The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-01-22


Honey. why yo tease nanny so
much ter be allus tellin' yo' bout ole
times? Yo' Ibis in de vance age, an
ought ter be libin' a mighty good life.
too. cause how yo' know yo' won't
hab great-gran' -chii1en pryin' inter ali
yo' actions?
"Yo' doan' wan ter hyear bout yo'
gran'ma. but wants me ter tell yo'
bout ma Ill Clarissy? Bless yo heart!
honey, OATS de one thing l tubs ter
talk bout. doe it almos snaps de
strings OBJ mammys POI ole heart ebery
time she chen thinks Oh her.
de night Clarissy opened her eyes
on dis earth dar wuz a consumptious
ball goin on at de big house, TO de
quality, in honor OBJ yo' gran'ma. who
yo' gran'pa. ma young marse had
fetched home as his bride
Il could talk bout ma mistus all
day. but yo wants ter hyear bout
Clarissy. Well. I'ze leadin' up ter her.
honey. At de time / am tellin' yo' OBJ
she wuz jes' on her way inter dis
worl OBJ trouble, an forgit all bout
her eben den tween thinkin' OBJ de
gran times at de big house. which Sis
Kitty wuz 'monstratin' bout. an listen
in ter de squeak oh Uncle Jerry's fid-
die at de Quarters.
Tween de squeaks 1 hyeard him
hollo' Git yo' pardners fer de kwat-
tiion' Raise yo' feet Hight S'lute yo'
PARTNERS! Fo'wa'd foah an back agin,
LEI han ober right han back Den
what TUX me, he jes shouted. Judy.
cum back hyar. Doan' yo' know yo'
right han from yo lef'? Yo's spilled
de whole set. an I'ze hat a min not
ter let yo shuttle no mo- ter ma fiddlin'
ternight. Yo' think Miss red sash
makes yo' fine. but femme tell yo' gal,
de fines shuck of'en hides de meanes'
nubbin in de row.
Il wuz mighty pleased ter hyear Judy
publicly 'buked, cause she wuz dat
airy since she TUX ma Hosea from me
She not only TUX him, but got herself
stiferket in gor frame which said
de law had glib him ter her, Dis is a
mighty quar- WORT, chile. In de sight
OBJ de Lord, Hosea wuz mine; but
cause de law could write on paper it
could DIVORCE me an glib him ter her
wild a ticker ter prove it. In desc days
deg is changin' de Scriptur' fashion,
dey buns de stiferket, snaps dere fin
gers at de public, buys de law ter do
dere way, an breaks dere 'legiance wild
de sight OBJ de Lord. q
We'll, chile. I'm deviatin' from de
paff l wuz treadin'. When Uncle Jerry
holloed out, Make yo steps an sho'
yo' style!' an All hans 'roun',' fer
got ma Fiction. 1 forgot eberything,
an loped right off ter be in at dat oc-
cashum. Sir Kitty cot me by de arm
an dragged me back. She lowed .Ag-'
gle, yo's crazy, an I'm goin' fer de
paterole. Dat settled me.
''Jes' cen de clock struck twelbe, an
de strikes wuz mos drownded by de
noise from de frecrackers an gun at
de big house an de hurrays from de
Quarters. Den | knew it wuz Chris
mus mornin', an as de las cheer died
out ma lii Clarissy cum for ma Chris
mus gif', l knows it wuz onchrischun
lax an an owdacious sin, but I didn'
thank de Lord as much as l ought fer
His present. cause l KEEP thnkin' how
dat same present had cheated me out
OBJ bein' 'mong de fust ter slute ma
new miss an join in Uncle Jerry's
All hans 'roun''
''Whar did l get de name Clarissy?
Now, Ize goin' tel tell yo' how ma
fiction brought me 'onor.
''Yo' dear gran ma named dat chile,
an lowed she wuZ ter be raised an
edicated at de big house. Dat made
me mighty proud. So, when yo' ma
wuz born l TUX Ciarissy an went ter
de big house an nussed yo ma till dey
put her IN de col groun'
''Doan' get so impashum. honey: Tze
goin' ter tell yo' bout Clarissy. but l.
jes' kinder laks ter put it off as long as
l kin.
"Clarissy hadn' no face ter ba
'shamed of. She wuz dat tall an
straight. wild smooth brack sidney ha'r
it din kink none-an' her eyes wuz
jes' lax de deers. an her skin wuz so
sof an yaller dat called her ma
yaller rose. She warn't neber strong
lax, an wocidu' go wild de niggers at
de Quarters, Sometimes she chen
seemed 'shamed OBJ her ole brack mann
my, but | didn' min dat, wuz so proud