Acting Like a. White Man.

Woodville Examiner, Volume 3, Issue 281, 3 September 1886, Page 1 (Supplement)

Acting Like a. White Man.

“Look beah,” said an old negro, addressing hia wife, “I tole yer to quit ’sociatin’ wid dem railroad niggers. Yer mus’ rickoleck dat yerhusban’ is er jesticeo’ de peace.” “I doan’ kere if yer is,” his wife replied; “it wuz de railroad niggers whut ’lected yer. While de ’citement o’ de ’leckshun wuz gwine.on, yer tole meter pay all de ’tension I could ter dem niggers. ” “ Cat’s all right, Liza ; but look heah. De ting am different now. Den de sitywation wuz full o’ ’ziety and onoertainty. Now de clouds am dun passed erway. Den de hoe-cake wuz er cookin’; now it am cooked. While de dough am on de baker it am necessary fer to keep up her hot fire in de stove, but arter de bread am done it am foolish ter keep on er’ pokin’ wood in de stove. So now, Liza, jest let de stove get cool. When we gits hungry ergin, we kin build up auoder fire.” “ Dat’a all right, honey ; but ef yer breaks de stove an’ flings de pots an’ pans erway, how yer gwine ter cook when yer does git hongry ergin ? Yer’s flingin’ erway dem pots in acten’ de way yer’s doin’.” “Liza, yer knowledge is mighty fine, an’ yer flosophy is good ; yer gogafy is fust-class, an’ grammar is high up in de picturs ; but, lemme tell yer, I hab made up my mind ter act like ere white man in dis matter. Yer know how he do? Doan’ reckernise de men whut 'lected him, Cat’s de way ho do I’*

preparing a tomb suitable for the interment of the dust of Victor Hugo ; the design is by Dalon, and unique in construction, consisting of an arch surmounted by a winged horse, under which the poet reposes, clad in artistically-arranged drapery, and supported on both sides by groups from the dead writer’s own works, making a worthy resting place for one of the greatest poets of our times. Fabler a L’ombre.