Democratic Sentinel, Volume 10, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 May 1886 — Plantation Philosophy. [ARTICLE]

Plantation Philosophy.

De man, when he sells yer suthin’ would cheat yer, would, when he gins yer suthin’, gin yer de bes’ he’s got.” It am de small things in dis heah woiT dater man haster fear. It’s de little mule dat’s de mos’ ap’ ter kick er pusson. I doan kere how ’spectable er ’oman is, es she doan lub her husban’ wid her whole soul, she ain’t gwine ter be 'tirely true ter him. De man whut marries er ’oman dat ain’t jes’ ez anxious ter marry him ez he is ter marry her is er fool. It may take him er laung time ter fine it out, but de day will come. In all natur’ der a n’t nuthin’ weaker den de human fambly, an’ o’ dese, de ’oman is de weakest an’ yit de strongest. She is weakes’ in putting up wid things dat she doan like an’ stronges’ wid things dat she do lub. Her lub is her strength, an’ her lack o’ lub is her weakness, fur er ’oman whut kain’t lub ain’t no better den er animal. I know dat wimen hab fell ’ca’se da lubed too much in er unwise way, but whar one hab fell on ercount o’ too much lub, er hunnerd bab fell ’ca’se da didn’t lub ernuff. — Arkansaw Traceler. The great mistake that some people make is, they think more of their cunning than they do of their honesty.