The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-06-17
BR'ER WASHINGTON'S
ARRAIGNMENT.
And the Great Speech He Made to the
Jury.

makes kings oh US all, is IL" asked
ot Wash the other day. 81 don't
kuo' how in de wurl dey kotch me-"
coutiuued the old darkey, "fur I'd bin
maxim IL eber sense do war up In dc
6oller oh 10 Indian Camp Springs,
vacre do Indians made it long, long,
ergo efo' emmy Oh us was tobu- Jes'
"a O, five gallons to keep de ole
! mans wketcher gwine," he con-
mined, "an' / don't see how in de
wld dose heah river-new offercers
foau' it out. But dey did, an fur
one time do ole man was sho' in
| ugbt place.
"lou soe," he continued, cit amt
,hryb9dy kno' how to make good |
| whisky. ! don't mean dis heah stuff |
desc pp white trash makes up in de
| mouurugs, SO strong an vile dat
when sou oncork bottle oh it on
4 dr. yearth it makes de debbil sneezs
in de- rpguns below. But Pm talkin'
bout ,ho nuT whisky whisky dat
sho' rui white folks drink-so pwore
An ripe dat all you halter do is to
oncork do stopper on dis yearth an
watch de roses bloom in paradise.
"You must make 1t in October"
hs said, knowingly, "erbout de time
de fall poet begins to write his poem
on de- golden rod, when de leafs be-
gin to turn purple an golden. an de
air sm crisp an sparklin'. an de
spring water am full oh fallin' nuts,
an dc 'romer OBJ dc sweet night
dews. You mus kotch yore water
frum outen or col spring dat flows
frum under sum sweet paw-paw tree,
ruunlu ober er bedrock oh blue
limestone, in which er few acuns
dun drapt TO glib it de strenf OBJ de
oak tree. Den, sum night when de
moon am full an de sent oh de wild
haws Till all de air jes' 60 out-but
dar uow,n he said, laughingly,
"whurs all dat gotter do wild dis
story Nemmine, jes' you cum
roun to my cabin sum day, chile,
an lemme let you taste it onct. It's
den you'll see de gates OBJ glory open
fur er mint or two, an de ladder of
konsolashun run up an down 'twixt
de heaben an de yearth. o, it's den
you'll wish yore neck wus er spiral
pipe, runuin' roun' an rouu', SO dat
one drink would halter go fifty miles
befo' it got outer sight," and the old
man laughed heartily.
"But dey cotch me- he contin-
ued, "an' dey tuck me to Nashvul,
IAN when dey put me in de Jail my
folks all got erroun me an cried
sn tole me good bye, an my wife
she tuck it pow full hard an she
wanted to 60 an git de preacher to
cum an pray fur me. OATS de way
wild sum kristuns, said the old man
with tinge Of sarcasm in his tone
"dey willin ernuff ter play hide an .
seek wild de debbil long es dey think
dey am safe, but jes es soon es dey
gifts cotched up wild den dey wantel
70 in partnership wild de Lord
Hub dey didn't skeer me tall, an
les say to my wife: Look heah
Diuah, you jos stop yore wailin an
bellowment an go home, an ct
pin dar by cane grindin time. yor
es 60 on an marry Brer Peter Daw
- BON, de preacher, an on de night oil
yore weddin supper, you jes g
down to do medder spring, dig 70
foot under it an fetch out dat blu'
lemmcrjohn ob bred-in-the-purpl
Icker | berrid dar 70 teen year
frgo, an yer an Brer Peter jes
drink it to my remembrance.
"She kno' dat / war gwi sta.
heah in earth, chuckled the old man
Il didn't make dat whisky for m
wifes secun' husban' to drink
Huh! | had no noshun for stayin
heah in dis Jail twell cane-grindin
lime, Not for maxim good whisky
bow ef made mean whisky dat al
pm eruudder thing an I'D bin will
to plead gilty an say far well,
be added.
"pen dey saunt or leetle lawyer I
pc an he tuck me off an say he bi
pIoyed to often me. An den b
Pay, he gwi prove / wuz er yalle
by dough you see yo self Use je
Is black es er cro'-an' he say b
gwI git out er writ of cirum-cun
etehum, an ignis fat-you-us, al
loe-etment corpus an all dat.
ole i'm | much erbleeze ter him, b'
wus gwi GO dar an tell de truf al
ak to dat jedge myself, an WI
w hIe er cross-cut-saw-biu In
lat cote, shot,"
"Jes' fo' de trial cum off, saul
own to my wife an tole her to d
p dat gallun | dun berrid down d.
de medder fo'teen years befO' a
NIL up dat decanter my ole mar
er g'b me befo' he die, and to fOt'
to me.
y on nurver seed dat decanter,
ou' sah3 o, | tell you my ole MAJ
or was er high roller an dat deca
tr was er picture in er lookin' gla'
was es thick es de roun' paste
o er race boss an made oh o
oiId piece OBJ cut glass, an cyarv
eammeos an Greek goddermit
q de stopper itself wus de haid
'enus hersef on or bust-lea
lSt dat whut ole Marster sed-s
lowed she wus sho' in de proI
ace to be on bust! tell "
d, when dat whisky got in dat I
'nter 1t look lax dc grape juice
eSVen cotch in er dimon' urn
amed in all de class glory oh
InnSlunt Greeks. When de sunlii
y on i, it look lax er big blsz
sot in de crown OBJ er cherub
! 'hp it under my cote an "
, 10 de cote room. AM dar ,
ayeo er mean trick on me, for ,
i4e down in de same pen vic
% po' white trash from de mo
ngs dat had bin cotch in de m
90 maxim wildcat whis
A ord, sub, hit made me mad f,
. aut used to 'soshatin' wild
{ nd o white folks!
Ioreekly de jedge an de j
. a5n In an de jedge sot down
|. QQ' 'Newnighted States 81
I "Snlngton Grundy.'