Jackson advocate., 1961-09-23
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BY PERCY GREENE

PARISH STREET SATUR-
DAY NIGHT: The grass ain't
always as green as it looks to
be over in the other fellows
back yard which is a wise
old saying that goes back to the
days of my grandma when | was
still young enough, and not too
wise to be impressed by the
depth of her wisdom. What
made me think OF that old adage
was that while | was setting in
my favorite spot thinking of the
kind and quantity of Fish and
Beer for my Satdee Mite repast,
| heard some young kats and
kids, not yet wise in the ways
of the Old Avenue marveling
and wondering at all them Kats
from New York, Detroit, the
Big Windy, and points east,
west, and north, down here in
the Ole Magnolia in them there
Cadillacs, Rocket 88s, and what
nots. Yes, sir, when all them
fellows start coming back down
this-a-way during this time-o-
year they show do make it look
lack that the grass is show-nuff
green in they back yards. And
jes cause they come back look
ing lack they do, don't forget
there is a-many one time
Parish Streeter, in them base
ments, and sleeping four deep
in them hot beds, yonder in New
York, Detroit, the Big Windy,
and points east, west and north,
whose grass was already green
in their back yard down here in
the Ole Magnolia who went off
looking for some, of the grass
that looked greener in the other
fellows back yard, a-wanting
and a-wishin' for a chance to
come back but who can't git up
enough fer down payment, or
to rent one of the fancy cars so
that they can come back looking
lack the grass is evergreen in
they back yard. When the grass
is little green in your back
yard, and there's a pretty good
chance that if you go on and dc
lack you oughta that it will get
a little greener, and you see all
them fellows coming back down
this-a-way looking lack the
grass is greener in they back
yard than It's in yourn re-
member what my grandma used
to say The grass amt al
ways as green as it seems "a.
in the other fellows back yard
When you're looking over
the fence.
ALONG THE OLE AVENUE
Rev. T. F. Parker, from up at
Leland, Chief Usher for the Ma
tional Baptist Convention, stop
ping by long enough to tell
about the trials and tribulations
at the meeting up in Kansas
City Duke Buckley, the Big
Man around the corner of Ham
ilton looking kinda lonesome
since they tore down his house
, and forced him to move to an
other spot activity over at
Sanders Millinery, where thieves
broke in and took $40 cash and
some other stuff Sunday night
the quietness up at Jack
Comics barbershop since the
new city tax regulation caused
them to move out their pool
table.
NEWS TIDBIT-Jim "Punt"
King, the big man behind the
Home Service and Appliance
show every year at the College
Park Auditorium, suffering
from a dangerous attack of var
icose veins Chas. Wilson,
the manager of w. J.. Thomp-
sons lumber yard.
EVILS OF MONEY: The Far
ish Street BARRIERS who already
close their shops on Wednesday
taking off Tuesday to go duck
hunting the school teacher
fellows who used to buy their
"corn" by the half gallon who
now carnt drink anything but
Scotch and soda. +.
WEEKLY QUOTATION = A
vile conceit in pompous words
expressed is like a clown in
regal purple dressed.-Alexan-
der Pope.
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