The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-05-28

~ see says MAJ lane. a-lookln
from de paper dat she vas a-perus'n
! see dat Mr.. stead England
was a-pronulgatin' befs Z "oHaat :
club. an he say dat American met
overdoes de chtvalry bisness. an cat
Gey is 50 pcrlite an considerable OF
de f~eeliu's OF der women fo'ks DAT
iey ont even tell de women when
dey does wrong Or makes mistakes +,
Huh, 'sclalms J. Nj. ste&d
shorely amt had de privilege or meet
in 20 pa. for Fl dere's ever been any
occasion VIXEN his menner hiit him
back from spressifyin his opinion OF
de way / act when / don't harper
to coincide Wild his wishes. or e he
Is ever happen 10 let UP on knoc6in
any fault Of mine dat he run u2
against, l suttinly does di-remeber
when an whar hit happen.
~Ev'ybody say dat American men
IL de mos chivalrous ones in de
world 10 women say Nay Jane
u specs dats So spoons ]. but
dis heah thing dat dey calls chiTalry
Is one OF de contrapshuns dat Wnks
bes at long range, an IN bunches
Furthermo' we sees mo or MT IN PRINT
dan We does around our own IRE
sides. IF you was 10 call Tor q
b~odyguard for de women OF de coun.
try. bout forty million men would
volunteer for de service. but ef YOU
was 10 ak for ali de men 10 stand up
In meetin' whut was gWfne nome ana
split de kindlin.' an puss de baby. an
tote de coal upstairs. dere would be
a sort Of hitch in de proceedin's, an
you wouldn't need no patent ad-
der 70 count de number UP on. You
could do hit wild de fingers OF one
hand an have 10 fingers an a thumb
to spare when you got through.
AS a sect men thinks dat women
Is angels dat knows mo dan de cher
ubim an seraphim. but eyy man IS
got hit settled in his mind dat his
own wife Is got scrambled brains. an
de Judgment of a hen. an dat de only
sensible thing she ever done in her
life was when she kotch him.
An he don't take no trouble TO
hide his opinion OF her from her. An
dats what makes me laugh when ]
hear dat furrinir. what amt never
been married to a American man, say
dat American men Is dat squeamish
dat dey won't tell DER women folks
DER faults. l found de American
wives can tell a different tale, Least
ways al of dem dat l is acquainted
wild can.
Lord. He ought to be able to
drap around some night an lissen
- Ike unbeknownst, when ! is sort
o dallied wild q bargain sale, an amt
had de time 70 git de things | bought
Deca2e Odder fOIkS wanted EN- hid
good in de closet befO' he come home.
Hit suttinly is a mighty risky thing to
let a husband run right smack into q
bargain whilst hit is new. In time dey
gifts sorter softened to EN-, but a
brand new japanese vase dat I don
bought becaz hits been marked down
from $3.50 TO s1.49 des Gets on Ike
LAX a red flag on a MAD bull. Des' pre-
zactly.
"'"Great Caesars Ghos.' Mirandy."
he bellows. is yo' don gone an done
hit agfn? Is yO' lone waste my goOd
on dis heah gimcrack thing
dat is ugly enough to give yo' de sore
eyes, an dat no accoun hit amt fit
ten neider for a s%pittoon nor Q beer
can. ShOrely de day YOU was baWn
de Fool Killer must a gone on a
picnic. or else he'd a got YOU certain.
""Of all de wasteful. trifin' wo-
men dat l ever meet up Wild in my life,
yO' is de lead horse, an how keep
out of de po' house Cord only knows.
Hit amt yo' fault. an when you IS
done drove me to my grave, l hope
youll be satisfied. unnatural creetur
dat YOU is
Oats de way Ike talks to me in
private when he's riled wild sOmethin'
/ is done, an yit in public YOU could
never heard anybody dat could prog