Democratic Sentinel, Volume 22, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 March 1898 — Negro Philosophy. [ARTICLE]

Negro Philosophy.

Mule don’t kick ’cordin’ to no rule. Cross-roads bad place to tell secrets. Tin plate don't, mind drappln’ on de flo’. Mule don’t unnerstan’ de wheelborrer. I Black sheep hide mighty easy in de dark. Norf wind show you de cracks in de house. Cussin’ de weather is mighty po’ farmin’. Nigger sleep warm es his head kivered up. Sat’day nigit help de roomatlz pow’ful. Corn-cob stopper don’t hut de ’lasses in de jug. It takes heap o’ licks to drlbe a nail In de dark. Smart rabbit go home ’fo’ de snow done failin’. Good signs o’ rain don’t always he’p de young crap. Dead limb oa de tree show its’f when de buds come out. Hlgh-l’arnt nigger ain’t much service at de log-rollin’. De mole an’ de fishin’-wum don’t keer es de sky git cloudy. Better keep de rockin’-cheer In de cabin lof’ tell Sunday. Dribin’ de steers wid mule-talk flingin’ ’way your bref. Blind bridle can’t hide de fodderstack sum de lean horse. Tree-frog kin see de rain fur ors as de olmanick.-pJ. A. Macon. When you pake de jail too nice, you better strenkin’ de hog-pen. Books don’t tell when de bee-martin an’ de chicken-hawk fell out. Da’rs soma sac’s in de wul dat don’t slide ’long on de telegraph-wire. What you can I’arn by boxin’ wid a left-handed nigger cos’ mo’ an’ it come to.