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New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXIII, Issue XII, 16 September 1899, Page 488

A little darkey was recently found sitting on the steps of a fashionable house in New York, crying pitifully. “What’s the matter wid you?” asked a coloured woman. “Matter ’nuff; double trouble all ober de house. Fader am drunk, mudder hab gone out wid cloze, sis broke de looking-glass wid de broomstick, de baby got her eyes full of kyan pepper, and little Ned Antony put de mustard on de hair for goose-grease. I put salt in my tea for white sugar, and it makes me sea-sick. De dog licked Ned’s face, and got his mouth full of mustard, and lies under de bed a-howlin’. De kitten got her head in de milk-pot, and I cut her head off to sabe de pitchur, and den I hab to break de pitchur to get de head out, and de way' I’ll get licked when mudder comes home, for setting de bed a-fire, will be a caution.—“ Cole’s Fun Doctor.”