The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-10-29

10 overlook de fac dat Sc turned o4'
a sort Of a-iick-an'-a-pronise JOB
said Mlrandy. as she sank YEARLY INTO
the preferred chair "But Ise been
on on a pleasure trip aid Ike an &c
dat wore out wild hit dat Use most got
Dc heart disease-what Gey calls &c
nervous prosperity Ell had th'F'S
cents more ! would havt hit
'Yassum. j don't know nothin' dat
is mo wearin' on de constitution da"
trim to have a good time. any way
an when you mixes dat up w!d steam
cyars an boats an strange cookih >
deere amt none but de ~able-bodied dat
has got de ST ength TO stand nit
specially when dere's a man along
Women is used 10 putin up WIG
things dey don't Lab an maxim ne
best OF fluctuations. 50 dey stan :
traveIlin' purity We'll. but most q oe
men dat Ise met away from nome
on de all de time. an soth
about wild dem was lax leaolh a soie
headed bear on de end or a string.
Anyway dat was de way hit vas
Wid Ike You know me an him oeeA
~plannin' a long time TO go of an take
q pleasure trip togedder. an 50 as
summer when sim Jones a him
back DAT money ne borry from him
80 @~AN - Aoh iNN
say to me:
ole lady. dat's luck money. Let's
take an blow hit or a trip, Tor oere
amt nothin' dat improves a pusson
an gives EN- de broad view of NE DAT
trayellin' does. Besides. Use tired OF
settin' up lax a knot on a log a iiste~
in 10 dat biggity 'Lijah Smithers. a
discoursin' on de sights an wonders
dat he seed at B~ingha1nton an Squee-
dunk an odder furrin seaports. an l
Inv do when come back l. II De aDit
TO hold down my eend OF de converse
ton when de talk drifts around to de
strange sights folks has beheld wld De
naked eye. Furdermo'. he goes on,
we'se gittiu' Sorter along in years now
an hits time we was a-enJoyln our
selves
course was agreeable. an so we
begun to get ready. Dat is, l roiled
up my sleeves an started 10 WORK.
whilst Ike stuck q cigar in his mouf
and Santered around to de corner
grocery. where he could mention KIN
der casual to ev'body he run up on
dat he was DIES about to start out on q
pleasure trip. Dem days shorely was
days when | bumped myself. Tor l had
to settle de house. an farm and de
somebody to look after de cat an keep
de dog, an fix e~v'ybody wild enough
clean clothes to run EN- ontfl l got
back. an ev'y now and den k would
drap in an say:
=. 'Mirandy, don't you forgit to do
uD nv white weskit. 50 l can carry hit
along or, Mirandy. be shore to put
lime around in de cellar befo' 20 goes,
or, .Mirandy, l wish 70 would make
me q couple of new shirts befo We
leaves, an wash up all my ole ones.
becaze dey say dat laundry bills is
mighty high away from home. or.
Mirandy. don neglect to press a
razor-edged crease in my gray britch-
es, becaZe 1 don't want to be took en-
for no jay when l travels
well. hit went along dat way ontil
de time come to start. an when de
las thing was packed an de trunk
stropped I suttinly was wo' out, an
Sis Hannah-what had come to say
gOOdby, an what is one Of desc heah
women whut has got claws in her ton
gue-lOOk at me she remark:
Law. Sis Mirandy, you shorely
does looked Ragged, an Brer Ike am
a-doin' his duty by takin' you off for
a pleasure trip. Use seed many like
~lier-lookin' corpses dan you is. but
specs gettin' ready to go off am a
wearin' job
mo- at all. not at ALL spoons Ike,
whu ART done nothing but pervide a
bottle of whisky, lessen he mought git
snake-bit on the cyars; hits des de
foolish. worryin' way you female
women has of akin e%v'ything. Look
at me! 7 amt turned a hair, yit here
is Mirandy OATS 50 wo' herself out
over hit
Il didn't say nothin'. for you can't
be always a-ffghtin', an besides a
sensible woman finds out dat one of
de duties of a good wife is to be a
measu"in' stick for her husband, so
dat he can show off how much smart
er an wiser an stronger he is dan
she IS; SO l hilt my peace an |
thought dat ev'ything would be al!
FiCtII when OnHa yTa cot Svartnd an
dat we was sorter goin' to travei
through de promised land.
But bless Cord. my trouble had
des begun, for dere wern't nowIlar VIC
wen nor a blessed thing dat we done,
dat pleased Ike. an de only satisfac-
ton he got, SO fur as | could see, was
in thinkin' how much better off he
was at home.
Maybe de cyars would be running
along through q farmin' country where
tie. an de trees was lax emerald. an
nit was all SO peaceful an quiet an
reStful hit made you think abou de
green fields an still waters dat Brer
Jenkins reads about in de good book
on sunday. Hit shoTely did my eyes
TO rest on hit. after de hot an
rocky streets, dats garnished with
banana skins an garbage cans dat
] is used to, so | would kinder fetch
a joyful sigh an say:
'Ain't it Deaut1ful! Amt 1t WOn-
.derful?"
HUH Ike would snort wild a dis !
contefnptuous look, look moughty
damp an unhealthy to me. / bet dey
has agues in dis neighboorhod dat will
shake d. gold film o. you
teeth. Pull up dat window, Mirandy,
befo' so gifts 20 death of malaria.
Hits a sin an a shame dat de rail
road is allowed to run through a coun-
try lax dis, dat is liable to ruin de
health of de passengers. an I bet dat
eff President RoOstervelt is elected
ag'in he'll get out a injunction against
SIGH nefarious practice of desc heart
less corporations
but amt de view grand say I.
Huh spoons he. hit amt 10th
in to de view from our back windows,
you can see de smokestack OF
Schwartzes foundry an de Eagle
Brewry, an de oillboards on top OF
he houses on Second emu an de
street cyars comm an goin'. Dere's
somethin' dom dere. Dis country is
SO dead dat hit wouldn't make a sec
funeral
An de eatin'. NY land. de eatin'.
Ike sprinkled down de path we follow
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