Democratic Sentinel, Volume 4, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 January 1881 — Colored Philosophy. [ARTICLE]

Colored Philosophy.

“Sometimes (says Brother Gardner) my ole woman gits de blues an’ blows aronn’ kase she sees odder folks ride out in deir keeridges an’ dress up in deir satins; but I build up a good fire, git out de apples, cider an’ pop-cora, draw up de big rookin’-cheer, an’ she can’t stun* it ober ten minita. De blues begin to fly away, an’ she pats de bald spot on my head an’ says: ‘We has a cabin of our own, plenty to eat, a leetle money in the bank, an’ I ’spect we kin sot down an’ take as much solid comfort as if you war Guv’ner, an’ I had ten silk dresses.’ He who makes de most of what he’s got am fittin’ hisself to enjoy better. No situashun but what could l»e made worse. Ebery dollar rnftfle by honest work ought to bring two dollars wort of solid comfort.”