The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1902-04-11

morner's bench, sub, den 1t Wus my
time. I drawed myself up two or
three foot higher, buttoned up my
ole King Alfred cote anuder link an
sed:
can now gemmen OBJ de jury
seDce dis Newnighted States govu-
ment dun seen fit to 'raign me [
wanter 'raign hit. I've been heah
befo' your honor, I've bin head to
listen to de creates lawyer de State
oh Georgy ever raised, my ole mars
ter de 'Onebul Felix Grundy, an
time an ergin I've seed i'm stand rat
heah in dis very cote dat I've got on
an dis very room an spake de roof
wild de thunder OBJ his larnin' an de
lightnin' OBJ his wit. Alters on de
side OBJ de po', alters on de side OBJ
iestus. An eff he was erlive today
he'd git up heah an say to you all
let dis ole niger 90 an you kno'
you'd do it.
"'In de good ole days gemmen he
tort me meny things. He tort me to
be true, to tell de truf an> to raise
horses. Men lax him an you're faith
ers gemmen tuck my ancesturs out
OBJ de jungles at barbarity an led us
into de blessed temple ob religion
an light. Dey made slaves oh us to
do it gemmen, but I thang Cord l
wus erlowed to be a slave in dis
world fur de sake ob bein' eturnally
free in the naixt. Meny and meny
or time gemmen I've driv my ole
marster in bis cheariut an fo' an
he'd tell you hissef, sub, ef he wus
heah today I'm de onliest niger in
de whole State OBJ Georgy dat can
drive a thurrer bred TO- 'im-han'
holdin' de ribbons wild de fo' fingers
OBJ de lef ham an playin' on the ten
der moufs es gently es er lady touches
de strings OBJ de light gittar. He
made or kristun an er gentlemun,
aigucated my po' eannibal palllt to
de glory OBJ Georgy mutton au'
de sweetness OBJ Georgy beef. An
it wus frua his side boad I fuss got
de taste OBJ dat Ticker you jest
tasted-dat Ticker dat makes kings
OBJ US allan all I wanted in dis
| wurl wus ter stay wild him twell l
die. But in my ole aige heah come
dis Newnighted States govumen' an
sot me free an 0! marsters dey
sot me free indeed-free frum de
freinds dubbed, free frum de cum
perny Oh gennermsn, free frum de
good things OBJ dis wurl, an wus ob
all frum de sight but not de apper-
tite ob dat Ticker dat makes kings
OBJ us all. Std OBJ drivin' a cheariut
down de pike of de valley OBJ plenty,
I mus plow leetle tow haided mule
on de finty hill sides oh poverty.
'Stid OBJ 'soshatin' wild larned men
who sot in de CRATE cotes oh dis
country an de cotes OBJ de king l
mus be cussed an mockei by de
hill billy an de po' white trash an
forced to 'soshate wild lowlived an
no hammered niggers an field hans.
An std OBJ drinking de Ticker oh life
frum de decatur on de sidebosrd in
my ole aige Pm forced to drink de
branch of poverty frum de goured
dat grows in de gardin. Raised on
roast beef but now J. halter hustle to
git bacon; raised on de lick Oh CIV
erlizashun but now has ter
drink de branch water oh barbarlty.
When I remember de things l
uster in my youth sumtimes now de
temptation to lib lax gentlemun
nearly overcomes me. After all dis
gentlemun will you send de ole man
upg"
"No by de eternal we will
mott"
can dey all crowd 'roun' me soon
es dey journ cote dey shook my han
an de jedge tech me on de arm an
say:
"Heah Washington de jury
have found you not guilty. Heah
am fifty dollars to pay the rivernew
on de naixt run you make at de In
dsin Camp Spring an ef it happen
to be leetle too much to pay de
rivernew why you jest send the bal
ance in dat Ticker dat makes kings