Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 November 1908 — THE POSSUM DINNER [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

THE POSSUM DINNER

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By Goodloe Thomas

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MOW, eb’rybody ought to know dey’s welkun as k&in be, * w So pitoh right in an’ he’p yo’sclbs to eb’ryt’ing yo’ see. Jo** gthht dem biskits goin* round’, fo’ dat’s yo’ job, ol’ man, An’ chase dem wif do sweet pertaten quick’s dey ieab yo’ ban*. (How, Mdse, yo’ show yo* mannahs ’fo’ dese folks, er Ah tell yo’ Daih’ll be a chile go hongry, an’ he'll git a lickin’ too). Hfcah, Onde Dan, is do possum meat—-Ah’s lookin’ aftah dat— An’ heah’s a pieoe espesh’ly yonahs, all brown an’ streaked wif fat WHA’S dat—-de graby ? Don’ yo’ fret; it’s cornin’ right up daih, An’ sich! W’y, dat air possum fat enough, Ido declaih, To mek enough er graby fo’ de ma’chin’ Ismlites. Heah, Rev’end Mistah Fe’guson, be suah yo’ gets yo’ rights. He- smell am sweet ? W’y, man, yo’ tas’ an’ den I bet yo’ shout An’ mek de neighbohs wondah wha’ de fuss am all about. Heah’s little Eph. Now, chile, I’s sabed yo’ sumpin’ nice an’ sweet.. Wha’s dat ? Good lan’! Dis boy is sayin’ he don’ lak possum meat.

HE saize he don’ lak possum meat, an’ him a son o’ mine * Now, honey, tuhn to all dese folks an’ knowledge up yo’s lyin’. Mek ont ’t’us jes' a li’l joke to aggervate yo’ ma, Or, ’clar’ to goodness, Ah's jes’ boon’ to whnp yo’ till yo’s raw! Yo’ speak de trufe, yo’ li’l’ imp! Den wha’s yo’ doin’ heah A-settin' up wif niggah folks to mek yo’se’f appeah A niggah, too, when eb’ry one kain tell, in spite youah black, Dat tnhnin’ ’way f’um possum meat yo’ ain’t de hones’ fade? WELL, dere, yo’ pa saixe nebbah min’, bekaze yo’s such a mite; E ▼ Dat ’tain’t youah fault yo’ snm’ays missed youah nachul appetite. Hoi’ oat yo* plate; dere’s plenty mo’ to fill a ohile lak yo’. De good £awd mek yo’ suhtain ways, Ah spose, dat’s got to do. lan’! Ah’s ’feared yo’ grow np wrong an’ mebbe be a shame To all de enHahd circle an* de ’speeted fam’ly name, Fo’ ebbah seine Ah’s ol* eneagh to stan’ upon ma feet Ah’s I’puhoaed aay niggah dat would tuba f’um possum meat.

“NOW FO’ DE POSSUM DINNER!"