolina to Join some riends who were hunting
wild turkeys in the piney woods. They had
he started to hunt them up. Not having found
any sign OF them after tramping about for hal
day he met MATHIS u an 9a , 5osI snd
YES, suh." he replied. They're up this road
yonduh, three looks and hoot. sub.
The New Yorker thought the native was guy-
ing him. and started on In hun. He went on
until he came to a bridge where he met another
piney woods dsnizen at work. and he asked that
One tho anne ouestop. The man look ed mn the
road. The far'hest thing in sight was a big
pine tree, nearly mile away.
said They was tes' bout one look an boot
grumbling on his way. just before he came to
the big pine tree another native came gut OF
the wood, and the New Yorker, with much mis-.
giving, ssked him tho question he had put to
oh, yes. sph." was the reply. They only
Tho native turned toward the woods, put a
hand on each side Of his mouth. and shouted Q
'Hoo-o. 90 90 hootw
In a few seconds - similar cry came back from
.T rThsr they they Is .ph" exclaimed the native.
Aud It was. They wero two looks and boot
from the place where tho Now Yorker had nrst
The piney woods colored man Is . cheerful
person. and while he accepts work and does it
after his fashion. he doesn't do IL out OF any
cents for ten hours contact with labor; but no
Ssa oa Its hand, with asy sSe
tempeIature IN tho piney wood, region In the
morning may have chill enough In Il to send
colored brother doesn't seem to be able to keep
himself warm ny his work. sight to DO seen
fires. built by colored laborers engaged at road
making. at short intervals along tho road. At
every little while Five Of these hot nrss biased
10 the road one morning In distance OF 800
yards, and q dArky driving q cart made stop
They sing or chant urubriousiy as they work.
particularly those who work with picks or
shovel the sand into the carts. Their music Is al
Rysexcecdtngly Glow. and. rs they handle their
picks and shovels In time to It. white folks say
the music 10 made slow on purpose. A darky
four beats to a MEASURE. rests it on his shoulder
another. and strikes with II TO another. making
ono stroke with the pick while Northern
laborer wonld make at least three. Here is a
verso from one OF their musical acoompani-
ments to labor that seems to be favorite:
TPt,n , do mSan,. Mn, col.
bis OIL hannah
won't ssF! Keel R asssse.
II tho "hammer" referred to 10 q pick. ns
Ss r. sGa XII
Tho darby lAborers are also sickly-in their
how he is, aud 1t win be strange n you do not
..Po'rely. suh! Po,relyw
. man here was told by hi. cm ployer At noon to
finish something he was doing before no went
to dinner. which would have taken but q few
mo. sub. boss" the colored brother said. ~
mus dono have blow spell. An ] ain jes
killed wiz wsllness, anyhow. sub. an l'ss gwan
He didn't care to say that no was sick exactly
but he wasn't killed with wellness. and he Quit