The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-07-31

Night befo' las" observed Mirandy,
"dere was a lot of gals and boys at my
house, an dey was prognosticatln'
bout de wharfOreness of love, al near
as | could make out, dey all seemed
to think dat hit was a Kind Of chills an
fever, Whar you was fuS hot an den
cold, an trimbly, lake you had a aguor
Oats hit said May Jane, a-rollin'
her eyes up to de ceilin, lake a dyln'
calf, 'dat's hit. Whenever you come
nigh to de pusson dat youse in love
wild, you is tOoken wild de thrills an
feels lax YOU has got de palpitation
of de heart
Huh says 1, dem symptoms aint
no sign of nothin' 'ceptin' you is done
ct too much billed cabbage for sup
per an is got de DYSPEPSIA. | amt new
er seed no case of palpltatlon of de
heart yit dat / couldn't settle wild Il
dose Of SOdy water
You amt in love- says Sim john
sing. 'onlesS you is always a-thinkin'
bout de absent one, when you is away
from EN-
".Sometimes,' spoons /, It's a lot
easier to love a pusson when dey is
absent dan when dey is present
when you is in love- says Alice
Maud Gladys Geraldine, whut's got a
poetical soul, an recites 'Curfew Shall
MOI Ring Tonight at de church socia-
BILE in a voice dat sounds lax cracked
ice rattlin' round a pitcher, when
youse in love, you is lifted above de
sordid affairs of dis worI an am trans
lated to de realm Of de spiritual.
"'Mayhe So 'spOn's |, but | amt
noticed dat any of May James beaus
has let up on DER feed any. When it
comes to tacklin' fried chicken an
new corn of a Sunday dinner de love
don't appear to interfere none wild de
appetite
80. Ma 'sclaims May Jane.
"'Well, Sis Mirandy, spoons Sim
Johnsing, 'sence you have 'speriunced
hit, spose w tell us whut you think
dat love is
"Love,' says I. is dat whut makes
a man git out an hustle for a wo-
man, an a WOma thank God on Il
cold maWnin' dat she is got a husband
to git an cook breakfas' for. Love IS
whut makes man ruther hand over his
envelope to a woman on Saturday
night dan to spend hit on store close
and craps an beer for hisself, n hits
Whut makes a woman wear her year
befo' las bonnit widout sayih' a word
ruther dan make a man work over
time to buy her a new one. If YOU will
look around in your syatem. an find
any of dem symptoms you is in love.
but if you don't find 'e-n you amt. an
hit dom make no diff Ince wheder yo'
heart is dom fip-fao S or Settin' still
tendin to business in de same OF way.
Dat am [ got nOtnIn TO do wild hit
is whedder you is thinkin'
bout a pusson when dey is gone. Nv
LaWd! thinkin' bout folks is a mighty
cheap way to love. It's mighty easy to
think about anybody. but to link an
work for en-. dat is a gray horse of
anOder color
"YassunI. dat's so an Ise sick an.
tired of all dis talk bout lovin' when
dere amt nothin' in dom. Use were
out Wild hearin' men dat comes home
drunk Of a night, a-tellin' how de loves
uelI Irople angel wives. an hit sho'ly
doeS faSp my nerves to hear women
whose husbands is goin' roun' wild lie
put'ons Off DER shuts an holes de
SIZE OF a saucer in DER socks. a-holdin'
I'm pout DER bein' so devoted to
20 die for EN-
Deres Nose Hoskins, dat is so law
ual ne amt never done a hans turn Of
: work sence de day he was married TO