The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-08-05
The Lexington Dispatch
Wednesday, August 5, 1903.
Aunt Kizzie at Wedding.
A Negro Dialect Story by an Old Time
Darkey.

n VSSIV DioiCSt SIot W o' W" '""S
Darkey.
"Howdy, Marse Jeff," said old
Aunt Kizzie the other day, as she
polked her head in at the store door,
show much do ff Gems wuf dis meat
come to-" I am little suspicious
of the negroes when they use the
term 'sMarse." In old times it was
common, but nowadays it is seldom
used, and when they do call you
s'Marse" they usually mean it as a
preface for the asking Of favor-a
sort of propitiatory term. Aunt
Kizzie, however, is typical antebell-
um darkey, and is somewhat OF an
exception to the rule. 'Well, Aunt
Kizzie, said I, chow are you, and
what in the world are you dressed up
80 for ?" for the old woman was tog-
ged out in al sorts of inery and her
head done up in the gayest OF old time
plantation bandanas. Use been ter
weddin' chile. My aunt's fuss cou'
sins sister-in-law's charter wuz mar
mied dis evenin at de cullud church.
Dey had big weddin, an Use gwine
on ter de Unfair ternight: Dey gwine
ter have fre hot supper and possum
and tarters and lots er cakes and sich
like truck. I aint eat no brekfus, or
dinner neither, cause I wan ter git
my shere and taste oh dat supper.
"Tell me something about the wed.
ding, Aunt Kizzie'" I asked. Well
de bride an de two yuther niger gals
(de bridesmaids) wuz all rugged out
in white. fun top to bottom. Dey
wuz black as pots, ond they looked
pursizely like three sticks er black
liquish in q ball or cotton. Jim, de
groom, po niggab, he wuz skeered
mighty nigh to death, but he mex out
to stan up tell it wuz over wild. Brud,
der Jones, de fshinstin minister, he
Ak Jim, he did, ef he would take Mil
II fer better or fer wussur, fer richer
or porer, and ef he would cherish
and love her. Jim sorter straighten
hissef up an say wild his eyes mighty
nigh startin outen his head). well
Brudder Jones! he low, its jest cordin
to how she haves herself Well after
while it wuz all over and Jim he reich
down in his pocket to pay de preach
er, but he taken second thought an
he say Look hear, Brudder Jones,
I aint got de change, right now, but
I'll han you dat some time in passin'
But dat didn't suit Brudder Jones
and he lowed, he did, Dat won't dc
nigger, I don't do biznis in no sech
style as dat. I don't want de cash in
psssin', ] wants it right now, on
what's more I'm or gwine ter have it
Brudder Jones is aheap bigger der
Jim, en- he looked at him mighty Wig
eus liken sorter shuck him in de col
lar, so Jim he sorter consider sno
reich down in another pocket anc
fotch out little terbacker sack tiec
up wild a shoe string an 6sh out fifty
Gently en- gin it to depreacher. 'Brud
der Jones! he sed, you must scuse my
absence of mine. I didn't know lhac
dis. Well it wuz scusable, OF course
an everything passed off mighty nice
Well, I must be gwine, Marse jeff
you don't use terbacker, does you
Thankee sir. Well good by chile, ]
mus go see what dem niggers is doin
Dere's scme mighty mean niggers ii
dat crowd, and dey is powerful hog
gish, and I'm fesrd dey'll be liable
ter git in rucus up dar over then
vittles, so Til git along as to be ar
have to perfect my ole man an set
dat he don't git imposed on"
JEFF Robbins"