The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1897-01-11

to chewing cane arc fastidious as to
the kind offered them.
~ say, Charley, when did you
pull up that stalki Last week7 II
isn't nice bit, says girl con-
noisseur, throwing the strip she has
been working on as for out among
the flower beds as eho can.
NOW, Miss Fussy," protests
Charley, who is stripping of another
joint, II pulled that stalk as rode
up from Durland's yesterday after
noon. 1t couldn't have gone OF in
flavor in that little time"
Ibid 1t have the roots on all right,
or did somebody cut them of when
you brought 1t in the housoi"
ut had the roots on until ten
minutes ago. There was no chance
for the goodness to escape"
"Well, then, l don't like the flavor
of that patch on the road to Dur
lands The cane down there in the
hollow back of the stables is twice
as good, and, besides, any cane to
be first class ought to be eaten Just
tho minute it's picked.
Tho sugar cane season is q level.
or, inasmuch as it reminds women
Of their dependence upon men. Tho
plantation girl can't cut and peel
her canostalk any more than she
can sharpen her pencil. If she gets
hold of a fine looking stalk, she
waits until Jack or John or Charley
is on hand to peel it for her.
Here, Miss Nancy, you chew
partners with me" says some boy
ish sprite of mischief to the new
conner who does not know the ropes.
Miss Nancy agreeing, the longest
joint to be found is cut, peeled and
split to convenient size. A pretended
measurement of the girls mouth
having been taken in order that the
slice may not be too wide, Miss
Nancy begins chewing at one end
and her partner at the other. When
middle ground is reached, the two
faces are, of course, close together.
and Miss Nancy retires, scarlet,
amid peals of laughter, declaring
that she will never, never, never
speak to that odious boy again"
If anything can approach the
watermelon in the darky's favor,
sugar cane does. Very few of the
negro small farmers can afford to
raise the genuine cane, as the cul
ture requires rich ground and the
product is not regarded as a necessi-
ty. They all have little patches Of
millet, however, or Of sorghum, and
those who arc employed about the
places where cane is grown are in
clover. The pickanirnies do not
wait for knives when they want to
get at the sugary fluid of either sor-
ghum or cane. They bite pieces out
of the hard rind with their teeth
and then pull the remainder OF
somehow and break the stalk off
above joint by hitting It ON a hard
surface. The piokaninnies demon
strate every day the uselessness Of
many articles that enlightened peo-
pie think indispensable. A figure
of bliss is black youngster Of or
2 clinging to stalk of cane for dear
life and dancing up and down with
satisfaction as the juice trickles
down his throat. His elders, though
less demonstrative, are by no means
above showing their love of the
sugary delicacy.
II amt plant no cane myself, see
in as it take up right smart OF
ground as would do to mako cot
ton," says Uncle York, "but does
lub to see it CROWN off pretty in de
summer time like dat dere the capt'n
raise l likes to taste it too. Seem
like when you git dc newness of 1t
in you it does do you mighty sight
ef good. "-Now York Sun.