The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-03-18
Correspondence of The Caucasian
Enterprise.

friend Mike had little lark mapped
out an ! thought Bob would jist az
lief stand in the liberty stable an eat
oats an hay az ter go out DR.. Park
hurstin' " with US, fer We wuZ goin'
ter play a game that wuz without any
limit.
found friend Mikes house awl
rite, an hit wuz coy ennuff fer any
thin: an hiZ wife an children wuz
jist az clever az Mike il. But |
want ter say rite now that I never
will git uster these city houses. They
air awl built ov brick an air in a
solid row, no fence nor palms nor
open ground between them. A block
ov dwellin's looks jist like hit wuz
awl one buildin' with many doors
an winders in hit. Ov course, they
look well ennuff inside an air fairly
comfortable if man hez a good job
or buziness an lots ov money in a
bank.
But some ov these city people new
er lived in big house a-settin' er-
way back in a nice, shady grove ov
ticco Win putty an iiO"CIo
here an thar An they never hear
the hens cacklin' rite after they hev
laid a brand new, fresh egg; an they
never see colts an calves grain in
clover lot. When supper time
comes they may hev some fish. beef
steak, or somethin' fairly guide. If
they air rich ennuff they may hev
awl the milk an butter they care
for But that il not like seem sew
eral Jersey or Shorthorn COWS walk
in up ter the barn late in the eve
MIN with clover blossoms on their
breaths an a-beggin' that the milk
in begin at once, fer they air full,
tired an wish to rest. An they
never hear bees a-hummin on a sum-
mer afternoon, an they get but little
real honey, if any at awl. Of course,
awl ov these things can be purchased
ma city There are some things in
the city, fresh oysters, fer instance,
that cannot be secured in some por-
tions ov the country. But you kin
give the city man a mile the lead
every mornin' in the year an the in
dustrious, wel1-to-do farmer will pass
him long before sunset so far az ac-
tual livin' is concerned.
In tawkin' with friend Mike I
found that he wuz from the county
ov Cork, in Ireland. T couldn't say
jist which county my ancestors come
from, az we hev no family history
up ter date. But l told friend Mike
that l had awlways believed my folks
wuZ from Cork County, Ireland, fer,
so far az l could trace hit back, most
Ov my folks knowed exackly what
ter do with cork" when one got in
the way, an [ felt satisfied that they
wuz from Cork County, Ireland. But
| hope my prohibishun trends in
North Carolina will not hold any
spite at me.
We had nice supper an I made a
full hand, ov course. After restin' a
spell Mike told hiz folks that we wuz
goin' ter stroll downtown fer little
spell. Mike sed we would go through
Chinatown first, fer the blasted
hathen will be goin' ter bed early
that il, them that amt playin' cards,
fer they air born gamblers. We took
car an wuZ soon in the naborhood
ov Chinatown. They hev some stores
an things in their naborhood, awlso
laundries, fer they air CRATE at that
sort ov buziness. But when hit
comes ter buZiness, they air inter
lots ov things in every part ov the
city. They awl wear their hair long,
but hit iz plated. They wear pants
an a loose-fittin' coat, generally in
fancy colors. We seed lots ov them
an they wuZ jabberin' an goin' on
but I couldn't make head nor tail
out ov hit. After 1ookin' erround
awhile we went inter a Chinese
theatre. People who know say that
they air CRATE at that sort ov buzz
ness. But my curiosity wuz soon sat
isfied, fer if they did any actin worth
lookin' at, failed ter see hit, an
az fer the jokes, they wuz awl in
| Chinese an wuz old an mou1dy be
sides.
| After leavin' thar we went ter &
Chinese restaurant an got a cup oN
tea. That wuz worth somethin', fel
the Chinese air rite at home wher
hit comes ter maxim tea. Then We
made our way ter Japanese theatre
an seed a little more actin Blu
some ov that wuZ good. The Jap
anese air CRATE at horizontal bar act
in an sich az that. They kin dt
things that would break up a prayer
meetin' in a place like Bilkinsville
After leavin' the Japanese theatre
me an the captain strolled errount
a little. Az we didn't see any Jap
anese restaurant whar they sell tea
suggested that we go inter on,
ov them red-light shops an take
somethin' a little more stimu1atin'
Faith, an We will drink ter tn,
health ov old Ireland" sed Mike, an
We did. The proprietor wuz Irish an
Mike introduced me ter him. H
wuz powerful glad ter see me an Sc,
that if either ov us offered ter pa
fer anythin' in his place we'd git
real old-fashioned Irish 1ickin' tha
would never be forgotten.
Our friend, Bilkins,'' seq Mike
'iz frum erway down in North Car
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