The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-08-10

Il WENT OUT TO FIND COLONEL CANBIFF
ON DE DOAHsTEP."
He wasn't home, but his wife axed me
to drap in and have snack l looked
for a glass of buttermik and piece of
hoecake, but what dye spose was
spread befO' me on de table? In de
first place dar was white tablecloth
dat must have cost $3.50. rs been
keepin' house for fo'ty years, and l has
always reckoned dat oilcloth was good
huff for me. Den dar was silver
knives and forks and spoons, same as
you'd find on de table Of king. AFTER
dem came napkins and cake and Gus
tard and cold beef and sweet cake, and
befo' l could git my breaf l was Of
fered a glass of claret wine.
kin you blame me for pinchin' my
self to see If l was daf or summers
else? Oar am Brudder Jones workin
in q wood yard at 50 a week, and dar
was all dat luxury same as if be was
de emperor of Russia. 1 hain't wantin
to discourage anybody, but I'm tellin'
you dat a crash must come in de Jones
family sooner or later, and when it
does come dat family will drap to de
bottom like grndstun thrown into de
sea-
"a few nights ago me and de ole wo-
man was invited to attend de birthday
party of de wife of Samuel Shin. We
went bekase it was limited dat dar
would be ginger ale and fried cakes
60 T.,o,
Sunday close we has had for de last
fo'teen years, and we had no sooner
got into de house dan de ole woman
nigh had a fit. Mrs. Shin had on a
dress all kIckshaws and frills and fur
bellows, dress dat never cost less dan
500, and de rest Of de women seemed
to be dressed up to attend a queens
weddin. Mrs Gardner'S old bonnet
sand my old coat looked like poverty
hung out on de clothesline.
Il have heard de word righteousness
many times, but l nebber knowed what
it meant till l stepped into dat house.
Oar was red and blue rugs on de
f1OOhS, lOokin' glasses ober de man
tells, gold chars and pictur's-a perfect
revel Of extravaganza. Me and de old
woman was jest too scarf to move
around. When we looked for de fried
cakes and ginger ale we got three kinds
of ice cream mixed together, two sorts
of wine, three kinds of cake and heap
Of candy. When we got home at last
we jest sot dar and looked at each
odder for half an hour and nebber said
word. Brudder Shin works in -four
his income. His outgo must be at least
twice dat. How does he do it? He does
it by runnin' in debt, and some day an
airthquake will bust forth under dat
house and lift it fifty feet high.
'Waydown Bebee, sittin' ober dar
wild his old suit on, looks to be a man
of sense and economy, but what did l
see first thing when l entered his
house one day last week? 1t was a
rug wild a great big tiger on it.
axed for a drink of water out of de
gourd, but it was brung to me in a
cut glass goblet. When l was ready
to go Mrs. Bebee axed me to wait a
mint till she played a tune on her
palmer Think, of it. Brudder Bebee
| don't airn SO week de year round,
and yet he kin have tiger rugs, cut
glass and planners. When l went
home and told de old woman about it
she opened her mouth and held it open
for ten minutes befo she could say:
May de Lawd have mercy on my
soul"
| De street dat many of US lib on is
| named Coon street. | has resided dar
| for twenty years and had no fault to
| find. Six weeks ago Brudders Pen
| stock and White begun 10 go around
| wild a petition prayin' de common
| council Ito change de name to Rosa
mont street Dey contended dat de
! name .of Coon street was degradin'
| Deg got piece of my mind. kin tell
| you, when dey got around to me, and
dun went at it and blocked de game
| What's de matter wild Coon street
Nothin'. II dar am anything wrong Il
am wild de coon hisself.
| Il was in a grocery de odder night
to buy some co'nmeal and codfist
when Brudder Flimfam Johnsins
/ come swellin' in. He didn't see me
and he went ahead and ordered d.
| best kind Of tea and coffee. print but
ter fne -four and wAfee sugar. same
as if he was a member of de beef
trust He paid for 'em and sweile6
O.. out and when he had disappeared de-
grocer said to me:
Keep your.eye On dat coon. Brud
/ der eGardner.n Hess bound to- hit ds
EErounaS wad.. a ker6hu2 sdsts win .bs