Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 93, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 March 1910 — Word From Br’er Williams. [ARTICLE]

Word From Br’er Williams.

Es de ferryman ain’t dar wen you gits ter de river an’ de steamboat’s done blowed up think o’ yo’ swimmln’ lessons an’ jump in. but fer de Lawd’s sake don’t holler fer rope w’en you git halfway ’cross or de world ’ll laugh at you an’ make you mad enough ter wish you wuz lost in de wilderness.— Atlanta Constitution.