New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-11-08
GIVING NEW-ORLEANS A SEWERAGE SYSTEM.
HOW THE OLDTIME CREOLE And THE NEGRO RE
GARD THIS MODERN LNNOVATION

opens ny do: an nOs'ly do 'spect ter feed nv
Fotter BE did Dcy dun toIs me IT sho took eight
eer house, what sho gwiner hab whitewash in
er back YARD. which un sho be muffin but water
Ham JOhnson's song is. indeed. inspiring to the
the first lire. 'Yauer man done stole ma honey
the as q an tSe sss659 Esas ys1 1c into
hard, &c, each loot is pressed the spade.
break the chunk ana WITH the f6uTtS Inc Sunni
word Dah.' which cones With emphasis it is
@ in The srssnF the 6s s sns r IN fhs
o. the LII quite as perfect as Il done b. auto
this song OF some other they are shiftess 70 i'm
and manages 10 put singer in every gang Some
me ne shouter sings alone, but for the most
The ward politician held forth great hopes TO
s $500 7 voters IN the way OF labor when the sever
P.eIe.y extingyushed oy q decision Of the Supreme
explanation. and TINS is what he said:
elers. we Is did good and proper Der preTne
Is gP sg5a il plenty and Peresey deres 1awt5 Mn
amt good for amt IL der sewrich bunch II
sed ter 'eul dat I wanted er job for youse becoz
you vaz der bumper from Ger Tent Ward wild six
/ teen der good. what yer t'ink dey'd Gid
me7 Deyd do nuthin but pass inter Ger refrigerator.
gimme der baby stare and deal out large blocks Of
But # takes you ter der Crnisshuner der Pub
lick Works an feeds him de good ting about de
bunch er votes youse got in der ward der kin be
three hu2nero an urty elerglO!eS outer ger CIVl'
Yer gotter be der son Of e bank preserdent
IVES been buncoed good an plenty BY dat sewTich
board an oats no red GYMNASIUM We IS up agin
tractors, neider. II 1 git der boss der ward TO
give. him de dink about what der Council win aid
ter him Il he don't put on der gang he don't do
uuttin' but tel 10 take der elevator goin down:
DAT ding con1ract cant be toUcht by der Council
now. wouldn't dat put your dog in pound
Sestnene Leiaux IS one OF he OLD tirne ereoles
fully seventy years. de has fought progress as
this has given him some busy days The building OF
the great levees TO keen out the Mississippi
Lake Pontchartrain was Calamity. for how could
the 'crayfish =" which Re was sure came from the
lake reach the lagoon in his Backyard With the
surprised but looking at them from his side Of the
experience showed them 70 be safe, he reasoned IN
@ sr e s8 0ga F5 92 come shat S9 s6u te o9
boss car. Vheech you make him 90 weeth q mule
you steek clothes pole on top the roof. wheech is
lie BY wire. sumbuddy pull the wire an pouf
And then the drainage came. and sosthene saw
si5es ana bottoms were being replaced BY brick
and cement channels. His wee was pathetic and
Long tine been stay on Bayou St John. ne;
a. ~ ya-- a. = -.s Isroon- NV BACKYARD 20 tv
The canal an TEX the crawfeesh- How ! gon- tex
ri 7 Eor' stop here some mo- me- No mo craw-
<aesI Ffs---e 10 NOR crawfeesh bait when want
@o ket-n the catfeesh in bayou an the croaker
II The lake. What gcn h eat u1e7'
Sewerage viii doubtless be the absolute unooilg
o. Sos-here- He hoped that every injunction would
delay the uncertakins. that the bonds, would oe
declared unco1s titUtonal and the tax Illegal But
wre- be saw his beloved Mayor dig with silver
SPADE be poured forth his agony II this strain;
d -"Eh mon Dieu thees awful vas, 70 theenk
ne Sosthene Lefaux. nus see lie Marie, Paul
. Czpdevfsle. one creole lax ne geev he's hano 10
mex t1ees New orIean lax 1hoss New-1ock an
. C--ea~r-go vvheech never don't see excep' the
-f-----e. al house an mans an no lagoon no
rs-ou 10 marsh 70 shoot the snipe- the beccasine
no --ai-ie 70 keel the kop-kcD An. tha-s SAD vas
. Ar ne Iernrne tell 70. Eon tex my dog an my
co- an nv feeshrole an I Eon' walk vas 70 Pass
Na1chac where they got swamp an prairie, an
crawfeesh. No. sir. amt gO1 Gle oecoZ
+h-v mex this citee you mus buy n those store
o. vou noticing got for heat Ne mus q eat
vas"
Sos-hene IS only one q large family OF This
Character re speaks the sentiment OF q colony
which thinks the Ncw-Orlsaas OF the present or
the future will never be as La Belle Orleans Of the
long ago.