The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-03
WHEN YOU SEE A CROW FLYNN
ODER A GRAVE YARD LOOK OUT.

"Betn' L can't convince you dat dar'
am nofnn' in dreams an dat signs don't
count no mo dan tOots on tin horn,
I ar gWine to glib you suntin' new
Fur six months past I has been busy
inventin' sunthin reliable. j has tried
'em all on myself an de ole woman an
my dawg as fast as turned out, an /
kin recommend an guarantee EN- to be
depended on. When you have used 'em
once you viii take no odders.
''Brudder Jones may light two
mo lamps, an Brudder SHUTDOWN
White may crowd annOder soap box
into de stove, an viii read my inVen-
tons
WHEN YOU SEE OR HEAR A SIGN.
when you see q crow flynn Ober a
graveyard, look out. 1t means dat you
am gWine to git in front oh a street
kyar de mex week an stand in de
shadow oh death. You may be killed
or you may escape. 1t all depends on
de color oh de mOtOrmans hair
"If you see a black cat chasin' a
white rabbit freW a yaller O'ndeld, an
O green dawg cuts in an drives de cat
up purple tree, go home an take
things easy. You am gwine to draw
$500 on your lottery ticket.
IF you am woke up at midnight by
de howlin' oh dawg under your win
dow, an just as you git up to frOW a
boot al him de clock GIBBS a whirr an
stops dead still. an at de same instant
de baby GIBBS a whOop wild de collie, you
might as well prepare for de worst
Z our brudder-in-laW am gWine ter git
shot I'm disputin' Ober a game oh craps
an leabe YOU to pay his debts
If you am lynn on your back on de
bed in de daytime While your wife am
dom de Washin', an you hear what am
called de death-uck in de wall, don t
jump UP an yell out. It's a sign dat
de coal man am gwine to send you up
a ton oh coal free gratis to make life
mo cheerful fur you.
If Won m siffiU' on de 6oa listens in
de sun an YOU hear rooster crow on
your right hand. q daWg howl on your
left, am tugbOat whistle in front oh
YOU 1T am sign dat your ole woman
has got a dollar hidden away in de
house. an dat if you take her by de
neck you can make her hand ober.
IAN if you am lOOkin' out oh de Win
der durin thunder storm, an YOU
think you see red lightnin' strike a
black boss jest as a white man am
lookin out rom behind a lavenda1
bush, don't collapse an fall in faint
Dat was considered q bad sign befO' we
voted out de bosses. but now it signi-
des dat white folks hab grown keer-
less about lOClSin' DER henhOuse doahs
at night.
"If you am woke UP at night BY
hearin a soft voice calm your name
outside, an YOU sit up in bed to find de
cat glarin at YOU an a smell of burn
in feathers i'm de room, don't waste g
minnit 'tendin' to bizness When vOT
raise de winder you'll ind a Guild mar
out dar who wants to borrow a dollar
an if you don't lend it to him some
awful calamity am shore to happen.
An If you am standin' i'm de alley a
midnight wild an empty bag on YOU
arm an de smell of fat chicken in you
nOstrils. an you think your hear d.
FOOTBALLS of am angel. turn an dis
right out oh dat as fas' as You kin go
Dem angel footballs belong to a police
man an if he Oberhauls YOU he vii
make embarrassin inquiries.
IF you am swingin' in a hammock
under an apple tree while your wifi
am spl1ttlnt wood, an you see a. bob
tailed dawg chasin' a billygoat VIE
black whissers, it am a sign dat pros
perity am comm an dat your old wo
znan'H soon be able to buy YOU a new
Sunday suit.
eff you are gwine out in de kentry t.
look for work and you see seben crow
nyin to de west jest as a cross eye,
man meets YOU an asks de time C
cay, turn back at once. Oar am al
work for you. Providence has pIannel
FUR de ole woman to take in Washin
an support de family,
WHEN YOU DREAM A DREAM.
'If you am lyin' on your back wi
your feet outer bed an you dream da
de Beef Trust has Fedooced de price oil
pigs feet Oue-half in order to glib por
folks a show, you want to wake up an
cit q hussle on you as soon as possible
Dat dream means dat de price oh baco1
am to go UP sky-high.
'If you am lynn on de grass in from
Of your cabin on hot day and yo
dream dat man come along wild
satchel In his hand and stopped an
counted you out one hundred dollar
as a birthday gift prepare to be disap
p'inted. De landlord VIII be along be